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Nuclear power in Pakistan

nuclearchain.net/countries/pakistan/ · data: Global Energy Monitor (GNPT, August 2026), CC BY 4.0 · printed from the live page

Pakistan operates 6 nuclear power reactors across 2 sites, with 3.5 GW of gross capacity. A further 1 unit is under construction, adding 1.2 GW. 1 unit has been retired.

Operating
6
3.5 GW gross
Under construction
1
1.2 GW
Planned
0
incl. 0 announced
Retired
1
0 cancelled
INDIAIRANPAKISTANAFGHANISTANChashma nuclear power plant: 5 units, 2,530 MWKarachi nuclear power plant: 3 units, 2,300 MWChashmaKarachi250 km
Operating2circle area ∝ site capacity Coastlines, borders and lakes: Natural Earth (1:10 million, public domain), which is generalised, so a coastal plant can sit a couple of kilometres off its true shoreline. Site positions: Global Nuclear Power Tracker.

Operating fleet by type: PWR (6). Principal operator: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.

Operating capacity over time

First reactor online1972
Peak3.5 GW in 2022
Now3.5 GW 6 units
2026 so farno change
0123419801990200020102020GW
Gross capacity of units that had started up and not been permanently shut down by 31 December each year (2026 is to date). Amber marks the peak, green the present.
Data table
YearUnits onlineGW grossChange, GW
197210.10+0.10
200020.43+0.33
201130.75+0.33
201641.09+0.34
201751.43+0.34
202152.43+1.00
202263.53+1.10

Only years in which capacity changed are listed.

Position in the fuel chain

FacilityStageOperatorCapacity / output
Kahuta (Khan Research Laboratories) enrichment Khan Research Laboratories not disclosed
Gadwal enrichment Khan Research Laboratories not disclosed

All units in Pakistan

UnitSiteStatusTypeGross MWOnline
Chashma nuclear power plant 1 Chashma nuclear power plant Operating PWR 325 2000
Chashma nuclear power plant 2 Chashma nuclear power plant Operating PWR 325 2011
Chashma nuclear power plant 3 Chashma nuclear power plant Operating PWR 340 2016
Chashma nuclear power plant 4 Chashma nuclear power plant Operating PWR 340 2017
Karachi nuclear power plant 2 Karachi nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,100 2021
Karachi nuclear power plant 3 Karachi nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,100 2022
Chashma nuclear power plant 5 Chashma nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 1,200 2030
Karachi nuclear power plant 1 Karachi nuclear power plant Retired PHWR 100 1972

More on Pakistan

  • Reactors under construction 1 of the Pakistan units above are on the world construction tracker, with first-concrete and grid dates.
  • Nuclear weapons stockpile Warhead counts, fissile route and test history for Pakistan, kept separate from the civil fleet above.

Fuel supply exposure

The fuel families Pakistan's operating reactors take, and the fabricators our sources document as able to make each. This is capability, not contracts: it does not say who actually supplies a given plant.

Fuel familyUnitsGW grossDocumented fabricatorsNote
PWR (square-lattice) fuel63.5Westinghouse Electric Company, Framatome, KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, China National Nuclear Corporation, ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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