動どう力りょく炉ろ・核かく燃ねん料りょう開かい発はつ事じ業ぎょう団だん

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Meanings

noun

Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation; PNC

company name

Former Japanese government-affiliated corporation (1967–1998) responsible for advanced nuclear reactor and fuel cycle development; predecessor of JNC (Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute).

動どう力りょく炉ろ・核かく燃ねん料りょう開かい発はつ事じ業ぎょう団だんは、もんじゅや東とう海かい再さい処しょ理り工こう場じょうの運うん営えいで知しられていた。
The Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation was known for operating Monju and the Tokai Reprocessing Plant.

Kanji

動move, motion, change
力power, strength, strong
炉hearth, furnace, kiln
核nucleus, core, kernel
燃burn, blaze, glow
料fee, materials
開open, unfold, unseal
発departure, discharge, publish
事matter, thing, fact
業business, vocation, arts
団group, association

Related words

日本にほん原げん子し力りょく研けん究きゅう開かい発はつ機き構こう
JAEA is the current integrated nuclear research organization that succeeded JNC and other entities; PNC was a predecessor focused on fast reactors and fuel cycle.
核かく燃ねん料りょうサイクル開かい発はつ機き構こう
JNC was the direct successor to PNC, taking over its projects in 1998 before merging into JAEA.

Written forms

動どう力りょく炉ろ・核かく燃ねん料りょう開かい発はつ事じ業ぎょう団だん
Official name with interpunct; the most precise written form.
動どう力りょく炉ろ核かく燃ねん料りょう開かい発はつ事じ業ぎょう団だん
Variant without interpunct, also used in some documents.

Etymology

The name is a descriptive compound of 動力炉 (power reactor), 核燃料 (nuclear fuel), 開発 (development), and 事業団 (public corporation).