新型原発・高速炉で協力　萩生田経産相、米エネルギー長官に伝達

　萩生田光一経済産業相は６日、グランホルム米エネルギー長官とテレビ会議形式で会談した。脱炭素社会の実現に向け、新型原発の小型モジュール炉や、従来型の原発より高効率な高速炉を国際連携して開発するため、日本政府として協力する方針を伝えた。（2022/01/06-11:44）

Japan plans to cooperate with the United States to develop new nuclear reactors to achieve a decarbonized society, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said Thursday.
   The Japanese government will take part in international efforts to develop small modular reactors and fast reactors with higher efficiency than conventional reactors, Hagiuda told U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm in a videoconference.
   It is Hagiuda's first meeting with the U.S. energy secretary since he took office in October last year.
   The United States and many European countries are looking to nuclear power as a useful method of power generation in achieving decarbonization, as it does not emit carbon dioxide.
   It has been revealed that Japan plans to share with a U.S. company data gathered from the development of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.