Abstract
An outcome of nuclear safety research (NSR) done by JAERI (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute) was case studied by the bibliometric method. (1) For LOCA (loss-of-coolant accident) a domestic share of JAERI in monoclinic research paper was 63% at the past (20) 1978–1982 but was decreased to 40% at the present 1998–2002. For co-authored papers a domestic share between JAERI and PS (public sectors) was zero at past (20) but increased to 4% at the present. Research cooperation is active between Tokyo University and JAERI or between JAERI and Nagoya University. (2) It is revealed that LOCA outputs born by NSR-JAERI reflected partly to those of the Safety Licensing Guidelines, however, a share of NSR-JAERI could not determined due to the lack of necessary information in the Guideline.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
Notes
According to the Joint Thesaurus prepared by IAEA (2002), LOCA is recommended to be used in the form of loss of coolant when one inputs it into the INIS. Indeed, the number of papers found using LOCA is very low compared with those found using loss of coolant. For INIS operation we used loss of coolant instead of LOCA.
In a NSR licensing guideline, referential papers obtained from JAERI, PO and PS were used. Focusing on NSR-JAERI, a reference originating from JAERI was selected according to one of the author’s experience who had worked at JAERI for a long time. Then the selected data were provided for comparison. Because the title of each JAERI paper is written in Japanese, the author put them into English.
References
The Ad hoc Committee for Evaluation of R&D Achievements. (2003). Evaluation of socio-economic effects of R&D results at JAERI (II), JAERI-Review 2003-036 (in Japanese).
The Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. (Ed.). (1999). Energy-forum (Denryoku-shinpousha): ’99 genshiryoku-jitsumu roppou (in Japanese).
Acknowledgments
For the INIS run, co-operational work was conducted by Mr. M. Yonezawa, General Manager, the System Control Division of the Department of Research and Technology Information. For SOCIOECO run, technical support was provided by Ms. H. Oda and Mr. A. Murofushi, KCS Corporation Ltd. The authors gratefully acknowledge the aforementioned research activities that contributed to the reasonable success of our studies.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Yanagisawa, K., Ito, K., Katsuki, C. et al. An outcome of nuclear safety research in JAERI: case study for LOCA. Scientometrics 84, 563–573 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0195-7
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0195-7