25 June 2021
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The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) and the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their collaboration in advancing nuclear energy s development, application and deployment to meet climate change goals. The MoU was signed yesterday by CNA President and CEO John Gorman and JAIF President Shiro Arai.
The signing of the MoU by JAIF s Shiro Arai (left) and CNA s John Gorman (Image: JAIF)
Through the MoU, the two organisations will support, coordinate, and champion the continued safe and reliable use of nuclear power for clean energy generation. They will encourage their respective governments and international agencies to include nuclear as a clean energy technology to meet climate change objectives and net-zero emissions plans by 2050 through events such as COP, Clean Energy Ministerial and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) initiatives. CNA and JAIF will also enhance public awareness and understandin
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12 April 2021
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Policymakers who ignore nuclear energy are not serious about meeting climate goals, delegates said at an Atlantic Council webinar last week. The first in the
Raising Ambitions series, the event highlighted the attributes of this clean source of electricity and heat ahead of the
Leaders’ Climate Summit, which the US Administration is hosting on 22-23 April.
Jennifer Gordon, managing editor and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, moderated the webinar s panel discussion, which included Sama Bilbao y Léon, director general of World Nuclear Association; William Magwood, director general of the OECD-Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA); John Wagner, director of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL); and Arun Khuttan, the Next Gen Nuclear Industry Council s project lead for COP26.