Current Status and Reclamation Plan of Former Uranium Mining and Milling Facilities at Ningyo-Toge in Japan (open access)

Current Status and Reclamation Plan of Former Uranium Mining and Milling Facilities at Ningyo-Toge in Japan

The Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) conducted research and development projects on uranium exploration in Japan from 1956 to 1987. Several mine facilities, such as waste rock yards and a mill tailing pond, were retained around Ningyo-toge after the projects ended. Although there is no legal issue in the mine in accordance with related law and agreements at present, JNC has a notion that it is important to reduce the burden of waste management on future generations. Thus, the Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center of JNC proposed a reclamation plan for these facilities with fundamental policy, an example of safety analysis and timetables. The plan has mainly three phases: Phase I is the planning stage, and this paper corresponds to this: Phase II is the stage to perform various tests for safety analysis and site designing: Phase III is the stage to accomplish measures. Preliminarily safety analyses suggested that our supposed cover designs for both waste rock and m ill tailing are enough to keep dose limit of 1mSv/y at site boundaries. The plan is primarily based on the Japanese Mine Safety Law, also refers to ICRP recommendations, IAEA reports, measures implemented overseas, etc. because this is the first case …
Date: February 27, 2003
Creator: Sato, Kazuhiko & Tokizawa, Takayuki
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Consumption, Efficiency, Conservation, and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Japan's Building Sector (open access)

Energy Consumption, Efficiency, Conservation, and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Japan's Building Sector

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Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: Murakami, Shuzo; Levine, Mark D.; Yoshino, Hiroshi; Inoue,Takashi; Ikaga, Toshiharu; Shimoda, Yoshiyuki et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fukushima Daiichi accident study: status as of April 2012. (open access)

Fukushima Daiichi accident study: status as of April 2012.

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Date: July 1, 2012
Creator: Gauntt, Randall O.; Kalinich, Donald A.; Cardoni, Jeffrey N.; Phillips, Jesse; Goldmann, Andrew Scott; Pickering, Susan Y. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hematological Investigation of the Atomic Bomb Sufferers in Hiroshima and Nagasaki City (open access)

Hematological Investigation of the Atomic Bomb Sufferers in Hiroshima and Nagasaki City

Report presenting a hematological view of clinical data related to acute and subacute radiation injuries caused by atomic bomb detonations in Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki City (August 9, 1945), Japan. It includes data and observations of more than 4,000 case records collected between September 1945 and October 1947.
Date: 1952
Creator: Kikuchi, Takehiko & Wakisaka, Gyoichi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Quarter Century of Nuclear Waste Management in Japan (open access)

A Quarter Century of Nuclear Waste Management in Japan

This paper is entitled ''A QUARTER CENTURY OF NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT IN JAPAN''. Since the first statement on the strategy for radioactive waste management in Japan was made by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1976, a quarter century has passed, in which much experience has been accumulated both in technical and social domains. This paper looks back in this 25-year history of radioactive waste management in Japan by highlighting activities related to high-level radioactive waste (HLW) disposal.
Date: February 25, 2002
Creator: Masuda, S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library