Ex-post evaluation on basic science research; Predominance of research, dissemination of achievement and research activeness of laboratory

Yanagisawa, Kazuaki

For post evaluation, the Department of Material Science was divided into four, namely Region 1 Material Science in Radiation Field, 2 Ultimate Property and New Material Science, 3 Actinide Chemistry and 4 Facility Development and Operation. Obtained results are as follows. (1) For the predominance of the research region, the region 3 (31%) had a predominance. (2) For the dissemination of achievement, the region 1 (28%) had an excellent external networking. (3) For research activeness of a laboratory evaluated by means of the numbers of JAERI original papers, the region 4 or 3 was judged to have predominance. (4) The present results were compared with those obtained from JAERI Pier Review, which was carried out by the outside intellectuals. The conclusion was in a good agreement in terms of the rate of attainability of the goal and the dissemination of achievement and repercussion effect.