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R&D activities that gather knowledge from inside and outside of Japan are necessary for decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi NPS, and so participation by institutes and universities that engage in R&D in a broad range of fields is being solicited for many projects.

This page is also regularly updated for research solicitation and grant information on each project.

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　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [June 16, 2023]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: July 18 (Tuesday)]

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)
Development of Safety System (Liquid Processing System)
Development of Technologies for Containing, Transportation and Storage of Fuel Debris (Development of Technology for Handling of Powdery and Slurry/Sludge State Fuel Debris)
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)

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　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [May 31, 2023]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: June 29 (Tuesday)]

Development of Safety System (Technology Development for Analytical Method for Exposure Dose Evaluation)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [April 17, 2023]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: May 16 (Tuesday)]

Development of Analysis and Estimation Technologies for Characterization of Fuel Debris (Development of Non-Destructive Measurement Technologies for Sorting and Segregation of Fuel Debris and Others)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [February 24, 2023]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: March 16 (Thursday)]

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)
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)
Development of Analysis and Estimation Technology for Characterization of Fuel Debris
Development of Safety System (Acquisition of Dust Dispersion Data)
Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Research and Development of Solidification of Slurry with Cement and Alkali Activated Material)
Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Preliminary Investigation of Technological Option to Establish Flexible and Reasonable Waste Management)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [May 13, 2022]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: June 13 (Monday)]

Development of Investigation Technology of Inside of RPV (Development of Investigation Technology of Inside of RPV by using Existing Pipes)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [February 25, 2022]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: March 17 (Thursday)]

Development of Technologies for Work Environmental Improvement in Reactor Building (Development of Corrosion Control Technologies using Cathodic Protection for Suppression Chamber Support Column)
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)
Development of Analysis and Estimation Technologies for Characterization of Fuel Debris (Development of Estimation Technologies of RPV Damaged Condition, etc.)
Development of Analysis and stimation Technologies for Characterization of Fuel Debris (Development of Non-Destructive Measurement Technologies for Sorting and Segregation of Fuel Debris and Others)
Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Control Rod Drive Housing Cutting and Removal Technologies)
Development of Technologies required for Storage of Fuel Debris in Powder and Slurry/Sludge State
Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste
Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Development of Technologies of Collecting Adsorbent from Cesium Adsorption Vessel and Contamination Evaluation to Segregate Solid Waste)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [September 24, 2021]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: October 25 (Monday)]

Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Isolation Technologies for Preventing Spread of Contamination during Retrieval and Transportation of Large Components)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [June 1, 2021]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: June 30 (Wednesday)]

Development of Safety System (Technology Development of Analytical Method for Exposure Dose Evaluation)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [April 21, 2021]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: May 18 (Tuesday)]

Development of Technologies for Fuel Debris Retrieval Gradually Expanded Its Scale)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [March 24, 2021]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: April 22 (Thursday)]

Development of Technologies for Work Environmental Improvement in Reactor Building (Development of Exposure Reduction Technologies by Digitalization of Environment and Radioactive Source Distribution)
Development of Analysis and Estimation Technology for Characterization of Fuel Debris (Development of Estimation Technology of Aging Properties of Fuel Debris)
Development of Analysis and Estimation Technology for Characterization of Fuel Debris (Development of Technologies for Enhanced Analysis Accuracy, Thermal Behavior Estimation, and Abbreviated Analysis)
Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method (Development of Fuel Debris Dust Dispersion Suppression Technologies)
Development of Safety System (Acquisition of Dust Dispersion Data)
Development of Remote Maintenance Technologies for Remote Operation Devices
Development of Assistive Technologies for Integration Management of Decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Development of Continuous Monitoring System in PCV)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [March 1, 2021]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: March 17 (Wednesday)]

Development of Technologies for Fuel Debris Retrieval Gradually Expanded Its Scale
Development of Technologies for In-depth Investigation of PCV Inside
Development of Analysis and Estimation Technology for Characterization of Fuel Debris
Development of Fuel Debris Retrieval Method
Development of Safety System (Liquid/Gas System, Technologies for Criticality Control)
Development of Technologies for Containing, Transportation and Storage of Fuel Debris (Drying Technologies for Fuel Debris)
Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [September 17, 2020]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: October 19 (Monday)]

