JPRS ID: 9863 WORLDWIDE REPORT NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT AND PROLIFERATION

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Worldwide Re ort
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NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT AND PROLIFERATION
CFOUO 8/81)
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WORLDWIDE REPORT
NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT AND PROLIFERATION
(FOUO 8/81)
_ CONTENTS
WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS .
Brazil Supplies Ixaq With Uranium
(Ti~ cuARnlArr, 12 Jun si) 1
ASIA
JAPAN
Joint Efforts With U.S. in RTNS Project
(TECHNOCRAT, Apr 81) 3
Experimental Multipurpose HTGR Practically on Target for 1988
Criticality
(TECHNOCRAT, Apr 81) 4
First ~nrichment Plant Using Chemical Exchange Process
(TECHNOCRAT, Apr 81) 5
PNC Embarks on New Uranium Ore Prospecting Projects
(TECHNO~RAT, Apr 81) 6
SCC Study Under Reactor Environments
" (TECHNOCRAT, Apr 81) 8
Plans for Off-Shore Nuclear Energy Plant Studied
(NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN, 7 Feb 81) 9
Sma.ller Light Water Reactor Under Development
(NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN, 23 Feb 81) 11
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t~(llt U1~1~ l(:lAt. USI: UNi,I'
Policy To Speed Up Plant Site Procurement
(NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN, 18 Feb 81) 13
Brief s
Marine Nuclear Powerplant Survey 16
System Decontamination of Radioactivity 16
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NIGERIA
Mining Company Cor?tinues Uranium Prospecting
(MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS, 27 Mar 81) 17
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FnR (1FFI('IA1. 1?.SF. ONI.Y
WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS
BRAZIL SUPPLIES IRAQ WITH URANIi3M
LD121129 London THE GUARDIAN in English 12 Jun 81 p 6
_ [Bernard~ Kucirr's dispatch: "Iraq in 'Secret Uranium Deal' With Brazil"]
[Text] Sao Paulo--Brazil has secretly supplied Iraq with urnnium dioxide which
can be made into bombgrade plutonium.
An Iraqi Airways plane flew to Brazil in February and collected cases of the
uranium, disguised as conventional weapons, according to a reliable source.
Another consignment is due next month. Uranium dioxide, when exposed to radia-
, tion, decay into plutonium.
The uranium was purified at Sao Paulo's Institute for Radioactive Research, a
vast assembly of laboratories where the Brazilian Government is concentrating
developments in nuclear energy.
J The institute has a research reactor submitted to the usual safeguards, but other-
wise is free from outside surveillance. A pilot plant for the uranium puri�ica-
tion-�-which is not to be confused with the enrichment of uranium--has been in
operation for more than a decade. It has very limited capacity, but consider-
ing the length of time, it is possible that this pilot plant purified the
uranium.
About 200 lb of uranium are necessary to obtain 22 lb of plutonium.
The uranium dioxide was delivered in the form of pellets. It was apparently
smelted in the special high vacuum furnaces of the institute so as not to absorb
impurities.
The pellets of uranium dioxide will decay more rapidly into atom-grade plutonium
if submitted to very strong neutron radiation. When submitted to the radiation
obtained in existing medium-size research reactors, the nuclear transformation
can be produced in a matter of months--if necessary adaptations are made in the
machine.
Brazil has developed very special relations with Iraq, f ollowing the oil crisis.
The rapproachement started when the Iraqis nationalised the large "Ma~noon" oil-
field, discovered by Brazil's state-owned oil company, Petrobras. They tore up
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the agreement, but the Brazilians, as a consolation prize, got a preferential
system of oil deliveries. .
Brazil has sent General Samuel Alves Correa, a former chief of the combined
general staff of the areaed forces to Iraq as ambassador, and has been supply-
ing Traq with armoured cars, ballistic missiles, and other military equipment.
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JAPAN
JOINT EFFORTS WITH U.S. IN RTNS PROJECT
Tokyo 2ECHNOCRAT i.n English Vol 14, No 4r Apr 81 p 58
[Text] �]apan and the U.S., who ase both stepping
up their concerted nuclear fusion reactor de-
vclopment activities, have recently launched a
joint experimental 'RTNS Project" to study
core materials utiliz6ng a large�scale acselerator.
made in the U.S.
