Proceedings of 3rd JAERI-JNC Joint Conference on Nuclear Safety Research; July 29, 2005, Tokyo

Secretariat of Third JAERI-JNC Joint Conference on Nuclear Safety Research

The present report is the proceedings of third JAERI-JNC joint conference on nuclear safety research held on July 29, 2005 in Tokyo before integration of JAERI and JNC to JAEA. The conference was held for those who are relevant to nuclear industries and regulatory organizations, and general public. The nuclear safety research has been conducted in both institutes according to the Five-Year Program for Nuclear Safety Research established periodically by the Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) and needs from the regulatory organizations. The objectives of the conference are to present its recent results and to collect views and opinions from the participants for its future program through the discussion after each presentation and panel discussion on how to conduct efficiently the nuclear safety research in the New Organization. A total of 234 people participated in the conference mainly from the nuclear industries and regulatory organizations. Through vigorous exchange of views in the panel discussion and descriptions on the questionnaires, it was obviously expressed that expectation to the safety research of the New Organization was very strong. Moreover, many valuable views were given for carrying out the nuclear safety research in the new organization and for holding a conference in future. Based on these results, it was believed that the objectives of this conference were almost achieved.