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AfLteJr s,omtt, brleiErimgsp the p]"uiconiurn suir'xrey mfi..oston subr.ni`t'tedi, i"ts ÅíormaX
,Teport to 'thc-) Japan Atomi.c lrne-x'gy Comm,ission on Febllru.uirsi 6, X963, 7'he
mtsstons conG' tsL.ing 6f l2 e•xpe.rtsp rnade a t,ouy of investig,ation thvoug.h
the United. States, MaSt falZs foxo theJ Dtuttrpose. oÅí studying. thG pZvteonikim
reeycling programp in ords'i to eonkyi.bute to thtt, es'tablish.me•::t of
Japanesfj po]-lr cy for ptutonium Mesearch and p•6developrrxant.
(See AIJ
VolLe 6p NOeLO)
[.he rt?port cornp: ises Pr/t.faett'p G•tt,nera.1 Revi.ews TJSAECrs poZicy and, v,resent
status o.f pZutonium, research anai. dvzvelopsient in the. V.S, +Zt vi11
soon bo publisho"d with an Av, pendi:x of voluminous 'beehnical diata.
2) GeneraZ View
The e$sen'Lial points of 'ehe x'epomb ere summatrrizGd j-n ichis ehapteir.
Zn the IJnite6. StatG-lisp the cost of nueXear powo.r genex'ation by Mghe
w.oter type re-bactors wmu1 be cornpetitive winh ÅëonventionaZ power within
a Åíew ye.arse HowG'vp•yp nueieaM power cosics a"t present are not
exac"tly ea Leu:Lated on a stnieHtXy comme• r'ei.aL basi,s, and $uch tf?actors
&$ enrii ehed uranium. p, riees reproce• s$ing price and pXutonÅ}um buy-baek
pri-ce s"bil.i remsin to bs deeidi.ed. The USAEC policy i$ to d,iscontimue
government monopoXy eontro]. andi to expeeÅí to have free eommerciaZ
acti.vlt,ies as soon as possibXe-.
In orde•r to give com"me-.reiaX value eo pl,utonimms alt F.Åíffect.ive utilization
of ptvttonium /ft.s ytet bo be establishedi,. The pluiconium recycXe program
belng cayried ou't atc I{anford Work$ has an imporeent roZe im ehis
regarde The plutonium reeyele to thermal reac'tor sy$tem ln the VnStea
States wilX be in pMacÅíieaX use by 1970p whe27eas the eompietion of Åíase
reactor technoZogy 1ti. expeeted bctwe- en Z975 - 1980e
The p, lutoniurn utittzation wN-1 ffrst be achieved by ichermai reacbor
recycLfi-ng foZlowad k)y fas"t reactox" re-clxel.ings and before "thesL'} are
aecomplished on a eornmereial basis, the US Govenfnment is x'esponsible
to assisP j.ndustri,es by the buy-bczack of pvXutonium at an adequaÅée price•"
Basedi on these view-poitnt,s and obseTva"bi.onss tho-) mig, sion rtmporiced Oo
ehe Japan AEC on rep'roeessing of $pent fue].s and what pXutonium ireseareh
.in Japan should bc'"
Thttre" are three po.gsibl.rdi w,ays oÅí d,eaZing with spL.nic fuals fuom powexe
reaetors in Japan. The simplest way is to spend spent fueZs bae}c to
the suppZying coun'try. But this is not attx"active simee the priccub
Of L": riched uraniutTnp repx.ocessing and pim'tonivLm buy-baÅëi