Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory Project, Annual report for fiscal year 2006

Nishio, Kazuhisa; Matsuoka, Toshiyuki; Mikake, Shinichiro ; Tsuruta, Tadahiko  ; Amano, Kenji  ; Oyama, Takuya ; Takeuchi, Ryuji  ; Saegusa, Hiromitsu; Hama, Katsuhiro ; Yoshida, Haruo*; Mizuno, Takashi   ; Sai, Masataka; Nakama, Shigeo ; Seno, Yasuhiro*; Iyatomi, Yosuke ; Shimada, Akiomi; Kuroda, Hidetaka*; Ogata, Nobuhisa ; Semba, Takeshi ; Ikeda, Koki; Yamamoto, Masaru; Uchida, Masahiro; Sugihara, Kozo

Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) at Tono Geoscience Center (TGC) is developing a geoscientific research project named Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) project in crystalline rock environment in order to establish scientific and technological basis for geological disposal of HLW. Geoscientific research at MIU is planned to be carried out in three phases over a period of 20 years; Surface-based Investigation Phase (Phase 1), Construction Phase (Phase 2) and Operation Phase (Phase 3). Currently, the project is under the Construction Phase. This document presents the following results of the research and development performed in 2006 fiscal year, as a part of the Construction Phase based on the MIU Master Plan updated in 2002, (1) Investigation at the MIU Construction Site, (2) Construction at the MIU Construction Site, (3) Research Collaboration.