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Pakistan
Atomic Energy Commission in service of the nation
PAEC, over the years, has built an extensive
infrastructure for contributing to the economic uplift of the
country. Its activities span an extremely wide spectrum: from
nuclear power generation to minerals development, from developing
high yield disease resistant crops to the treatment of cancer,
design and fabrication of industrial plants/equipment to human
resource development.
 NUCLEAR ENERGY
Nuclear power is pollution free, cost competitive and safe. It
is independent of seasonal effects and provides security of
electricity supply. Owing to these unique characteristics, it
augurs well for sustainable development. PAEC is successfully
operating two nuclear power plants with a third one upcoming, has
33 years of safe operating experience at its credit and plans to
build more nuclear power plants in the coming years to contribute
to the energy requirements of the country.
MINERALS DEVELOPMENT
Prospecting, exploration and processing of minerals for local
industry, and provision of expert geo-technical services in these
areas.
Indigenous development of nuclear fuel and materials for local
nuclear power plants.
AGRICULTURE SECTOR
Development of 45 new high yield pest resistant crop varieties
resulting in manifold increase in production and fetching more
than Rs 6000 million additional annual income to the farmers.
Of the total cultivated area in the country, PAEC crop
varieties are sown on 60% area in Sindh, 50% in NWFP and 20% of
sown area in Punjab.
Manufacture of non-toxic, non-pollutant bio-fertiliser.
Reclamation of Saline Land through technology evolved by PAEC.
Expert services in this field are being provided to 10 IAEA member
countries.
A Laser land Levelers has indigenously been developed which
drastically reduces the cost of land levelling resulting in
reduced requirement of irrigation water to the crops.
CANCER TREATMENT CENTRES
PAEC is running 13 state-of-the-art medical centres all over
the country which are providing diagnostic and treatment services
for cancer related diseases to over 3,25,000 patients annually.
Five more such centres will be added shortly.
SUPPORT TO THE INDUSTRY
PAEC is assisting the industry in its growth and competitive
capability by providing technical services.
Offers design and fabrication services for the manufacture of
large-scale mechanical systems, complete plants and modules.
Offers training/certification in welding techniques and site
services for manufacturing & installation of plants.
Offers training/certification in Non-Destructive Testing
Techniques along with services for testing of manufactured
equipment and in-service inspection of plants.
INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL
PAEC undertakes design and installation of Instrumentation
& Control Systems for Petrochemical plants and general
industry.
Various large-scale industries are being provided services in
this area.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Solving local industrial problems through Research &
Development.
Contributing to basic research in collaboration with world
scientific bodies.
Based upon the excellence of its research labs. and human
resource quality, PINSTECH, a research institute of PAEC has been
declared Regional Resource Centre of IAEA.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Offers Masters and Ph.D. degree programmes in Systems
Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Medicine, Information
Technology, Medical Physics, Nuclear Power Engineering, Materials
Engineering and Process Engineering at its own educational
institutions like Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied
Sciences (PIEAS), Computer Training Centre (CTC) and KANUPP
Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering (KINPOE).
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