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Khushab Nuclear Complex is a plutonium production nuclear reactor and heavy water complex situated 30 km south of the town of Jauharabad in Khushab District, Punjab, Pakistan. The heavy water and natural uranium reactors at Khushab are a central element of Pakistan's program to produce plutonium and tritium for use in compact nuclear warheads. Khushab Nuclear Complex, like that at Kahuta, is not subject to International Atomic Energy Agency inspections. The three currently operating reactors have capacities variously reported at between 40 MWt to 50 MWt, and as high as 70 MWt. They are conservatively estimated to be capable of producing 33 kg of weapons grade plutonium annually.〔(Pakistan may have completed new plutonium production reactor, Khushab-II )〕 Plutonium production and nuclear reprocessing facilities are being expanded at Khushab, New Labs and Chashma, signalling Pakistan's shift to a plutonium-based nuclear weapons program. Pakistan's first indigenous nuclear reactor was commissioned at Khushab in March 1996. The Khushab Nuclear Complex was conceived and planned by the chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Munir Ahmad Khan who began work on the 50 MWt Khushab-I reactor and heavy water plant in 1986. He appointed nuclear engineer Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood and Dr. N.A. Javed, both from the PAEC, as the Project-Directors for the reactor and the heavy water plant respectively.〔MA Chaudhri, "Pakistan's Nuclear History: Separating Myth from Reality," ''Defence Journal,'' May, 2006.〕 According to a Pakistani press report this reactor began operating in early 1998.〔"Pakistan's Indigenous Nuclear Reactor Starts Up," Islamabad The Nation, April 13, 1998〕 Based on the success of these projects and the experience and capability gained during their construction, onsite construction work on the second unit began around 2001 or 2002. In February 2010 Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and senior military officers attended a ceremony at the Khushab complex for what is believed to be the completion of the second reactor.〔 The third unit was constructed between 2006 and 2011. As of 2013 it appears to be complete and in operation although there has been no official indication. Construction of the fourth unit began in 2010 and is still underway.〔http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/pakistan-appears-to-be-building-a-fourth-military-reactor-at-the-khushab-nu/〕 Judging by external appearance all but the first reactor are similar or identical in design.〔(Asian Defence )〕 ==Khushab-I== Khushab-I was commissioned in March 1996 and had gone critical and began production in early 1998.〔(Khushab Nuclear Complex )〕 It is a 50 MWt Heavy water and natural uranium research reactor for production of plutonium and tritium for advanced compact warheads. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khushab Nuclear Complex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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