19th FNCA(MLM) Country Report
Current Status of Nuclear Energy in JapanI) Nuclear Energy-(Power)
1) Strategic Energy Plan and Energy Mix as of 2030
2) Restart of Nuclear Power Plants in Japan
3) Strategic Energy Plan (-relating to Nuclear Fuel Cycle)
4) FUKUSHIMA Up- Date
II) Nuclear Energy-(Application to agriculture)1) Economic Scale of Radiation Utilization
2) Application to agriculture3) Recent topic of application (Heavy Ion Beam)Strategic Energy Plan(Cabinet Decision in July 2018)
I. Nuclear power is an important base-load power source as a low carbon and quasidomestic energy source, contributing to stability of energy supply-demand structure.
II. Dependency on nuclear power generation will be lowered to the extent possible by energy
saving and introducing renewable energy as well as by improving the efficiency of thermal
power generation, etc.
III. The basic policy of Japan is to promote a nuclear fuel cycle that reprocesses spent fuels
and effectively utilizes the plutonium retrieved, from the viewpoint of effective utilization ofresources and reduction of the volume and harmfulness of high-level radioactive waste.

2030
Target of electricity generation2016

2001～20102010

2013

2030

Nuclear29%

Renewable

10%

Thermal61%

2% 20~22%
11% 14% 22~24%*
88% 84% 56%
1%* Geothermal 1.7~4.6 %Biomass 3.7~4.6 %Wind 1.7 %Solar 7.0 %Hydro 8.8~9.2 %（average）(approx.)
Energyconservation

LNG 27%LNG
27%

Coal 24%

Coal26%

Oil 12%
Renewableenergy 11%

Renewable energy
22-24%

Nuclear power
27%

Nuclear power
22-20%

Oil 3%

Restarted

110３３54121１２

Hokuriku EPCO
Shika
JAPCTsurugaKansai EPCO
MihamaKansai EPCO
Ohi

２５110２７110２５3622 reactors

110２４(Date ofApplication)(Date of Approval)

110２８136２１136２１Hokkaido EPCO 58
Tomari２９58

91

２７８PWR(2013.7.8)

50

11883

11４３４２３３(2017.6.6)

82

２９56

Inspected

87

56

３７(2018.5.9)

52

83

83

３４２３１６Tohoku EPCO
Onagawa(2013.12.27)

87

4678

78

78

78

110Tokyo EPCO
Fukushima Daiicih

110

110

110

110Tokyo EPCO
Fukushima Daini

３３(2017.5.17)

137Decommissioning considered by Tokyo EPCO (released 14th, Jun, 2018).

(2018.8.10)

118２４Tokyo EPCO
Higashidori(2014.6.10)

118２５２６83

Tohoku EPCO
Higashidori0１２(2016.10.5)

11883

46

Age

J-POWER
Ohma

139４１
118

Capacity(10MkW)

２９(2014.12.16)(2015.11.5)

34110
ABWR

BWR

138116３１(2013.12.25)

Kyushu EPCO
Genkai12 reactors

Decommission(2014.8.12)(2016.4.20)

Chugoku EPCO
Shimane６ reactors(2017.12.27)(2018.3.14)

Kansai EPCO
Takahama

decided/predicted to(Date of Restart)

In Operation : 7 reactors
Inspected : 2 reactors

Tokyo EPCO
Kashiwazaki Kariwa

Under NRA
Review

Permitted by NRA for Changes
in Reactor Installation

9 reactors

already

Under Safety
Construction

17118２１5757

89

２３Inspected(2018.3.23) (2018.6.16)

110３９JAPC
Tokai/Tokai Daini(2018.9.26)

54

84

110３１

114２５

13
8１３Chubu EPCO
Hamaoka

Promotion of the nuclear fuel cycle••

The basic policy of Japan is to promote a nuclear fuel cycle that reprocesses spent fuels and effectively utilizes
the plutonium etc. retrieved, from the viewpoint of effective utilization of resources and reduction of thevolume and harmfulness of high‐level radioactive waste.
Specifically, GOJ will promote plutonium use in LWRs, and proceed with such measures as completion of theRokkasho Reprocessing Plant, construction of a MOX fuel fabrication plant, and completion of the Mutsu
interim storage facility on the underlying premise of ensuring safety.

Plutonium Management••

The Japanese government remains committed to the policy of not possessing plutonium without specificpurposes on the premise of peaceful use of plutonium and work to reduce of the size of plutonium stockpile,
thereby contributing to nuclear non‐proliferation and steadily proceeding with such efforts while gaining
international understanding.
In order to achieve this policy effectively, the government will appropriately manage and utilize plutonium
through further promotion of plutonium use in LWRs and the Government’s involvement based on theframework of the Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Implementation Act newly introduced in 2016 while
paying due consideration to an appropriate balance between the separation and utilization of plutonium.

