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“Recent Engineering Support Activities for Establishment of Regulatory Guidelines and Standards Related to the Safety of Radioactive Waste Disposal and Decommissioning” H. Kawakami Safety Standard Division Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES), Tokyo, Japan Abstract. This paper describes the recent engineering support activities that the Radioactive Wastes Assessment Office in the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES) carried out for the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) with regard to the establishment of regulatory guidelines and standards related to the safety of radioactive waste disposal and decommissioning. It also describes not only the support activities that JNES performed to settle the new systems of rational and scientific safety regulations related to the safety of radioactive waste disposal and decommissioning and clearance legislation system in the Japanese society, but also the recent efforts that JNES made in connection with the establishment of the legislative system and regulatory guidelines and standards on the safety of radioactive waste disposal in the disposal facilities planned to be constructed in the future such as intermediate depth repository and geological repository. It is expected that all the organizations supporting the establishment of safety regulations will work together to conduct their safety research efficiently and effectively under the direction of NISA, and that JNES will play a more and more important role as the coordinator of these technically supporting organizations. 1. Roles of JNES in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Decommissioning In response to the medium-term objectives provided by NISA, JNES drew up and submitted its medium-term and annual programs to NISA, and has carried out its tasks according to these programs. In the fields of radioactive waste disposal and decommissioning, NISA provided the following medium-term objectives to be achieved by the end of this year: (1) Investiga