Posted on January 15, 2014
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that the Southeast Asian
nation has no ambition to develop a nuclear power plant, but wants to
use nuclear technologies in agriculture, health, and animal breeds.
The
prime minister made the remarks during a meeting with Yukiya Amano,
director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), at
the Peace Palace in the capital Phnom Penh.
He asked the IAEA to
assist the Ministry of Mines and Energy to develop human resources and
to draft laws relevant to nuclear technologies.
Yukiya said his
visit to Cambodia was to discover what kinds of nuclear technology
applications Cambodia needs and said the agency was ready to help the
country upon requests.
IAEA is the world's center of cooperation
in the nuclear field. Established as the world's "Atoms for Peace"
organization in 1957 by the United Nations, the agency works with
worldwide member states and partners to promote safe and peaceful
nuclear technologies.
Its mandate is to accelerate and enlarge
the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health, and prosperity
throughout the world.
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