Diet set to give green light for nuclear exports
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201111300047
[Excerpted] "Despite the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis, lawmakers are expected
to ratify accords in the current Diet session giving the green light to
exports of Japan’s nuclear technology.
With major manufacturers desperate to find new markets abroad
after the March 11 accident put a brake on building in Japan, both
major parties have agreed to put bilateral civil nuclear agreements with
Jordan, Vietnam, South Korea and Russia to the vote as early as
December. Diet discussions started Nov. 30.
The Japanese government signed the agreements, which are
necessary to allowing the export of nuclear technology, by January 2011,
but Diet ratification was delayed by the events in Fukushima.
...There has been particular criticism of the government’s rush to pass the
accords, instead of waiting for next summer, when it is scheduled to
complete a new energy strategy...."
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