Workshop for R&D on innovative Approach for Fuel Debris Retrieval [Released on April 26, 2014]

Date and Time

Friday, April 25, 2014 13:30-16:30

Venue

Bellesalle Onarimon Ekimae [Access map]
6-17-21 Shimbashi, Minnato-ku, Tokyo
(one minute walk from Onarimon station of Toei Mita Line)

Co-sponsored

Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) and
International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID)

Aims and Scope

“Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. (MRI)”, which was selected by ANRE as the “Management Office for the Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management” has held the workshop for R&D project of Innovative Approach for Fuel Debris Retrieval jointly with “International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID)”.
IRID has been entrusted by Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) with technical investigation on Innovative Approach for Fuel Debris Retrieval since last year, and conducted Request for Information (RFI) to collect information on the design of Innovative Approach for Fuel Debris Retrieval and its necessary technology from wide range of organization from the industry to academic institutions to government agencies.
In this workshop, we have explained the results of RFI and the way forward for RFP (Request for Proposal) which is scheduled to be announced in mid-June.

Presentation materials are now uploaded. Questions and Answers will be posted soon.

Agenda

13:30-13:35	Opening Remarks Takanobu Sugimoto, Director for Nuclear Energy Policy, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy METI
13:35-16:00	Session 1 “Current status at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and Ongoing R&D” (1)Current status at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Seigo Takagi, General Manager, Project Planning Department, Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company, TEPCO [Presentation(PDF)] (2)Current status of R&D for Fuel Debris Retrieval Shunichi Suzuki, General Manager, Research Promotion Department, IRID [Presentation(PDF)] Q&A Coffee Break Session 2 “Results of RFI and Future Plan” (3)RFI Results and Future Plan Toshiaki Kogai, Fuel Debris Technology Review Team, IRID [Presentation(PDF)] (4)Scheme of Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management and schedule of RFP Masayuki Takizawa, Management Office for the “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”, MRI [Presentation(PDF)] Q&A
16:00-16:05	Closing Remarks Kazuhiro Suzuki, Executive Director, IRID
16:05-16:30	Networking among the participants Opportunities for sharing and networking with participants, speakers, etc. will be provided after the Workshop. Please use a table in the lobby for your brochures to share with other attendees if you have any. Please understand the policy of single kind of brochure (paper based only) per company as the space is limited.
16:30	Adjourned

Registration Pre-registration required. Free.
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Participants 159 people