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Tatematsu, Kenji; Matsumoto, Hiroyuki
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-001, 91 Pages, 2015/06
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-001.pdf:14.25MB
President of Japan Atomic Energy Agency consulted with the "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor and Related Hydrogen Production Technology" (hereinafter referred to as "Evaluation Committee"), which consists of specialists in the fields of the evaluation subjects of high-temperature gas-cooled reactor and related hydrogen production technology. The evaluation concludes that an overall judgment is A, because the outcome of the 2nd midterm plan has been obtained as planed in terms of advancing the safety and the practical use in each of the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor technology and the hydrogen production technology. As a result the technological goal has been achieved. Another key outcome obtained is that the achievement for a part of the next midterm plan has been accelerated with the construction of a continuous hydrogen production test facility. In addition, the contents of the 3rd period mid- to long- term plan (draft) are acceptable because they sufficiently reflect the interim report of the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor technical research and development working group organized by the MEXT. This report lists the members of the Evaluation Committee and outlines the method and procedure of the assessment. The results of the assessment by the Evaluation Committee are attached from Page 7.
Sector of Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-002, 159 Pages, 2015/07
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-002.pdf:44.26MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted the "Evaluation Committee for Decommissioning and Radioactive Wastes Management "for result evaluation and in advance evaluation of" The abolition measures of nuclear facilities and associated technology development" project and "Radioactive waste treatment and disposal and associated technology development" project and "Technology development related to reprocessing of nuclear fuel material" project in accordance with the "Guideline for evaluation of government R&D activities", the "Guideline for evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)" and the "Operational rule for evaluation of R&D activities" by JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the R&D projects of three. The committee evaluated the management and the research projects of the JAEA based on the explanatory documents prepared by JAEA and the oral presentation with questions and answers by the Director and the research group leaders. This report summarizes the results of the assessment by the Committee with the Committee report.
Nuclear Science and Engineering Center; Center for Computational Science & e-Systems
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-003, 58 Pages, 2015/07
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-003.pdf:1.39MB
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-003-appendix(CD-ROM)..zip:9.94MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JAEA") consults an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for Nuclear Science and Engineering" (hereinafter referred to as "Committee") for result and in-advance evaluation of "Nuclear Science and Engineering", in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by the JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the research program of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center (hereinafter referred to as "NSEC") and Center for Computational Science and e-Systems (hereinafter referred to as "CCSE"). The Committee evaluated the management and research activities of the NSEC and the CCSE based on explanatory documents prepared by the NSEC and the CCSE, and oral presentations with questions-and-answers.
Sector of Fukushima Research and Development
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-004, 96 Pages, 2015/09
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-004.pdf:2.95MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research and Development Activities for Fukushima Environment" (Committee) for ex-post and ex-ante evaluations of "Research and Development of the technologies for Fukushima Environment Recovery" in accordance with national guidelines and JAEA's regulations including "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee evaluated the R&D activities during the 2nd Period of Mid-Term Research Plan (from March 2011 to March 2015) as ex-post evaluation and the R&D plans during the 3rd Period of Mid- to Long-Term Research Plan (from April 2015 to March 2022) as ex-ante evaluation. The Committee evaluated the R&D activities and programs based on the explanatory materials prepared by JAEA and its oral presentations with Q&A sessions. This report presents the results of the evaluation.
Sector of Fast Reactor Research and Development
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-005, 77 Pages, 2015/09
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-005.pdf:1.9MBJAEA-Evaluation-2015-005-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:54.13MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) asked the advisory committee "Evaluation Committee of Research and Development Activities for Fast Reactor Cycle" (the Committee) to assess "R&D Programs on FBR/FR Cycle Technologies" and "R&D Programs on Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Monju and its Related Activities" during the period between FY2010 and FY2014, in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government R&D Activities" by Japanese Cabinet Office, "Guideline Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation R&D Activities" by JAEA. This report summarizes results of proposal by the Committee.
Sector of Fast Reactor Research and Development
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-006, 43 Pages, 2015/09
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-006.pdf:1.15MBJAEA-Evaluation-2015-006-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:21.35MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) asked the advisory committee "Evaluation Committee of Research and Development Activities for Fast Reactor Cycle" (the Committee) to assess "The Third Basic Plan on FR/FR Cycle technologies during the period between FY2015 and FY2021", in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government R&D Activities" by Japanese Cabinet Office, "Guideline Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation R&D Activities" by JAEA. This report summarizes the result of proposal by the Committee.
Advanced Science Research Center
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-007, 263 Pages, 2015/09
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-007.pdf:8.66MB
JAEA consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for Advanced Science Research" for final evaluation and prior assessment of "Advanced Science Research," in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government R&D Activities" by Cabinet Office, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in MEXT" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by the JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the research programs and activities of the ASRC for the period of five years from April 2010 and the research programs from April 2015. The Committee evaluated the management and the research programs of the ASRC based on the explanatory documents prepared by the ASRC and the oral presentations with questions-and-answers by the Director and the research group leaders. This report summarizes the result of the assessment by the Committee with the Committee report.
