Accomplishment of OECD/NEA, PreADES (Preparatory Study on Analysis of Fuel debris) project

Nakayoshi, Akira  ; Koyama, Shinichi  ; Washiya, Tadahiro 

The activity of the PreADES project was carried out under the collaboration with many international organizations, and accumulated useful expertise. Following project tasks were discussed: (1) the Characteristic table that clarified characteristics of fuel debris for 1F, TMI2, and Chernobyl from various analyses and experiments, (2) Compiling informative tables for fuel debris analysis (the Analytical table, the Major issue and methodology table; the Hot testing analysis capabilities table). The first one identified analysis data to be obtained, and the last one indicated practical appropriate and optimal methodologies for fuel debris handling, (3) future international R&D framework. Through these activities with many discussions, project partners re-realized that important aspects for the success of future collaborative initiative was to implement conditions for fluid dialogue and information exchange between involved organizations. Currently, post-PreADES project, "Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident Information Collection and Evaluation (FACE)" project has been launched and discussion is ongoing enthusiastically.