Development of Technologies for scaling up Retrieval of Fuel Debris and Internal Structures (Development of Remote Handling Technologies for Obstacles Removal and Work Environment improvement)
Development of Technologies for scaling up Retrieval of Fuel Debris and Internal Structures (Development of Fuel Debris Dust Dispersion Suppression Technology)
Development of Technologies for scaling up Retrieval of Fuel Debris and Internal Structures (Development of Technologies for Sorting and Distinction between Fuel Debris and Radioactive Waste)
Development of Technologies for Containing, Transportation and Storage of Fuel Debris (Handling Fuel Debris in Powder and Slurry/Sludge State)
Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Research and Development of Solidification of Slurry with Cement and Alkali Activated Material)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [July 14, 2020]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: August 17 (Monday)]

Development of Technologies for scaling up Retrieval of Fuel Debris and Internal Structures (Development of Technologies for Ensuring Safety during Fuel Debris Retrieval)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [June 15, 2020]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: July 15 (Wednesday)]

Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste (Examination of Evaluation Technology for Integrity of Container during Storage of Highly Radioactive Solid Waste)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [March 6, 2020]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: March 19 (Thursday)]

Development of Analysis and Estimation Technology for Characterization of Fuel Debris (Development of Technologies for Enhanced Analysis Accuracy and Thermal Behavior Estimation of Fuel Debris)
Development of Investigation Technology of Inside of RPV
Development of Technologies for Fuel Debris Retrieval Gradually Expanded Its Scale

　General competitive bidding announced for MEXT’s “The Center of World Intelligence Project for Nuclear S&T and Human Resource Development”. [May 30, 2019]

The Center of World Intelligence Project for Nuclear S&T and Human Resource Development [Application deadline: July 18 (Thursday)]

International collaboration type decommissioning research program (Project of Japan and Russia joint research on atomic energy)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [November 25, 2019]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Technologies for In-depth Investigation of PCV Inside (On-site demonstration of Technologies for In-depth Investigation considering measures of deposits) [Application deadline: December 13 (Friday)]

Technical Service related to Ensuring Confinement Functions of Junctions (International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.))

　General competitive bidding announced for MEXT’s “Nuclear Power System R&D Project”. [May 22, 2019]

Nuclear Power System R&D Project [Application deadline: July 10 (Wednesday)] (Only The Japanese Page)

Safety basic technology R&D
Technology for reduction of radioactive waste and the level of harm

　General competitive bidding announced for MEXT’s “The Center of World Intelligence Project for Nuclear S&T and Human Resource Development”. [April 24, 2019]

The Center of World Intelligence Project for Nuclear S&T and Human Resource Development

Common fundamental type atomic energy research program [Application deadline: June 7 (Friday)]

Problem solution type decommissioning research program [Application deadline: June 7 (Friday)]

Human resource development type decommissioning research program [Application deadline: June 7 (Friday)]

International collaboration type decommissioning research program (Project of Japan and England joint research on atomic energy) [Application deadline: June 20 (Thursday)]

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [May 17, 2019]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Technologies for Retrieving Fuel Debris and Internal Structures) [Application deadline: May 27 (Monday)]

Technical Service related to Ensuring Confinement Functions of Junctions (International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.))

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [April 12, 2019]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: May 15 (Wednesday)]

Development of Analysis and Estimation Technology for Characterization of Fuel Debris (Development of Estimation Technology of Aging Properties of Fuel Debris)

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [March 4, 2019]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management [Application deadline: March 20 (Wednesday)]

Development of Analysis and Estimation Technology for Characterization of Fuel Debris
Development of Sampling Technologies for Retrieving Fuel Debris and Internal Structures
Development of Technologies for Retrieving Fuel Debris and Internal Structures
Development of Technologies for Retrieving Fuel Debris and Internal Structures (Dust Collection System)
Development of Technologies for Containing, Transportation and Storage of Fuel Debris
Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [January 22, 2019]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Circulation Systems for Water inside PCV) [Application deadline: February 4 (Monday)]

Technical Service related to the Development and Verification of Element Technology required for Access and Connection in Drywell (International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.))

