DOE Hosts Meeting on U.S. - Japan Joint Nuclear Energy Action Plan

July 1, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS

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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Dennis R. Spurgeon hosted Director-General of Japan's Agency of Natural Resources and Energy Harufumi Mochizuki to discuss bilateral nuclear energy cooperation under the U.S. - Japan Joint Nuclear Energy Action Plan.

The steering committee meeting focused on increased cooperation in research and development for safe and emissions free nuclear energy technology including fast reactor, fuel cycle technology advancements and safeguards for civilian nuclear reactors.

The action plan, which was signed in April 2007, fulfilled the commitment made by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari during their meeting on Jan. 9, 2007 to develop a plan to increase nuclear energy cooperation between the nations.

The action plan establishes the framework to coordinate activities designed to promote the expansion of safe and secure nuclear power in the U.S. and Japan and globally, according to the DOE.

It also formalizes an agreement between the two nations - leading nuclear technology countries - to provide the additional foundation for the U.S. and Japan to align efforts in support of global expansion of nuclear energy.

The U.S. and Japan share objectives to establish a global framework to expand nuclear energy use and minimize proliferation risks while enabling the benefits from the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, said the DOE.

Both nations support the development of a global nuclear energy infrastructure as envisioned in the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) to develop innovative nuclear reactor and fuel cycle technologies, said the DOE.

The GNEP seeks to bring about wide-scale use of nuclear energy worldwide and to take actions that will allow that vision to be achieved while decreasing the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation and addressing the challenge of nuclear waste disposal, said the DOE.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).