G-8 leaders expected to call for broader use of nuclear power plants.

TOKYO, June 30 (Itar-Tass) - The heads of the eight leading countries of the planet, who are to meet on Hokkaido from July 7-9, will call for broader uses of atomic energy to arrest global climate warming.

However, expansion of the network of nuclear power plants has to be based on three principles: non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, safe operation of power plants and their reliable protection, says the draft of the summit's final statement, which the Kyodo News Agency transmitted on Monday.

The document does not mention, however, Japan's proposal to reduce by half by 2050 the ejection of hothouse gases into the atmosphere, which cause dangerous warming of the climate. A decision on this problem will presumably be adopted at the summit.

Japan, as well as Germany and other members of the European Union, want concrete figures to be determined for the reduction of hothouse gases ejection.

However, the United States is not enthusiastic about this. It claims that any such reduction will be senseless without the participation of China, India and other key developing countries, which are not G-8 members.

The United States is the world's biggest emitter of hothouse gases. However, according to some sources, China has already overtaken or even surpassed the United States in this respect.

The draft statement recalls of the agreement to annually spend not
less than ten billion U.S. dollars on the development of new technologies for combating climate warming, including carbon dioxide collectors.

However, the document indicates this sum in brackets for the time being.

The document also envisages the drafting in G-8 countries of national goals and plans to increase the boost the effectiveness of fuel utilisation, including transition to new alternative types of energy.