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JAEA aims for a sustainable future society realized through the synergetic effect of nuclear and renewable energies.
JAEA strives to realize a decarbonized society by integrating nuclear and renewable energies. To this end, we structure our initiatives around three pillars, “Synergy”, “Sustainable”, and “Ubiquitous”, to support the transition to a carbon-neutral, resource -efficient society and contribute to human society.
- Pursuing Synergy of Nuclear and Renewable Energies
- Making Nuclear Technology Ubiquitous
“Development of a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor contributing
to the realization of a decarbonized society by 2050”
Development of HTGR
Demonstration of superior safety
Establishment of various heat utilization technologies
- Pursuing Synergy of Nuclear and Renewable Energies
- Making Nuclear Energy Sustainable
- Making Nuclear Technology Ubiquitous
“Reduction and recycling of high-level radioactive wastes,
enabling domestic medical isotope production”
Development of Fast Reactor
Establishment of a fast reactor cycle
Using fast neutrons will make it possible to produce more fuel than consumed while generating electricity. In comparison to present light-water reactors, fast reactors can drastically increase the efficiency in using uranium resources.
Establishment of technology to reduce the toxicity of high-level radioactive waste
Irradiating fast neutrons to highly toxic Long-life nuclide, will transform it into Short-life nuclide.
- Pursuing Synergy of Nuclear and Renewable Energies
- Making Nuclear Energy Sustainable
- Making Nuclear Technology Ubiquitous
“Maximizing the use of non-burnable uranium and
radioactive waste from nuclear energy
generation”
Recovering Valuable Resources from Radioactive Waste
Development of uranium redox-flow batteries
To utilize depleted uranium, JAEA is developing
high-efficiency, large-capacity storage batteries.
The batteries will contribute to peak shifting and system stabilization
by storing surplus electricity from nuclear power plants and
renewable energies.
Development of separation technology for rare metals
JAEA aims to contribute to ensuring resource security by developing technology for separating rare metals, which have useful value in the industrial and medical fields.
Development of thermal/radiation power generation technology
Our goal is to develop a power source that utilizes the heat and radiation generated by radioactive materials. It can be used as a semi-permanent and maintenance-free energy source in any environment.
Usable as a semi-permanent and maintenance-free energy source even in an inaccessible environment for humans.
- Making Nuclear Energy Sustainable
“Support for decommissioning and environmental restoration
at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F)”
Support for Decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and Efforts Toward Environmental Restoration
Support decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Analysis of ALPS treated water as third-party
In accordance with the Government’s policy, JAEA is conducting an analysis from the standpoint of a third party independent from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (third-party analysis), with the aim of ensuring highly objective and transparent measurement of radioactive materials contained in the ALPS treated water.
Flow of analysis
Analysis of fuel debris
For safe and reliable treatment and disposal of the fuel debris in the reactor, JAEA will analyze its properties. JAEA’s laboratories are collaborating together on the analysis in cooperation.
Supporting restoration of the environment
To contribute to lifting the restrictions imposed on the Evacuation Order Areas and revitalizing the agriculture, forestry, and fishery industries, JAEA is developing technologies for grasping the present state of distribution of radio-nuclides, and research on environmental dynamics and environmental analysis, in which the movements of radionuclides are examined and predicted.
- Making Nuclear Energy Sustainable
- Making Nuclear Technology Ubiquitous
“Establishing a sustainable life cycle for nuclear facilities”
Consolidating findings on nuclear facility decommissioning technologies
Consolidating the findings on decommissioning technologies through the decommissioning of the JAEA’s facilities
Fugen Decommissioning Engineering Center
Ahead of power utilities, JAEA has pursued the decommissioning of a water-cooled reactor. Currently, JAEA is working on the development of technologies for remote and automated devices in order to conduct the dismantling and removal of reactor peripheral equipment, and the dismantling of the reactor itself.
Dismantling and removal of large machineries around the reactor
Technological development related to the reactor dismantling method
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Monju
JAEA is working on the decommissioning of a sodium-cooled fast reactor. Currently, JAEA is proceeding with activities such as the dismantling and removal of the electric power facilities with water and vapor systems, and the removal of the shields, etc. as a preparation for dismantling the sodium equipment.
