Nuclear energy named among priority areas of Russia-Japan cooperation

19.12.2016

Russia and Japan will develop cooperation in addressing the consequences of the Fukushima nuclear accident, including in radioactive waste treatment and possible decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi site. Besides, the parties will consider establishing a common platform that would connect the platforms of Russia and Japan to study the opportunities for arranging personnel exchange programs and exchanging ideas in order to promote innovative nuclear technologies using the knowledge and experience of the two countries. The relevant memorandum was signed in Tokyo by Director General of Rosatom Corporation Alexei Likhachev, Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, and Japanese Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Hirokazu Matsuno in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Igor Igoshin, a member of the committee on regional policy and problems of the North and Far East at Russia’s State Duma, believes that cooperation in nuclear energy is one of the priority projects of the Russian-Japanese cooperation, BelTA has learned. Both countries have enormous experience in this industry and have something to share. Russia was one of the first to offer assistance to Japan in March 2011, when an earthquake and a tsunami triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Japan took an active part in the Global Partnership program that, among other things, included dismantlement of nuclear-powered submarines and helped reduce radiological risks in the Far East.

I suppose that Japan would be interested in Rosatom’s practices of radiological waste treatment and the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. Besides, Russia’s Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant successfully operates fast neutron power reactors that are expected to play an important role in closing the nuclear fuel cycle.

Tags: cooperation , ecology , nuclear technologies , Russia

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