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Japan, usa collaborate on nuclear crisis, green communities, rareearths by WWY YRJ
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Operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant suffered meltdownsof the nuclear fuel in three reactors after the earthquake andtsunami shut down power to the plant, disabling the cooling watersystems for the nuclear fuel. The Bilateral Commission will address nuclear energy, safety, andsecurity, environmental management, and nonproliferation. "Theestablishment of the Commission builds upon our March 2012agreement on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy R&D, andalso supports the commitments made by both countries at the 2012Nuclear Security Summit," the two leaders said today. They pledged to work for the success of the Fukushima MinisterialConference on Nuclear Safety to be co-sponsored by Japan and theInternational Atomic Energy Agency in December. The leaders launched several new clean energy initiatives, to beadministered under the U.S.-Japan Clean Energy Policy Dialogue.
Under the new Tohoku Green Communities Alliance, the United Statesand Japan will develop and deploy clean energy technologies topromote the building of green communities in the Tohoku region, thetwo leaders said. Japan's land and infrastructure ministry asked more than 200communities in the three most devastated prefectures, Iwate,Miyagi, and Fukushima, how they plan to rebuild residentialdistricts wiped out by the giant wave. While 70 percent say they wish to rebuild on safer ground, while 18percent say they will strengthen and build levees, then rebuildhomes in their previous locations. Twelve percent say they hope toraise the ground level and heighten levees and move residentialdistricts there. The two countries today pledged to expand cooperation on cleanenergy innovation, through information sharing and joint researchand development at U.S.
national laboratories, Japanese researchinstitutes, and universities in both countries. In addition, the United States and Japan are to expand jointprojects in renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart gridtechnology, and people-to-people exchanges, under the existingcooperation between the State of Hawaii and Okinawa Prefecture. The two leaders agreed to begin new collaboration on theproduction, use and recycling of rare earth elements, critical tothe manufacture of electronics, hybrid electric cars, wind turbinesand computer display screens. China now produces 95 percent of theworld's rare earth supply, and has tightened the supply chain. Newdemand has strained supply, and there is growing concern that theworld may soon face a shortage of the rare earths.
Advances in recycling technology have made extraction of rareearths from used electronics possible, and recycling plants are nowoperating in Japan, where there is an estimated 300,000 tons ofrare earths stored in obsolete electrics. Japan and the United States plan to hold the 4th Clean EnergyPolicy Dialogue in Fukushima Prefecture later this year toformulate action plans that will advance these areas ofcooperation. In a joint vision statement released today, the two leaders saidthe U.S.-Japan Alliance is "the cornerstone of peace, security, andstability in the Asia-Pacific region. This partnership hasunderwritten the dynamic growth and prosperity of the region for 60years." "The shared vision also calls for the strengthening of energycooperation," said Prime Minister Noda. "We discussed in ourmeeting today expanding LNG [liquified natural gas] exports fromthe United States to Japan." "Japan and the United States share a commitment to democracy, therule of law, open societies, human rights, human security, and freeand open markets; these values guide us in our joint efforts toaddress the global challenges of our time," says the visionstatement.
"The U.S.-Japan partnership continues to be defined byour enduring commitment to the maintenance of peace." Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 2012. All rights reserved. I am Adhesives & Sealants writer, reports some information about ratchet lever hoists , identify house plant.
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