This giant device is the RTNS at the
Lawrence Livermore Laboratoty (LLL), and
the two countries will conduct irradiation
tests on the core wall and other materials
ovei a period of S years from fiscal 1981,
along with participation in the construction of
RTNS2, new accelerator under construction.
Based on the agreement for Japan-U.S. nuclear
fusion research cooperation signed in May,
1979, the fust Doublet iIi project really took
off as a cooperative scheme, producing
numerous results Iike p:asma characteristics.
The core material joint development plan using
the experimental facility~ is the nezt largest to
Doublet III, and 'u expected to be just as
productive.
Should lapan build an accelerator of the
RTNS scale, it would cost a total ~F4 billioa
and require a five-yeaz period of construction.
Therefore single-handed core material develop-
ment by 7apan might take too long to be
desirable in this Celd. Therefore, this collabo-
ration by both countries can be viewed as
another primer to boost thermonuclear reactor
development as quickly as possible.
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JAPANI
EXPERIP'lEIVTAL i�iJLTIPURPOSE HTGR PRACTICALLY ON TARGET y'UR ii88 CRITICALITY
Tokyo TECHNOCRAT in English Vol 14, No 4, Apr 81 p 58
[Text] - -
~ The ]apan Atoinic Energy Reseazch In- a large structural components reliab'ility test
_ stitute, (JAERI) in promoting the development loop has been set up to establish technology
plan foc a multipurpose hot tsmperature gaa for the gas reactor components. Using this
cooled reactor, last year initiated the detalled technology, the design detail for an experiment=
design for a SO,OOOkW, experimental reactor. al reactor is now underway starting in the lact
The nuclear steelmaking project siming at fiscal year.
utilization of the reactor heat by reduction, by According to ]AERI's wock so faz, the
M1TI's Agency of Industrial Science and Tech- reactor will be a SO,OOOkW, helium gas cooled,
nology, was terminated in the previous fiscal graphite moderated type using slightly enriched
yeaz, which somewhat clouded the future of uranium in chazacteristic pill-like fuel pazticles.
the multipurpose HTGR. Nevertheless, ]AERI In 1979, JAERI ordeted a comprehensive sys-
determines to concentrate on research and tem plan for the expeiimental reactor from
development tor the construction of an ex- four nuclear component manufacturers with
perimental reactor, maintaining that the nucleu Fuji Electric Co. being appointed technical
capability will in due course have other appli- inte,erator. The task was completed last yeaz
cations than power generation. (n 1969, the and� L~e detailed design will now go into the
institute began R&D of componeots tech� ~oncreting equipment structure stage as well
, nology such as fuel, materials, and high tem- as the setting up of overall operation/safety
_ perature resistant equipment. Since fiscal 1978, programs. The institute fs aiming to achieve
criticality by 1988 at the earliest.
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: JAPAN
FIRST ENRICFII~ENT PLANT USING CHEMICAL EXCHANGE PROCESS
Tokyo TECHNOCRAT in English Vol 14, No 4, Apr 81 p 58
[ TeXt ] � p~~ ~emical Industry hat bao licen~d ~vith a ateatly enhanced ion exchange reaction
by the Science and Technology Aaency to u~e rate, and sucaufuUy produced 1.9% enriched
nuclear :uel materials in ~ uranium enrichment uranium by means of smaU equipment at its
model piant to be constructed in the Miyazaki Kawasaki Branch. Observing the substantial
Pcefecture employing a ehemical exehange benefits of this proeess, the goveroment began
technique. The company is now seeking con- to consider it as complementary to the centri-
struction approval from the local authorities, fuge sepazation proceu, and, since 1980, has
and is nxpected to begin work shortly for a subsidized the oompany for technical develop-
proposed start-up in fiscal 1983. meat work.
lapan's development of nranium enrichment The projected model plant incorporates
technology has so far been undertaken in one four linked enrichment towers each of lm.
of their national projects by the Power Reactor effective diameter and 2Sm high, with a
and Nuclrar Fuel Development Corp. focusing capacity of pra.lucing SOOkg of 3% enriched
on a aatrifuge separation method. By contrast, uranium a year. For six years, from fiscal 1980
the chemical exchange proceu, which is suitable to 1985, the government will finance the firm
for discouraging nucleaz pcoliferation, has lately with two thirds of the total ~12 billion
attracted attention since the Asahi Chemical required to obtain eoonomic evaluation data
Industry developed an anion exchange resin by the end of the period.
