Status of transmutation technology and ADS in Japan

Okajima, Shigeaki  

The previous presentation related to the title was carried out at the TCADS-1 in 2010 in Karlsruhe. In FY2008, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) of Japan conducted Check and Review on Partitioning and Transmutation (P-T) technologies. The results of it were shown in the presentation. Since then the situation of the nuclear energy development policy in Japan has changed. One of the main reasons of the change was Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accidents which were induced by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the following tsunami in 2011. The status of the nuclear energy development took on a different posture in Japan. This time the status of it, including the latest strategic energy plan issued by Government of Japan, and the on-going programs in Japan concerning to the P-T technologies will be presented. And the state-of-the-art not only in the development of the P-T technologies and but also in the development of ADS technologies will be also shown.