Signal Pakistan and IAEA sign safeguards agreement for Chashma-5 nuclear power plant

Summary

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Raja Ali Raza Anwar signed the Safeguards Agreement for Chashma Unit-5 with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at the Agency's headquarters in Vienna. The signing took place on the sidelines of the 70th IAEA General Conference and was witnessed by China Atomic Energy Authority Chairman Shan Zhongde. Chashma Unit-5 is a 1,200 MW pressurized water reactor targeted to become operational by 2030. The IAEA Board of Governors had previously approved the safeguards framework unanimously. The signing formally brings the new reactor under UN nuclear-oversight controls.