2022 Annual Meeting

Presentation information

Oral presentation

III. Fission Energy Engineering » 301-2 Reactor Design, Nuclear Energy Strategy, Nuclear Transmutation

[1D01-02] Nuclear Fuel Cycle Strategy

Wed. Mar 16, 2022 9:30 AM - 10:05 AM Room D

Chair: Toru Obara (Tokyo Tech)

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

[1D01] Proposals from a perspective of nuclear fuel cycle scenario analysis related to future nuclear power utilization

Toward the construction of nuclear power technology security

*Akira Ohtaki1, Takao Kato1, Yoshiki Sato2 (1. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2. NESI)

Keywords:Energy, Long-term outlook, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Nuclear power technology, Security

Around 2050, which is a target year for carbon neutrality, the total population of Japan is predicted to decline to the level of the high economic growth period of the 1960s, and the working-age population ratio is also predicted to decrease from about 70% to about 50%. Since there is concern that economic and industrial activities will slow down due to this impact, measures to maintain the technological base and supply chain in the nuclear industry were examined and evaluated from a perspective of nuclear fuel cycle scenario analysis.