Quantum Beam Science Center
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-008, 100 Pages, 2015/09
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-008.pdf:28.89MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for Quantum Beam Science" (hereafter referred to as "Committee") for result evaluation of "Quantum Beam Science", in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the research program of the Quantum Beam Science Center (hereafter referred to as "QuBS") during the period from April 2010 to September 2014. The Committee evaluated the management and research activities of QuBS based on the explanatory documents and oral presentations.
Quantum Beam Science Center
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-009, 109 Pages, 2015/09
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-009.pdf:55.47MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for Quantum Beam Science" (hereafter referred to as "Committee") for result evaluation of "Quantum Beam Science", in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the research program of the Quantum Beam Science Center (hereafter referred to as "QuBS") during the period from April 2015 to March 2021. The Committee evaluated the management and research activities of QuBS based on the explanatory documents and oral presentations.
Sector of Fukushima Research and Development
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-010, 124 Pages, 2015/10
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-010.pdf:7.36MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research and Development Activities for Fukushima Decommissioning" (hereinafter referred to as "Committee") for prior assessment of "Research and Development of the Technologies for Decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station" in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the R&D activities for the period of seven years from April 2015. This report summarizes the results of the assessment by the Committee.
Kudo, Tamotsu; Onizawa, Kunio*; Nakamura, Takehiko
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-011, 209 Pages, 2015/11
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-011.pdf:10.36MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research and Development (R&D) Activities for Nuclear Safety", for post- and pre-review assessment of R&D on nuclear safety research. In response to JAEA's request, the Committee assessed mainly the progress of the R&D project according to guidelines, which addressed the rationale behind the R&D project, the relevance of the project outcome and the efficiency of the project implementation during the period of the current and next plan. As a result, the Committee concluded that the progress of the R&D project is satisfactory. This report describes the results of evaluation by the Committee. In addition, the appendix of this report contains presentations used for the evaluation, and responses from JAEA on the comments from the member of the Committee.
Tokai Reprocessing Technology Development Center
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-012, 83 Pages, 2015/12
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-012.pdf:6.67MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereafter referred as "JAEA") consulted the "Evaluation Committee of Research and Development Activities for Fast Reactor Cycle" to assess the issue on "Research and Development on Reprocessing of Nuclear Fuel Materials" conducted by JAEA during the period from FY2010 to FY2014. In response to the JAEA's request, the committee assessed the R&D programs and the activities of JAEA related to the issue and concluded the mission was accomplished. This evaluation was performed based on the "General guideline for the evaluation of government R&D activities", the "Guideline for evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)" and the "Operational rule for evaluation of R&D activities" by JAEA.
Monju Project Management and Engineering Center
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-013, 139 Pages, 2016/01
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-013.pdf:28.45MB
In response to the lessons learned from the serious nuclear accidents at the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants, an advisory committee, which was set up by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, issued the report "Safety Requirements Expected to the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Monju" taking into account the SFR specific safety characteristics in July 2014. The report was reviewed by the leading international experts on SFR safety from five countries and one international organization in order to obtain independent and objective evaluation. This international review was fulfilled in full cooperation of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan. The international review comments on each subsection were collected and compiled, and then a summary of results was derived through the discussion at the review meeting and individual feedbacks. As a result the basic concept for prevention of severe accidents and mitigation of their consequences of Monju is appropriate in consideration of SFR specific safety characteristics, and is in accordance with international common understanding.
Geological Disposal Research and Development Department
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-014, 33 Pages, 2016/02
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-014.pdf:1.06MBJAEA-Evaluation-2015-014-appendix1(CD-ROM).zip:97.48MB
The Committee reviewed mainly the progress of the R&D project on geological disposal, the relevance of the project outcome during the period of the second midterm plan (FY2010-2014) and the prospect of the next term in light of requirements and effectiveness for R&D activities. As a result, the Committee concluded that the progress of the R&D project was satisfactorily made from the viewpoint of improvements of reliability and practicality for implementation. In addition, the Committee provided a couple of advises to be addressed in the project in next term in light of transfer of techniques and the knowledge taking account of the long-term implementation of the repository program.
Center for Computational Science & e-Systems
JAEA-Evaluation 2015-015, 182 Pages, 2016/03
JAEA-Evaluation-2015-015.pdf:2.54MB
Research on advanced computational science for nuclear applications, based on "the plan for meeting the mid-term goal of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency", has been performed at Center for Computational Science & e-Systems (CCSE), Japan Atomic Energy Agency. CCSE established the committee consisting outside experts and authorities which does research evaluation and advices for the assistance of the research and development. This report summarizes the followings. (1) Results of the R&D performed at CCSE in the period of the midterm plan (April 1st, 2010 - March 31st, 2015), (2) Results of the evaluation on the R&D by the committee in the period of the midterm plan (April 1st, 2010 - March 31st, 2015)