Japan to Lend Nuclear Energy Development Assistance to Vietnam and Indonesia

Off the wire from AFP:

Japan plans to promote nuclear energy, which has been controversial at home, in other Asian nations such as Vietnam and Indonesia to help them diversify from oil, a trade ministry official said on Tuesday.

"We could help establish a system for nuclear power generation that should be in line with (global) nuclear non-proliferation and domestic laws in countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia," the official said.

Japan will dispatch experts to the two countries, which in turn will send officials here to study with the nuclear safety agency, said the official in the nuclear policy division.

Back in July, we noted an announcement from a senior official of the South Korean government that his country planned to rely on nuclear energy for 60% of its electricity. For more thoughts from the same time frame, visit Futurepundit.

Thanks to News Nuclear for the pointer.

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