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Shinohara, Masanori; Sumita, Junya; Shibata, Taiju; Hirata, Masaru
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-001, 104 Pages, 2022/06
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-001.pdf:28.15MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency received the annual evaluation of FY2020, the research plan of FY2021 and the prospective evaluation of the third mid- to long-term plan (from FY2015 to FY2021) from the "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (hereinafter referred to as "HTGR") and Related Hydrogen Production Technology" (hereinafter referred to as "Evaluation Committee") which consists of specialists in the fields of evaluation subjects of HTGR and related heat application technology. As a result, for the annual evaluation of FY2020, one of the ten technical committee members concluded a score of "S", eight members concluded "A" and one member concluded "B". The comprehensive evaluation was concluded a score of "A". On the other hand, two humanities and social sciences committee members concluded "B". For the prospective evaluation of the third mid- to long-term plan, one of the ten technical committee members concluded a score of "S", eight members concluded "A" and one member concluded "B". The comprehensive evaluation was concluded a score of "A". On the other hand, two humanities and social sciences committee members concluded "B". This report describes the members of the Evaluation Committee, assessment items, assessment results and JAEA's measures following the assessment.
Sector of Nuclear Fuel, Decommissioning and Waste Management Technology Development
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-002, 172 Pages, 2022/11
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-002.pdf:71.95MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted the "Evaluation Committee on Research and Development Activities for Decommissioning" (hereinafter referred to as "Committee") about the ex-post evaluation result for the implementation of the 3rd mid- and long-term objectives period and the ex-ante evaluation of R&D plan for the 4th mid- and long-term objectives period concerning "Decommissioning of nuclear facilities and development of technologies for the treatment of related radioactive waste" 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, the Committee evaluated the results of research and development during the 3rd mid- and long-term objectives period (April 2015 to March 2022) and the research and development plan for the 4th mid- and long-term objectives period (April 2022 to March 2029) according to the evaluation method established by the committee.
Center for Computational Science & e-Systems
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-003, 61 Pages, 2022/11
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-003.pdf:1.42MB
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-003-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:6.16MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JAEA") consults an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for Computational Science and Technology Research" (hereinafter referred to as "Committee") for result and in-advance evaluation of "Computational Science and Technology Research", in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by the JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the research program of the Center for Computational Science and e-Systems (hereinafter referred to as "CCSE"). The Committee evaluated the management and research activities of the CCSE based on explanatory documents prepared by the CCSE, and oral presentations with questions-and answers.
Center for Computational Science & e-Systems
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-004, 38 Pages, 2022/11
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-004.pdf:1.38MB
Research on advanced computational science for nuclear applications, based on "the plan to achieve the mid- and long-term goal of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency", has been performed by Center for Computational Science & e-Systems (CCSE), Japan Atomic Energy Agency. CCSE established a committee consisting of external experts and authorities which evaluates and advises toward the future research and development. This report summarizes the results of the R&D performed by CCSE in FY2021 (April 1st, 2021 - March 31st, 2022) and their evaluation by the committee.
Konishi, Kensuke; Kunogi, Kosuke
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-005, 106 Pages, 2022/11
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-005.pdf:3.06MBJAEA-Evaluation-2022-005-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:30.93MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted with the "Evaluation Committee of Research and Development Activities for Fast Reactor and Fuel Cycle" (hereinafter referred to as "Committee"), which consists of specialists in the fields of the evaluation subjects of fast reactor cycle technologies, for post-review and pre-review assessment of Research and Development (R&D) activities of fast reactor cycle in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government R&D Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by JAEA. In response to JAEA's request, the Committee assessed mainly the progress of the R&D project according to guidelines, which addressed the rationale behind the R&D project, the relevance of the project outcome and the efficiency of the project implementation during the period of the current and next plan. This report is issued for the purpose of actively disseminate evaluation information to the people of Japan (based on General Guideline), which lists the members of the Committee and outlines the assessment items and the review process for procedure of the assessment. The assessment reports which were issued by the Committee is attached.
Shinohara, Masanori; Sumita, Junya; Shibata, Taiju; Hirata, Masaru
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-006, 198 Pages, 2022/11
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-006.pdf:23.34MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) received a post-evaluation of the third medium-/long-term plan (from FY2015 to FY2021) and pre-evaluation of the fourth medium-/long-term plan (from FY2022 to FY2028) from the "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (hereinafter referred to as "HTGR") and Related Hydrogen Production Technology" (hereinafter referred to as "Evaluation Committee") which consists of specialists in the fields of evaluation subjects of HTGR and related heat application technologies. As a result, for the post-evaluation of the third medium-/ long-term plan, two of the ten technical committee members concluded a score of "S", seven members concluded "A" and one member concluded "B". The comprehensive evaluation concluded a score of "A". On the other hand, one of the two humanities and social sciences members concluded a score of "B", one members concluded "C". The comprehensive evaluation concluded a score of "B". For the pre-evaluation of the fourth medium-/long-term plan, although there were some items that several evaluation committee members rated as "needs improvement," the majority of the committee members judged the plan to be appropriate. This report describes the members of the Evaluation Committee, assessment items, assessment results and JAEA's measures following the assessment.
