Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission ANNUAL REPORT 2000 - 2001 ANNUAL REPORT 2000-2001 PAKISTAN ATONIC ENERGY COMMISSION In pursuance of provisions of Section 15(b) of PAEC Ordinance 1965, the Annual Report for the year 2000-2001 has been compiled, which offers concise description of tasks achieved, and status of ongoing efforts pertaining to PAEC programme. On the occasion of presentation of this report, the Commission is pleased to avail it• self of this opportunity for putting on record its profound appreciation for the dedicated ser• vices rendered by all the engineers, scientists, technicians and administrative and financial personnel toward PAEC work assignments. t (Shahid Ahmed Syedi Secretary Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Islamabad CONTENTS Highlights 1 Nuclear Power 6 Physical Sciences & Engineering 13 Bio-Sciences 20 Nuclear Minerals 34 Human Resource Development 37 Projects 39 International Relations 41 Finance 44 Publications 46 NUCLEAR POWER Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) During the period from July 200C to June 2001 KANUPP generated 311.60 GWh, which raised the cumu• lative generation since Net Power Date (NPD), to 10.008 14 GWh. The total on-line time of turbo generator was 4,081.32 hours, raising the cu• mulative running time upto 30lh June 2001 to 142.777.85 hours The gross capacity and availability factors were 25.96% & 46 59% respectively Life• time average figures for these are 28.65% and 55.74% respectively Sludge lancing of all the six Steam Generators (SGs) was carried out at rramed 59 25% whereas average Pakistan for the Year 2000. This ef• KANUPP satisfactorily as per sched• plant availability factor was 64 9% A fort involved not only the data on nu• ule in collaboration with M/S Re• total of thirteen (13) planned and clear power in Pakistan but also a search Institute of Nuclear Power unplanned outages have been han• broad picture of the energy/electncity Operation (RINPO), China dled by CNPP since plant accep• sector of the country. tance. Mr. Milorad Dusic, IAEA Technical Institute for Officer for TC project "Improve CNPP maintenance personnel exe• Nuclear Power (INUP) Safety Features of KANUPP cuted a large number of major and (ISFoK)" visited KANUPP from 09 - minor maintenance jobs during INUP vigorously pursued its activities 12 April, 2001 to finalize requirement these outages to gain full indigenous capabilities in of expert missions for 20C1 to 2002. the fields of core design, Incore fuel CHASNUPP management has been management, accident analysis, fuel Chashma Nuclear Power Plant effectively implementing its policies, design and development and safety (CHASNUPP) goals and objectives for safe and analysis for pressurized water and reliable operation of the Plant en• research reactors. Chashma Nuclear Power Plant suring the safety and health of pub• achieved full power operation for the lic and plant personnel besides pro• Technical cooperation and support first time on Aug 21, 2000 and tecting the environment. was also extended to other PAEC started its commercial operation on establishments in the above fields Sep. 15, 2000. Provisional accep• Applied Systems and in the areas of software develop• tance of the Plant was acquired on Analysis Group (ASAG) ment for loose parts monitoring and Sep. 25 2000 The plant was for• vibration measurement analysis mally inaugurated on March 29, The Group remained involved in the 2001. analysis of economic, financial and environmental issues in the energy/ PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND From July 2000-June 2001, electncity sector development with CHASNUPP generated a total of particular emphasis on the nuclear ENGINEERING 1685.61 GWh of electric energy power option. which raised the cumulative genera• Reactor Operation tion to 1706 802 GWh The total on The Group continued its analysis of the electricity generation costs of pn- line time of turbine-generator was vate and public sector organizations Pakistan Research Reactor-1 5678 hours. in Pakistan to assist PAEC in tariff (PARR-1) was operated for 523 negotiations with other organizations hours including 356 hours of opera• The cumulative on line time since ASAG contnbuted in updating the tion at full power and 3455 MWh of gnd connection was 5940 hours. Country Nuclear Power Profile of energy was produced Average plant capacity factor re- Nine hundred and four capsules con• taining vanous samples were irradi• ated. Research Reactor-2(PARR-2) was operated for 102 hours and 862 samples were irradiated. Reactor Experiments Vibration analysis of primary and secondary cooling systems of PARR- 1 was performed and primary system was found satisfactory Plasma Physics Formation of quiet auroral arcs has been studied showing that in the presence of parallel current magne- tospheric Alfven waves can decouple Level measurement being carried out with neutron into an electrostatic and electromag• Backscatter Gauge at PINSTECH netic mode linearly at ionospheric level. A model set of non-linear after the successful demonstration of (810mCi) Na-24 (205mCi), P-32 equations has been proposed to first prototype Laser Land Leveler (87mCi) V1IBG (60mCi) La-140, Sr- study the short scale auroral density model 001. All electronic cards and 90 Ba-133, Cs-137 for medical and cavities. most of its mechanical components industrial applications was continued were designed and fabricated indige• throughout the year Nine in-vivo di• A set of non linear equations for nously. agnostic kits, DTPA, MDP, MIBI electron-positron-ion plasma with Heptagluconate, Phytate DMSA sheared flow has been derived A new and accurate software was DISIDA MAG-3, Pyrophosphate developed for the analysis of the hy- worth Rs 5.69 millions were pro• High Temperature perfine spectroscopic data of vanous duced and supplied to Nuclear Medi• Superconductivity elements taken with Dye Ring Laser cal Centers All the batches were pumped by Argon-ion laser subjected to quality control tests Fifty Electronic transport mechanism of eight consignments of Tc-99m gen• erators (PAKGEN) (150mCi) each Fe doped colossal magneto resis• To protect the optics of CO: laser were sent to Nuclear Medical Cen• tance matenal La065Co35Mn1xFex03 from overheating water-cooled tres from July to September 2000 for has been investigated. In order to flanges were designed and fabri• clinical evaluation All the generators study the effects of dopant on cated Availability and manufacturing showed good performance RuSr2GdCu2Oo in which ferromag- feasibility of vanous leveler compo• netism and superconductivity coex• nents was thoroughly explored from ist, matenals with doping of Sn, Pb the local market for mass production Applied Health Physics and Ge have been synthesised by of the system solid-state reaction. Radiation protection services were Mass Spectrometry provided at PARR-1 PARR-II, 1-131 Fast Neutron Physics Production plant and at other radio- IAEA project "Isotopic and hydro- active/radiochemical laboratories at the Institute Seven hundred and The facility for Prompt Gamma Neu• chemical study of the effect of tan• nery effluents on groundwater quality sixty four consignments of radioac• tron Activation Analysis has been es• tive matenal/radiation sources were tablished at through tube of PARR-1 in Kasur area" and PSF pro• ject-Determination of lateral and ver• authorized for safe transportation Bi neutron filter was installed inside to within and out side PINSTECH the in pile collimator and shielding of tical penetration of canal water in Re- lead and wax was modified Anti chna Doab using environmental iso• Radioactive Waste compton/pair spectrometer was in• topes" were completed. Management stalled and testing of the electronics was carried out. Radioisotope 1018m0 low-level liquid waste having & beta/gamma activity of about 1653 Laser Studies Radiopharmaceutical Cold Kits MBq was disposed off after neces• & Production sary treatment. Medium-level waste Application collected was stored in interim stor• Production and supply of radioiso• 3 Second operational model 002 of la• age facility 16 278m low-level solid topes 1-131 (92Ci) Tc-99m (10Ci) waste having short-lived beta/ ser land leveler has been completed Cr-51 (2Ci), Rb-86 (1Ci). Br-82 2 gamma emitting radionuclides was SOIL BIOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY properly packed and disposed off in the engineered trench. A joint PAEC/PARC research project A new laboratory for the rearing of on salt tolerance in commercial varie• parasitoids, Trichogramma chilonis Post disposal monitoring of radioac• ties of sunflower and wheat was initi• at Fauji Sugar Mills, Khoski, was es• tive waste disposal area was carried ated. tablished. Two technicians were out by taking samples from bore• trained in parasitoid rearing at the holes. Studies on nutrient status of salt af• bio-control laboratory of NIA, Tando fected soils showed adequacy of K. jam. With the establishment of this AGRICULTURE However, in pot experiments wheat laboratory at Badin, the bio-control responded positively to K application. & programme has been expanded in Total P requirement of wheat could be three districts of Sindh. Construction BIOLOGY applied in a single dose. of another laboratory at Matiari Sugar Mills, district Hyderabad is also in pro• Wheat SOIL SCIENCE gress. Provincial Seed Council recom• mended the variety, Marvi-2000 de• Three field experiments were con• veloped by NIA, for release in the ducted under IAEA Research Con• FOOD TECHNOLOGY Province of Sindh. tract on "Improving crop productivity in rain-fed areas" at NIFA as well as Effect of irradiation (1-5 kGy) on poultry, meat and fish was studied Marvi-2000 is endowed with high at the farmer fields. The result re• vealed that the tillage ,in general , using the 'Comet Assay' Technique. grain yield, early maturity, disease Higher radiation dose resulted in in• resistance and good baking quality. improved the yield of wheat and creased number of cells with large Its earliness makes it suitable for all chickpea. DNA migration. cropping systems. Marvi has yield potential of more than 7 t/ha in the Water use efficiency was improved cotton belt of Sindh.