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Kan to vow safe use of nuclear energy at G-8 summit
TOKYO, May 17 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Naoto Kan will pledge the safe use of nuclear energy and Japan's early recovery from the March 11 devastating earthquake, when he attends the summit of the Group of Eight major powers next week in France, government officials said Tuesday.
Kan will say Japan will try to realize ''the sustainable and stable use of nuclear power'' after improving safety measures at all of its atomic power plants, said one of the officials quoting the premier's speech draft for the two-day summit to begin May 26 in the resort town of Deauville.
Nuclear safety will top the agenda at the meeting in the wake of the world's worst nuclear accident in a quarter century at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, triggered by the 9.0-magnitude quake and resulting tsunami that hit Japan's northeastern region.
Kan will deliver his speech on Japan's future energy policy at the outset of the summit, which will also be attended by the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the United States.
Kan will tell them Japan is committed to sharing the lessons learned from the crisis with the rest of the world to prevent a recurrence of a similar disaster, while explaining countermeasures so far taken by Tokyo, such as the shutdown of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant this month out of concerns for public safety, they said.
Although Japan will not stop using nuclear energy, he will say that the country, which relied on nuclear power for about 30 percent of its electricity before the crisis, will promote more than ever the use of renewable energy, such as solar, wind and biomass.
Earlier this month, he said the government will review its target for nuclear power to account for 50 percent of Japan's total electricity output by 2030.
Kan is scheduled to arrive in Paris on May 24. He is planning to hold bilateral talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who chairs the summit, and take part in a forum of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on May 25, according to the officials.
After the G-8 meeting, he will move to Brussels to attend a Japan-European Union summit, where the two sides are expected to discuss whether to launch preliminary talks on a bilateral free trade agreement, the officials said.
Kan is likely to hold bilateral talks with his counterparts from Britain, Russia and the United States during his first overseas trip since the twin natural disasters, before returning to Japan on May 29, the officials said.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan will pledge the safe use of nuclear energy and Japan's early recovery from the March 11 devastating earthquake, when he attends the summit of the Group of Eight major powers next week in France, government officials said Tuesday.
Kan will say Japan will try to realize ''the sustainable and stable use of nuclear power'' after improving safety measures at all of its atomic power plants, said one of the officials quoting the premier's speech draft for the two-day summit to begin May 26 in the resort town of Deauville.
Nuclear safety will top the agenda at the meeting in the wake of the world's worst nuclear accident in a quarter century at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, triggered by the 9.0-magnitude quake and resulting tsunami that hit Japan's northeastern region.
Kan will deliver his speech on Japan's future energy policy at the outset of the summit, which will also be attended by the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the United States.
Kan will tell them Japan is committed to sharing the lessons learned from the crisis with the rest of the world to prevent a recurrence of a similar disaster, while explaining countermeasures so far taken by Tokyo, such as the shutdown of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant this month out of concerns for public safety, they said.
Although Japan will not stop using nuclear energy, he will say that the country, which relied on nuclear power for about 30 percent of its electricity before the crisis, will promote more than ever the use of renewable energy, such as solar, wind and biomass.
Earlier this month, he said the government will review its target for nuclear power to account for 50 percent of Japan's total electricity output by 2030.
Kan is scheduled to arrive in Paris on May 24. He is planning to hold bilateral talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who chairs the summit, and take part in a forum of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on May 25, according to the officials.
After the G-8 meeting, he will move to Brussels to attend a Japan-European Union summit, where the two sides are expected to discuss whether to launch preliminary talks on a bilateral free trade agreement, the officials said.
Kan is likely to hold bilateral talks with his counterparts from Britain, Russia and the United States during his first overseas trip since the twin natural disasters, before returning to Japan on May 29, the officials said.