Geological Disposal Research and Development Department
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-007, 81 Pages, 2022/11
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-007.pdf:2.06MBJAEA-Evaluation-2022-007-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:37.06MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) consulted the advisory committee, "Evaluation Committee on Research and Development (R&D) Activities for Geological Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste", for post- and pre-review assessment of R&D activities on high-level radioactive waste disposal in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and JAEA's "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities". In response to JAEA's request, the Committee reviewed mainly the progress of the R&D project on geological disposal, the relevance of the project outcome and the efficiency of the project implementation during the period of the current and next plan. This report summarizes the results of the assessment by the Committee with the Committee report attached.
Planning and Co-ordination Office, Sector of Nuclear Safety Research and Emergency Preparedness
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-008, 68 Pages, 2022/11
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-008.pdf:2.01MBJAEA-Evaluation-2022-008-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:64.08MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research and Development (R&D) Activities for Nuclear Safety Research", for post-review and pre-review assessments of Nuclear Safety Research, in accordance with "General Guideline for Evaluation of Government R&D Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by JAEA. In response to the JAEA's consult, the Committee assessed the results and outcomes of the R&D programs during the 3rd mid-/long-term plan (from April 2015 to March 2022, including the expected results and outcomes) and the validity of the 4th mid-/long-term plan (7 years from FY2022), according to the above-mentioned guidelines. The Committee concluded that the rationale behind the R&D programs, the relevance of the program outcome and the efficiency of the program implementation during the 3rd mid-/long-term plan are comprehensively evaluated as "A", and the R&D programs for the 4th mid-/long-term plan is generally appropriate. This report summarizes the results of the assessment by the Committee. In addition, the appendices of the report contain the responses from JAEA on the comments and suggestions by the Committee and the presentation materials submitted to the Committee.
Advanced Science Research Center
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-009, 398 Pages, 2023/03
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-009.pdf:27.22MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for Advanced Science Research" (hereinafter referred to as "Committee") for final evaluation and prior assessment of "Advanced Science Research", in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the research programs and activities of the Advanced Science Research Center (hereinafter referred to as "ASRC") for the period of seven years from April 2015 and the research programs from April 2022. The Committee evaluated the management and the research programs of the ASRC based on the explanatory documents prepared by the ASRC and the oral presentations with questions-and-answers by the Director and the research group leaders. This report summarizes the results of the assessment by the Committee with the Committee report attached.
Sector of Fukushima Research and Development
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-010, 62 Pages, 2023/03
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-010.pdf:1.32MBJAEA-Evaluation-2022-010-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:69.68MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research and Development related to the Accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station" (hereinafter referred to as "Committee") for ex-post and ex-ante evaluations of "Research and Development Related to the Accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station" in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee evaluated the R&D activities during the Third Period of Mid-term Research Plan (from April 2015 to March 2022) as ex-post evaluation and the R&D plans during the Fourth Period of Research Plan (from April 2022 to March 2029) as ex-ante evaluation. This report summarizes the results of the assessment by the Committee.
Nuclear Science and Engineering Center
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-011, 34 Pages, 2023/03
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-011.pdf:1.12MBJAEA-Evaluation-2022-011-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:31.23MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as "JAEA") consults an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for Nuclear Science and Engineering" (hereinafter referred to as "Committee") for result and in-advance evaluation of "Nuclear Science and Engineering", in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by the JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the research program of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center (hereinafter referred to as "NSEC"). The Committee evaluated the management and research activities of the NSEC based on explanatory documents prepared by the NSEC, and oral presentations with questions-and-answers.
Materials Sciences Research Center
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-012, 87 Pages, 2023/03
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-012.pdf:9.58MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for Research and Development in Science and Technology Using Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation" (hereafter referred to as "Evaluation Committee") for ex-post evaluation of "Research and Development in Science and Technology Using Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation", in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the research program and activities on Research and Development in Science and Technology Using Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Sciences Research Center (MSRC) and Neutron Science Section (NSS) in Materials and Life Science Division (MLSD) of J-PARC Center during the period from April 2015 to October 2021. The Committee evaluated the management, research and development activities based on the explanatory documents prepared by MSRC and NSS and oral presentations with questions-and-answers by the Director General and the Division Heads of the MSRC and the Deputy Director General and the NSS Section Leader of J-PARC Center. This report summarizes the results of the assessment by the Evaluation Committee with the Committee report attached.
Materials Sciences Research Center
JAEA-Evaluation 2022-013, 105 Pages, 2023/03
JAEA-Evaluation-2022-013.pdf:13.08MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (hereafter referred to as "JAEA") consulted an assessment committee, "Evaluation Committee of Research Activities for Research and Development in Science and Technology Using Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation" (hereafter referred to as "Evaluation Committee") for ex-ante evaluation of "Research and Development in Science and Technology Using Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation", in accordance with "General Guideline for the Evaluation of Government Research and Development (R&D) Activities" by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, "Guideline for Evaluation of R&D in Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" and "Regulation on Conduct for Evaluation of R&D Activities" by JAEA. In response to the JAEA's request, the Committee assessed the research program and activities on Research and Development in Science and Technology Using Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Sciences Research Center (MSRC) and Neutron Science Section (NSS) in Materials and Life Science Division (MLSD) of J-PARC Center during the period from April 2022 to March 2029. The Committee evaluated the management, research and development activities based on the explanatory documents prepared by MSRC and NSS and oral presentations with questions-and-answers by the Director General and the Division Heads of the MSRC and the Deputy Director General and the NSS Section Leader of J-PARC Center. This report summarizes the results of the assessment by the Evaluation Committee with the Committee report attached.