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By APD writer Muhammad Sohail
ISLAMABAD, March 15 (APD) -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano has praised the arrangements made for the security of nuclear power plant operating in Pakistan’s southern port district of Karachi, local media reported Thursday.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano
Amano, who visited the plants on Wednesday, said that the new Kanupp II and III “plants are very heavily protected. Your country needs more electricity and you are committed to nuclear safety; the IAEA greatly values cooperation with Pakistan in peaceful uses of nuclear technology.”
The plant is under construction by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and is financed by the IAEA, the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, the China National Nuclear Corporation, and the China Atomic Energy Authority.
“Pakistan is an experienced user of peaceful nuclear technology. You have the knowledge; you have the pool of well-trained people to do their job. We [IAEA and Pakistan] have a fruitful two-way relationship,” said the IAEA chief.
Addressing a seminar, titled The Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and Pakistan organized jointly by the Centre for International Strategic Studies (CISS) and the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIAA), Amano said he had come to Pakistan to share latest priorities of IAEA.
The IAEA chief said that while his organization is known as a global nuclear watchdog, he is motivated by the body’s new motto: atoms for peace and development.
Director General (DG) of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano (L) inaugurating Food Safety Labs at Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) in Pakistan’s textile city of Faisalabad.
He said the IAEA’s focus is to transfer knowledge and technology, especially to developing countries as the nuclear technology can help in food production, food safety processes and the export of livestock.
Amano said that cancer is an important focus of IAEA because Asia has the highest burden of cancer in the world.
He stressed that the nuclear power should not be limited to developed nations.
The IAEA chief observed that the center of nuclear power is moving from the global North to the South, from Europe to Asia, to China, India, and Pakistan.
Earlier on Monday, Amano called on Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi where later said that with decades of experience in use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes Pakistan is ready to further strengthen partnership with the IAEA and contribute towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals worldwide.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
