The Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. is now executing the tasks of the Project Management Office for the “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management” in the FY2014 Supplementary Budget on behalf of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. Now we are pleased to announce the solicitation of the subsidized project operating entities for “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management” in the FY2014 Supplementary Budget.

(1) Outline of Project

This project aims at supporting the technology development for decommissioning and contaminated water management measures at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, implementing those measures smoothly and improving the level of science technology in Japan. For the details of subsidy targeted projects, please see the application guideline of each project.

(2) Application Requirements

The applicants shall be private organizations, etc. which fulfill the project requirements. For the details, please see the application guideline for each project.

(3) Subsidy Targeted Expenses

The targeted expenses for the subsidy are labor cost, raw materials cost, consumables, design, manufacture and processing cost, facility and equipment cost, goods procurement cost, research cost, outsourcing cost, travel cost, rewards, rent and depreciation costs and other required cost for the project. For the details, please see the application guideline of each project.

(4) Subsidy Rate and Amount

Please see the application guideline of each project.

(5) Period of Project

Please see the application guideline of each project.

(6) Period of Solicitation

From Tuesday, June 23 to Noon of Tuesday, July 21, 2015 (the reception will be finished at 12:00pm sharp.)
Please prepare the application documents carefully as insufficient paperwork may cause delay in the decision to grant the subsidy.

• Before submitting the application or sending an inquiry to us, please read through the attached “About Privacy Policy” (*) and agree to our privacy policy.

* Privacy Policy

(7) Information Session

• Time and Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 14:00-16:30 (Open time 13:30-)
• Venue: Conference Room 2E at TKP Garden City Nagatacho [Map]
  （Tokyo Hiragacho Bldg., 13-12 Hiragacho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093）
• Program [Attachments][PDF/66KB]
• How to Attend
  Please apply for the information session by e-mail (hairo26-2nd-ml@mri.co.jp). The deadline is at 17:00 on Monday, June 29.
  Please title the e-mail subject as “Registration for Information Session of the Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Second Solicitation) in the FY2014 Supplementary Budget” and write your “company name”, “name of attendees (with Furigana)”, “Job Title (Department)”, “phone number”, “fax number” and “e-mail address” in the body of e-mail. Please note that we may limit the number of attendees, depending on the seating capacity of the conference room.

(8) How to Apply

Please see the application guideline of each project.

[Attachments]

The Application Guidelines:
Guidelines for the “Project of Development of Fundamental Technologies for Retrieval of Fuel Debris and Internal Structures”[PDF/1,537KB] * Errata [PDF]
Guidelines for the “Project of Upgrading Approach and System for Retrieval of Fuel Debris and Internal Structures”[PDF/1,180KB] * Errata [PDF]

Application Form [word/155KB]
Grant Policy for Subsidy for the Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [PDF/373KB]
GrantPolicy_Forms [word/85KB]
The Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Implementation Guidelines [PDF/285KB]
The Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant Guidelines [PDF/271KB]
Subsidized Project Administration Manual [PDF/905KB]

* We made some changes to the attached documents released on June 22, and replaced them with revised versions dated on June 23.

(9) Determination of Subsidized Project Operating Entities

• To decide the grant of subsidy to the applicants, the third parties’ review and evaluation committee for the Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Management will be held to examine the submitted documents. Then we determine the subsidized operating entities whose proposal has been deemed to be appropriate for the grant of subsidy.
• We announce the adopted entities on (the Web site of Management Office for the Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management) and also address the adopted entities directly.