JAEA established CLADS as an R&D center for the decommissioning of reactors in April 2015. JAEA utilizes existing facilities in Tokai and Oarai and is preparing R&D facilities in Fukushima Prefecture. R&D is promoted by cooperation with Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated (TEPCO), International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID), Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF), the Ministry of the Environment (MOE), and Fukushima Prefecture.