Country Report of JapanThe 17th FNCA Ministerial Level Meeting
November 30, 2016

FNCA MLM 2016 country report1Contents
１．Nuclear energy (Power use)
• Follow-up of Fukushima nuclear accident (onsite/offsite) ………. 4 - 5• Overall information on Japan‘s energy supply…………………………. 6• Projected Energy Mix (2030)…………………………………………………… 7• Current status of nuclear power generation and its projection.. 8• Important issues for coming years………………………………………….. 9
２．Nuclear sciences and application (Non-power use)
• Japan’s Nuclear R&D Activities……………………………………………….. 10• Establishment of the National Institute for Quantum and Radiological
Science and Technology…………………………………………………………. 11
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３．Stakeholder involvement• Public opinion toward nuclear…………………………………….. 12• Efforts to Rebuild Public Trust in Nuclear Power …………. 13• Improvement of nuclear knowledge base ………………………………. 14

FNCA MLM 2016 country report31. Nuclear Energy (Power use)
- Follow-up of Fukushima Nuclear Accident (on-site) • Mar 2011: Fukushima nuclear accident occurred.
• Dec 2011: The “Mid-and-Long-Term Roadmap towards theDecommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Power Station” was established.
• Jun 2015: The Roadmap was revised.
December 2011
( Col d shut down st at e)November 2013

Phase 1Per i od unt i l st ar tof f uel r emovalf r om spent f uelpool( wi t hi n 2 year s)

Now

December 2021 l at est

Phase 2Phase 3Per i od unt i l st ar t off uel debr i s r emoval

Per i od unt i lcompl et i on of
decommi ssi oni ng( wi t hi n 30 – 40 year s)( wi t hi n 10 year s)•The Landside Impermeable Wall (Ice Wall) toprevent the inflow of groundwater into reactor
buildings began freezing in March, 2016
FNCA MLM 2016 country report[Land-side impermeable walls
utilizing the frozen-soil method] 4

Follow-up of Fukushima Nuclear Accident (off-site)•Evacuees of Fukushima ： 165,000 (May 2012) → 84,000 (Sept 2016)•Promote the ” Innovation Coast Scheme” to create a new industry
centered on cutting-edge technologies for decommissioning and robotics,
to facilitate efforts for revitalization of local communities.
Abukuma-Hamadori Area Wind
Power Generation Scheme

Robot Developmentand Demonstration
Base

Radioactive Material Analysis andResearch Facility(Okuma Town)
Collaborative Laboratories Building,Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced
Decommissioning Science(CLADS)(Tomioka Town)
Floating Offshore Wind Farm
Demonstration Project
Naraha Remote Technology
Development Center(Naraha Town)
Other major projects[Agriculture, forestry and fisheries industry] Various projects areto be carried out and Fukushima Prefecture considers concretemeasures therefor.

[Innovation Coast Scheme]

FNCA MLM 2016 country report5Overall information on Japan‘s energy supply
1. SelfSufficiency
20%(2010)

6%(2016)

2. Electricity Cost

3. CO2 Emissions

Home use +25%
Industry use +38%
(2010 → 2013)+7.9%(2010→2013)

Raise to close to25%(2030)

Lower cost by2-5%
from current levels

Leverage RE andnuclear energy(generateddomestically)

Utilize inexpensive
sources:・Nuclear energy
・coal-fired thermal
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26% reduction*(2013→ 2030）*a comparable with EU and the US

Utilize RE andnuclear. (no CO2emission)Optimize efficiency ofcoal-fired thermal
6Projected Energy Mix (2030)
Renewable
100%
90%
80%
70%

Nuclear

LNG

Coal

3Oil,12%Coal,24%Coal,27%

60%
50%

LNG,27%

LNG,27%

Nuclear,
21%

40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

Nuclear,
27%

Oil

11%

Renewable,
23%

Pre-2011

2030

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7Nuclear Power
Plantsin Japanof Nov 17, 2015)
NuclearPowerPlants(Asin Japan
TomariKashiwazaki Kariwa

２７ ２５
３１２６２３２２２６２０

As of November 30th, 2016
６Ohma

１９Shika
２３

Higashidori(Tokyo)

１０Tsuruga１０Higashidori(Tohoku)

２９Onagawa

Mihama３２３９Ohi
３７３６２４２３３１３１２１１４

Fukushima Daiichi

Takahama
４２４１Fukushima Daini→ (Unit 3) Restarted in Jan. 2016
→ (Unit 4) Restarted in Feb. 2016
→ (Unit 3,4) be placed on provisional injunction