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JAPAN
PNC EMBARKS ON NEW URANIUM ORE PROSPECTING PROJECTS
Tokyo TECHNOCRAT in English Vol 14, No 4, Apr 81 p 59
[Text] The Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp. (PNC) which is
carrying out overseas survey and exploitation of uranium deposits has ~ust
embarked, on its next two targets, namely, Niger (l~frica) and the Athabasca
district of Saskatchewan, Canada. This makes a total of 21 overseas survey &
prospecting pro~ects for PNC. Furthermore, the corporation hopes to realize
by the late 1980's a commercial plan to transfer some of its 8 big pro~ects,
including Mali (Africa) and the U.S., to the private sector. All these at
present are being actively worked on.
The price of uranium has recently fallen somewhat mainly due to a slow-down in
nuclear power generation, producing a temporary buyers' market. Notwithstand-
ing this, the global competition for uranium exploitation is intensifying. Even
Japan, the second runner in the development race for world-wide uranium resources,
is currently earmarking a large-scale budget for overseas survey and prospecting--
, about ~�5 billion for this fiscal year in the case of PNC.
Csnada � ~
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N Ipsr
Mali � ~
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- Guinea p (under npot(atlon)
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~ PNC only 0,loint surv~y 6 prosp~ctinp.
(Tha siz~ of tA~ eirci~ sMows t~abudp~t seal~.)
Fig. 1. PNC's Overseas Survey and Prospecting Projecb
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All told, nine nations are the subjects for overseas survey and prospecting
as shown in Fig. 1. Among them, 8 priority pro~ects now being aggressively
developed are those at two districts in Australia, two districts in North ~
America and four African regions, with investment and man-power already up
to 80% of the total.
The largest one is at Mali, involving in this fiscal year about 260 wo~rkers
together with a budget of over ~1.5 billion for survey and exploitation. In
contrast, for the Niger and Athabasca projecLS beginning in February 1981,
~�200 million and ~�100 million,respectively have been allocated.
All this shows that Japan's uranium resources survey and prospecting industry,
spearheaded by PNC, is gaining a high momentum.
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JAPAN
SCC STUDY UNDER REACTOR ENVIROPIMENTS
Tokyo TECHNOCRAT in English Vol 14, No 4, Apr 81 p 59
[Text] In the autumn of 1974, a water leak accident occurred at a boiling water
reactor (BWR) in the U.S. A stainless steel recirculation water pipe had devel- ~
oped hair cracks in the vicinity of welds with residual stress: what is called
stress corrosion cracking (SCC). Prompted by this accident, stu3ies on SCC in
respect of stainless steel used for BWR have been energetically carried out both
at home and abroad. This has yielded a variety of preventive measures with some
of them already being applied to actual react~rs.
The National Research Institute for Metals investigated SCC in respect of stain-
less~steel under test conditions, simulating the situation of a B~~TR in constant
operation. This revealed for example that the s~ress of a pipe working in both
peripheral and longitudinal directions could cause cracking more frequently than
if it was only in a peripheral direction.
- Meanwhile, in actual reactors, the number of cracks occurring seemed to correlate
significantly with the functions of reactor startup and shutdown. This necessi-
tated experiments to reproduce such operating conditions in addition to normal-
run simulation. Accordingly, the institute picked up as a specimen the saufe
stainless steel material as used in existing reactors. The specimen material
underwent heat treatment so as to develop cracks and provide a similar crystal
structure to the heat affected zone. Employing a circulation testing facility
of high-temperature/high-pressure water, the treated specimens were tested under
more severe conditions than those during startup or shutdown of normal reactors.
