Japan's Nuclear Energy and its International Cooperation1
Shunsuke KONDO
ChairmanJapan Atomic Energy Commission

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a pleasure for me to share with you a short summary of Japan’s program andactions to cooperate with Member States in introducing nuclear power.
In Japan, the first commercial nuclear power station started its operation in 1965, 10years after the establishment of the AEC and currently 10 electric power companies areoperating 54 LWRs, which consist of 30 BWRs and 24 PWR and supply about 30% ofelectricity. 2 units are under construction and 12 units are in preparation for licensing
review.
As for waste management, one large scale commercial low-level waste disposal facility
has been in operation for more than 10 years.
These power plants have been supplied by three nuclear power plant suppliers (Toshiba,Hitachi, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) , which have localized and improved theimported LWR technology in the process of adding capacity continuously, jointly withconstructors and diverse enterprises that supply processed materials, electricalcomponents and mechanical components. They are currently major supplies of ABWRand APWR in the world.
It should be mentioned also that Japanese manufacturers and electric utilities havenurtured the capability to complete NPP construction on time and within budget,satisfying stringent quality requirement and safety requirement that reflects severe
natural environment such as frequent visits of typhoon, tsunami and earthquakes.

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Presented at the Briefing for Member States on Developments in the Introduction of
Nuclear Power, September 22, 2010, at the IAEA.

In the case of earthquakes, we have learned recently the importance and effectiveness of
the use of so-called fault model in the evaluation of seismic motion due to nearby fault
in particular.
In order to facilitate mutual learning of these finding among member countries,
Japanese government proposed the IAEA to establish international seismic safety center,
which was accepted by the Agency with your kind support.
It should be also mentioned that due to strong pressure to make everything in thenuclear facilities transparent and accountable to the public, the operators in Japan havecultivated an excellent organizational culture to value quality, a sense of security,
cleanliness of workplaces and visualization.
AECJ has recommended government and industry recently that, with a view tocontributing to shape international environment for safe, secure, safeguarded andsustainable nuclear energy use in the world, it is important for Japan as a group to sharewith international community such kind of capability, experiences, lessons learned andbackground knowledge of these characteristics and support countries that are starting or
to start nuclear power programme to do so in an effective and efficient ways.
In response, JAIF, an association of Japanese nuclear industries has established JICC asa one-stop interface with potential customer countries on the cooperative activities tosupport capacity building and human resource development for the introduction ofnuclear power in cooperation with government and related organization such as JAEA,JETRO and JICA.
Industry itself is also preparing to start a new firm, named as International Nuclear
Energy Development Corporation of Japan (JINED), for joint undertaking of service
activity of recommending solutions to the need of countries that want to introduce
nuclear power, prior to offering a proposal.
Therefore, I can say that Japan can now provide new comer countries withcomprehensive service including those for financing, human resource development,design, construction and operation of nuclear power plant through these integrated
arrangements for cooperation, including the IAEA as a key partner.

Before closing, I would like to share with you the important role we should expect theIAEA to play. As you know, the IAEA have nurtured excellent capability as a guardianfor safe, secure, safeguarded and sustainable utilization of nuclear power, includingreliable codes and standards and various review mission systems based on them inwhich what we world civil nuclear community have seriously learned in our youth havebeen enriched.
I believe it most effective and efficient way for any country in the world to make thebest use these precious product and activity to enjoy safe, secure, safeguarded andsustainable use of nuclear energy. It should be recommended by you not only forthemselves but also for the world and global nuclear community in particular.
Thank you