TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano expressed hope Monday for the deepening of bilateral cooperation with Turkey in the area of nuclear power generation, including exports of related Japanese technology, saying the lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear crisis should be utilized in quake-prone Turkey.
Speaking at the Turkey-Japan Economic Forum in Tokyo attended by visiting Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Edano said that nuclear power generation is an “important area of cooperation” with Turkey.
“We intend to advance cooperation in a way that Turkey can apply the lessons of the accident (at the Fukushima Daiichi plant),” Edano said.
“The nuclear accident is steadily moving toward a situation where it is brought under control,” Edano said, adding that Japan intends to realize a cold shutdown of the plant reactors by the end of this year.
In October, Edano requested in a meeting with Turkish energy minister Taner Yildiz that Ankara continue talks with Tokyo over a nuclear power plant deal in Turkey.
(Mainichi Japan) December 6, 2011
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