Kyoto University
Research Reactor InstituteInternational Symposium on
Nuclear Back-end Issues and the Role ofNuclear Transmutation Technology
after the accident of TEPCO's Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Stations

KUR Research Program for Scientific Basis ofNuclear Safety

Kyoto University

Second Announcement

Kyoto University
Research Reactor InstituteInvitation to the Symposium
I would like to express my heartfelt sympathy to the people
who suffered the Tohoku Earthquake and are affected by thesubsequent accident of Fukushima Daiichi NPP. The Kyoto
University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI), taking thesesituations seriously, started a new project entitled ‘KUR
Research Program for Scientific Basis of Nuclear Safety’ for 4years from 2012. This project will promote our research toenhance the scientific contribution to the improvement ofnuclear safety. We have a strong incentive to contribute to therestoration of the impacted area as well as to the reinforcementof nuclear safety. In the frame of this project, we will holdinternational symposiums each year. It is a great pleasure toannounce that the second symposium will be held on 28
November 2013, in Kyoto, the world famous historic city where
our university is located.
I will greatly appreciate your joining this meeting throughactive contributions and participation, and I look forward toseeing you in Kyoto.

Hirotake Moriyama

Director, Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute
Chair of the organizing committee

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Outline of the Symposium
PurposeThe accident at Fukushima Daiichi NPP, which occurred in March
2011, has caused us to focus our attention on a large amount of spent
nuclear fuels stored in NPPs. In addition, public anxiety regarding thetreatment and disposal of high-level radioactive wastes that requirelong-term control is growing. The Japanese policy on the back-end of
nuclear fuel cycle is still unpredictable in the aftermath of the accident;
moreover, these back-end issues are inevitable as long as nuclear
energy is used. Therefore, research and development for enhancing thesafety of various processes involved in nuclear energy production isbeing actively pursued worldwide. In particular, the nuclear
transmutation technology-employed for reducing the toxicity of highly
radioactive wastes-has been drawing significant attention.
This symposium is aimed at addressing the current status of the backend issues after the Fukushima accident and will provide an
opportunity to discuss the future direction of research and developmenton these issues. For these purposes, we have invited leading national
and international experts on radioactive waste treatment and disposal,
and the nuclear transmutation technology. We will hold lectures andpanel discussions by these invited experts along with poster
presentations for submitted papers on the issues of this symposium.
We hope that many interested researchers will attend this symposium.
Your contribution and participation is greatly welcomed andappreciated.

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Research Reactor InstituteCall for Papers
Program and Publication
The program will consist of key lectures, oral presentations, and posterpresentations. All the key lectures and oral presentations will be byinvitation only. For the poster presentations, we welcome contributions asabstracts on the topics listed below. Selected abstracts will berecommended for submission as full papers. These full papers will bepeer-reviewed and published by Springer Verlag in the fall of 2014.

List of Topics
1. Nuclear transmutation
a. Reactor systemb. Fuel cycle
c. Material science
2. Back-end cycle issues
a. Radioactive waste treatment/disposal
b. Public acceptanceRegistration and Submission
Applicants are requested to submit approximately one-page-longabstracts for registration. The format of abstracts are on the following
Webpage. Registration for participation can be done on the same
Webpage.

http://www.rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/anzen_kiban/sympo
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Date:

28 November 2013

Venue:The Shiran Hall, Kyoto University(Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan)

Registration Fee ：Free for paper submission and registration6,000 JPY for Banquet on 28 November

Important Dates:
1 July 2013: Start of participation registration and abstract submission
20 September 2013: Deadline of abstract submission
31 October 2013: Recommendation for full paper submission
25 November 2013: End of participation registration
16 January 2014: Deadline of full paper submission

Contact
Office of KUR Research Program for Scientific Basis of Nuclear Safety,
Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute
Address: 2 Asashiro-nishi Kumatori-cho Sennan-gun Osaka 590-0494, JAPANTel : +81-72-451-2432
Fax: +81-72-451-2639
E-mail: anzenkiban@rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Host Organization
Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI)

Support organization
Atomic Energy Society of Japan

Organizing Committee
Chair: Prof. Hirotake Moriyama (Director, KURRI)
Dr. Shinichi Nakayama (JAEA)
Prof. Masayuki Igashira (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Prof. Toshikazu Takeda (Fukui University)
Prof. Kenji Ishibashi (Kyusyu University)
Prof. Yoshiaki Kiyanagi (Hokkaido University)
Prof. Tsuyoshi Misawa (KURRI)
Prof. Yoshiharu Mori (KURRI)
Prof. Ken Nakajima (KURRI)
Prof. Sentaro Takahashi (KURRI)
Prof. Hajimu Yamana (KURRI)

5Kyoto University
Research Reactor InstituteInternational Advisor
Prof. Hajimu Yamana (KURRI)
Dr. Hiroyuki Oigawa （JAEA)

Program Committee
Chair: Prof. Ken Nakajima (KURRI)
Prof. Junichi Katakura (Nagaoka University of Technology)
Prof. Tomohiko Iwasaki (Tohoku University)
Prof. Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya University)
Prof. Kengo Hashimoto (Kinki University)
Prof. Ken Kurosaki (Osaka University)
Dr. Kazufumi Tsujimoto (JAEA)
Prof. Kazuya Idemitsu (Kyusyu University)
Prof. Yoshihiro Ishi (KURRI)
Prof. Yasushi Saito (KURRI)
Prof. Cheol Ho Pyeon (KURRI)
Prof. Toshiyuki Fujii (KURRI)

Conference Secretariat
Chair: Prof. Toshihiro Yamamoto (KURRI)
Prof. Tadafumi Sano (KURRI)
Prof. Junichi Hori (KURRI)
Prof. Daisuke Ito (KURRI)
Ms. Maki Nakatani (KURRI)

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Program
10:00-10:15 Opening remarks
10:15-10:45 Decommissioning Activity at Fukushima Daiichi NPS
Speaker : Mr. Hideki Masui (TEPCO)
10:45-11:15 Issue of the High-Level Radioactive Waste
Speaker : Prof. Kenji Yamaji (RITE)
11:15-11:45 Geological Diposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste :Perspective and Contemporary Issues
Speaker : Prof. Joonhong Ahn (University of California, Berkeley)
11:45-12:15 Expectation to nuclear transmutation
Speaker : Dr. Akito Arima (Musashi Academy)
12:15-14:00 Lunch and poster session
14:00-14:30 OECD activities on the nuclear transmutation technology
Speaker : Dr. Thierry Dujardin (OECD)
14:30-15:00 Contribution of the European Commission to a Europian Strategy
for HLW Management through Partitionning & Transmutation.
Presentation of MYRRHA and its in the Europian P&T strategy
Speaker : Prof.Hamid AïtAbderrahim (SCK･CEN)
15:00-15:30 ADS study in JAEA

Speaker : Dr. Hiroyuki Oigawa (JAEA)

15:30-16:00 Coffee break and poster session
16:00-16:30 Accelerator-Driven System (ADS) Study in Kyoto University
Research Reactor Institute (KURRI)
Speaker : Prof. Cheol Ho Pyeon (KURRI)
16:30-17:00 Nuclear data study for nuclear transmutation
Speaker : Prof. Masayuki Igashira (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
17:00-18:00 Panel Discussion
18:00-18:15 Closing remarks
18:15-19:40 Reception

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Kyoto University
Research Reactor InstituteAccess and Map to Shiran Hall
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