About This Publication and the Outline of Organization of JAEA
This publication introduces the latest accomplishments of research and development (R&D) in the JAEA, which are chapteredby area of study. Each chapter corresponds to the activities of one R&D Directorate. As shown in the organization chart andthe map below, the R&D Directorates perform their activities through R&D Institutes and Centers, which are located widely inJapan as the sites for R&D. Some R&D directorates are located at one site, others are at two or more. The following outlines theactivities undertaken by R&D Directorates and R&D Institutes and Centers.
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The Headquarters of Fukushima Partnership Operations is engaged in R&D to recover from the accident at the Tokyo
Electric Power Company, Incorporated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Partnership operations for plant restoration
have set up “Special Teams for Technologies Development” at three centers of JAEA: the Nuclear Science ResearchInstitute, the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories, and the Oarai Research and Development Center. These centersconduct R&D to restore the interior of the nuclear power plant. Fukushima Environmental Safety Center in the Fukushima
prefecture is conducting R&D concerning decontamination technologies to restore the environment, develop outreachactivities concerning radiation, and study measurement of radioactive materials in the human body by whole-body counters.
In addition, Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Safety Research Establishment has been established, and we are working on theanalysis and research of radioactive materials and development of remote controlled robot and its demonstration plant.
The Advanced Nuclear System Research and Development Directorate is carrying out R&D aimed at commercializing
the fast breeder reactor (FBR) and its nuclear fuel cycle. The R&D of plant technology using the prototype fast breeder
reactor “MONJU” is being undertaken at the Tsuruga Head Office (Fast Breeder Reactor Research and Development Center),
R&D for innovative FBR technology is being conducted at the Oarai Research and Development Center, and R&D on
manufacturing plutonium fuel and reprocessing spent FBR fuel is being conducted at the Tokai Research and Development
Center (Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories).
The Geological Isolation Research and Development Directorate is carrying out multidisciplinary R&D aimed at improving
the reliability of geological isolation of high-level radioactive waste in Japan. A particular focus involves establishingtechniques for investigating the deep geological environment through research on crystalline rocks at the Tono Geoscience
Center and research on sedimentary rocks at the Horonobe Underground Research Center. At the Tokai Research andDevelopment Center, the focus is on improving technologies for designing disposal facilities and safety assessment. In addition,
work has been ongoing to develop a next generation knowledge management system based on the above R&D activities.
The Fusion Research and Development Directorate is performing fusion R&D as a domestic agency of the International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project and an implementing agency of the Broader Approach (BA) activities. Theprocurement activity of the ITER project, the upgrade of JT-60 to a superconducting machine as the BA activity, fusion plasma
research, and R&D on various element technologies are carried out in the Naka Fusion Institute. Moreover, the International
Fusion Energy Research Center project and the Engineering Validation and Engineering Design Activities of the International
Fusion Material Irradiation Facility as the BA activity are performed mainly in the Aomori Research and Development Center.

Japan Atomic Energy Agency -Outline of OrganizationResearch and Development Directorates
Nuclear Safety Research CenterPresident
Executive Vice President
Executive Director

AuditorManagement Sector
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Policy Planning and Administration Department
General Affairs Department
Auditor Office

Advanced Science Research Center

Legal Office
Personnel Department
Financial Affairs Department

Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate

Research and Development Institutes/Centers
Tsuruga Head OfficeContract Department

Quantum Beam Science Directorate

Fast Breeder Reactor Research and Development Center
Fugen Decommissioning Engineering Center

Safety Administration Department

Fusion Research and Development Directorate

Tokai Research and Development Center
Nuclear Science Research Institute
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories
J-PARC CenterIndustrial Collaboration Promotion Department

Oarai Research and Development Center

International Affairs Department

Advanced Nuclear System Research and Development Directorate

Naka Fusion InstituteTakasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute
Geological lsolation Research and Development Directorate

Kansai Photon Science InstituteHoronobe Underground Research Center

Nuclear Cycle Backend Directorate

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Project Promotion Sector

Headquarters of Fukushima Partnership Operations
Public Relations Department

Construction Department
Intellectual Resources Department

Department of Science and Technology for Nuclear Material Management
Center for Computational Science & e-Systems
Nuclear Human Resource Development CenterTono Geoscience Center

