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Fukui International Meeting on HRD

for Nuclear Energy In Asia in 2018

Tsuruga

FNCA Activities on Research Reactor and HRD

Tomoaki WADA

FNCA Coordinator of Japan

Advisor, WakasaWan Energy Research Center

February 7, 2018

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FNCA

1990 ICNCA (International Conference for Nuclear

Cooperation in Asia) held by Atomic Energy

Commission of Japan • Exchange of frank views by ministers in charge of development and

utilization of nuclear energy on how to proceed with regional cooperation

• Practical cooperation on specified subjects

2000 FNCA (Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia) • Ministerial Level Meeting, Coordinator and Project Leader System

• Four Fields: (1) Radiation Utilization Development (Agricultural

Utilization/Environmental Utilization, and Healthcare Utilization), (2)

Research Reactor Utilization Development, (3) Nuclear Safety

Strengthening, and (4) Nuclear Infrastructure Strengthening.

• 12 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan,

Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, The Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

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8 Projects

R&D Projects on Applications of Radiation and Isotopes

Mutation Breeding

Bio-fertilizer

Electron Accelerator Application

Radiation Oncology

Research Reactor Utilization

Research on climate change using nuclear and isotopic techniques

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Application for Environmental Research

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Nuclear Safety Strengthening

• Radiation Safety and Radioactive Waste Management

Nuclear Infrastructure Strengthening

• Nuclear Security and Safeguards

Projects for Building Infrastructure

Study Panel for Cooperation in the Field of Nuclear Energy In Asia

Mutant Varieties of Rice

• Malaysia • Bangladesh

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Effects of Oligochitosan and SWA

on shallots (Indonesia)

With Oligo-chitosan and SWA Without Oligo-chitosan and SWA

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Advanced uterine cervical cancer

treated by new Protocol (CERVIX IV)

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Overall survival rate (avg.)

2 year : 91%

5 year : 77%

Project on Safety Management

Systems for Nuclear Facilities

• 1996-2007 Safety Culture for Nuclear Facilities

• 2009-2016 Safety Management Systems (SMS) for Nuclear Facilities

To identify key aspects of safety management systems for nuclear

facilities

To develop self-assessment/peer-review methodologies for nuclear

safety management

By mutual agreement, to undertake peer reviews at designated institutes

in project countries

• Peer reviews conducted at following institutes and reactors

2010 RSG-GAS, BATAN, Indonesia

2011 RTP, Nuclear Malaysia

2012 HANARO, KAERI, Korea

2014 BTRR, BAEC, Bangladesh

2015 DNRR, VINATOM, Vietnam

2016 TRR-1/M1, TINT, Thailand 9

Project evaluation of Safety Management

Systems for Nuclear Facilities

• This project performed six peer reviews of facilities in

Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and

Thailand between 2010 and 2016.

• Reviewed facilities enhanced their safety management

systems regarding safety monitoring, document control,

aging management, and housekeeping according to

suggestions for potential improvement.

• The project has contributed to enhancing nuclear safety

effectively in FNCA member countries by sharing good

practices and knowledge.

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Mo-99 from reactors

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The worldwide supply of Mo-99 relies on a limited

number of research reactors and processing

facilities.

Project on Research Reactor Network

• 2011-2013

Information exchange on RI production and supply in each

country, aimed at building a regional network for the stable

supply of medical RI, Mo-99

• 2013~

Activities intended to establish a regional network for stable

production and supply of medical RI

Development of n-gamma technology for Mo-99 production

Sharing experience for designing new multipurpose research

reactors in member countries

International cooperation for sharing multi-purpose research

reactors in the region

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2016 OECD-NEA Study: 99Mo Capacity Current demand (9 000 6-day Ci 99Mo/week EOP) and demand +35% ORC v total irradiation capacity and total

processing capacity – projects delayed, 2016-2021: Scenario C

Note: Projections assume 50% of assessed new projects will succeed 1 year later than scheduled and no unscheduled outages of existing facilities Source: 2016 Medical Isotope Supply Review: 99Mo/99mTc Market Demand and Production Capacity Projection

Irradiation Capacity

Processing Capacity

Demand growth +35% ORC

Demand growth w/o ORC

Project on Nuclear Activation Analysis (NAA)

• With neutron activation analysis (NAA), multiple elements can be

determined with high accuracy for a common and single sample, and even

solid samples can be non-destructively analyzed.

• 2002-2004 Introduction of k0 standardization method in each country,

common analysis of SPM (suspended particulate matter)

• 2005-2007 establishment of k0 standardization method in each country

• 2008-2014 NAA for geochemical samples, food samples, and marine

sediments

• 2015~

(1) NAA of PM2.5 for environmental monitoring in Asian region

(2) NAA of rare-earth elements for resource exploration in Asian

region

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• Improve research reactor utilization in each FNCA

member state.

• The following topics will be discussed in three years. a. Nuclear Activation Analysis (NAA)

b. Isotope Production including new isotopes

c. Neutron Scattering

d. Nuclear Science

e. Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, Neutron Radiography

f. Material Research

g. New Research Reactor

h. Human Resource Development

• NAA project and Research Reactor Network Project

have been merged.

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Project on Research Reactor Utilization

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

BNCT could become useful for

highly-fatal tumours:

•Extended (e.g. liver, lung)

•Radioresistant (melanoma)

•Localized near vital organs

(glioblastoma)

10B (n,α,γ) 7Li binary technique high LET particles

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

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Project on Radiation Safety and

Radioactive Waste Management

• 2002-2004 SRSM(Spent Radiation Source

Management), TENORM(Technologically Enhanced

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Management)

• 2005-2007 Decommissioning and Clearance

• 2008-2013 Radiation Safety and Radioactive Waste

Management

• 2014-2016 Nuclear/Radiological Emergency

Preparedness and Response,

• 2017~ low level radioactive waste disposal/long term

storage facilities

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CDM agreed to begin new phases of Nuclear Security and

Safeguards with the following comments in March 2017.

Nuclear forensics, cyber security, and the security of

radioactive sources should be intensively discussed for

three years in order to build an effective international

mechanism for nuclear materials security in Asia, which

is urgently expected in the world.

Human resource development in nuclear security is

strongly expected to be promoted through this project.

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New Direction of Nuclear Security

and Safeguards Project

Nuclear Forensics (NF) Analysis Technologies

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Four Key Technologies for NF:

Isotope ratio measurement

Impurity measurement

Uranium age determination

Particle/Morphology analysis

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MEXT Human Resources

Development Program

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＜Nuclear Researchers Training Program＞ ＜Nuclear Instructors Training Program＞

JFY2014 JFY2015 JFY2016 JFY2014 JFY2015 JFY2016

Bangladesh 2 4 2 Bangladesh 8 8 9

China 1 1 1 China 0 0 0

Indonesia 1 3 1 Indonesia 8 8 7

Kazakhstan 1 1 1 Kazakhstan 3 5 4

Malaysia 1 1 3 Malaysia 9 8 10

Mongolia 1 0 1 Mongolia 8 6 6

The Philippines 1 2 2 The Philippines 5 5 7

Sri Lanka 2 1 3 Sri Lanka 3 5 5

Thailand 3 3 3 Thailand 10 8 14

Vietnam 7 4 6 Vietnam 15 13 9

Total 20 20 20 Turkey 4 10 4

Saudi Arabia 0 1 1

Total 73 77 76

THANK YOU

FOR

YOUR ATTENTION

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