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Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management
JAEA-Review 2023-001, 136 Pages, 2023/06
JAEA-Review-2023-001.pdf:10.65MB
This report describes the activities of Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management (DDWM) in Nuclear Science Research Institute (NSRI) in the period from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The report covers organization and missions of DDWM, outline and operation/maintenance of facilities which belong to DDWM, treatment and management of radioactive wastes, decommissioning activities, and related research and development activities which were conducted in DDWM. In FY2021 radioactive wastes generated from R&D activities in NSRI were treated safely. They were about 206 m
of combustible solid wastes and 155 m of noncombustible solid wastes and 113 m of liquid wastes. After adequate treatment, 760 waste packages (in 200 L-drum equivalent) were generated. The total amounts of accumulated waste packages were 126,827 as of the end of FY2021 due to efforts of the restitution of waste packages to the Japan Radioisotope Association and volume reduction treatments of the stored waste packages. Decommissioning activities were carried out for the JAEA's Reprocessing Test Facility (JRTF), the Liquid Waste Treatment Facilities, the Compaction Facilities, and Fusion Neutronics Source (FNS) facilities. As for the R&D activities, studies on radiochemical analyses of wastes for disposal were continued. In order to pass the conformity review on the New Regulatory Requirements for waste management facilities, the Approval of the design and construction method was applied sequentially for the Nuclear Regulation Authority. The ministry of the Environment and Tokai-mura office requested JAEA to dispose of the contaminated soil generated by the accident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The monitoring work at the playground was conducted during this period.
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Hokkaido University*
JAEA-Review 2022-038, 102 Pages, 2023/01
JAEA-Review-2022-038.pdf:4.76MB
The Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), had been conducting the Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project (hereafter referred to "the Project") in FY2021. The Project aims to contribute to solving problems in the nuclear energy field represented by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO). For this purpose, intelligence was collected from all over the world, and basic research and human resource development were promoted by closely integrating/collaborating knowledge and experiences in various fields beyond the barrier of conventional organizations and research fields. The sponsor of the Project was moved from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to JAEA since the newly adopted proposals in FY2018. On this occasion, JAEA constructed a new research system where JAEA-academia collaboration is reinforced and medium-to-long term research/development and human resource development contributing to the decommissioning are stably and consecutively implemented. Among the adopted proposals in FY2020, this report summarizes the research results of the "Study on rational treatment/disposal of contaminated concrete waste considering leaching alteration" conducted in FY2021. The present study aims to understand migration behaviors of radionuclides in relation to the properties of concrete altered by leaching, to develop a model to predict concentration profiles, and to analyze waste management scenarios, with a focus on underground concrete structures in contact with contaminated water. Migration behaviors depend on radionuclides and their chemical species. Sorption of I
is less significant on C-S-H and C-A-S-H than on hardened cement paste with two orders of magnitude smaller distribution coefficient 
, while of U was the same …
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Hokkaido University*
JAEA-Review 2021-070, 98 Pages, 2022/03
JAEA-Review-2021-070.pdf:4.75MB
The Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), had been conducting the Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project (hereafter referred to "the Project") in FY2020. The Project aims to contribute to solving problems in the nuclear energy field represented by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO). For this purpose, intelligence was collected from all over the world, and basic research and human resource development were promoted by closely integrating/collaborating knowledge and experiences in various fields beyond the barrier of conventional organizations and research fields. The sponsor of the Project was moved from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to JAEA since the newly adopted proposals in FY2018. On this occasion, JAEA constructed a new research system where JAEA-academia collaboration is reinforced and medium-to-long term research/development and human resource development contributing to the decommissioning are stably and consecutively implemented. Among the adopted proposals in FY2020, this report summarizes the research results of the "Study on rational treatment/disposal of contaminated concrete waste considering leaching alteration" conducted in FY2020. The present study aims to understand migration behaviors of radionuclides in relation to the properties of concrete materials altered due to leaching, to develop a model to simulate the migration behaviors based on the experimental findings, and to analyze waste management scenarios for radioactive concrete. The focus of the study is the underground concrete structures of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which is in contact with contaminated water.
