Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory Project, Plan for fiscal year 2012

Kunimaru, Takanori; Mikake, Shinichiro ; Nishio, Kazuhisa; Tsuruta, Tadahiko  ; Matsuoka, Toshiyuki; Ishibashi, Masayuki; Kuboshima, Koji; Takeuchi, Ryuji  ; Mizuno, Takashi   ; Sato, Toshinori  ; Sanada, Hiroyuki; Tanno, Takeo; Hikima, Ryoichi; Yuguchi, Takashi; Sasao, Eiji   ; Ogata, Nobuhisa ; Hama, Katsuhiro ; Koide, Kaoru; Ikeda, Koki; Yamamoto, Masaru; Shimada, Akiomi; Matsui, Hiroya ; Ito, Hiroaki ; Sugihara, Kozo

Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) at Tono Geoscience Center (TGC) is pursuing a geoscientific research and development project namely the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) project in crystalline rock environment in order to construct scientific and technological basis for geological disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste (HLW). The MIU project is planned in three overlapping phases; Surface-based Investigation Phase (Phase I), Construction Phase (Phase II) and Operation Phase (Phase III). Currently, the project is under the Construction Phase and the Operation Phase. This document introduces the research and development activities planned for 2012 fiscal year based on the MIU Master Plan updated in 2010, construction plan and research collaboration plan, etc.