The application of radiation is most important, as is the production
of electricity, in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It makes
substantial contributions to improving the national standard of
living and developing a wide range of areas such as industry,
medical treatment and agriculture.
R&D on radiation applications in JAERI is carried out at Takasaki
Radiation Chemistry Research Establishment for the radiation processing
and technology, and also at the Department of Radioisotopes of
Tokai Research Establishment for the production and utilization
of radioisotopes.
To meet industrial and social requests, research and development
on new polymer materials and on environmental conservation such
as flue gas treatment, are conducted with some priority given
to collaboration with private companies. Takasaki Establishment
completed the construction of the Ion Beam Irradiation Facility
in 1993 to promote further the development of radiation application
technology. Using various ion beams from the four accelerators
of this facility including an AVF cyclotron, we are expanding
the R&D of various fields of science and technology including
materials to be used in space and in fusion reactors, and new
functional materials and radiation applications in biotechnology,
and the production and utilization of new radioisotopes.
Radioisotopes are now widely used in such fields as medicine and
engineering. To address this situation, we are engaged in the
production and utilization of new radioisotopes as well as in
studies necessary for the production and manipulation of a large
quantity of tritium and in studies of its chemical behavior.
International co-operation is especially important in the area
of atomic energy utilization. Takasaki Establishment is engaged
in various co-operations in the field of radiation application
to modernize the industries of neighboring countries through different
framework programs such as the IAEA/RCA project, bilateral co-operations,
and the STA Scientists Exchange program. To promote advanced research
on ion beam utilizations, co-operations with research institutes
world-wide, both academic and industrial, are particularly necessary. |
