RERF announces one-year delay of its relocation to fiscal 2026, with construction expected to begin around November or December
Jun. 21, 2024
by Minami Yamashita, Staff Writer
On June 20, the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), located in Hiroshima’s Minami Ward, announced a delay in the expected completion of its new facilities involving the organization’s relocation to Hiroshima University’s Kasumi campus, in the city’s Minami Ward, from the original fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026. The organization also determined that the construction period would be extended because of a belated start to construction caused by revisions in the facility’s design resulting from materials price hikes and regulations limiting overtime work. It also projected an increase in the total relocation project cost of 6.1 billion yen.
RERF revealed the delay at a press conference following its Board of Councilors meeting, which was held in Nagasaki City. In October this year, a public notice of competitive bidding for the construction work will be announced, and construction is scheduled to begin around November or December. The period of construction is estimated to range between 21 and 23 months. However, the person in charge of the move at RERF also mentioned that the organization was “concerned about whether there would be a successful bid in one attempt.”
In February, RERF publicly announced that the start of construction work would be delayed from the originally planned fiscal 2023 to the summer of 2024, because the new facility’s design required revisions based on price increases in construction materials. At that time, the organization mentioned that the targeted completion date of fiscal 2025 would not change. However, it then reconsidered the timing of completion, moving it to fiscal 2026, given the so-called “2024 issue” involving regulations, initiated in April, that were designed to cap overtime work hours in the construction and other industries.
At the press conference, RERF touched on its analysis study of the genome (entirety of genetic information) in second-generation A-bomb survivors, indicating that it would hold a briefing session to promote understanding of the planned research when RERF opens its facilities to the public on August 5 and 6th.
(Originally published on June 21, 2024)
On June 20, the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), located in Hiroshima’s Minami Ward, announced a delay in the expected completion of its new facilities involving the organization’s relocation to Hiroshima University’s Kasumi campus, in the city’s Minami Ward, from the original fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026. The organization also determined that the construction period would be extended because of a belated start to construction caused by revisions in the facility’s design resulting from materials price hikes and regulations limiting overtime work. It also projected an increase in the total relocation project cost of 6.1 billion yen.
RERF revealed the delay at a press conference following its Board of Councilors meeting, which was held in Nagasaki City. In October this year, a public notice of competitive bidding for the construction work will be announced, and construction is scheduled to begin around November or December. The period of construction is estimated to range between 21 and 23 months. However, the person in charge of the move at RERF also mentioned that the organization was “concerned about whether there would be a successful bid in one attempt.”
In February, RERF publicly announced that the start of construction work would be delayed from the originally planned fiscal 2023 to the summer of 2024, because the new facility’s design required revisions based on price increases in construction materials. At that time, the organization mentioned that the targeted completion date of fiscal 2025 would not change. However, it then reconsidered the timing of completion, moving it to fiscal 2026, given the so-called “2024 issue” involving regulations, initiated in April, that were designed to cap overtime work hours in the construction and other industries.
At the press conference, RERF touched on its analysis study of the genome (entirety of genetic information) in second-generation A-bomb survivors, indicating that it would hold a briefing session to promote understanding of the planned research when RERF opens its facilities to the public on August 5 and 6th.
(Originally published on June 21, 2024)
