We are pleased to announce the solicitation of the subsidized project operating entities for “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management.”

(1) Outline of Project

This project aims at supporting the technology development for decommissioning and contaminated water management measures at TEPCO Holdings’ 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, reference the Application Guidelines.

(2) Application Requirements

The applicants shall be private organizations, etc. which fulfill the project requirements. For the details, reference the Application Guidelines.

(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, reference the Application Guidelines.

(4) Subsidy Rate and Amount

Reference the Application Guidelines.

(5) Period of Project

Reference the Application Guidelines.

(6) Period of Solicitation

From Tuesday, July 14 to Monday, August 17, 2020 by 10:00 a.m.(JST) sharp on the application deadline.
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” [PDF/82KB] and agree to our privacy policy.

(7) Information Session

• Time and Date: 13:00 – 13:30 Monday, July 27, 2020, JST
• Venue: Web Conference
• How to Apply:
  Please apply for the information session by email (hairo-info@ml.mri.co.jp). The deadline is Monday, July 20.
  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,” and “email address” in the main text.
• Notes at participation of the session
  We are going to give anyone who register the session how to access web conference. Please note that we may limit the number of attendees.
  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). In addition, if you like the information session to be held in English, please consult with us personally.

(8) Presentation Evaluation

• Time and Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2020.

  Timeline	Topics
  August 26 (PM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Technologies for scaling up Retrieval of Fuel Debris and Internal Structures (Development of Technologies for Ensuring Safety during Fuel Debris Retrieval))”

• Venue: Web conference

(9) How to Apply

Reference the Application Guidelines.

[Attachments]

Application Guidelines:

Guidelines for the Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Technologies for scaling up Retrieval of Fuel Debris and Internal Structures (Development of Technologies for Ensuring Safety during Fuel Debris Retrieval))” [PDF/665KB]

Application Forms (Form 1－6) [word/68KB]
Grant Policy for Subsidy for the Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [PDF/315KB]
Grant Policy Forms (Form 1 – 15, Appendix) [word/70KB]
Subsidized Project Administration Manual [PDF/930KB]
Criteria for reviewing proposals and allocation of points [PDF/330KB]

[Reference]
The Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Implementation Guidelines [PDF/229KB]
The Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant Guidelines [PDF/260KB]

(10) Decision of Grant of the Subsidy

• 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 decide 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 Decommissionig and Contamintated Water Management) and also address the adopted entities directly.
• Information on the decision of grant of the subsidy (adopted date, the entity adopted (granted), date of grant decision, corporation number in Japan, amount of the subsidy, etc.) will be shown on “the Corporation Information [Japanese text only]” in principle.