Most Wednesday papers reported on the Vietnamese parliament’s decision on Tuesday to cancel the planned construction by Japan and Russia of a nuclear plant in southeastern Vietnam due to cost issues, noting that this is a major setback for the Abe administration’s policy of exporting nuclear energy technology as part of Abenomics. Hanoi reportedly decided to cancel the plan because a safety review that was conducted in response to the Fukushima nuclear accident showed that the construction may cost twice as much as the original estimate.
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Vietnam cancels construction of nuclear plant by Japan, Russia
- November 23, 2016
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