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Current Status of Discussion for Japanese Shielding Material Standard for Facility Design

Koichi Okuno (Hazama-Ando Technical Research Institute), Ken-ichi Kimura (Fujita Corp.), Mikihiro Nakata (MHI Nuclear Development Co.), Tomohiro Ogata (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Yukio Sakamoto (Atox Co.), Erina Matsuyama (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions ), Masahiro Taniguchi (Taisei Corp.), Ken-ichi Tanaka (Institute of Applied Energy), Koji Oishi (Japan Environment Research Co.), Satoshi Takeo (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Satoshi Ishikawa (ITOCHU Techono-Solutions Corp.), Hidenori Kawano (Atox Co.), Masahiro Yoshida (Nuclear Safety Technology Center), Toshio Amano (ITOCHU Techono-Solutions Corp.), Kazuaki Kosako (Shimizu Corp.), Yoshihiro Hirao (National Maritime Research Institute), Toshinobu Maenaka (Takenaka Corp.)

Proceedings | ICRS 14/RPSD 2022 | Seattle, WA, September 25-29, 2022 | Pages 153-155