Introduction to dismantling and decommissioning chemistry

Sato, Nobuaki*; Kameo, Yutaka ; Sato, Soichi ; Kumagai, Yuta   ; Sato, Tomonori  ; Yamamoto, Masahiro*; Watanabe, Yutaka*; Nagai, Takayuki  ; Niibori, Yuichi*; Watanabe, Masayuki   ; Aoki, Takayuki*; Osaka, Masahiko  ; Koyama, Shinichi*

This book focuses on the dismantling and decommissioning of nuclear facilities and reactors that have suffered severe accidents. In Part 1, we introduce basic aspects ranging from fuel chemistry, analytical chemistry, radiation chemistry, corrosion, and decontamination chemistry to waste treatment and disposal. Then, Part 2 covers the chemistry involved in the decommissioning of various nuclear facilities, and discusses what chemical approaches are necessary and possible for the decommissioning of TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plants, how decommissioning should be carried out, and what kind of research and development and also human resource development are required for this.