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

(1) Outline of Project

This project aims at supporting the technology development for decommissioning, contaminated water and treated 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, February 24 to Thursday, March 16, 2023 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.

• Before submitting the application or sending an inquiry to us, please read through the attached “About Privacy Policy” [PDF/130KB] and agree to our privacy policy.

(7) Information Session

• Time and Date: 13:00 – 16:30 Friday, March 3, 2023, JST

Timeline	Topics
13:00~13:30	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Technologies for Work Environmental Improvement in Reactor Building (Development of Exposure Reduction Technologies by Improved Functional Digitalization of Environment and Radioactive Source Distribution))”
13:30~14:00	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Investigation Technologies of Inside of RPV (Advancement of Processing Technologies in Access-from-Top Investigation Method and Development of Access-from-Bottom Investigation Method))”
14:30~15:00	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Safety System (Acquisition of Dust Dispersion Data))”
15:00~15:30	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Research and Development of Solidification of Slurry with Cement and Alkali Activated Material))”
15:30~16:00	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Preliminary Investigation of Technological Option to Establish Flexible and Reasonable Waste Management))”
16:00~16:30	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Analysis and Estimation Technology for Characterization of Fuel Debris)”

• 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 a.m. on Thursday, March 2 (JST).
  Please title the email subject as “Register for attendance to the information session for ‘Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated 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 plan to be held on Thursday, March 23, Friday, March 24, Tuesday, March 28, Wednesday, March 29, Thursday, March 30 in 2023.

	Subsidized Project
March 23 (AM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Technologies for Work Environmental Improvement in Reactor Building (Development of Exposure Reduction Technologies by Improved Functional Digitalization of Environment and Radioactive Source Distribution))”
March 23 (PM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Safety System (Acquisition of Dust Dispersion Data))”
March 24 (PM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Analysis and Estimation Technology for Characterization of Fuel Debris)”
March 28 (PM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Preliminary Investigation of Technological Option to Establish Flexible and Reasonable Waste Management))”
March 29 (PM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Investigation Technologies of Inside of RPV (Advancement of Processing Technologies in Access-from-Top Investigation Method and Development of Access-from-Bottom Investigation Method))”
March 30 (AM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Research and Development of Solidification of Slurry with Cement and Alkali Activated Material))”

• Venue: Web Conference
• Notes at presentation evaluation
  The presentation time and date are possibility to change them.

(9) How to Apply

Reference the Application Guidelines.

【Attachments】

Application Guidelines:
Guidelines for the Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Technologies for Work Environmental Improvement in Reactor Building (Development of Exposure Reduction Technologies by Improved Functional Digitalization of Environment and Radioactive Source Distribution)）” [PDF/873KB] *Errata [PDF/283KB]
Guidelines for the Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Investigation Technologies of Inside of RPV (Advancement of Processing Technologies in Access-from-Top Investigation Method and Development of Access-from-Bottom Investigation Method))” [PDF/866KB] *Errata [PDF/283KB]
Guidelines for the Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Analysis and Estimation Technology for Characterization of Fuel Debris)” [PDF/867KB] *Errata [PDF/283KB]
Guidelines for the Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Safety System (Acquisition of Dust Dispersion Data))”
[PDF/865KB] *Errata [PDF/283KB]
Guidelines for the Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Research and Development of Solidification of Slurry with Cement and Alkali Activated Material))” [PDF/873KB] *Errata [PDF/283KB]
Guidelines for the Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Preliminary Investigation of Technological Option to Establish Flexible and Reasonable Waste Management))” [PDF/871KB] *Errata [PDF/283KB]

Application Forms (Form 1－6) [word/229KB]
Grant Policy for Subsidy for the Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management [PDF/324KB]
Grant Policy Forms (Form 1 – 15, Appendix) [word/75KB]
Subsidized Project Administration Manual [PDF/1020KB]
Criteria for reviewing proposals and allocation of points [PDF/135KB] *Errata [PDF/68KB]

[Reference]
The Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management Project Implementation Guidelines [PDF/181KB]
The Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management Project Cost Subsidy Grant Guidelines [PDF/245KB]

(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, Contaminated Water and Treated Water 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, Contamintated Water and Treated Water Management) and also address the adopted entities directly.
• IInformation 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 “gBizINFO [Japanese text only]” in principle.