According to the Indian web site India Talkies, Pakistan plans to import latest Chinese nuclear technology.

“Pakistan is in discussions with Chinese companies for imports of the third-generation nuclear technology,” the China Daily quoted Mir Changez Khan Jamali, Pakistan’s Minister of Science and Technology, as saying. He expects that Pakistan could acquire the latest Chinese technology within one or two years.

China has helped with two reactors at Pakistan’s Chashma nuclear power plant, both of which use second-generation technology.

Pakistan has a third 300-megawatt reactor under construction, financed by China.

There are plans for more Chinese reactors in Pakistan, according to the World Nuclear Association.

Meanwhile, China is developing its first domestic third-generation nuclear reactor – the CAP 1400 – which is based on Westinghouse Electric Co’s AP1000 pressurized water reactor, and it will boost the unit’s generating capacity to 1,400 mW from 1,154 mW.

Construction of the first CAP1400 unit is scheduled to start in Rongcheng, Shandong province, in 2013.