From the factors examined, the repetitive temperature change contributed most to
the production of cracks. - o
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The graph shows the effect of water temperature x y� 0~~~~ Q
on the rupture life under constant stress and FQ E
dissolved oxygen concentration. The average a~ ~
rupture time was 600 hours for case (a) when o~ ;
` the water temperature was held at 290�C to n;a ,~~0 1 ~
simulate a steady-state operation, whereas ; m ~
it decreased to 250 hrs. in case {b) when the ;,o ~
water tempera ture f luc tua te d in t he 1 4 5- 2 9 0� C � s,~~` :
range. Thus it was found that cracking in a
BWR is also promoted by water temperature Ruptur~ time cn~
changes during startup and shutdown.
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ReNture Life of 304 Stainless Steel
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JAPAN
PLANS FOR OFF-SHORE NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANT STUDTED
Tokyo NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN in Japanese 7 Feb 81 p 4
[Article: "Location of Nuclear Power Sources; Off-shore if not on Hand;
Feasibility Study for Realization; MITI To Set Up an Investigation Committee
Soon"]
[Text] Under a 4-year project from 1981, the Ministry of International Trade
and Industry (MITI) will pursue the poseibility of actualization of a method
of locating nuclear power stations at sea, so as to be helpful, even in a
small way, in the elimination of difficulties in locating nuclear plants
through constructing nuclear power stations at sea. Off-shore nuclear
plants are to be constructed by the dock method at water depths of
20-150 meters. They are much expected as medium and small dispersion-�tyge
power sources that can be constructed near electric power ~onsumer areas.
For this purpose, the MITI decided to set up a Commission for Studying
Nuclear Reactors Located at Sea in the near future and to run an investiga-
tion and study of the economics, safety, and power transmission systems,
and flexibility in terms of selecting the locat3on of the plants per four
- methods: 1) Float-type, 2) anchoring to the bottom-type, 3) man made island
- type, and 4) caisson-type.
- T'he Four Methods: Float-Type, Etc.
Nuclear reactors are considered as oil-alternat3ve energy sources. But, there
is a bit of uncertainty as to their safety; and electric power companies are
experiencing diff iculties in procuring plant sites. According to the MITI,
- the sites for nuclear power plants which are to commnence their operation
by 1990 are secured. But, the MITI says that other than those, it will be
very difficult to secure sites. Thus, they have conceiued an idea of
underground and marine-type nuclear plants des3gned for effective utilization
of the land and for enviro~ental safety. Studies of underground nuclear
plants have already been progressing under a 4-year pro3ect from 1977. From
next year, they will be in the stage of establishing a guideline aimed at
actual plant construction.
Meanwhile, starting from next year, there will be more and more research on
i locating nuclear plants at sea. Under the Float Method, a nuclear plant
wi11 be built on a steel box at the dockyard, taken by tugboat into the
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breakwater of an intended location, and will be anchored. Under the
anchoring to the Bottom Method, a steel box will be constructed, taken by
tugboat to a scheduled spot, and fixed in such a way tha.t the space between
the ocean floor base and the steel box is little.
Under the man-made island method, the intended sea area for a generating
- station will be enclosed in a breakwater sea wa11 and enclosed area will be
' filled in, hedged off from the open sea. Then, a nuclear plant will be
constructed on the man-made island in ithe same way as those constructed
= on shore. Under the Caisson-Method, the foundation of the power station
facility will be made of concrete or steel caissons with nuclear power
plar�ts seC on them. The advantages of locating nuclear reactors at sea are:
1) Offshore locating at water depths of 20-150 meters is possible, and a
flexibility in location selectivity is increased. 2) It is possible to
construct the most part of a plant in a factory, and a large-scale reduction
in manufacturing time can be achieved. On the other hand, the disadvantages
are pointed out as: 1) The greater the distance from the coast will be,
the more difficult th e method of transmitting electricity will become.
2) There is a problem in guaranteeing plant safety in withstanding natural
conditions such as wind and waves.