R&D of Fast Reactors•Furthermore, under a roadmap to be developed pursuant to the “New Policy for Fast Reactor Development inJapan” (the decision by the Ministerial Council for Nuclear Power in December 2016), the government will
promote R&D of fast reactors through international cooperation with the United States and France.

19th FNCA(MLM) Country Report
Current Status of Nuclear Energy
gy in JapanpI) Nuclear Energy-(Power)
1) Strategic Energy Plan and Energy Mix asof 2030
2) Restart of Nuclear Power Plants in Japan
3) Strategic Energy Plan (-relating to NuclearFuel Cycle)
4) FUKUSHIMA Up- Date Video-MovieII) Nuclear Energy-(Application to agriculture)1) Economic Scale of Radiation Utilization
2) Application to agriculture3) Recent topic of application (Heavy IonBeam)19th FNCA(MLM) Country Report
Current Status of Nuclear Energy in JapanI) Nuclear Energy-(Power)
1) Strategic Energy Plan and Energy Mix as of 2030
2) Restart of Nuclear Power Plants in Japan
3) Strategic Energy Plan (-relating to Nuclear Fuel Cycle)
4) FUKUSHIMA Up- Date
II) Nuclear Energy-(Application to agriculture)1) Economic Scale of Radiation Utilization
2) Application to agriculture3) Recent topic of application (Heavy Ion Beam)Economic Scale of Radiation Utilization inJapan (2015)
For medical science/treatment
Image diagnosis：¥1,460bn
Heavy ion therapy (¥14bn) Radiation oncology：¥140bn
Breast cancer Therapy:¥20bn

For
MedicalScience
PET・CT Cancer Exam and150M
HealthCare¥1,910bn(44%)
For agriculture
Mutation Breeding

Germination Control
for potatoes• Food irradiation• Radiation
measurement etc.

6¥390bn

Accelerator
Diagnostic X-ray device
Other radiation devices for
medical use¥4,370bn

ForAgriculture¥240bn(5%)：Equipment/System

For industry
Semiconductor processing¥1,230bnFor
Industry¥2,220bn(51%)

Radiological sterilization¥310bn Syringes
 Vacuum Bloodcollection tube Artificial Jaw/born
Measurement/Inspection¥180bn
Polymer Processingfor Radial Tires etc.

：¥110bnRadiologicalinstrument
NDI

The categories radiation technology is applied in agriculture (2015)
Category

Object of the application

Value(in ¥100M)

Ratio

Mutation Breeding

Rice

2,453

88.0%

Mutation Breeding

Soybeans, Wheat, Barley, Enoki‐Mashroom,
Carnation, Chrysanthemum, Lawn,
Pears,Peach86

3.1%

The use ofRI/Radiation Analysis

Radiation Analysis and others145

5.2%

Pest Control

Melon Fly Eradication (inOkinawa/Amami/Ogasawara Islands)

74

2.6%

Sterilization

Food Packing Materials/Feed for Laboanimals

26

0.9%

Food Irradiation

Sprout Control for Potatoes

90.3%

91.1%

D. Agr. Tomoko Abedianthus
Original’Olivia White Eye’
Heavy ionirradiation
DNA repair

Mutants

DNA double‐strand breaks

New cultivar
Nucleus in plant cell

‘Olivia Purele White’Advantages of ion‐beam breeding• Low dose, high mutation rates, and wide variation• Irradiation treatment can be given to various plant materials• Irradiation time between seconds to a few minutes•The time span for breeding can be shortened to 3 years

New flower color Senetti

New flower color Torenia

New flower color Petunia

Lavender bicolor

Summer Splash Yellow

Surfinia Pure WhiteNew flower color
Cherry blossom

Perpetual flowering

Nishina Zao

Nishina Otome

Late flowering Edible
Chrysanthemum

Tearless Onion

Dwarf Millet

Saitama Yeast G
strainSaitama Yeast H
strainRIBF (Radio Isotope Beam Factory) of Institute of Physical andChemical Research (RIKEN)

Salt‐resistant rice in Miyagi prefecture
Selection of the salt‐resistant lines

C‐ion irradiation(Apr. 2011）

in saline paddy field (1/4 sea water
concentration)
Good taste'Hitomebore’（Rce planting
at May, screening at Oct.‘Manamusume’
2012）
Original cultivar in
Miyagi pref.

Hitomebore
Manamusume
Miyagi pref. Furukawa Agricultural
Experimental Station(M2 seeds harvest at Oct. 2011)

Salt‐resistant line
Tall, green leaf, filled grain

368 lines X 16plants=5888 plants

351 lines X 16 plants=5616plants

73 salt-resistant candidate lines (Oct.
2012)
13 salt-resistant lines (Oct. 2013)
4 salt-resistant lines (Oct. 2015)
1 salt-resistant line (Oct. 2016)
Panicle No./m2
Grain
Yield (kg/a)
Manamusume
363
60.7
H1583
414
63.0
Tsunami‐affected Paddy field in Ishinomaki

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