Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Francois Hollande confirmed bilateral cooperation in the research of the commercial use of nuclear power as well as in security, Japan's News Agency (Kyodo) reported.
The two countries agreed on joint research on a French-led fast reactor development project called ASTRID, an acronym for Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration.
As the leaders met, Japanese industry minister Hiroshige Seko, who is accompanying Abe, and French environment minister Segolene Royal signed a nuclear power cooperation agreement, stating that they will work together on nuclear fuel cycle and fast reactor development.
Source: QNA
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