The Fifth Solicitation of Entities for the “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management” starting FY2021 [Released on September 24, 2021, Updated on October 20, 2021]

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

Updated on October 13th
The schedule of presentation evaluation was updated.

Updated on October 20th
The material of “Frequently Asked Questions and Answers” was updated.
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers [PDF/66KB]
Subsidized Project Link to Guidelines for the Subsidy Program
“Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Isolation Technologies for Preventing Spread of Contamination during Retrieval and Transportation of Large Components))” Guidelines for the Subsidy Program[PDF/681KB]
(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 Friday, September 24 to Monday, October 25, 2021 by 10:00 a.m.(JST) sharp on the application deadline.
Please prepare the application documents carefully as insufficient application will not be subject to adoption.

(7) Information Session
  • Time and Date: 10:00 – 10:30 Monday, October 4, 2021, JST
  • Venue: Web Conference
  • How to Apply:
    Please apply for the information session by email (hairo-info@ml.mri.co.jp). The deadline is 12:00 am on Thursday, September 30 (JST).
    Please title the email subject as “Register for attendance to the information session for ‘Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management’” and include the “corporate or organization name,” “name of the attendee,” “department,” “phone number,” “email address,” and “subsidized project name to apply” 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
  • The review committee will be held on the morning of Thursday, October 28, 2021(JST).
  • Venue: Web Conference
  • Notes at presentation evaluation
    Since the presentation time and date are provisional, there are possibility to change them.
(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 Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Isolation Technologies for Preventing Spread of Contamination during Retrieval and Transportation of Large Components))” [PDF/681KB]

Application Forms (Form 1-6) [word/71KB]
Grant Policy for Subsidy for the Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [PDF/327KB]
Grant Policy Forms (Form 1 – 15, Appendix) [word/75KB]
Subsidized Project Administration Manual [PDF/999KB]
Criteria for reviewing proposals and allocation of points [PDF/136KB]

[Reference]
The Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Implementation Guidelines [PDF/232KB]
The Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant Guidelines [PDF/248KB]

(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.