TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and Vietnam on
Monday reaffirmed their plan to build a nuclear power plant in the Southeast
Asian country using Japanese technology, even as Tokyo still struggles to put
the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years under control.
Last October, energy-hungry Vietnam accepted
Japan as a partner in the construction of two nuclear reactors in Ninh Thuan
province in central Vietnam.
But in March, a massive earthquake and tsunami
knocked out the cooling functions at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 240
km (150 miles) northeast of Tokyo, triggering fuel rod meltdowns, explosions
and radiation leakage.
A joint statement, released after Japanese
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda met with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan
Dung, said Japan was committed to enhance nuclear safety by sharing lessons
learnt from the Fukushima accident.
"The Vietnamese side, welcoming such
Japan's efforts, ... expressed its strong desire for the provisions of nuclear
technologies from Japan," the statement said.
"The Japanese side expressed its
intention to provide Vietnam with the technologies that represent the world's
highest level of nuclear safety," it added.
Exporting social infrastructure, such as
high-speed railway systems and nuclear power generation systems, is a pillar of
Japan's ruling Democratic Party's growth strategy.
But the Fukushima accident shattered the
public's trust on the safety of nuclear power generation and raised doubt over
such strategy.
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by
Yoko Nishikawa)
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