Japan's comments on the papers of INFCE/WG.8

Although the outlines of 8A summary report and 8B's have different constructions and formats from each other, a lot of similar items can be found in both contents. This is quite natural because the objects of the studies are basically identical for both sub-groups. Any efforts would be appreciated to make the items and the assessment factors as consistent and uniform as possible in writing summary reports of both sub-groups. It would be very helpful and effective in case of horizontal comparison among different fuel cycles