Rosatom invites Japan to team up for joint nuclear power projects

TOKYO, April 13. /TASS/. Russia’s nuclear power concern Rosatom has invited Japan to cooperate in nuclear power industry projects, including the upgrading of Japan’s nuclear power plants. "We support Japan’s nuclear power industry workers in their determination to develop this branch of the economy," the concern’s deputy general director for development and international businesses, Kirill Komarov, told TASS in an interview on Monday. "We are prepared to be a pro-active partner in a number of joint projects, including those for upgrading nuclear power plants, disposal of nuclear waste and withdrawal of NPPs from operation." "Rosatom has been a reliable provider of uranium products for Japan’s nuclear power industry. It will be prepared to resume cooperation when Japan’s reactors have been restarted. We appreciate cooperation with our Japanese counterparts and will be prepared to develop it in every possible way to the benefit of the Japanese market and the markets of third countries." "Japan is aware that the shut-down of nuclear power plants in the context of major shortages of other energy resources, such as coal, oil and gas, is capable of slowing down economic development," Komarov said. "Japan has made a decision not to abandon nuclear power and to opt for re-starting the suspended nuclear power plants after verifying their reliability. The Japanese government approved of that plan in April 2014. Nuclear power has long become the country’s traditional industry." Read more