Japan vows to boost nuclear tech development in energy talks with U.S.

Japan will bolster the development of next-generation nuclear power technology in cooperation with the United States and other partners, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said Thursday during talks with his U.S. counterpart.Hagiuda told U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm during video talks that the Japanese government will urge more local energy companies to join an international scheme to test fast reactors and small modular reactors, or SMRs, developed by U.S. companies such as NuScale Power LLC and others, according to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.SMRs are consider…READ FULL ARTICLE