Khushab, commissioned in 1998 under the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), is a cluster of indigenously engineered heavy-water moderated & cooled, natural uranium fueled reactors located ~30 km SW of Jauharabad. **
Reactor Units: 4 (K-I to K-IV) Estimated Thermal Power: 40–90 MWt each Moderator/Coolant: Heavy Water (D₂O) The complex forms the core of Pakistan’s plutonium production line, enabling high-flux breeding for compact, implosion-type warheads. **
Each Khushab reactor core is a cylindrical lattice of natural uranium metal rods (U-238 with ~0.7% U-235), housed in zircaloy-clad aluminum process tubes immersed in a D₂O moderator. **
Lattice Pitch: ~17.5–18 cm Average Power Density: 1.0–1.2 MW/m³ Fuel Element: 7–bundle cluster design η (neutron reproduction fa…
Khushab, commissioned in 1998 under the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), is a cluster of indigenously engineered heavy-water moderated & cooled, natural uranium fueled reactors located ~30 km SW of Jauharabad. **
Reactor Units: 4 (K-I to K-IV) Estimated Thermal Power: 40–90 MWt each Moderator/Coolant: Heavy Water (D₂O) The complex forms the core of Pakistan’s plutonium production line, enabling high-flux breeding for compact, implosion-type warheads. **
Each Khushab reactor core is a cylindrical lattice of natural uranium metal rods (U-238 with ~0.7% U-235), housed in zircaloy-clad aluminum process tubes immersed in a D₂O moderator. **
Lattice Pitch: ~17.5–18 cm Average Power Density: 1.0–1.2 MW/m³ Fuel Element: 7–bundle cluster design η (neutron reproduction factor): ≈ 2.07
The geometry mirrors early CANDU-type reactors, optimized for high neutron economy and internal breeding ratio (B ≈ 0.75). **
At rated capacity (~50-90 MWt), Khushab reactors achieve: Peak Thermal Flux: (1.2-1.5) × 10¹⁴ n·cm⁻²·s⁻¹ Fast Flux: (3–4) × 10¹³ n·cm⁻²·s⁻¹ Annual Burnup: 900-1,100 MWd/tU **
Yield: 8-10 kg of weapons-grade Pu (239Pu > 93%) per reactor-year Heavy-water moderation enables high conversion ratio with minimal enrichment, sustaining continuous reactivity over ~330 effective full-power days/year. **
Primary loop circulation uses pressurized D₂O at ~10 bar with inlet/outlet ΔT ≈ 30°C. Flow Rate: ~420 L/s per reactor Heat Transfer Coefficient: ~5,500 W/m²·K Secondary loop: Light-water circuit → air-cooled cooling towers (visible via IR satellite signatures... lamaaaoooo) **
Instrumentation indicates passive decay-heat removal capability up to 2% nominal power via natural circulation key for post-shutdown safety. Khushab integrates a closed fuel cycle system. **
Heavy Water Production Plant (HWP) using ammonia–hydrogen exchange Fuel Fabrication Facility for U-metal extrusion and cladding Spent Fuel Cooling Ponds & Interim Storage Reprocessing Linkages to Nilore & Chashma Chemical Plants (PUREX-type aqueous separation)
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None of these installations fall under IAEA safeguards, allowing unmonitored plutonium separation.
Net production is roughly ~45kg/yr
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These guys basically got the NRX tech after it was discarded by USA, and co-incidentally CIRUS is also based on NRX.
So Cirus and Khushab are technically cousins 🙂...
But Bruhhh Cirus is imported and Khushabs are domestically produced... lamaaooo **
Another low pp move these guys did was the time line of K1 and the next 3(K2,3,4).
These guys just copied and made the 4 reactors same... why? coz more reactors soo more Boom Dust. **
They did zero research post K1 and just slight modifications, but all 4 reactors are basically copy of each other.
Research reactors? nope... zero... Isotopes? nope... just bombs. **
The 1980s Dhruva was years ahead in terms of technology than these late 1990s and even the 2010s K4 reactor.
Pu$$ies basically... no research papers.... bruhhh yk how frustrating it was!!!!
Bitchesssss. **
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