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Japanese Nuclear Power Generation Comes to a Vietnamese Village

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Kimura Satoru
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While the Fukushima Daiichi accident remains unresolved and the cause of the accident not yet clarified, in this uncertain situation, Japan is planning to export nuclear power to Vietnam. What has become visible at the proposed Vietnamese site is the precise method that Japan used in the past in determining where to locate its own nuclear plants. And the failure to provide the villagers most directly affected with basic information about nuclear power and the consequences of the plant.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 37 , September 2012 , e3
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Notes

1 The joint statement of October 31, 2011 included this language http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/noda/diplomati c/201110/31vietnam_e.html

The two sides welcomed the progress made in their cooperation for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The Japanese side committed to enhance nuclear safety by sharing the experience and lessons learned with regard to the nuclear accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant with utmost transparency and explained its plans to enhance nuclear safety. The Vietnamese side, welcoming such Japanese efforts, explained in detail the necessity of nuclear power for securing Vietnam's energy supply and expressed its strong desire for the provision of nuclear technologies from Japan. The Japanese side expressed its intention to provide Viet Nam with the technologies that represent the world's highest level of nuclear safety.

The Japanese side highly appreciated the Government of Viet Nam's approval of the Japan-Viet Nam Agreement on peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The Vietnamese side expressed its hope for the early conclusion of this Agreement after the completion of necessary internal procedures in Japan.

The two sides recalled the decision by the Government of Viet Nam to choose Japan as the cooperating partner for building two reactors at the second nuclear power plant site in Ninh Thuan Province, Viet Nam. The two sides welcomed the progress made since the last Summit Meeting in October 2010 and the document to confirm such progress between the project. Translator's note.