Japan on Sunday sought advanced technical knowhow from abroad to tackle the leak of radioactive water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the country's northeast, Japanese media reported.
Addressing the tenth annual meeting of the Science and Technology in Society Forum that opened in Kyoto, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan wanted to obtain advanced knowledge from other countries for use in preventing leaks of contaminated water at the plant, owned by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).
Calling the Fukushima nuclear accident a "bitter lesson," he urged participants at the Forum to contribute in their most advanced knowledge for use in coping with problems at the plant, including radioactive water leaks.
TEPCO has been struggling to prevent the leak of contaminated water at the plant after more than 300 tons had already been leaked out, with some quantity reaching the nearby Pacific Ocean. The plant was destroyed in the March 2011 quake-triggered tsunami with four of its six reactors suffering meltdown. More than 160,000 residents in a 30-kilometer radius of the plant was evacuated following massive radiation that contaminated food and water.
Abe also referred to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and offered Japan's carbon fiber technology to help achieve the goal of cutting the world's greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050.
More than 1,000 researchers and politicians from about 100 countries and regions are taking part in the three-day conference that focuses on the theme "The Lights and Shadows of Science and Technology." Topics include climate change and energy issues.
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