Japan and the UAE join hands for peaceful nuclear energy
POWER UTILITY | Japan and the UAE join hands for peaceful nuclear energy
Japan has signed a memorandum with the UAE to cooperate in the field of peaceful atomic energy. Takamori Yoshikawa, Japan's senior vice-minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the UAE Foreign Minister's undersecretary Saif Sultan Al Aryani signed the cooperation agreement that is geared towards preparing and planning a peaceful nuclear programme.
Focal points of the memorandum of cooperation include human resources training, handling nuclear hazard emergencies, social awareness, infrastructure, safety and nuclear radiation protection. Technical and services assistance, seminars, workshops and exchange visits between Japan and the UAE are also underway under the signed cooperation agreement.
Yoshikawa represents Japan’s more than 40 years of experience in the field of nuclear energy, while Al Aryani takes pride in the UAE’s cooperative endeavors in this field with other countries such as the UK, US and France.
