Subject: [cwj 95] Russia Urges Japan to Invest in Nuclear Power Plants
From: Corporate Watch in Japanese <cwj@corpwatch.org>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 18:31:34 -0700
Seq: 95
Russia Urges Japan to Invest in Nuclear Power Plants Text of report in English by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Tokyo, 6th September: Russia wants Japan to invest into its programme of construction of nuclear power plants (NPP) in the Far East and pay back with electricity. Atomic Energy Minister Yevgeniy Adamov told reporters on Wednesday [6th September] that it would be more profitable for Japan to invest in NPP construction in Russia and import the electricity rather than to build its own nuclear power plants. He explained that construction costs of a nuclear power unit in Russia are 3.5 times less than in Japan. "Electricity deliveries would be a guarantee of the return of Japanese investments," he said. The total capacity of nuclear power plants, which are planned to be built in the Russian Far East, may reach 12 gigawatts, according to the minister. Last May the Russian government approved the strategy of the development of nuclear power engineering, which provides for the construction of nuclear power plants in the Russian Far East between the years 2010 and 2020. Adamov said the number of power plants, their capacity, type and construction time depend on the demand for electricity in the Far East and on whether or not electricity will be exported. FAIR USE NOTICE. This document contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Corporate Watch in Japanese is making this article available in our efforts to advance understanding of ecological sustainability, human rights, economic democracy and social justice issues. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. ------------------------------------- Corporate Watch in Japanese Transnational Resource and Action Center (TRAC) P.O. Box 29344 San Francisco, CA 94129 USA Tel: 1-415-561-6472 Fax: 1-415-561-6493 Email: cwj@corpwatch.org URL: http://www.corpwatch-jp.org ------------------------------------- ______________________ The Corporate Watch in Japanese http://www.corpwatch.org/japan (CWJ) mailing list is a moderated email list in English designed to connect activists campaigning against Japanese corporations and investments around the world. * To unsubscribe from the CWJ mailing list, send an email to majordomo@jca.apc.org with text "unsubscribe cwj". To subscribe to the CWJ mailing list, send a message to majordomo@jca.apc.org with the text "subscribe cwj" * The CWJ mailing list is NOT intended for wide distribution. If you would like to post messages from this list somewhere else, we ask that you first contact us at cwj@corpwatch.org ______________________