{"id":674,"date":"2009-07-27T17:41:51","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T08:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cnic.jp\/english\/wordpress\/?p=674"},"modified":"2015-02-27T17:58:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T08:58:05","slug":"japanese-government-support-for-nuclear-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnic.jp\/english\/?p=674","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Government Support for Nuclear Exports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Media Release<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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July 27, 2009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Public Finance and Export Insurance for Nuclear-Related Exports
\nNGOs Demand Rigorous Safety Assessment, Information Disclosure and Stakeholder Involvement<\/b><\/p>\n

Tokyo, July 27, 2009
\nJapanese NGOs concerned about the social and environmental impacts of proposed exports of nuclear power plants today submitted demands to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI).\u00a0The submission<\/a>\u00a0demanded rigorous safety assessment, information disclosure and meaningful stakeholder involvement for projects supported by JBIC and NEXI.1<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

The Japanese Government is vigorously promoting nuclear exports by Japanese industry. It intends to support such exports through public finance from JBIC and export insurance from NEXI. However, JBIC and NEXI lack adequate guidelines for the assessment of nuclear related issues, such as safety, accident response and radioactive waste management. Furthermore, access to information and stakeholder involvement in relation to projects’ nuclear component is not guaranteed.2<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Considering the problems encountered with Japan’s own nuclear power program, it can be expected that promoting nuclear power in developing countries, which often suffer from governance problems and lack the necessary democratic participatory processes and technical skills, will involve even greater risks. We believe that it is inappropriate to provide public finance and insurance for nuclear exports to countries facing problems such as these.3<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0However, the government is clearly determined to support nuclear exports. Under these circumstances, we demand that the government exercise the utmost caution when considering proposals for public finance and export insurance for nuclear projects.<\/p>\n

The submission’s main points are as follows:<\/b><\/p>\n