The most “developed” countries even more often are interested in the Russian explorations in the field of an atomic energy. For example, Japan which perceived the western neighbor only as the raw market earlier, is going to import enriched uranium from Russia now.
Tokyo fish market is the world’s largest stock exchange of seafood and one of the most popular attractions in the world. Every morning foreign tourists look how large fish becomes a dish.
The well-known tuna auction is being periodically carried out. The behavior of the auctioneer reminds ritual Japanese tea ceremony.
Till now Russia for Japanese economy is the same, that the seller of a fish in the Tokyo market. The Russian companies sell mainly raw materials, seafood and wood or metal to Japan. But, it turns out that even the so hi-tech Japan can require another’s high technologies.
All light of the Japanese economy was built on bow to organizers of the International atom-industrial forum, which is being held in the north of island Honshu. The Russian businessmen can only observe local rituals.
The well-known Tokyo skyscrapers and sparkling fires is a show-window of the Japanese economic power. Japan is compelled to build new nuclear stations in order to make the power supply coincide with growth of economy. The only problem is that Japan has no stocks of raw material, natural uranium.
Sergey Kirienko, head of Rosatom, has noted that this country is completely deprived with power resources. And it is very expensive to bring gas and oil to Japan. And the consumption level of the electric power is continuing to grow. Therefore Japan does not have other way but to increase a share of atomic engineering.
Russia has enough natural uranium. Techsnabexport, Russia’s state nuclear materials exporter possesses of 40 percent of world capacities on enrichment of uranium. The only problem is that Japan and Russia are officially in a condition of an armistice now.
At meetings with the chapter of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Russian politicians have finally agreed to sign the agreement in the field of atomic engineering not waiting the conclusions of the peace treaty.
Sergey Kirienko has also noted that Russia is ready to support the initiative, stated by the government of Japan last year and to allocate additional stock of low enriched uranium for creation of the guaranteed warehouses in Japan.