Fukui Prefecture established “Energy Research and Development Centralization Plan” in March 2005 towards self-supporting relationship between local community and nuclear technology. The goal of this plan is to transform Fukui Prefecture into comprehensive R & D centralized region for energy with nuclear power in its core by not confining nuclear power plants just as power-production “factories” but taking advantage of the unique features that many nuclear reactors of various kinds are concentrated in the Prefecture. Energy Research and Development Centralization Plan Body (Introduction) of Energy Research and Development Centralization Plan (PDF:300KB) Energy Research and Development Centralization (ERDC) Promotion Council Centered around the members of the ERDC Planning Committee, “ERDC Promotion Council”, which the industry, business operators, universities, research institutes, the national government, the prefecture and the local municipalities all participate in, was established in November 2005. This council aims to promote the plan steadily and smoothly based on the “promotion policy” including programs to put various concrete measures into practice. The council also plays the most significant role to adjust the substances of the measures conducted by the main body of the centralization plan for concretizing the plan, besides, to enrich and reinforce the plan.