As the press service of the AP PC, the delegation attended by the top managers of energy, gas, construction and investment companies, engineering of business representatives, academics, experts and mining economy. The delegation was headed Hitotsubashi University professor Kiikkava Mr. Takeo. Victor Gorchakov asked the fate of a nuclear power plant (NPP). According to the participants, after the accident at the plant «Fukushima-I», the Government of Japan fully revised its energy policy. If before the country has 54 nuclear power plants that produced 26 percent of all electricity consumed in Japan, now there are 50 nuclear power plants have re-opened just two. In July 2013 in Japan adopted new standards for the use of nuclear energy, according to which, obsolete nuclear power plants have served 40 years, will be closed Experts predict that the country will remain about 20 nuclear power plants with a share of power generation — 20 percent of the total. Participants discussed with the chairman of the AP PC constraints of the energy industry, such as low bandwidth Russian railways and ports, the decline in world prices of natural resources, including coal and gas, environmental problems. Delegates asked the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of planned in Primorye energy projects looking to the interaction between the two countries, have talked about the new directions of the state policy in the field of energy. Guests interested in the involvement of the Russian state in this area. Victor Gorchakov said that in preparation for the APEC Summit on construction in Primorye oil and gas has been allocated 220 billion rubles of federal funds, 50 billion — edge, 400 billion — investment by private companies. The speaker of the parliament of the seaside noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin pays special attention to the development of this industry in our province, it was he who chose the site for the location of the plant for liquefied natural gas in the Khasan district of Primorye. Japanese delegates noted that with interest the process of construction of the plant and asked how the government plans to convince the public of its feasibility. «I hope we can persuade the people living in the Khasan district, where construction of the plant, it would be a serious modern production facility that will provide residents with new jobs and will not harm the ecology of the area. Rather, a public hearing will be held, and still be able to realize this bright investment idea «- shared with guests Victor Gorchakov.
Yegor Ivanov, RIA «VladNews»