There will be a study and investigation, by a commission to be set up in the
near future by MITI, ~f the four methods, the Flaat-Method, ~tc., concerning
- economics, saf ety; and the possibility of their realization will be pursued.
At present, since the difficulties in locating nuclear reactors are being
felt, great interest is being concentrated on this unique research of
locating nuclear plants at sea.
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JAPAN
SMALLER LIGHT WATER REACTOR UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Tokyo NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN in Japanese 23 Feb 81 p 1
[Article: "Towards Development of Medium anc~ Small Light Water Reactors;
Committee To Be Formed by Industry, Government and Academic World Starting
April: Model Reactor in 1983"]
[Text] The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) which is
newly tackling the issue of inedium and sma11 light-water reactors to divereity
and to supplement light-water reactors which are in the process of expanding
will inaugurate a"Medium and Small Light-Water Nuclear Reactor Research
and Development Commission" (temporary name) composed of experts from
business, government and the academic world, at the end of April. At first,
they will start in fiscal 1981, a feasibility study (FS = Development and .
Industrialization Research) on medium and small reactors capable of having
multi-purpose utilization including generating electricity in response to
actual regional conditions. They intend to do their planning and general
conceptualization of inedium and small reactors in f~scal year 1982, based
on the FS, and to proceed to a trial production of their model reactox
in fiscal 1983. Construction of a small nuclear reactor of the sub-
metropolitan (underground) type has recently been planned also in Grenoble,
France. The MITI [Ministry of International 7rade and Industry] plans to
inject more energy into promotion of this medium and emall reactor research
project.
The reason why the MITI has tackled this development plan is that the MITI
has judged that reactor manufacturers have brought about sufficient maCura-
tion of light-water reactor technology by having built many light water
reactors, and therefore have acquired enough abil3ty to deal with the new
research of new medium and small reactor development. At the same time, the
development of inediiun and small nuclear reactors will make it possible to
establish new power sources close to such sites as Osaka and Tokyo where
there is a great demand for electric power, and will provide an effective
~ means of distributing a large number of power sources as principal sources
of energy for various regions throughout the entire nation.
There is also the appeal of their being able to be set up in the midst of
industrial zones and complexes as energy reactors for industry not only as a
general source of electricity but also as a nuclear heat source.
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Thus, through the diversification of nucZear reactors which are the most~
important alternative energy sources, the MITI aims at preparing for future
society which no longer depends on oil.
In addition, there is also the aim of developing medium and small type
reactors for export purposes because the developing countries have started
to want them. These are truly multi-purpose reactors. They are designed
to have an output of 50,000-300,000 kilowatts. As a result, these medium
and small reactors will givc variety to the present light-water reactor
whose output exceeds 1 million kilowatts.
In 1981, the ministry will stimulate the needs of various medium and small
re3ctors, will conduct the FS in relation to their utilization, and will
consolidate the concept of reactors to be developed. The commission will
be composed of nuclear reactor manufacturers and the electric power industry
as well as government and academic experts. It is intended th~.t the chairman
will be selected among those who take a"neutral" attitude.
They intend to set up a working group of specialists under the aegis of the
commission and also to entrust a part of the FS to think tanks.
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JAPAN ~
POL~CY TO SPEED UP PLANT SITE PROCUREMEDTT
Tokyo NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN in Japanese 18 Feb 81 p 1
[Article: "Speeding Up the Location of Power Sources; Rationalizatiun of
Regulations and Procedures; MITI To Set Up a Study Meeting; To Review the
Review System; Outline by June"]
[Text] As there is an urgent need for hastening the development of large
power sources including plants, the Ministry of International Trade and
Industry (MITI) has set up a"Study Meeting for Facilitating the Acquisition
of Nuclear Plant Sites" (Chairman Teiichi Yamamoto, Chief, Development
Branch, Public Utility Department, the Agency of Natural Resources and
Energy) within the ministry in order to rat3onalize the legal and procedural
aspects that are the bottle~eck.for facilitating power source development. And,
it has begun reviewing a series of inspection systems, procedures, and laws.
