ISLAMABAD, Dec 28 (AFP): Pakistan Wednesday began construction of a second nuclear power station with China's help at Chashma in Punjab province. Prime Minister Shaukat Azis launched work on the 325-megawatt power plant, a twin to an adjacent station of the same capacity already in service since 2000. The 850-million-dollar project is expected to start production in 2011, a Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission spokesman said. The reactor design is based on China's Qinshan 1 nuclear reactor.
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