Zr and Mo in concrete rubbleDo, V. K.; Furuse, Takahiro; Murakami, Erina; Aita, Rena; Ota, Yuki; Sato, Soichi
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 327(1), p.543 - 553, 2021/01
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：65.59(Chemistry, Analytical)A new HCl-free chromatographic separation procedure has been developed for sequential separation of Zr and Mo from concrete matrices. Accordingly, Zr and Mo could be sensitively and selectively measured by ICP-MS/MS using ammonia reaction gas. The recoveries of greater than 90% for Zr and Mo from concretes could be achieved. The measurement condition was optimized for complete suppression of interferences from Nb and peak tailing from abundant isotopes of Zr and Mo in concrete matrices. The removal of interferences was verified by measurement of radio-contamination-free concretes used as a sample matrix blank. Method detection limits of 1.7 mBq g
and 0.2 Bq g were achieved for Zr and Mo, respectively, in the concrete matrices. The interference removal factor for Nb (equivalent to the decontamination factor in radiochemical separation) was of the order of 10
, and the abundance sensitivity was of the order of 10
, indicating that the developed method is reliable for verifying the presence of ultralow concentrations of Zr and Mo. The present method is suitable for the rapid assessment of Zr and Mo for radioactivity inventory of concrete rubble.
Tsuji, Tomoyuki; Sugitsue, Noritake; Sato, Fuminori; Matsushima, Ryotatsu; Kataoka, Shoji; Okada, Shota; Sasaki, Toshiki; Inoue, Junya
Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi ATOMO
, 62(11), p.658 - 663, 2020/11
no abstracts in English
Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management
JAEA-Review 2020-012, 103 Pages, 2020/08
JAEA-Review-2020-012.pdf:8.17MB
This report describes the activities of Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management (DDWM) in Nuclear Science Research Institute (NSRI) in the period from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019. The report covers organization and missions of DDWM, outline and operation/maintenance of facilities which belong to DDWM, treatment and management of radioactive wastes, decommissioning activities, and related research and development activities which were conducted in DDWM.
Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management
JAEA-Review 2019-011, 91 Pages, 2019/10
JAEA-Review-2019-011.pdf:5.25MB
This report describes the activities of Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management (DDWM) in Nuclear Science Research Institute (NSRI) in the period from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018. The report covers organization and missions of DDWM, outline and operation/maintenance of facilities which belong to DDWM, treatment and management of radioactive wastes, decommissioning activities, and related research and development activities which were conducted in DDWM.
Sector of Nuclear Fuel, Decommissioning and Waste Management Technology Development
JAEA-Evaluation 2019-006, 122 Pages, 2019/08
JAEA-Evaluation-2019-006.pdf:8.35MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted the "Evaluation Committee for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management" (hereinafter referred to as "Committee") to perform the interim evaluation of "technology development related to spent fuel reprocessing (vitrification technology of high-level radioactive liquid waste)" project, "decommissioning of nuclear facilities and associated technology development" project and "radioactive waste treatment and disposal and associated technology development" project in accordance with the "Guideline for evaluation of government R&D activities", the "Guideline for evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)" and the "Operational rule for evaluation of R&D activities" by JAEA. In response to JAEA's request, the Committee assessed each project results in the view points of execution method, plans, outcomes and so on. As a result of review, the Committee concluded that each project is reasonable in accordance with the evaluation method having been decided by the Committee.
Saegusa, Jun; Koma, Yoshikazu; Ashida, Takashi
JAEA-Review 2018-017, 259 Pages, 2018/12
JAEA-Review-2018-017.pdf:53.88MB
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS) is responsible to promote international cooperation in the R&D activities on the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and to develop the necessary human resources. CLADS held the Fukushima Research Conference on Development of Analytical Techniques in Waste Management (FRCWM 2018) on 19th and 20th June, 2018. This report compiles the abstracts and the presentation materials in the above conference.
Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management
JAEA-Review 2018-008, 87 Pages, 2018/07
JAEA-Review-2018-008.pdf:2.67MB
This report describes the activities of Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management (DDWM) in Nuclear Science Research Institute (NSRI) in the period from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017. The report covers organization and missions of DDWM, outline and operation/maintenance of facilities which belong to DDWM, treatment and management of radioactive wastes, decommissioning activities, and related research and development activities which were conducted in DDWM.
Sano, Yuichi; Ashida, Takashi
JAEA-Review 2017-021, 180 Pages, 2017/11
JAEA-Review-2017-021.pdf:86.98MB
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS) is responsible to promote international cooperation in the R&D activities on the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and to develop the necessary human resources. CLADS held the Research Conference on Cementitious Composites in Decommissioning and Waste Management (RCWM2017) on 20th and 21st June, 2017. This report compiles the abstracts and the presentation materials in the above conference.
Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management
JAEA-Review 2016-029, 90 Pages, 2017/02
JAEA-Review-2016-029.pdf:8.54MB
This report describes the activities of Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management (DDWM) in Nuclear Science Research Institute (NSRI) in the period from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. The report covers organization and missions of DDWM, outline and operation/maintenance of facilities which belong to DDWM, treatment and management of radioactive wastes, decommissioning activities, and related research and development activities which were conducted in DDWM.
Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management
JAEA-Review 2015-036, 87 Pages, 2016/03
JAEA-Review-2015-036.pdf:4.02MB
This report describes the activities of Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management (DDWM) in Nuclear Science Research Institute (NSRI) in the period from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015. The report covers organization and missions of DDWM, outline and operation/maintenance of facilities which belong to DDWM, treatment and management of radioactive wastes, decommissioning activities, and related research and development activities which were conducted in DDWM.
Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management
JAEA-Review 2015-004, 90 Pages, 2015/03
JAEA-Review-2015-004.pdf:17.29MB
This report describes the activities of Department of Decommissioning and Waste Management (DDWM) in Nuclear Science Research Institute (NSRI) in the period from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014. The report covers organization and missions of DDWM, outline and operation/maintenance of facilities which belong to DDWM, treatment and management of radioactive wastes, decommissioning activities, and related research and development activities which were conducted in DDWM.
Oshima, Soichiro; Shiraishi, Kunio; Shimada, Taro; Sukegawa, Takenori; Yanagihara, Satoshi
JAERI-Tech 2005-046, 46 Pages, 2005/09
JAERI-Tech-2005-046.pdf:3.43MB
A model for estimating decommissioning costs consisting of labor cost, device cost and expense, was developed for items which OECD/NEA had standardized, and was installed into the computer system for planning and management of reactor decommissioning (COSMARD). Input data files and databases for the decommissioning of JPDR were prepared, and the decommissioning cost was calculated with COSMARD. In addition, the decommissioning cost for a large scale BWR power plant was also calculated on the assumption of the advantage of scale. The calculations have shown that it is useful and efficient for studying the decommissioning costs for nuclear reactors to apply the COSMARD with database for cost estimation to the decommissioning cost calculation.
Mizukoshi, Seiji; Oshima, Soichiro; Shimada, Taro
JAERI-Tech 2005-011, 122 Pages, 2005/03
JAERI-Tech-2005-011.pdf:13.25MB
The radiological and physical characteristic on decommissioning, such as component and structure weights and radioactivity of the 1.1 MWe class reference nuclear power plants summarized in the NUREG reports of the US NRC were classified,arranged and compared with the domestic commercial nuclear power plants and JPDR from a view point of dismantling plan and waste management for decommissioning. As the results, it was found that the radioactive component and structure weights was about 28,000ton、and non-radioactive structure weights was about 124,000ton less than the domestic commercial BWR. And it was found that this differences has mainly influenced dismantling costs for decommissioning. Farther, it was found that the concrete element composition rates of B, Ni, Nb and so were differerence of one or more figures btween the reference nuclear power plants and the domestic commercial PWR or JPDR.Also,it was found that the this difference became about two or three times by radioactivity concentration and has mainly influenced transport and disposal costs for decommissioning.
