October 11, 2017
Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA)
Joint Communique
On the New Direction of the FNCA
We, the Heads of delegation of countries participating in the FNCA: Australia, thePeople’s Republic of Bangladesh, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic ofIndonesia, Japan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, The Republic of thePhilippines, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,
Recalling that the FNCA’s objective is to promote social and economic
development through active regional partnership for the peaceful and safe
utilisation of nuclear technology,
Acknowledging, amidst change in the global environment, the important role
nuclear technology can provide in achieving the sustainable development andconservation of natural ecosystems, and maintaining proper environment quality,
Realizing the importance of sharing the knowledge and experiences to be, in turn,put into practice to address the individual or shared issues faced by member
countries such as the enhancement of measures in the field of public relations,
nuclear law and damage compensation regimes,
Continuing to be conscious of the need for nuclear security including cybersecurity by taking constant precautions in regards to issues such as terrorism
threats or other critical circumstances, for the benefit of member countries,
Welcoming international cooperation with those multilateral nuclear-relatedorganizations, such as the IAEA and OECD/NEA, which yields valuable insights into
the area of nuclear management and application,
Appreciating the steady progress of the FNCA activities being carried out by theStudy Panel and the Projects in relevant areas, and commending the FNCA Awardwinners for their outstanding achievements throughout the year 2016,
Noting that, of the FNCA’s existing roles, the high priority to be placed ontechnology and knowledge sharing, and information exchange, but also
recognizing the importance of R&D in each member country,

Decided to work toward:
1. Themes and activities to be promoted-

Further accelerating FNCA’s activities related to the application of nuclear
science and technology with the main focus in the areas of environment
protection, health/medicine and agriculture, actively endorsing the existing
projects such as “Mutation Breeding”, “Radiation Oncology” and “Researchon Climate Change”, and also possible future projects such as nuclear safety
and security culture which will lead to sustainable development in eachmember country,

2. Cooperation with international organizations-Continuing to promote cooperation with relevant international organizations,
including the IAEA and the OECD/NEA, particularly in the field of legal
frameworks, as the awareness of the importance of enhancing domestic
measures in the field of nuclear law increases in member countries, theimportance of the subject demonstrated by its adoption as the main topic of
the Study Panel in 2018,

3. Enhancement of FNCA’s knowledge management and public relations functions-Initiating mechanisms which include upgrading the FNCA website in an effort
to enhance its knowledge-sharing and public relations function as well asease of use by member countries,

4. Assistance and cooperation for addressing issues of protection of environment
Encouraging member countries to strengthen cooperation for addressing
issues covered during the Roundtable Discussion with a focus on theprotection of environment, such as harmonizing related regulations, andthrough cooperative arrangements with the on-going activities or the onesnewly set up on demand in the future.
Also encouraging the member countries to promote technologies tacklingwith environment pollution directly, in addition to the technology ofmonitoring.