Japan and India agree to supply nuclear energy and technology – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

The agreement stipulates that the nuclear power and equipment supplied by Tokyo must only be used for peaceful purposes. The signature includes a clause that allows Japan to cease the pact if India conducts nuclear tests. New Delhi you want to bet on atomic energy as a way of boosting its economy in rapid growth, refers to the Reuters.

“The agreement is a legal framework to ensure that India will act in a responsible manner with the peaceful use of nuclear energy,” said Shinzo Abe, japanese prime minister (in the photo).

“The signing today marks a historic step in our agreement to build a partnership of clean energy,” says the indian prime minister, Narendra Modi in press conference.

in This sense, India is already in negotiations with the american Westinghouse Electric, owned by japanese Toshiba, for the construction of six nuclear reactors in the south of the country. The objective is for the growth of nuclear capacity by 10 times until 2032.

The Reuters points out that the manufacturers of nuclear units as Toshiba or Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are eager to expand their business after the slump in demand caused by the Fukushima disaster in 2011.

The agreement between the two countries also provides for the construction of a high speed railway to connect Mumbai to Ahmedabad. The project foresees that in the line moving high-speed train in the style of the network the Shinkansen. Shinzo Abe says that the era of high economic growth began in 1964 with the strategic high-speed rail network. “I believe that the advent of the high speed railway will also bring economic growth to India,” he said.