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A review of fast reactor progress in Japan, March 1979

Abstract

The fast reactor development project in Japan will be continued in the next fiscal year, from April 1979 through March 1980, at a similar scale of effort both in budget and personnel, to those of the fiscal year of 1978. The total budget for LMFBR development for the next fiscal year is approximately 24 billion Yen, excluding wages of the personnel of the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, PNC. The number of the technical people currently engaging in the fast reactor development in the PNC is approximately 500, excluding those working for plutonium fuel fabrication. Concerning the experimental fast reactor JOYO, approval for power increase from presently approved 50 MWt to 75 MWt with the present core and also to 100 MWt with a modified core in the future was granted by the regulatory authority in September 1978. Two operational cycles at 50 MWt have been completed very recently and preparation for power increase to 75 MWt is being made. With respect to the prototype fast breeder reactor MONJU, progress toward construction is being made and an environmental impact statement of MONJU filed last autumn is being reviewed by the concerned authorities. By the new atomic energy law  More>>
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 1979
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IWGFR-30-2
Resource Relation:
Conference: 12. annual meeting of the International Working Group on Fast Reactors, Vienna (Austria), 27-30 Mar 1979; Other Information: 2 figs, 2 tabs; PBD: Jul 1979; Related Information: In: Twelfth annual meeting of the International Working Group on Fast Reactors. Summary report. Part II, 101 pages.
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENT PLANNING; FUEL ELEMENTS; JAPANESE ORGANIZATIONS; JOYO REACTOR; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; MONJU REACTOR; POWER COEFFICIENT; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR SAFETY
OSTI ID:
20240694
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, International Working Group on Fast Reactors, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: XA0200895014314
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 38-47
Announcement Date:
Apr 17, 2002

Citation Formats

Tomabechi, K. A review of fast reactor progress in Japan, March 1979. IAEA: N. p., 1979. Web.
Tomabechi, K. A review of fast reactor progress in Japan, March 1979. IAEA.
Tomabechi, K. 1979. "A review of fast reactor progress in Japan, March 1979." IAEA.
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title = {A review of fast reactor progress in Japan, March 1979}
author = {Tomabechi, K}
abstractNote = {The fast reactor development project in Japan will be continued in the next fiscal year, from April 1979 through March 1980, at a similar scale of effort both in budget and personnel, to those of the fiscal year of 1978. The total budget for LMFBR development for the next fiscal year is approximately 24 billion Yen, excluding wages of the personnel of the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, PNC. The number of the technical people currently engaging in the fast reactor development in the PNC is approximately 500, excluding those working for plutonium fuel fabrication. Concerning the experimental fast reactor JOYO, approval for power increase from presently approved 50 MWt to 75 MWt with the present core and also to 100 MWt with a modified core in the future was granted by the regulatory authority in September 1978. Two operational cycles at 50 MWt have been completed very recently and preparation for power increase to 75 MWt is being made. With respect to the prototype fast breeder reactor MONJU, progress toward construction is being made and an environmental impact statement of MONJU filed last autumn is being reviewed by the concerned authorities. By the new atomic energy law recently made effective in Japan, the tasks of the former Japan Atomic Energy Commission were split into two and the Atomic Energy Safety Commission was newly established on 4th October 1978 in order to deal with nuclear safety problems in the country. All other problems are treated by the Atomic Energy Commission, as before. Highlights and topics of the fast reactor development activities in the past twelve months are summarized in this paper.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1979}
month = {Jul}
}