UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No C06119618 Date 10 31 2016 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 TOKYO 00348 0908102 ACTION DES-09 INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 INR-IO IO-15 L-03 NSAE-OO NSC-05 EB-08 NRC-02 33-15 CECE-01 FIVE-07 SPRS-02 IDA-15 RELEASE IN 1123w FULL I 0908122117 0907432 JAN 81 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5128 INFO DOE WASHDC PRIORITY UNCLAS TOKYO 00348 50 12065 TAGS PARM TNUC SCSA JA SUBJECT PLUTONIUM PROJECTION SAID TO BE UNDER PREPARATION BY GOJ 1 FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY TRANSLATION OF ARTICLE APPEARING IN JAN 7 ISSUE OF NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN 2 HEADLINE STARTS DRAWING UP LONG-TERM PLAN FOR DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF PLUTONIUIVI IN PREPARATION FOR JAPAN-US ATOMIC ENERGY 3 TEXT GOVERNMENT HAS STARTED THE FORMULATION OF A BASIC STRATEGY IN ORDER TO COPE WITH JAPAN-US ATOMIC ENERGY NEGOTIATIONS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE HELD FROM ABOUT SUMMER IN 1981 IN THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE US WHETHER OR NOT THE US WILL APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PRIVATE REPROCESSING PLANT TO MANUFACTURE PLUTONIUM WHICH WOULD BECOME A RAW MATERIAL FOR ATOMIC BOMBS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A FOCAL POINT THEREFORE THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT IS TO ESTABLISH EARLY A PLUTONIUM DEMAND-SUPPLY PLAN COVERING A PERIOD UNCLASSIFIED REVIEW AUTHORITY Charles Lahiguera Senior UNCLASSIFIED Reviewer PAGE 02 TOKYO 00348 0908102 OF 10 TO 15 YEARS IN THE FUTURE AS TO WHICH PLAN NO DEFINITE LINE HAS YET BEEN DECIDED BY THE STATE AND HAVE THE NECESSITY OF REPROCESSING ENTERPRISE RECOGNIZED IN THE JAPAN-US NEGOTIATIONS PRESSING PROBLEM BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE US IS THE PROBLEM OF CONTINUING THE OPERATION OF THE TOKAI-MURA REPROCESSING PLANT THE TERM OF WHICH OPERATION WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF APRIL THIS YEAR IN THIS REGARD THE JAPANESE SIDE IS HOLDING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE US UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C06119618 Date 10 31 2016 czorpmm mo Cw Umumzama 9n mam zo 000 20 081me Um m 85 88 mCrr-mO rm m0 mx _ m2m_02 0m mm 3 1m mzmm0 L _u 2 20 gm I m m02 m 2 _2 mm ij wmm 63 m 0m0_m_02 02 0m IO m mm_ 20 0m0_m_02m I m m 0m 02 4 1m 9 mmvmoommwim OEOrmm 002m _ mCO _ _02 wwmmUmm mm 040mm 20 w m_0 m 14 5 0252 02r mom _m mm0 m0m0 m Ommd z mm 0 2 _m tow 4 2m 0_u mzmm0 0 m _2 C m 0m I0 m mm m I5 mOZmeZ 02 m2mm _ _m 2 Im mm 0 u EumO m mm moomm zm m _ _22m0 ZCOrm m me Cmm 0m ZCOrm m 20 ZCOrm m 202- CZOr mm__u_m0 _u 0m ow oomam omomdoN 5 m m_m gCUQmm Cb m 9 w Oinrmm 3 _m 0r mzu 4 0 mm Zcm OHCmm0 mmuumOOmm zm _m mm 00 Urmjm0 005 500 222m m mm w r2 _u 2 20 _m mm w 0C2j20 4 0 rNoo IO m m u 02r 39 0402 Amrm04m_0_ _ wooboo mm O m 4m0 m cm ZO m mcmr 20 wcaurcw EAOE mm cmm0 _n0_w A 0 20m0 IO m mEw 20 CZ n_m0 I m 0m0_0m0 02 0m mc urcm m0_m20m 20 _ m0120r00 0m20 20 005mm 20 0m mr0U mZA 00000m j02 mm 52m 002m _ mC0 _ _20 umOHOj m _m 2 00mm 02 20 2 04 0252 mcmr IO m mm_ 20 mrmod o _u0 mm _200m _ m OiOrmm mm rm C2 wrm 0m0_0m O mm Ala m000m r czorpmmimo Cm Umnmnamao m m m Zo Doc 20 08 83 Um mu 854E020 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2016-02521 Doc No 006119618 Date 10 31 2016 IF THIS SITUATION CONTINUES IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PERSUADE THE US AS TO THE NECESSITY FOR REPROCESSING THEREFORE THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO COPE WITH THE JAPAN-US NEGOTIATIONS BY DECIDING AT AN EARLY DATE ON A LONG-TERM PLAN AS TO HOW JAPAN SHOULD USE PLUTONIUM FOR THE LIGHT-WATER REACTOR THE ATR AND FAST BREEDER MANSFIELD UNCLASSIFIED I UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 006119618 Date 10 31 2016 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu