Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory Project, Plan for fiscal year 2013
Hama, Katsuhiro ; Mikake, Shinichiro ; Nishio, Kazuhisa; Sasao, Eiji ; Iwatsuki, Teruki ; Takeuchi, Ryuji ; Matsuoka, Toshiyuki; Tanno, Takeo*; Onoe, Hironori ; Ogata, Nobuhisa ; Koide, Kaoru; Ikeda, Koki; Yamawaki, Hiroyuki; Shimada, Akiomi; Sato, Toshinori ; Osawa, Hideaki ; Nakatsuka, Noboru; Sugihara, Kozo
The Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) project is being pursued by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) to enhance the reliability of relevant disposal technologies through investigations of the deep geological environment within the host crystalline rock at Mizunami City in Gifu, central Japan. The project consists of major research areas, "Geoscientific Research", and proceeds in three overlapping phases, "Phase I: Surface-based investigation Phase", "Phase II: Construction Phase" and "Phase III: Operation Phase". The present report summarizes the research and development activities planned for fiscal year 2013 based on the MIU Master Plan updated in 2010.