<P> PAEC 's Parvez Butt , a nuclear engineer , was project - director . The KANUPP began its operations in 1972 , and it was inaugurated by President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Munir Ahmad Khan as PAEC chairman . The KANUPP which is under international safeguards is operated at reduced power . In 1969 , France 's Commissariat à l'énergie atomique and United Kingdom 's British Nuclear Fuels plc ( BNFL ) contracted with PAEC to provide plutonium and nuclear reprocessing plants in Pakistan . Per agreement , the PAEC engineers were the lead designers of the power plants and nuclear reprocessing facilities . While the BNFL and CEA provided the funds , technical assistance and nuclear materials . The work on projects did not start until 1972 , and as a result of India 's Operation Smiling Buddha -- a surprise nuclear test in 1974 -- the BNFL cancelled the projects with PAEC . In 1974 , PARR - II Reactor were commissioned , and its project directors were Munir Ahmad Khan and Hafeez Qureshi . The PARR - II is an indigenous reactor that was built under the auspices of PAEC 's engineers and scientists . </P>
<P> PAEC 's Parvez Butt , a nuclear engineer , was project - director . The KANUPP began its operations in 1972 , and it was inaugurated by President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Munir Ahmad Khan as PAEC chairman . The KANUPP which is under international safeguards is operated at reduced power . In 1969 , France 's Commissariat à l'énergie atomique and United Kingdom 's British Nuclear Fuels plc ( BNFL ) contracted with PAEC to provide plutonium and nuclear reprocessing plants in Pakistan . Per agreement , the PAEC engineers were the lead designers of the power plants and nuclear reprocessing facilities . While the BNFL and CEA provided the funds , technical assistance and nuclear materials . The work on projects did not start until 1972 , and as a result of India 's Operation Smiling Buddha -- a surprise nuclear test in 1974 -- the BNFL cancelled the projects with PAEC . In 1974 , PARR - II Reactor were commissioned , and its project directors were Munir Ahmad Khan and Hafeez Qureshi . The PARR - II is an indigenous reactor that was built under the auspices of PAEC 's engineers and scientists . </P>
when did nuclear power project start in pakistan
when did nuclear power project start in pakistan
1972
1972