Nakano, Masahiro; Arigane, Kenji; Okawa, Hiroshi; Suzuki, Takeshi; Kishimoto, Katsumi; Terunuma, Akihiro; Yano, Masaaki; Sakuraba, Naotoshi; Oba, Nagamitsu
JAERI-Tech 2003-072, 92 Pages, 2003/08
JAERI-Tech-2003-072.pdf:6.99MB
The decommissioning plan of the Japan Research reactor No2(JRR-2), decommissioning activities until the first half of phase-3, radioactive wastes and exposure dose of workers are described in this report. Since the first criticality in October 1960, JRR-2 had been operated about 36 years for various experiments. However, JRR-2 was permanent shutdown in December 1996 based on JAERI's long term plan, and the decommissioning of the JRR-2 was started in August 1997. Decommissioning of the JRR-2 was planed for 11 years from 1997 to 2007 and the program was divided into 4 phases. The decommissioning activities of the phase-1, phase-2 and the first half of phase-3 had already completed as planned in March 1998, February 2000, March 2002, respectively. The decommissioning activities of the later half of Phase-3 (dismantling of the reactor cooling systems) are carrying out at present time with planed 2002 and 2003 fiscal years.
Yanagihara, Satoshi; Tachibana, Mitsuo; Miyajima, Kazutoshi
Proceedings of International Conference; Decommissioning Challenges (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2003/00
Several decommissioning projects are on going and studies on decommissioning issues are in progress in JAERI. The JPDR and JRTF decommissioning projects have been set up as demonstration programs for future decommissioning large nuclear facilities. Therefore, efforts have been made not only to dismantle the facilities but also to collect data and lessons learnt on dismantling activities. The data and lessons learnt have been analyzed to produce the database for future decommissioning projects by categorizing into manpower expenditure, radiation dose and waste generation in project data, and safety aspect, waste management, work efficiency considerations in lessons learnt. respectively. The feedback experience has been effectively contributed to various areas on decommissioning such as studies on regulatory systems and planning of other dismantling projects. This paper deals with decommissioning experience and lessons learned in JAERI.
Sato, Shinichi*; Araki, Masanori; Omori, Junji*; Oono, Isamu*; Sato, Satoshi; Yamauchi, Michinori*; Nishitani, Takeo
JAERI-Tech 2002-083, 126 Pages, 2002/10
JAERI-Tech-2002-083.pdf:4.07MB
It is one of the foremost goals for ITER to demonstrate the attractiveness with regard to safety and environmental potential. This implies that the radioactive materials and waste at decommissioning phase should carefully be treated with prescribed regulations. As possible activities during the Coordinated Technical Activity (CTA), Japanese Participant Team (JA-PT) has proposed a study for searching the possibility of more reduction in the activated level by taking account of minimum material changes while keeping original design concept and structure. Based on it, reassessment of the activation level and the amount of activation volumes will give us positive aspects for public acceptance.
Okoshi, Minoru
Hoken Butsuri, 37(3), p.197 - 207, 2002/09
The concept of clearance has been introduced by IAEA in 1996 and is very useful for the management of very low-level solid materials generating from the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. Therefore, the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan started the derivation of clearance levels for solid materials arising from nuclear reactors in 1997 and published the reports in 1999 and 2001, respectively. EC also published the several guides to clear metals, concrete, building and other solid materials from regulatory control. Some organizations including IAEA and USNRC are still discussing how to derive the clearance levels. In this exposition, the present status of clearance in Japan and other organizations and countries is summarized. And some information to realize the concept of clearance is given, and the problems related to the clearance are also discussed.
