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Using the Library
Japan Atomic Energy Agency

JAEA Librarycollects and publishes materials concerning
nuclear energy
As the largest library in Japan dedicated to nuclear energy, JAEA Library (CentralLibrary of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency) has a collection of 50,000 specialized
books, 2,000 titles of journals, and 2,500,000 technical materials (nuclear energyrelated reports) which are provided to support R&D activities.
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2Searching for materials
You can check the holdings of materials in the library through the internet (OPAC).
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In addition, you may also use the photocopy service of the collected materials.
Click here for the application through the internet.

The search screen for the database of collectedmaterials (OPAC)

Using the library
JAEA Library is available to outside researchers, technical experts, students
and the general public.
The library is also equipped with places (Research Commons) that can beused for meetings and presentations etc. among a small number of people.
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Reading room (an area for reference
books and standards etc.)

Research Commons3We preserve information concerning theFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Stationaccident
JAEA preserves information concerning the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear PowerStation accident which may otherwise go missing and be lost, and transmits itfrom the “Fukushima Nuclear Accident Archive”.
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We also transmit information on the result of R&D carried out by JAEA regarding
measures to address the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident aswell as related foreign and domestic documents from our website for the“Reference information about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power stationaccident”.

Full texts of R&D reports etc.

4A list of reference literatures (on theChernobyl Nuclear Power Station accidentetc.)

We also possess these materials

JAEA Library holds no less than 2.5 million technical materials (nuclearenergy reports) created by major foreign and domestic researchorganizations etc. in the form of micro materials.
Moreover, the Library actively collects materials called “gray literature”
meaning hard to obtain from general bookstores, which includes documents
such as materials for international conferences held both abroad anddomestically.

Microfiche(Material of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission)5

We provide R&D results
JAEA Library makes efforts to disseminate information on the JAEA R&D reports
and the academic papers written by JAEA staffs. Such information can besearched on the JAEA Library’s web site, and the full text of the JAEA R&D reports
are available in pdf format. Click here to try searching.
Additionally, we publish “JAEA R&D Review” providing the digests of our current
achievements.

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We are transmitting Japan’s nuclear
energy-related information to the world
JAEA Library submit input, i.e. nuclear literature published in Japan theInternational Nuclear Information System (INIS) Database of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and contributes to transmitting the research
results to the world. The INIS Database now stores over 3.7 millions records, andprovides the information free of charge.
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7An overall view of the Library
JAEA Library was founded in 1959. Though a part of the building was damagedby the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, it was reopened in June 2014 afterrepair work.

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JAEA Library collects and publishes materials concerning
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Searching for materials

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We preserve information concerning the Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Station accident

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We also possess these materials

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We provide R&D results

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We are transmitting Japan’s nuclear energy-related
information to the world
JAEA Library

Public Relations Section, Japan Atomic Energy
AgencyMuramatsu 4-49, Tokaimura
Naka County, Ibaraki Prefecture
Postal code: 319-1184
Telephone: 029-282-0749

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