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [July 5, 2018]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Technologies for Containing, Transportation and Storage of Fuel Debris) [Application deadline: July 20 (Friday)]

Confirmation of Structural Integrity of Storage Canister (International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.))

　General competitive bidding announced for MEXT’s “The Center of World Intelligence Project for Nuclear S&T and Human Resource Development”. [May 22, 2018]

Common Fundamental Type Atomic Energy Research Program [Application deadline: June 22 (Friday)]

Common fundamental type atomic energy research

Problem Solution Type Decommissioning Research Program [Application deadline: June 22 (Friday)]

Problem solution type decommissioning research

International Collaboration Type Decommissioning Research Program (Project of Japan and England Joint Research on Atomic Energy) [Application deadline: July 12 (Thursday)]

Joint research on risk evaluation and management in Nuclear Technology
Joint research on advanced remote technologies for Nuclear Technology

International Collaboration Type Decommissioning Research Program (Project of Japan and France Joint Research on Atomic Energy) [Application deadline: June 22 (Friday)]

Joint research on basic and fundamental technologies for operation under extreme severe environment such as robotics including cobotics; remote operation; localization and mapping; image processing; observation system; sensor and materials

　General competitive bidding announced for METI’s “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”. [June 27, 2018]

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Technologies for Containing, Transportation and Storage of Fuel Debris) [Application deadline: July 9 (Monday)]

Confirmation of Structural Formability of Storage Canister Lids (Part 2) (International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.))

Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Development of Sampling Technologies for Retrieving Fuel Debris and Internal Structures) [Application deadline: June 29 (Friday)]

Technical Service related to Conceptual Study on Sampling Method for Fuel Debris inside the Reactor Pressure Vessel(RPV) (International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.))

　General competitive bidding announced for MEXT’s “Nuclear Power System R&D Project”. [May 18, 2018]

Nuclear Power System R&D Project [Application deadline: July 6 (Friday)]

Safety basic technology R&D
Technology for reduction of radioactive waste and the level of harm

Solicitation Projects

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) / The Center of World Intelligence Project for Nuclear S&T and Human Resource Development(Only The Japanese Page)

Secretariat

Nuclear Safety Research Association (NSRA)

Project introduction

We promote innovative R&D by universities and others in diverse nuclear power systems (reactors, reprocessing, fuel fabrication), in order to be able to respond correctly to a variety of problems that nuclear power will face in the future, and at the same time to ensure Japan’s international competitiveness in the nuclear power field.

Outline of each project and past solicitation results

Nuclear Power System R&D Project (Only The Japanese Page)

The Center of World Intelligence Project for Nuclear S&T and Human Resource Development (Only The Japanese Page)

The Initiative for Atomic Energy Basic and Generic Strategic Research (Only The Japanese Page)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) / Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management

Secretariat

Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.

Project introduction

By supporting development of technologies that contribute to decommissioning and contaminated water management, the project aims to raise the level of Japan’s science and technology and to promote smooth advancement of decommissioning and contaminated water management countermeasures.

Next Plan of R&D Projects

FY 2020 Research and Development Plan for Decommissioning (METI, Secretariat of the Team for Countermeasures for Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Treatment (February 27, 2020)) (PDF) (Only The Japanese Page)

Table of each project and past solicitation results

FY 2014 - 2019 supplementary budget “Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management”

Public solicitation by International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID)

　IRID gathers knowledge from inside and outside Japan and conduct R&D, in order to solve extremely difficult technical problems unparalleled in the world. IRID is working on procurement by solicitation in order to perform the R&D activities that are open to the public.

Public solicitation by TEPCO Group

TEPCO Group gathers knowledge from all kinds of research institutes and corporations both inside and outside of Japan, in its efforts to put all of its strength into decommissioning tasks at Fukushima Daiichi NPS.
　As they move forward with unprecedented tasks, in order to overcome the many issues and difficult tasks, expert knowledge and high-level technology are necessary from inside and outside of Japan.

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　Management Office for the Project of Decommissioning and Contaminated Water Management (Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.) announced the adoption result. [August 9, 2023]