They intend to study by June a plan, for rationalization of nuclear rea.ctor
safetty�inspection systems and a reasonable combination of procedures and laws,
and to reflect this on a policy for promoting th e development of power
sources to be implemented in 1982 and thereafter. On the 17th, the Liberal
Democratic Party (LDP) also convened the firs t m~eting of the "Headquarters
for the Promotion of D?uclear Power Plant Site Acquisition," which is the
- LDP's organ to promote the development of power sources. Thus, the develop-
ment of new power sources has come to be a nat:Lonal issue and the MITI's
recent moves is a part of it.
It is the general opinion that the laws and procedures associated with the
establishment of power plants resemble jungle branches which spread in a
complicated manner. Generally, it is said that there are 33 laws and 66
procedures. First, there are those laws that have a principal relationship,
_ such as: The Territorial Utilization Law, The Rivere Law, The Cultural
Assets Protection Law, The Natural Parks Law, The Forests Law, The Agricul-
tural Lands Law, laws concerned with the consolidation of agricultural
promotion areas, The Land Expropriation Law, The Public Waters Reclamation
Law, The Nuclear Reactor Regulation Law, The Power Source Promotion and
Development Law, and The Electric Utilities Law. And there are other related
laws too numerous to mention.
In the case of a large nuclear plant, especially which, it is anticipated
at present would serve as the greatest source of power, tremendvus numbers �
of laws and regulations are controlling it from selection of the site where
the plant will be located to co~anencement of its operation. Safety inspections
as well are being designed very strictly.
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. The strictness of successive legal and procedural investigations is for the
purpose of eliminating anxiety and the victimization of local self-governing
bodies and the local population. On the other hand, it is a reality that
_ it takes a lot of time and man-power to develop and secure power source that
is urgently needed nationally.
In the case of locating a nuclear plant, it is said to take 10-20 years.
The cause for this is that it takes a lot of time to dispel the anxiety of
the local population and to implement local compEnsation and indemnitj~es
such as the fishing industry. However, the fact that legal and procedural
investigations are complex and are strict cannot be overlooked as a cause
fo r the delay .
- The Study Meeting established within the ministry 3s founded on this'pressing
task of the promotion of power so~ce development, and will insert the
scalpel of rationalization to the laws, procedures and investigative systems
that are becoming one of the bottlenecks. But a difficult problem is that
the MITI does not have exclusive ~urisdiction over these laws, procedures
and examinations. It i~ a fact that almast a11 ministries and agencies
have a connection with power source development in some form or other. For
this reason, the study meeting will, for the ~resent, concentrate on those
laws unaer the MITI's jurisdiction, and intends to seek for a series o~
rational combinations of laws and procedures.
To start with, while maintaining the strictness of laws and procedures, they
will look for a way to eliminate a waste of time by rationalizing their
combinations and, by reconstructing the entire legal and procedural systems,
will pursue the possibility of locating power plants in a shorrer period
of time than heretofore.
Also, in relation to the system of nuclear reactor safety, investigation
through studying rational combinations of investigative systems such as
simultaneous execution of environmental investigations and safety investiga-
tions that are not being done at present, they intend to search out~the way
- to speed up th e process without losing the strictness of their investigations
and procedures.
The LDP's Headquarters for promoting the locating of power sources which was
inaugurated on the 17th, also held up a slogan of smooth and speedy
licensing for procedures for the location of power sources. The co~encement
of the MITI's study may develop into a situation in which all minist~ies
and agencies are involved.
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Strengthening of the Support System for Areas Experiencing Difficulties in
Locating Nuclear Plants: Course of Action of the LDP's Promotion Headquarters
The LDP opened the first meeting of its "Power Source Locating Promotional
Headquarters" (Headquarters Chief: Yoshitake Sasaki, formerly MITI minister)
at its party headquarters, Nagato-cho, Tokyo, on the 17th, and decided upon
_ its course of action for the next 2 years. The course of action adopted
that day (agreement on the establishment of the promotional headquarters)
stated that in order to rapidly promote the location of power sources the
whole party must grapple with solutions to such problems as compensation to
the fishing industry, and also expressed the importance of developing strong
support activities in those areas in which difficulties in locating nuclear
plant and drawing local cooperation have been experienced.
