Japan to help Kazakhstan develop nuclear power plants

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/business/AJ201302190043
Japan Atomic Power Co. and a Marubeni Corp. affiliate signed an agreement Feb. 18 with Kazakhstan to assist in the development of nuclear power plants in the Central Asian nation.
Japanese company representatives and officials of the National Nuclear Center, a research institute under Kazakhstan’s nuclear power agency, sealed the deal in Tokyo during a meeting on economic cooperation among governments and businesses from both nations.
With hopes to eventually export nuclear plants to Kazakhstan, the Japanese side agreed to offer cooperation in such areas as locational surveys and personnel training to Kazakhstan, which plans to construct nuclear plants in the 2020s.