Advance of research and development in the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

Okada, Sohei; Sawa, Kazuhiro

The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) is comprehensively promoting Research and Development (R&D) activities to make the best use of a variety of potentials of atomic energy, based on the governmental policy described in the Atomic Energy Commission's "Long-Term Program for Research, Development and Utilization of Nuclear Energy" and the "Science and Technology Basic Plan" framed by the Council for Science and Technology Policy. These activities pursue long-range stable supply of energy, development of science and technology, and quality improvement of people's life in Japan. This paper introduces major advances of JAERI's R&D from December 2002 to November 2003.