INFCE

Japanese: INFCE

…It is almost fated that it will inevitably become the subject of international political debate. Thus, in 1977, based on a proposal by President Carter, the International Fuelcycle Evaluation (INFCE) was held, which eventually became a major conference attended by 59 countries and 6 international organizations. The conference was intended to be a non-political forum for joint research by technical experts from each country, but in reality, complex debates took place against the backdrop of each country's political and economic interests and intentions, and the conclusions were inevitably ambiguous. …

From the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

…Under these circumstances, the United States began to move in the direction of restricting uranium enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing facilities, and the development and spread of plutonium-fueled nuclear reactors, which are particularly susceptible to nuclear proliferation. This involved domestic legislation on export controls (collected in the Non-Proliferation Act of 1978) and the promotion of international cooperation through the Suppliers Group Conferences since April 1975 and the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation Conference (INFCE) from October 1977 to February 1982. The final report of INFCE suggested that non-nuclear weapon states, excluding large-scale nuclear power generation countries, should take measures such as strengthening safeguards to prevent the diversion of nuclear energy to military use and strengthening international management. …

From the Nuclear Power Debate

*Some of the terminology that mentions "INFCE" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…国際的な政治論争の対象とならざるをえないことは宿命的でさえある。こうして1977年カーター大統領の提案にもとづいて国際核燃料サイクル評価会議International Fuelcycle Evaluation(INFCE（インフセ）)が開かれ，最終的には59ヵ国，6国際機関が参加する大会議となった。この会議は各国の技術専門家による非政治的共同研究の場とされたが，実際は各国の政治的･経済的利害と思惑を背景に複雑な論争が行われた結果，その結論は玉虫色ならざるをえなかった。…

【核不拡散条約】より

…このような情勢下で，アメリカはとりわけ核拡散に結びつきやすいウラン濃縮，使用済み燃料再処理の施設，またプルトニウムを燃料とする原子炉の開発･普及を規制する方向に動きだした。輸出規制の国内立法(〈1978年不拡散法〉に集成された)と，75年4月以降の供給国グループ会議，77年10月～82年2月の国際核燃料サイクル評価会議(INFCE)などによる国際協力の推進がそれである。INFCE最終報告書は，大規模原子力発電国を除外した非核兵器国に対して，原子力の軍事転用防止の保障措置の強化，国際管理強化などの方向を示唆した。…