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, June 16 to Tuesday, July 18, 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/120KB] and agree to our privacy policy.

(7) Information Session

• Time and Date: 13:30 – 15:30 Tuesday, June 27, 2023, JST

Timeline	Topics
13:30~14:00	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Equipment installed on Operation Floor such as Large Transportation Device etc. for Top-Access Partial Submersion Retrieval Method) )”
14:00~14:30	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Filling Stabilization Technologies and Fall Prevention and Mitigation Technologies during Processing Fuel Debris for Top-Access Partial Submersion Retrieval Method))”
14:30~15:00	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Safety System (Liquid Processing System))”
15:00~15:30	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Technologies for Containing, Transportation and Storage of Fuel Debris (Development of Technology for Handling of Powdery and Slurry/Sludge State 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 Monday, June 26 (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, July 27, Monday, July 31, Tuesday, August 1 in 2023.

	Subsidized Project
July 27 (PM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Safety System (Liquid Processing System))”
July 31 (PM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Technologies for Containing, Transportation and Storage of Fuel Debris (Development of Technology for Handling of Powdery and Slurry/Sludge State Fuel Debris))”
August 1 (PM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Equipment installed on Operation Floor such as Large Transportation Device etc. for Top-Access Partial Submersion Retrieval Method) )”
August 1 (PM(JST))	“Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Filling Stabilization Technologies and Fall Prevention and Mitigation Technologies during Processing Fuel Debris for Top-Access Partial Submersion Retrieval Method))”

• 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, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Equipment installed on Operation Floor such as Large Transportation Device etc. for Top-Access Partial Submersion Retrieval Method))” [PDF/761KB]
Guidelines for the Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Safety System (Liquid Processing System))” [PDF/766KB]
Guidelines for the Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Technologies for Containing, Transportation and Storage of Fuel Debris (Development of Technology for Handling of Powdery and Slurry/Sludge State Fuel Debris))” [PDF/820KB]
Guidelines for the Subsidy Program “Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Filling Stabilization Technologies and Fall Prevention and Mitigation Technologies during Processing Fuel Debris for Top-Access Partial Submersion Retrieval Method))” [PDF/762KB] *Errata [PDF/160KB]

Application Forms (Form 1－6) [word/222KB]
Grant Policy for Subsidy for the Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management [PDF/323KB]
Grant Policy Forms (Form 1 – 15, Appendix) [word/75KB]
Subsidized Project Administration Manual [PDF/1,020KB]
Criteria for reviewing proposals and allocation of points [PDF/114KB]

[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.