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Murakami, Kenta*; Onizawa, Kunio; Yamamoto, Akio*
Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi ATOMO
, 66(4), p.199 - 202, 2024/04
The Standards Committee of Atomic Energy Society of Japan has been leading activities related to long-term operation through the revision of the Code of Practice for Aging Management, and we believe that we must continue to make important contributions in light of recent changes in laws and regulations. This paper recapitulates the discussions in the special session conducted at the 2023 fall meeting, and describes the efforts toward safe long-term operation and the points to keep in mind in the standardization of such activities. The important points are (1) to make effective use of knowledge found over time, (2) not to overlook new knowledge that has a significant impact on safety, including obsolescence, (3) to assign a level of importance to the response based on the impact on safety and the likelihood of its occurrence, and (4) to contribute to the establishment of an international knowledge base.
Murakami, Kenta*; Arai, Taku*; Yamada, Koji*; Momma, Kensuke*; Tsuji, Takashi*; Nakagawa, Nobuyuki*; Onizawa, Kunio
Transactions of the 27th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT 27) (Internet), 3 Pages, 2024/03
This paper studied the future vision of codes and standards in Japan by systematically comparing Japanese regulatory rules, standards, and industry guides related to long term operation with international safety standards, and confirmed that the Japanese standard system generally meets their recommendations. The recommendation for the future improvements of Japanese codes and standards were summarized into five items.
Okuno, Hiroshi; Yamamoto, Kazuya
JAEA-Review 2020-066, 32 Pages, 2021/02
The International Atomic Energy Agency (abbreviated as IAEA) has been implementing the Asian Nuclear Safety Network (abbreviated as ANSN) activities since 2002. As part of this effort, Topical Group on Emergency Preparedness and Response (abbreviated as EPRTG) for nuclear or radiation disasters was established in 2006 under the umbrella of the ANSN. Based on the EPRTG proposal, the IAEA conducted 23 Asian regional workshops in the 12 years from 2006 to 2017. Typical topical fields of the regional workshops were nuclear emergency drills, emergency medical care, long-term response after nuclear/radiological emergency, international cooperation, national nuclear disaster prevention system. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has produced coordinators for EPRTG since its establishment and has led its activities since then. This report summarizes the Asian regional workshops conducted by the IAEA based on the recommendations of the EPRTG.
Nishitani, Takeo; Vayakis, G.*; Yamauchi, Michinori*; Sugie, Tatsuo; Kondoh, Takashi; Shikama, Tatsuo*; Ishitsuka, Etsuo; Kawashima, Hisato
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 329-333(Part2), p.1461 - 1465, 2004/08
Times Cited Count:16 Percentile:68.16(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Ho, H. Q.; Fujimoto, Nozomu*; Hamamoto, Shimpei; Nagasumi, Satoru; Ishitsuka, Etsuo
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Katsuyama, Jinya; Chimi, Yasuhiro*; Onizawa, Kunio; Nishiyama, Yutaka; Amaya, Masaki
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JAEA has conducted safety research on long term operation of nuclear power plants and technically supported for the NRA in Japan as an external Technical Support Organization. Most of Japanese light-water reactors have been operated for more than 30 years. It has become more important to ensure the structural integrity of safety-related components such as reactor pressure vessels and nuclear piping which compose of pressure boundary. Though the structural integrity assessments are conducted based on deterministic methods, we have plans to enhance our research to support more rational regulations through contribution to promote the practical use of PFM, and establishment of risk-based and performance-based safety evaluation and review. In the presentation, our roles as an external TSO for LTO including our recent research activities will be presented.