Outline of safety research on high-level radioactive waste disposal; Background and future study for safety research

Sonobe, Hitoshi

In the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, it has been conducted aggressively since the previous organization, and the achieved results has been reflected to the documents related to the decision of a basic idea of the safety regulation for disposal of the high-level radioactive waste etc. The Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation and Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute, predecessors of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, have developed the geological disposal technology of the high-level radioactive waste to contribute the implementation of disposal and the safety regulation. This report presents outline of the safety research conducted up to now: the policy, the plan of the safety research on the high-level radioactive waste disposal, the summary of results, and future studies required.