CHINA'S NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY AFTER FUKUSHIMA nuclear power industry, China, export of nuclear technologies, Fukushima accident- Keywords:1", Pakistan Despite the limited opportunities for China to compete in the global market of nuclear industry technologies due to the lack of experience in building nuclear power plants and the low level of technology, China is trying to play at a low price. Some countries make a choice in favor of the PRC, based on geopolitical considerations. China's cooperation with Pakistan is typical from this point of view. The interaction of any country with Pakistan is very specific due to the fact that Pakistan not only did not join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but also de facto became a country with nuclear weapons. Therefore, no State exporting nuclear technologies has the right to supply it with certain technologies related not only to nuclear weapons, but also to the peaceful atom. THE "SUBTLETIES" OF BEIJING'S NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY At the current stage, Pakistan's nuclear power capacity is only 425 MW, but Pakistan has far-reaching plans to expand its share in the country's power grid. According to the Pakistan Energy Development Plan adopted in 2005, it is planned to increase the nuclear power capacity by 900 MW by 2015, then by another 1,500 MW over the next 5 years, and in the future to reach the level of 8,800 MW1. Pakistan's first nuclear reactor was built near Karachi with the help of Canada and has been in operation since 1972. The second PWR reactor with a capacity of 300 MW was delivered to the Chashma-1 Power Plant (Chasma Nuclear Power Plant CHASNUPP-1) by the Chinese National Nuclear Company (CNNC). Construction began in 1993 and the power unit was put into operation in 2000. In 2000, the two countries signed an agreement on the construction of the 2nd power unit of the Chashma NPP with a CPR-300 reactor. The Chashma-2 reactor was launched for commercial operation in 2011 in May 2011. China 2 ... Читать далее