Islamabad, Nov 09: Pakistan and China failed to finalise a deal to build a second Chinese assisted nuclear power plant in Pakistan during the just concluded visit of President Pervez Musharraf to Beijing this week due to objections raised by a US company over transfer of technology. The Pak-China deal to set up second nuclear power plant at Chashma nuclear power plant in Pakistan's Punjab province has been put off after US company which was assisting China to build its power plants objected to transfer of technology, media reports here said.
China has helped to set up a 325 mw nuclear power plant at Chashma last year and committed to build a second nuclear power plant with the same capacity along with 700 million dollar assistance at the same place.
The deal to build the second nuclear power was expected to be signed during Musharraf's visit to Beijing this week but was put off in the last minute due to objections raised by Westing House, the US company, which assisted China to set up its own power plants, local daily 'Dawn' said in a report.
The building of a second nuclear power plant became a problem for China as it stopped manufacturing equipment for 350 mw power plants. Instead, Beijing currently upgraded its power plants to 600 mw power plants with the assistance from Westing House.
Bureau Report