India has made a comprehensive presentation before Japan on its future expansion plans for nuclear energy generation. A joint statement issued after the 6th India-Japan Energy Dialogue between the Planning Commission of India and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan in Tokyo said, the two sides reconfirmed the importance of civil nuclear cooperation.

The two countries underlined the need to cooperate in enhancing the safety of atomic power plants post-Fukushima disaster. The statement said, Based on the experience of the accident at the Fukushima

Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)and the lessons learned from it, both sides confirmed the need to cooperate in enhancing the safety of nuclear power plants.

The Indian delegation was led by Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, and Japanese team

was headed by Yukio Edano, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.