[CAEA Netnews] The 4th China-US Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) & Work Group Meetings under the China-US Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology Agreement was held from May 10-11 in Washington D.C, U.S.A.

Mr. Yang Dazhu, Director General of CAEA and Ms. Katharine Fredriksen, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of US Department of Energy co-chaired the meeting.

The two sides reviewed the cooperative activities in the areas of nuclear technology, nuclear security, safeguards and emergency as well as nuclear waste management, discussed and identified next step work plans. The two sides also reached agreement on establishing a new work group 4 responsible for nuclear emergency management, setting up a radioactive source security sub-group and including exchanges on export control technologies into PUNT framework.

At the sideline of the meeting, Director General Mr. Yang Dazhu exchanged views with Ms. Fredriksen and high-level officials from DOE/NNSA on topics such as China-US nuclear technical cooperation, global counterterrorism initiative workshop and GNEP Initiative, etc.