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the USA have signed a memorandum of understanding providing for a regular
exchange of technical information relating to fuel cells and hydrogen technical
development.
Japan's New Energy and Industrial
Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and the National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and the Los Alamos National
Laboratory of the USA will conduct a workshop in Aug 2006 in Santa Fe,
NM, to tackle topics such as deterioration mechanism of polymer electrolyte
fuel cells (PEFC's) and hydrogen storage technology.

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