The new research reactor will be constructed at the site of the prototype fast breeder reactor "Monju" in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture.

In close collaboration with JAEA and the University of Fukui, the Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University (KURNS), will lead the planning and implementation of the development of advanced experimental equipment and the establishment of an efficient operation system, drawing on the knowledge and experience gained through the operation of KUR and KUCA, with the aim of making the new research reactor attractive to the academic community, industry, and local society.

This laboratory is an industry-academia collaboration laboratory established based on a collaborative research agreement with JAEA, which is the main executing entity of the new research reactor from its detailed design onward. It supervises the activities of the New Research Reactor Development and Utilization Center of KURNS, which study the experimental equipment to be installed in the new research reactor and the management system to promote its utilization, and plays a central role in continuously promoting the proactive involvement of KURNS toward the start-up of the new research reactor.

This laboratory and the New Research Reactor Development and Utilization Center are currently actively studying the following issues in the new research reactor.

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