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,:ll:.":g:,i:dt:,,gO,O,ILgd.lgi:,Pi"1','g9i:Ol.i8g'oate'd :rea- gtor maxufae'tu: ing tieehn, ozoew-
x.n additaon to t,htt's(•s 'thogee ai?e .es:even. s,mcaZ.Z :rc.sea:rch 'reae"eox's thn opeT,n.tion
or unde.'x" cOnS'ti:rUÅë'tJ.'Lon i.n Jtapa'n. Of Xuh,g."st-)p tih.iroo. /t•i:r.e otir ,]ttipane.se de6'xgn
and m.an,uif.t-RC'tU:-r'C)i;• FIfi.t;riÅëhit I.aic)" a tJa•'nlti "typ. e, i?o.ac"t,or. wi.Ch pooll oif 1-OO KJVJ"[}
conttTuct,tt'd for II"o.k.yo Atomlc' Xndu'stni.a]- Ref)teareh .Z,F.,}'boratox'y for use by
rrA:rC me•bm'be!"s. s' LVosHh,i'bE.'ip in coLLllN.abc):ra-t:"Lon wl"th. b, sho'ui(a be' adop"te->di as t,h(n. jofi-nt nationall- obJ"ee"t:ivep i-n orde'x" "tJo
deve.].opy consb]f'z;tct a'mdi. operake. o'm ,n pu:ro-Zy J`.n'p,trnese. 'bafiti$. A gove'rnmenic
appoin.-ted coremi"t)"t;t-)t. is 1firo:'lcli,rlg rIow "to ehoors,(e ax,)pz'ol):rS.a"te j'o.c"ac-t)oxt 't;slPrfL:p)ss
and "the fi.d,e-as be•-ing consll di,enc-o.d rang.e from ineavy watser to the :fast bxvrs,ed,e: e
.N.ewupteumlwweaxe. Pwt'rus1 th..g-n.
TNi'th a gross icon'nage oaf" approximattt'Z,y 6 mi]-Xion "on,q)"p the. J-apanese ship-ti
ping r&nd,u$tJ2r'y rEa'mks .fif't'h ir.i the,. worXdi,, and heir shfi.,plouiZd.ing findustcry
h,a$ lkecade(5L "the'ts xdro]r)..cl x'e'ieoxd wil;h S.ks av"exeage annuszaI. 22 mi,Xl.ion ton$ otf?
ac"I)uali. eonsHe]ruc'tiion. g")hrtpb'tifi. l.(Sing ho,ld{s an 1'mpoir-ean't pZ.ae3•. iwa Che. eoi.itra't:rsifs
tot;d'1 export,.ce Mn ottdi,ei. to inoXdi sueh a postk-ions 1}he shippn".yig and shipbuirnding
indiuzstx'.les of J"a'pan, cm:r'e f.,zacedi w-ikh "the :inereased raesdi Fto absoxeb
akZ t,aehnicaLL 6.o.val,opmenixs i`"n tl i,s. f.ieldp an( in part-i.eu:Lar, nueXeraw
powEro-d sinipsp oÅí"ben znegardeck/ cne 'the shfi.ps oÅ}- the iffutux'e.
Si'nce l9f/5p ,cr,even. research g.xÅé,ups weire o'rga• ndzedi onc. e.Eter. a-no"eh. ewp
compll7Llsimg gev)hippingp shipbu:i.11diltg, and vo.ael]olrr manuÅíaeisua.ring .fZnd'eL$ttr7les
in ormd],eirb igo me-.etJ khis n=.,ed,e SÅë Lfa'x' 'the$e g.rveoups have wox'ke.d ouic eonceptual,
designs. o.f moxeg -than 20 nue[leatr7 fiimip.gp in,eXu(iling "thro'rte emigx'a'nV rs,hipy, p
one pessengexe s'hi.pp two ox'e cax'rietrrr,p 'ten ofi.U.--taxalce.r.o,s ome rs,ubmairine "tanlkersth'ouylr,rein:1.ngshi.ps,andone-tsoeeanogr,Rphi.eobG,'esev'ainioxishi.pe
,
The "Tucifc)ax' Vowerbedi Shfi.p Rehsoea.reh As$oetha"tion i of Japans es.'tab,lishedi iwn
Auguse rL958e S-s made 'up oÅ}] 60 eompanies and orge/ n,iz.,a't:i..onf' a: di. :'-.pt, dolng
e.>r.'tttArisfi.ve tr7tt,src))aM,schp pcax'"t} of wh:i.ch ris' gpt)u;bsfi.di,z,ed b2y 'eine goxi'er'nmen't)e
R, ese,ax.}eh i'Crem.es il.nell-udie• 'the in. fl:ue•nctt' oÅí G"xicternall. forcasws on the reae-to:rkg
of nuc[Leax' poweredl ffi`hipsp di.