３４３２３１２９Tokai・Tokai Daini

Shimane
３８２７Genkai
３５Hamaoka
２２１９２９２３

１１

Reactor-type
３２

３１３８３４

Restarted ( 5 units）* Takahama 3,4 are placed onprovisional injunction.
Under NRA Review (21 units）

Ikata

Sendai

Decided to be permanent shutdown(15 Units）

２１→ (Unit 1) Restarted in Aug. 2015
→ (Unit 3) Restarted in Aug. 2016
→ (Unit 2) Restarted in Oct. 2015
→ (Unit 1) Stop by the periodic inspection in Oct.2016

Others (19 units)

ABWR
BWR
PWR

Age
Not Start Operation

45units

Important Issues for coming years
Nuclear fuel cycle:
 Promotes a nuclear fuel cycle for effective utilization of resources andreduction of HLW. Electric utilities aim to use MOX fuel in 16 – 18 reactors.
Plutonium utilization:
 Remains committed to the policy of not possessing reserves of plutonium ofwhich use is undetermined on the premise of peaceful use of plutonium.
Monju (FBR):
 While maintaining nuclear fuel cycle policy as well as efforts on fast reactor
related R&D activities, strictly reviews the role of the Monju which may leadto possible decommissioning. (due end 2016).
Nuclear waste management (selection of final disposal sites) Promotes activities spearheaded by the national government, such as
proposals of scientifically promising sites.
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9２．Nuclear sciences and application(Non-power use)
-Japan’s Nuclear R&D Activities-(1) R&D on nuclear fuel cycleand high-level radioactive
waste disposal

FBR “Monju”

Horonobe & Mizunami
URL(UndergroundResearch Laboratory)(3) Nuclear safety research

NSRR
STACY
(Nuclear Safety (Static Experiment
Critical Facility)
ResearchReactor)(2) R&D for decommissioning ofFukushima Daiichi NPS, TEPCO

Collaborative Laboratories for
Advanced Decommissioning
Science(CLADS)(4) Nuclear science andengineering research

HTTR(High Temperatureengineering Test Reactor)

Establishment of the National Institutes for Quantum andRadiological Science and Technology (QST)
OutlineRecently, the quantum science research becomes more important from the view
point of the infrastructure which could contribute to the innovation.
Based on JAEA Reform, JAEA decided to transfer nuclear fusion and quantum
science to another organization.

【NIRS】

National Institute of Radiological Sciences

1) Radiological research for medical use(e.g. clinical research using the Heavy
Ion Medical Accelerator)
2) R&D of radiological effect on humanbody etc.

【a part of JAEA＊】＊Quantum Beam Division, Nuclear fusion Division

1) Quantum science research (e.g. R&D ofmaterial science using quantum beam)
2) Nuclear fusion research (e.g. control to theplasma state by superconductivity technique)

QST
Heavy particle
beamIon beamLaser

Nuclearfusion

3. Stakeholder Involvement- Public opinion toward nuclear-Source: The Asahi Shinbun newspaper Oct 15-16, 201612

Efforts to Rebuild Public Trust in Nuclear Power-Status of public communication125 times of PR events took place throughout Japan in 2016.
 Promote understanding in consumption/nuclear power plant areas:• Symposium, publication on energy policies
 Grass-roots PR activities based on objective/scientific facts:• 218 lectures with 13,700 attendees• Learning programs for schools at 12 sites with 4500 attendees

in Energy White Paper

 Building networks with “community opinion leaders”:• Workshops x 22 with 280 attendees
Workshop for community• Support for NPO activities x 22
opinion leaders• Seminars for educational communities x 36 with 1,100 attendees
 PR activities of “final disposal of HLW:
• Symposium x 9 cities• Briefing sessions for local government x 45 prefectures

Nationwide symposiums “Think Together
Now about Geological Disposal”

13Improvement of nuclear knowledge base

- JAEC’s initiative to increase public understandingof nuclear energy -・G7 Ise-Shima Leaders’ Declaration states “it is also crucially important to engage
the public in science-based dialogue and transparency to inform policymaking.”
Approaches :1) public relations and interactive dialogue2) building knowledge-based Information networkby internet which helps people trace a certain
information
improvement of the latter approach- connect scattering information together andimproving retrieval function of internet- offering explanations for public of scientific basis
and objective facts, many of which lack in Japan.

Increasing public
understanding of
nuclear energy

Information hierarchy
Layer1(Information for general public)
Simple and easy-to-follow general information
Layer２(Bridging information)
explanation for general of scientific basis
Layer３(Information for expert)
Reports and training materials
Layer４(scientific basis and objective facts)
Research result, scientific reportThank you

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