Japan's former prime minister Naoto Kan will stress the importance of safety measures at nuclear power plants when he makes a speech at the World Economic Forum on Thursday.

The annual economic forum, to be held from Wednesday to Sunday in Davos, Switzerland, will have a session focusing on the March 11th disaster in northeast Japan.

In the session on Thursday, the former prime minister will talk about safety issues at nuclear power plants, based on his experiences over the failed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Kan will urge that all the nuclear plants in operation should be equipped with multiple backup power supply. At the Fukushima plant, the loss of all power for a long time exacerbated the situation.

Kan is also expected to call for international cooperation on the development of energy-saving technology and use of renewable energy, citing the need to bring about a world not dependent on nuclear power.

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