Decision-making process on site selection for the deep geological repository of high-level radioactive waste; As an example of Switzerland and United Kingdom

Osawa, Hideaki; Hirose, Yukio*; Onuma, Susumu*; Otomo, Shoji*

Shakai Anzengaku Kenkyu, 9, p.161 - 176, 2019/03

https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/Fc_ss/center/study/bulletin_009.html

We compared site selection process by a voluntarism and partnership approach in UK, and that by screening based primarily on technical criteria with the main emphasis on safety in Switzerland, by document review. The voluntarism and partnership approach in UK is based on the ethical consideration that fairness in siting facilities could only be achieved by the enhancement of well-being and public acceptability based on a willingness to participate and a right to withdraw from a siting process. On the other hand, it could be interpreted that the screening approach with the main emphasis on safety in Switzerland would be based on the concept of the ignorance of veil, hypothesized that people would accept the decision if they consent the decision way beforehand under condition everyone could be involved in as a potential interest party.

The development of general assessment system for FBR cycle for practical use

Shiba, Tsuyoshi*; Kamezaki, Hiroshi*; Yuyama, Tomonori*; *

JNC TJ9400 2000-012, 92 Pages, 2000/02

JNC-TJ9400-2000-012.pdf:3.18MB

This research aims to develop a system in which aspects necessary for FBR cycle and overall comparison of evaluation items (economy, safety etc.) are evaluated quantitatively and objectively as a part of Nuclear Cycle development's research project of the FBR cycle for practical use. There are various methods in the decision-making support. In this particular situation, features of each method were evaluated based on the analysis of cases with each method. Subsequently we constructed overall evaluation method by combining Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Multi-attribution Utility Function Method (MUF) and Cut-off Method. This method has variation in evaluation items, transparency in evaluation process and uncompensation. The six aspects of evaluation are economy, effectiveness of resource use, proliferation resistance, environmental effectiveness, safety, and research and development. The evaluation items and the evaluation index of each aspect were hierarchized and the evaluation structure was constructed. In the present study effect function for each evaluation index and pair comparison for examining significance of each item were utilized to select prospective systems for FBR cycle experimentally. The result confirmed reliability of our general assessment system as a decision-making support system for FBR system.

Development of multilaterial comparative evaluation method for fuel cycle system

Tamaki, Hitoshi; *; ; Nomura, Yasushi

JAERI-Tech 98-008, 43 Pages, 1998/03

JAERI-Tech-98-008.pdf:3.36MB

no abstracts in English

For discussions with the public for the safety of nuclear power; Various patterns of risk application method and examples

Narumiya, Yoshiyuki*; Miyano, Hiroshi*; Noguchi, Kazuhiko*; Muramatsu, Ken*; Takata, Takashi; Muta, Hitoshi*; Itoi, Tatsuya*; Matsumoto, Masaaki*; Matsunaga, Yoko*

no journal, , 

Target of PRA is not calculating PRA to get CDF/CFF, but providing significant and useful information from PRA results for risk-informed activities. Lot of risk applications have been implemented these about 20 years in US. After Fukushima Dai-ichi accidents, Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority provided new regulatory requirements about external events and beyond design events. And Risk Application faces full-scale implementation. In this report, several methods of risk application are showed with adequate risk indexes. Two examples of risk application, risk-informed shutdown management and RI-ISI, are provided. The explanation about Risk Informed Decision-Making Process is made.