TBS cam down obscured by weather today.
Apparently India is interested in having its own Fukushima plant.
Sekiguchi, T (2013, May 30) Japan Seeks Deal to Sell Reactors to India. The Wall Street Journal, p. A16
[Excerpted] Japan and India agreed to reopen talks for a nuclear-energy agreement that would let Japanese companies export nuclear reactors and technology to India....
The acceleration of talks comes less than a month after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed atomic-power treaties with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
Japanese nuclear-power builders are increasingly looking to export their reactors, as domestic facilities have kept reactors offline and put off plans for any new construction.... [end]
Majia here: Hitachi is cited as particularly interested in foreign markets.
The article explains that a joint venture with General Electric and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has been promoting nuclear in India since 2008.
Mitsubishi Heavy is also hoping to set up a nuclear-plant enterprise in India. India hasn't signed the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Calling out to all Indians: Do you want THIS in your backyard?
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