Plutonium Utilization in Japan

• March 2026
  On Revised Medium-Term Implementation Plan for Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing by the Nuclear Reprocessing and Decommissioning facilitation Organization of Japan － Views of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission － （JAEC, Document No.452 dated March19, 2026）(PDF:130KB)
• March 2025
  On Revised Medium-Term Implementation Plan for Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing by the Nuclear Reprocessing and Decommissioning facilitation Organization of Japan － Views of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission － （JAEC, Document No.395 dated March24, 2025）(PDF:139KB)
• March 2024
  On Revised Medium-Term Implementation Plan for Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing by the Nuclear Reprocessing and Decommissioning facilitation Organization of Japan － Views of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission － （JAEC, Document No.393 dated March21, 2024）(PDF:200KB)
• March 2023
  On Revised Medium-Term Implementation Plan for Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing by the Nuclear Reprocessing Organization of Japan － Views of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission －（JAEC, Document No.376 dated March 22, 2023）[PDF:198KB]
• February 2023
  Japan Atomic Energy Commission’s Views on Plutonium Utilization Plans Announced by Electric Power Companies and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency（February 28, 2023）[PDF:300KB]
• March 2022
  On Revised Medium-Term Implementation Plan for Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing by the Nuclear Reprocessing Organization of Japan － Views of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission－（JAEC, Document No.356 dated March 23, 2022）[PDF:193KB]
  Japan Atomic Energy Commission’s Views on Plutonium Utilization Plans Announced by Electric Power Companies and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency（March 1, 2022） [PDF:305KB]
• March 2021
  On the Medium-Term Implementation Plan for Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing by the Nuclear Reprocessing Organization of Japan (Views) [PDF:75KB]
  On Plutonium Utilization Plan Announced by Electric Power Companies, etc. (Views) [PDF:278KB]
• July 2018
  The Basic Principles on Japan's Utilization of Plutonium [PDF:38KB]
• October 2017
  Plutonium Utilization in Japan[PDF:63.8KB]
• April 2017
  Administrative entity to judge the existence of plutonium reserves for which the purpose of utilization is unspecified[PDF:20.7KB]
• October 2016
  Japan Atomic Energy Commission’s View on the mid-term implementation plan for spent nuclear fuel reprocessing to be adopted by the Nuclear Reprocessing Organization of Japan[PDF:29.9KB]
• March 2016
  Japan Atomic Energy Commission’s Opinion on the Plutonium Utilization Plans of Electric Power Companies[PDF:8.43KB]
• March 2016
  Current Status of Plutonium Utilization Plan, etc. of the Electric Power Companies of Japan[PDF:181KB]
• August 2003
  Basic Principles for the Utilization of Plutonium in Japan[PDF:44KB]
• December 1997
  PLUTONIUM UTILIZATION PLAN OF JAPAN[PDF:97KB]

The Status Report on Plutonium Management in Japan

2025[PDF:640KB]
2024[PDF:485KB]
2023[PDF:626KB]
2022[PDF:379KB]
2021[PDF:386KB]
2020[PDF:393KB]
2019[PDF:319KB]
2018[PDF:242KB]