I-NERI Bilateral Collaborations

United States/Japan April 2004

An exchange of notes was signed by U.S. Assistant Secretary John Wolf, for Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Mr. Keiichi Katakami, Minister of the Japanese Embassy, for Ambassador Kato, on April 22, 2004.

To implement this bilateral collaboration, the Japanese government decided to sign implementing arrangements using the following two organizations: the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy of Japan (ANRE) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (MEXT). ANRE is the office responsible for nuclear technology for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

Agency of Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Collaboration

On May 26, 2004, the implementing arrangement with ANRE was finalized and signed by Mr. William D. Magwood IV, Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology, Department of Energy, and Mr. Kusaka, Director-General of ANRE.

An annex regarding I-NERI collaboration was signed on June 10, 2004 by Mr. Shane Johnson, Deputy Director for Technology, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology, Department of Energy and Mr. Shigeru Maeda, Director for Nuclear Energy Policy, Nuclear Policy Division, ANRE/METI.

Current Research and Development Areas of Collaboration

• Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactor

Potential Research and Development Areas of Collaboration

• Innovative light water reactor technologies
• Innovative oxide fuel processing technologies for light water reactors
• Innovative fuel technologies using solvent extraction
• Innovative radioactive waste management technologies.

Abstracts of projects under this collaboration are listed in the Research Projects section.

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Collaboration

On February 8, 2005, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) signed the Implementing Arrangement concerning cooperation in the field of research and development of innovative nuclear energy technologies (I-NERI).

Areas of Collaboration

• Innovative nuclear reactor technologies
• Innovative processing technologies; and
• Innovative fuel technologies using solvent extraction

Announcements

United States and Japan Agree on Joint Nuclear Energy Research Projects, March 2006 (Announcement)

Department of Energy and Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Science and Technology Sign Arrangement, Feb. 2005 (Announcement)

United States and Japan Agree on Joint Nuclear Energy Research Projects, Nov. 2004 (Announcement)

Agreements

Implementing Arrangement between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy of Japan Concerning Cooperation in the Joint Nuclear Energy Research Initiative, May 2004
Agreement (PDF 870 KB)

Implementing Arrangement between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan concerning Cooperation in the Field of Research and Development of Innovative Nuclear Energy Technologies, Feb. 2005
Agreement (PDF 680 KB)

Annex 1 to the Implementing Arrangement between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy of Japan Concerning Cooperation in the Joint Nuclear Energy Research Initiative On advanced Nuclear Technologies, June 2004
Agreement (PDF 277 KB)