Dismantling and removal of electric power facilities with water, vapor, and other systems
Achievement toward the transport of Monju sodium
Tokai Reprocessing Plant (TRP), Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories
JAEA is moving ahead with the decommissioning of the reprocessing facility. JAEA is working on the vitrification of high-level liquid waste, development of technology for treating low-level liquid waste, and decontamination toward the dismantling of the facility.
Safety improvement of high-level liquid waste storage
Vitrification high-level liquid waste
Recovery and restrage of high-level solid waste
Cementation of low-level liquid waste
Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center Center
JAEA is engaged in the decommissioning of uranium enrichment facilities that have completed their mission, the closure of mine facilities, and uranium waste engineering and environmental researches related to these activities.
Aomori Research and Development Center
JAEA promotes the decommissioning of nuclear facilities on nuclear powered ship Mutsu, assay of trace elements (iodine, carbon) in environmental samples using an accelerator mass spectrometer, and development of relevant analysis technologies.
- Pursuing Synergy of Nuclear and Renewable Energies
- Making Nuclear Energy Sustainable
- Making Nuclear Technology Ubiquitous
Other initiatives
Domestic medical isotope production
AEA is advancing research and development to domestically produce medical isotopes for cancer treatment and diagnostic imaging.
With Japan research reactor-3
JRR-3 aims to produce molybdenum-99/technetium-99m, which is used in diagnostic imaging (SPECT examinations).
R&D
Diagnosing illness by administering a drug containing medical RIs!
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●Capturing an
organ’s functionality
* CT and MRI scans are intended to capture abnormalities in an organ - ●Sometimes, they can detect illnesses that are hard to find with other tests
- ●Very few side effects
Administering the drug in the body by injection, and conducting the test with the principle as shown in the figure below.
- Pursuing Synergy of Nuclear and Renewable Energies
- Making Nuclear Energy Sustainable
- Making Nuclear Technology Ubiquitous
Other initiatives
Establishment of Technology for Disposing of Radioactive Waste
Disposal of low-level radioactive waste
Image of geological disposal
Preparation of Neutron Supply Sources
Japan Research Reactor-3 [JRR-3]
The JRR-3 has applied properties of thermal neutron to RI production and semiconductor production as industrial use, meteorite analysis to make use of the property of distinguish elements, furthermore it has applied properties of cold neutron to elucidation of biological function with analysis of polymer structure. The reactor has provided high density source of thermal and cold neutron, which has used as a wide range of fields from fundamental research to industrial fields.
Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex [J-PARC]
At the research complex, J-PARC is pursuing activities ranging from study of elementary particles and nuclei to research intended to elucidate mysteries surrounding of the origins of the universe. J-PARC has created a variety of secondary particle beams such as neutrons, muons, neutrinos and kaons from the world's leading high-intensity proton beam accelerated almost to the speed of light, and various experiments are conducted there.
New Research Reactor
JAEA plans to establish a new research reactor in the site of "Monju," the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor. The new research reactor is expected to play the role of the center of excellence for R&D and human resource development in the field of nuclear energy in western Japan and contributing to local society. JAEA, as the implementing body, conducts detailed design of the research reactor in collaboration with Kyoto University and the University of Fukui.
smartphones, etc.
Example of application overseas
The tumor in the late-stage metastatic prostate cancer has
completely disappeared!
(all signs of cancer disappeared)
The administration of actinium-225 to a patient with cancer that had spread throughout the body resulted in the disappearance of the cancerous tumors.
Killing cancer cells with actinium 225 radiation
Example of achievement
Early diagnosis with less impact on the body!
Bone scintigraphy is known as one of the most frequently conducted tests among nuclear medicine examinations.
- [Advantages]
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- Functional diagnostic imaging that reflects changes in bone metabolism
- Systemic search is easy (figure on the right)
- Effective for judging the effect after treatment, and in follow-up
Example of bone scintigraphy
Website of the Nuclear Medicine, Center hospital of the National
Center for Global Health and Medicine
（https//www.hosp.ncgm.go.jp/s037/010/080/010/index.html）
