About the First Solicitation of Entities for the “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management” in the FY2014/15 Supplementary Budget [Released on March 10, 2016, Updated on March 22, 2016]

The Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. is now executing the tasks of the Project Management Office for the “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management” 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.”

Updated on March 22
Material “Frequently Asked Questions and Answers” was updated.
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers [PDF/133KB]
Updated on March 17
There was an e-mail address error for the project application from overseas.
The correct address is hr-apply-al@mri.co.jp and we replaced the old guideline document with the revised one.
Updated on March 15
We are sorry to notify you that we could not receive emails for registration of the information session and for inquiries. The malfunction has already been recovered.
If you have sent an email before, we kindly ask you to send it again. We apologize for the inconvenience.

(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 the 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 the 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 the project.

(4) Subsidy Rate and Amount

Please see the application guideline of the project.

(5) Period of Project

Please see the application guideline of the project.

(6) Period of Solicitation

From Thursday, March 10 to 10:00 on Thursday, March 24, 2016 (the reception will be finished at 1o:00 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[PDF/72KB]

(7) Information Session

Time and Date: Thursday, March 17, 2016 10:00 – 17:30

Timeline	Topics
10:00～10:45	(1) The Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Corrosion Inhibition Technology for RPV and PCV)”
10:45～11:30	(2) The Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Upgrading Level of Grasping State inside Reactor)”
13:00～13:45	(3) The Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Investigation Technology of Inside of PCV)”
13:45～14:30	(4) The Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Investigation Technology of Inside of RPV)”
14:30～15:15	(5) The Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development and Management of Evaluation Method of Seismic Performance/Impact of RPV and PCV)”
15:15～16:00	(6) The Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Criticality Control Technologies of Fuel Debris)”
16:00～16:45	(7) The Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Repair Technology for Leakage Sections in PCV)”
16:45～17:30	(8) The Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Full-scale Test of Repair Technology for Leakage Sections in PCV)”

Venue: Conference Room 601, 6th Floor, TKP Shimbashi Uchisaiwaicho Business Center[Map]
How to Attend
Please apply for the information session by email (hairo27-1st-ml@mri.co.jp). The deadline is 10:00 on Wednesday, March 16.
Please title the email subject as “Registration for Information Session of the Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management” and include the “corporate or organization name,” “name of the attendee,” “department,” “phone number,” “fax number,” and “email address” in the main text. Please note that we may limit the number of attendees, depending on the seating capacity of the conference room.
As a general rule, the information session will be held in Japanese. If any of the entities needs an interpretation to another language, please arrange for an interpreter by the entity’s own responsibility (at its own expense).

(8) How to Apply

Please see the application guideline of each project.

[Attachments]

Application Guidelines:

Application Forms (Form 1, Form 2, Form 3, From 4) [word/166KB]
Grant Policy for Subsidy for the Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [PDF/367KB]
Application for Grant of Subsidy Forms [word/85KB]
The Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Implementation Guidelines [PDF/287KB]
The Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant Guidelines [PDF/269KB]
Subsidized Project Administration Manual [PDF/905KB]
Criteria for reviewing proposals and allocation of points [PDF/71KB]

(9) Determination of Subsidized Project Operating Entities

To decide the grant of subsidy to the applicants, the third parties’ review 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.