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.nre about 100 e'nte'rPniSeS that havav eonsisteintMy 'macte' the•ir eontribution
to the dievel.opment Since the- vÅë'ry begimning of the•atomic industry im Jap,an.
Most of these pioneerc enterPriso•s are big comptnnies with e.fiprtaZ cÅí m. oi7e
tha.n yz biZtion eaehs'and 'measure up to. the severe requirementsp both
sinanciak and icechnoaogfieal, o. f atomic energy research and d,eveXopment.
fhey eon$tiicutfie the nUcZeus of dre'see"yeh and clreve'Å}otmlt ezat activitires, attd
are pZaying an inCreci"SimgZY imPor"tan't roXe in eiviX at6mie imdustx,y i.n
Ja.van. Thi$ Ccan be $tetiStieal1.y demonstva",tr'd as fo:.lowsg
At ehe. timG oS the seeondi suioveys "there weic'e, IZI.2 ef these piolteecrs betweGn
ehErm aÅëcounting for '72.ES%p g,3e3%s ancl 75.59o th e in fisccfiZ 1959'-• i96( , of
total expenditurep salepm andi employment respectiiveiy cf non-"governTnent
atomie enterr7prisek"," The third surVe,y has shown thatp deg.pthe a sMght
deerease im th`v) numb`dir of 'these pionee• ning indus"brial. compaftfi tesy tkoe
coyrespoltding figutees ]:iave ri"es)en to gl,70/Jp E)5.99o c:nd 76.$%. As a zae-$u:tp
atomic compan,ies Px'opeor' andi he•avy oZeet,x'ie maehiriery manufaeturev.s ti.nt6
whieh most) of i3hospt6v ear) loe cXass,ifiedp are pt-a}rfi+ng an ine'jrecastng.ly, impor"tant
part ln the atom-lc indusCx'y of Japan.
of expenditures 'by uaimi,ng cnnd/or manufuetur:ing en'te2rprises) a.xpend-leure
on abomieinstaZXations .Åíacilibiesp and those. for othea7 atom,ie puR7pose.s
have each ixie.yeased, by ZpZp7t6 on the preeed.ing yearp "thei..r ra'tS-o beizag
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