DPJ's Hosono, NRC's Jaczko meet

WASHINGTON, United States - Gregory Jaczko (L), chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Goshi Hosono, special adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, talk about cooperation regarding the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at the NRC in a suburb of Washington on June 10, 2011. Jaczko briefed Hosono on the NRC's ongoing review of U.S. nuclear plants, while Hosono explained the Japanese government's efforts to deal with the challenges posed by the Fukushima reactors as well as the government's report submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to the joint statement.

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