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Stl'ATTSrDrCCAX ANALYSIS )"CR ATOIY[rC INDUSTRY
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REIEORiTfiiD BY JAXiJi
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Finding,s oÅí the third. JAIL"[ii st,ucty on tih.e stato-h oÅí thG d,eveZopmenic of atomic
industry in J'apan. were pab,1-ishced ?t'1ihe on r,ebrut:::y Atomle ZndiustriaZ 2El i.n.
$etup in the lyT.al ing at tJhe Dou,bZe --• Re.cent Tx'onds in Economie Aspc3cts,Vt
This :epor"e Å}s ehe eh.itr?d oi' tho serie- ,en)p "tl e seÅëon. d having be- en publis,h. ed
in February Zast yeax.
ttke tho preceding orme$s this tr7eporic gives the twasend on exp, endituz'e diuring
fi$caX X96Z saXes and c-rmployment in atopalb ,ixadi,ustries etc. but in aC.dition,
it incZudes an ad.ditio.ncza1 fF.atu,ress a report on ,gtomie industrial fundvs
procuremo-nt.
Queseionnai: es were Lc)ubnitiL"t'ted to 3e8 oompaniess an61 it was .found "than`b
atomie industriak expendlture by these nma-goveTnment ente]:'pf'ises during
the yeay$ Z956 - 1]H96X inoisarLled about \47,3 hri".Uionp as shown beZow,
266miningandi./orrnanufaeturingcompanies be'39stgbiiZion
32 eommerÅëial- eompanie$ 2.8 biZZion
10 e-)Zec'trleal eompanies 4"7 bUXion
Total", 30g compani.os \47-3 bilU.ion
In iche mining ancJ. manvLfae"turing eaeegorys man'y companies speeia2izing in
diÅíÅíerent fieUds have beeorne tncreasin.aly in'tez'esinect iri Radioisotopes
utiXizationp whiXe enterpi7ises engagad in x"teseareh and de-veXopatants oÅí
reaetor ma"bex'ia[Ls have beeyi .Zimite(il to eez'Cain types of imdu,sica?y. rrhtes,e
have shoim no mcierlged fluc"tuations in reeent year$e
Researeh ana deve:opmL,>nt .i.n a'toraic e.ne]rgy oth 'thte non-ptgovernmeRt basts
havs bGen fou,nd "to 'bre depo.ltden"b on atomic (rompanles prope.rp and, ehe
heavy eXeelrle maehikao.ry T,n,c?nuÅíaet)ureir$. About ]-OO big in6tust]ries kn
this lcfttter eategox'y wei7e ".he firs'b to embar'k on the ÅëhalZenging project
of atomie industry .from its incepbi.onW s and, these c"ftcoount for the maJ"ox'
POr'tion of neesearch andi de.veZo'pmen't work' in Japan. 7"hi.$ trend toward
concentration is no'w moi?e manked 'than evex'.
tSXPenctLL'uux'e iE fi.ncreasii.ng rin "the :ei[e].ct oÅí x'estarch and dieveltopmen-t an(it
Manufaetuxe of ma'teri.als. Ag?' :ffor t}he- use• oÅí isol}opes, e'xpendit)uLdee• on
tr7eSeareh faci,ilitie$ has brt.-.)e-n confiidie3rab].y .fo. edvtced.s whZl.e money' Åío]? practtitc-aX'Utiliza"bion
h,a,s incxeea$.ed. 'lrhfi.,s Shift of emphasis indiccutes that bee-
Search faeil"ltios avaiiabXe ico ncn--g6vernthanic bn"terPris.es have been mox'e
OX' Xess•enhausteds andi thrat 'the praebi.cal. use o.f. .i,sotepes has already 'been
demoiiserated.
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