Among the concrete activities of this headquarters are:
1) Development of a national movement; holding a study and training meeting
of party members in those areas in which power sourcea are to be located;
and holding r~ound table discussions with consumer organizations, city heads,
governors and organizing power source location caravans.
2) Support activities in those areas where the location of a plant is facing
difficulty by means of providing the Headquarters' support and investigatory
activities, organizing people who are promoting nuclear plant location, and
providing support to local leaders who are promoting plant education.
' 3) Promotion of var�ious policies for propelling power source location pro-
cedures; efficiEnt enforcement of nuclear reactor safety investigation;
- strengthening and consolidating the three power source laws; and the luriag
of plants into areas wher.e power souxces are to be located.
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JAPAN
BRIEFS
MARINE NUCLEAR POjdERPLANT SURVEY--In an effort to build nuclear power stations
in the sea to help, if only slightly, relieve the siting difficulty, the Minis-
try of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is to probe ir.to the possibility
of constructing full-scale maritime nuclear plants in a four-year scheme start-
ing in fiscal 1981. The conceived plant would be constructed using a dock sys-
tem around 20-15Qm deep. It is hoped it would represent a power source of
modest scale which could be located in the neighborhood of a few electricity
consuming regions. Accordingly, MITI will soon organize an investigation com-
mittee for offshore nuclear power plants to study the four types namely: (1)
floating, (2) on-bottom, (3) island, (4) caisson. The study will include
potential sites, different power transmission systems as well as factors such
as safety and economy. [Text] [Tokyo TECHNOCRAT in English Vol 14, No 4,
Apr 81 p 58] [COPYRIGHT: 1981 Fuji Marketing Research Co., Ltd.]
SYSTEM DECONTAMINATION OF RADIOACTIVITY--The Tokyo Electric Power Co. is becoming
confident of the technica~ practicability of a"system decontamination," that
will reduce the radioactivity levels of an entire nuclear power facility. The
system decon development has been urged not only to ease plant operation but to
minimize the exposure to workers. The company has now to formulate the final
- report on the decon method, costs, etc. However, there is no example of its
implementation anywhere in the world so that a definite schedule and a potential
nuclear power station sub~ect etc. are still undecided. [Text] [Tokyo TECHNO-
CRAT in English Vol 14, No 4, Apr 81 p 58] [COPYRIGHT: 1981 Fu~i Marketing
Research Co., Ltd.]
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NIGERIA
MINING COMPANY CONTINUES URANIUM PROSPECTING
Paris MARCHES TROPICAUX ET I~DITERRANEENS in French 27 Mar 8I p 841
[Article--passages eaclosed in slantlines printed in italics]
[Text] The /Nigerian Uranium Mining Company (Numco)/ is continuing its prospecting
in the state of Bauchi and, according to the federal mining and energy minister,
Alhji Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan, it may soon be given other concessione in the states
of Benue, Gongola, Cross River, Imo, Sokoto and Niger.
We recall that Numco is a/joint venture/ company 60 percent owned by the
Nigerians and 40 percent owned b,y the French company /Minatome/ (which itaelf is
owned 50 percent by /Pechiney Ugine Kulhmann/ and 50 percent by the /French Oils
Company)/ in accordance with an agreement reached in late November 1979 (MTM of
14 December 1979, p 3465). On 5 February 1980, the minister had said that Numco
would not begin to exploit its deposits in the state of Bauchi, located at Gombe,
for 2 years (MTM of 15 February, p 385). On the other hand, we also recall that
while for the time being Minatome is the only foreign company licensed to prospect
- and explore with Numco, Nigeria has not seemed to want to give out exclusive rights.
- When the contract with the French company was signed, it had in fact signalled
that other concessions that might hold uranium could still be obtained by foreign
companies and it had mentioned the states of Cross River, Benue (more precisely
the Loko3a region).and Sokoto.
COPYRIGHT: Rene Morewc et Cie Paris 1981
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