NewsPakistan builds new nuclear reactor, claims US institute
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan appears to be building a third plutonium nuclear reactor to significantly boost its production of atomic bombs, a US research group claimed Friday.
Satellite images show work progressing rapidly at Khusab, 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Islamabad, where the other two reactors are sited, the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said has claimed in its report.
The construction work would "imply that Pakistan's government has made a decision to increase significantly its production of plutonium for nuclear weapons," the institute alleged in its report.
A senior official of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission told foreign news agency on condition of anonymity that there was "an expansion programme in Khusab" but would not give any other details.
Courtesy Geo