Nuclear Emergency Assistance and Training Center

Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center

Low-level Radioactive Wastes Disposal Project Center

Aomori Research and Development Center

Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security

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The Quantum Beam Science Directorate is engaged in research using neutron facilities in the Tokai Research andDevelopment Center (Nuclear Science Research Institute) and the J-PARC Center. Work using electron beams, gamma ray,and ion beam facilities is done in the Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute. Research using lasers and synchrotronradiation is performed at the Kansai Photon Science Institute.
The Nuclear Safety Research Center is in charge of safety research for supporting national nuclear safety regulatory bodies
that regulate nuclear power plants, nuclear fuel cycle facilities, and radioactive waste disposal facilities. This work is done at
the Tokai Research and Development Center (Nuclear Science Research Institute) and at the Tsuruga Head Office.
The Advanced Science Research Center conducts pioneering research in basic fields of nuclear power science, mainly
through the Tokai Research and Development Center (Nuclear Science Research Institute) and the Takasaki Advanced
Radiation Research Institute.
The Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate is engaged in key and basic research on various elemental technologies
that support the use of nuclear power. These efforts are carried out in the Tokai Research and Development Center (NuclearScience Research Institute) and the Oarai Research and Development Center.
The Nuclear Hydrogen and Heat Application Research Center conducts R&D on technology for the use of hightemperature heat supplied from naturally safe, high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors and technology for using this heat toproduce hydrogen. These studies are done in the Oarai Research and Development Center.
The Nuclear Cycle Backend Directorate develops technologies for safe and rational decommissioning of nuclear power
facilities as well as measures for processing and disposing radioactive waste. This work is performed in the Tokai Researchand Development Center.
The Center for Computational Science & e-Systems develops pioneering simulation technology and basic technology incomputational science as well as operates and maintains computer equipment. This occurs mainly in the Tokai Research andDevelopment Center (Nuclear Science Research Institute).
The Department of Science and Technology for Nuclear Material Management and the Integrated Support Center forNuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security develop technologies for nuclear nonproliferation and safeguards to ensure
the peaceful use of nuclear energy. These developments are done in the Tokai Research and Development Center (NuclearScience Research Institute) and the Techno Community Square Ricotti.
The R&D Institutes and Centers, located at 11 sites in Japan, manage and improve the performance of facilities andequipment to support the abovementioned R&D Directorates in safe and efficient R&D activities.

R&D Institutes /Centers of JAEA
Aomori Research andDevelopment Center

Horonobe Underground Research Center
Tsuruga Head Office

R&D of Geoscientific
Research and Geological
Disposal of HLW

Broader Approach Activities, Supportfor Nuclear Fuel Cycle Business,
Decommissioning of Nuclear Ship

Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor MONJU,
Decommissioning of Advanced Thermal
Reactor FUGEN

Fast Breeder Reactor Fugen Decommissioning
R&D Center (MONJU) Engineering Center

Tono Geoscience Center
R&D of Geoscientiﬁc Research inorder to build a ﬁrm scientiﬁc andtechnological basis for Geological
Disposal of HLWTokai Research and Development Center
Nuclear Safety Research, Nuclear Science and Technology,
Neutron Science, Nuclear Fuel-Cycle Technology Development,
Radioactive Waste Treatment and Disposal TechnologyDevelopment, Human Resource Development, etc.

Nuclear Science
Research Institute

Nuclear Fuel CycleEngineering Laboratories

Ningyo-toge Environmental
Engineering Center
Decommissioning ofuranium enrichment
plants andenvironmental
remediation activities
at Ningyo-toge mine

J-PARC Center

Materials and Life Science using Neutronsand Muons, Particle and Nuclear Physics
using Kaons and Neutrinos at Japan Proton
Accelerator Research Complex

Kansai Photon Science Institute
Photon & Synchrotron
Radiation Science

Oarai Research and Development Center
Naka Fusion Institutec RIKEN/JASRI

Takasaki Advanced Radiation
Research InstituteFusion R&D, ITER Support,
Broader Approach Activities

Research and Test Reactors;
JMTR, JOYO and HTTR,
R&D of FBR Cycle System Technology,Irradiation Test Technology,，High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor
Production Technology

R&D of Radiation
Applications

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