Japan's Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation and AECOM of the USA have agreed to collaborate in providing decommissioning services to nuclear power plants in Japan.
日本东芝能源系统与解决方案公司和美国AECOM公司同意合作，为日本核电站提供退役服务。

    The signing of the collaboration agreement. From left to right, Dan Brouillette, deputy secretary of energy of the US Department of Energy; Mark Whitney, executive vice president and general manager of AECOM; Goro Yanase, chief nuclear officer at Toshiba ESS; and Taizo Takahashi, commissione of Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (Image: Toshiba ESS)
签署合作协议。从左至右依次为美国能源部能源部副部长丹·布卢伊莱特;AECOM执行副总裁兼总经理Mark Whitney;东芝ESS首席核官柳濑吾郎(Goro Yanase);以及日本自然资源和能源机构委员高桥泰三(图片:东芝ESS)

    The two companies have already been working together since 2014 to provide decommissioning services in Japan.
自2014年以来，两家公司一直在合作，在日本提供退役服务。

    Through an agreement signed today, Toshiba ESS and AECOM will collaborate in "setting up their organisations and promoting combined and joint services to Japanese utility owners in a prompt manner".
通过今天签署的一项协议，东芝ESS和AECOM将合作“成立各自的机构，并迅速向日本公用事业业主推广联合和联合服务”。

    Toshiba ESS has played a key role in the decommissioning of nuclear power plants in Japan and has extensive technologies and a track record in construction for domestic nuclear power plants.
东芝ESS在日本核电站退役过程中发挥了关键作用，在国内核电站建设方面拥有广泛的技术和良好的记录。

    Los Angeles-based AECOM - a fully integrated global infrastructure firm - provides services for the decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear power plants and reactor units, from project planning through to waste disposal and cleanup. It has been involved in many nuclear decommissioning projects around the world.
总部位于洛杉矶的AECOM是一家综合性的全球基础设施公司，为核电站和反应堆机组的去污和退役提供服务，从项目规划到废物处理和清理。它参与了世界各地的许多核退役项目。

    Yanase Goro, chief nuclear officer at Toshiba ESS, noted that there are 24 commercial reactors in Japan that are to be decommissioned or are under consideration for decommissioning.
东芝ESS首席核官柳濑吾郎(Yanase Goro)指出，日本有24座商业核反应堆将退役，或正在考虑退役。

    AECOM Chairman and CEO Michael Burke said, "We believe this alliance has the right experience, capabilities, skill mix and resources to meet the needs of this nuclear cleanup market," adding that the company had completed decommissioning work for the US Department of Energy and the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, as well as for commercial clients around the world.
艾奕康科技董事长兼首席执行官迈克尔·伯克说,“我们相信这个联盟有正确的经验,能力,技能组合和资源来满足核退役市场的需求,”并补充说,公司同美国能源部和英国核退役管理局等进行过退役合作，在世界各地都有商业客户。