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Japan-Russia nuclear pact offers new opportunities to Japanese firms+
TOKYO, May 12 Kyodo -
Japan and Russia signed a bilateral civil nuclear accord Tuesday in a move that
is expected to give some Japanese manufacturers a chance to expand their
profiles in the atomic power business by offering a wider range of services.
The legal framework of the accord, signed on the occasion of a visit to Tokyo
by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, is likely to enable the transfer
between the two countries of technologies related to plant construction and
fuel recycling, as well as of nuclear materials like enriched uranium.
The bilateral agreement is subject to parliamentary ratification in each
country. Japan has concluded similar accords with six other countries,
including the United States and China, as well as the European Atomic Energy
Community.
Under the agreement, Russia, the world's biggest uranium enricher, will give
Japan access to a stable supply of nuclear energy resources.
Japan's major electric machinery manufacturers, such as Toshiba Corp. and
Hitachi Ltd., meanwhile, may have the chance to sell their engineering
technologies or know-how to construct nuclear power plants and large-size
equipment, with which Russia could upgrade its atomic energy industry.
In March 2008, Toshiba reached a basic agreement with Atomenergoprom, Russia's
state-run nuclear power enterprise, in order to explore possible cooperation in
the nuclear energy business.
The energy accord is believed to support such a move, with Russia likely to
become dependent on Japanese firms in the construction and maintenance of
nuclear power plants while those firms will entrust Russia with enriching
uranium and reprocessing spent nuclear fuel.
''Access by Japanese firms to Russian uranium will make their sales talk more
attractive,'' said Tomoko Murakami, an atomic power analyst at the Institute of
Energy Economics Japan.
She said major Japanese plant builders can now only talk about their
engineering technologies when seeking business opportunities in countries that
are about to introduce the civil use of nuclear power.
But with the agreement, ''they will be able to talk about uranium enrichment,
too,'' Murakami said. ''That means they could offer plant building know-how and
fuel supply chains as a set.''
==Kyodo
Japan and Russia signed a bilateral civil nuclear accord Tuesday in a move that
is expected to give some Japanese manufacturers a chance to expand their
profiles in the atomic power business by offering a wider range of services.
The legal framework of the accord, signed on the occasion of a visit to Tokyo
by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, is likely to enable the transfer
between the two countries of technologies related to plant construction and
fuel recycling, as well as of nuclear materials like enriched uranium.
The bilateral agreement is subject to parliamentary ratification in each
country. Japan has concluded similar accords with six other countries,
including the United States and China, as well as the European Atomic Energy
Community.
Under the agreement, Russia, the world's biggest uranium enricher, will give
Japan access to a stable supply of nuclear energy resources.
Japan's major electric machinery manufacturers, such as Toshiba Corp. and
Hitachi Ltd., meanwhile, may have the chance to sell their engineering
technologies or know-how to construct nuclear power plants and large-size
equipment, with which Russia could upgrade its atomic energy industry.
In March 2008, Toshiba reached a basic agreement with Atomenergoprom, Russia's
state-run nuclear power enterprise, in order to explore possible cooperation in
the nuclear energy business.
The energy accord is believed to support such a move, with Russia likely to
become dependent on Japanese firms in the construction and maintenance of
nuclear power plants while those firms will entrust Russia with enriching
uranium and reprocessing spent nuclear fuel.
''Access by Japanese firms to Russian uranium will make their sales talk more
attractive,'' said Tomoko Murakami, an atomic power analyst at the Institute of
Energy Economics Japan.
She said major Japanese plant builders can now only talk about their
engineering technologies when seeking business opportunities in countries that
are about to introduce the civil use of nuclear power.
But with the agreement, ''they will be able to talk about uranium enrichment,
too,'' Murakami said. ''That means they could offer plant building know-how and
fuel supply chains as a set.''
==Kyodo
