Underground Research Laboratory Program of Japan; Its Technical and Social Aspects

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濱 克宏 ; 山崎 眞一

not registered; Yamazaki, Shinichi

幌延深地層研究計画について、技術的および社会的な観点から、これまでの経緯などについて紹介する。

JNC has started two off-site (generic) underground research laboratory (URL) projects, one for sedimentary rock (Horonobe URL; Horonobe, Hokkaido) and the other for crystalline rock (Mizunami URL; Mizunami, Gifu). These URLs are those that the Long-term Program for Research, Development and Utilization of Atomic Energy (Long-term Program) by Atomic Energy Commission of Japan states their technical and social importance and expectation of earlier execution. History and current status of the Horonobe URL could give a good case to learn the technical and social aspects of URL projects of Japan.