関係者 思いさまざま （文科省・ＩＬＣ有識者会議提言受け）
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- tanko 2015-7-2 10:32
文部科学省の「ＩＬＣに関する有識者会議」（座長・平野真一名古屋大学名誉教授）が６月２５日に示したＩＬＣ（国際リニアコライダー）誘致に関する提言について、誘致関係者はさまざまな思いを持って受け止めている。「具体的な目標が初めて示された」など、前向きに捉える見方がある一方、提言に沿って検討作業が進めば、研究者らが想定していたシナリオより１、２年伸びるとみられ、実現の可能性に疑問が生じたり、他の実験施設の建設計画に拍車が掛かったりするとの懸念も聞こえる。超党派国会議員で構成するＩＬＣ議連は欧米政界との連携を図ろうとしていることから、「丁寧に議論を積み重ねている日本の動きを発信してもらえれば」との期待感もある。
（児玉直人）
有識者会議は（１）国際的な経費分担と、巨額投資に見合う科学的成果への見通しを得ること（２）ＬＨＣの実験結果に基づきＩＬＣの性能や得られる成果を見極めることと、技術課題の解決やコスト面のリスク低減を明確にすること（３）国民や他の学術界の理解と合意形成を図ること――の３点を提言した。
国際的な経費分担については、これまでも重要視されていた事柄の一つ。ＩＬＣ計画に長年携わってきた県立大学の鈴木厚人学長は「（事務レベルで）各国間との交渉に動けることを意味する」と、提言を高く評価した。
提言の二つ目では、スイスの欧州合同原子核研究機構（ＣＥＲＮ）が運営する実験施設、ＬＨＣ（大型ハドロン衝突型加速器＝Large Hadron Collider）で2017年末まで行われる実験の結果を分析・評価した上で、ＩＬＣの性能等を見極めるべきだとしている。
ただ、ＬＨＣの実験期間が終了してからＩＬＣの性能等を見極めた場合、ＩＬＣ計画を推進する研究者らが描いていたスケジュールは１、２年伸びることになる。当初は2016年春にも政府のゴーサインが出され、2018年に建設に入るとのシナリオを描いていた。
東北大学大学院の山本均教授は「今回の提言を受け政府がしっかり動き、その状況を示せるようであれば国際的にも勢いづくが、2017年末まで何も動きがないとなれば問題だ。『ゴーサインがなかなか出ない』という空気が各国に伝わってしまえば、ＩＬＣの実現の可能性を疑われかねない」と懸念。「ＬＨＣはすでに新しい実験のデータを取っており、１年もすればだいたいの様子は分かる。そのあたりに英断を下すことは可能」と主張する。
さらに山本教授は「中国は独自に大型円形加速器の建設を計画している。ＣＥＲＮが将来予定している実験を先にやろうとするものだ」と説明。「ＩＬＣが実現すれば、中国の計画の勢いは衰えるかもしれないが、逆にＩＬＣが白紙になれば拍車がかかる。そうなると中国は、アジアの――というより、世界の素粒子物理学の拠点として数十年間はあり続けるだろう」と予測する。
岩手県科学ＩＬＣ推進室の佐々木淳室長は「日本と欧米諸国では、プロジェクトの推進方法や決定に至るまでの考え方に違いがある。今回の提言に沿って話が進めば、確かに時間はかかるだろうが、『日本が着実にステップを踏んでいる』という点を示せれば、海外も理解してくれるだろう」と語る。
日本の動きを海外に伝える上で「ＩＬＣ議連の役割は大きい」と佐々木室長。すでに、日米議連の結成に向けた動きがあるほか、欧米にも同様の働き掛けをするとみられる。
佐々木室長は「政府の最終判断までの間、地元としても受け入れに向けたまちづくりの提案をどんどん進めなければいけない。国や世界の流れを黙って見ているのではなく、主体的に動かなければいけない」と力を込めている。
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“Various Thoughts on MEXT ILC Panel of Experts Suggestions”
By Naoto Kodama
Related parties are regarding the suggestions given by the ILC panel of experts to MEXT on June 25th in various ways. While there is the forward-thinking interpretation that “a concrete target has been indicated for the first time,” others worry that if examination work proceeds according to the recommendations, the process would take one to two years longer than the researchers` imagined scenario, casting doubt on the possibility of the ILC becoming a reality or spurring on plans for constructing other experimental facilities. There is also the hope that “Japan taking action by thoroughly having sufficient discussion” will be relayed, since the nonpartisan federation of diet members for the ILC is working to coordinate politically with the US and Europe.
The panel of experts gave three recommendations: 1) To get the prospects for cost sharing among countries and for getting scientific results worth the massive investment 2) That the performance and obtainable results from the ILC be assessed by sufficiently analyzing and evaluating experimental trends of the LHC, and that solutions for technical issues and for reducing cost risks be made clear, and 3) To work for the understanding and consensus of the Japanese people and of other scientific fields.
The international shouldering of costs has been one of the factors seen as important until now. The president of Iwate Prefectural University, Atsuto Suzuki, who has been involved with the ILC project for a long time, had a high opinion of the recommendation, saying that “it means to move to negotiations between countries on a working level.”
The second recommendation is that the performance of the ILC and other factors be assessed by analyzing and assessing the experiment results of CERN`s LHC (Large Hadron Collider), which will run [this time] until the end of 2017.
However, if the ILC were to be assessed after the LHC run ends, the schedule made by the researchers furthering the ILC plan would be extended by one to two years. Originally the scenario was that the Japanese government would give out a OK in spring of 2016, and construction would begin in 2018.
Professor Hitoshi Yamamoto of Tohoku University said, “If the government hears these recommendations, makes moves and can show that [it is moving], that will build international momentum, but if there is no movement until the end of 2017 that would be a problem.” He expressed concern that “If the sense that “there is still no OK” is conveyed to the other countries, there could be doubt cast on the possibility of the ILC being realized.” Yamamoto asserted that “the LHC is already getting new data, and in about a year one could tell the general situation. It`s be possible to make a decision around then.”
Professor Yamamoto explained that “China is planning to independently construct a large circular collider. It`s trying to perform experiments that CERN is planning to do ahead of time.” “If the ILC becomes a reality, the momentum of the Chinese plan may wane, but if the ILC doesn`t become a reality it would spur China on. If that happens, China would be the hub of Asia, or more like world particle physics for decades to come,” he predicted.
Director of the Iwate Science and ILC Promotion Division, Jun Sasaki, said that “There are differences between the ways of thinking for when Japan and European and American countries proceed with a project and come to make a decision. If things go according to the recommendations, it is true that it will take time but if we show that `Japan is steadily making progress` other countries should understand.”
Director Sasaki said that “the federation of diet members for the ILC has a big role” in showing Japan`s actions to the world. There has already been progress toward forming a Japan-US joint caucus, and the same thing is expected to happen in Europe.
Director Sasaki said that “While the government is working toward a final decision, local areas need to move forward with proposals for community development to receive the ILC. We have to not just sit and watch what Japan or the world does, but take action ourselves.”
*Translation by Oshu city ILC Promotion Division
（児玉直人）
有識者会議は（１）国際的な経費分担と、巨額投資に見合う科学的成果への見通しを得ること（２）ＬＨＣの実験結果に基づきＩＬＣの性能や得られる成果を見極めることと、技術課題の解決やコスト面のリスク低減を明確にすること（３）国民や他の学術界の理解と合意形成を図ること――の３点を提言した。
国際的な経費分担については、これまでも重要視されていた事柄の一つ。ＩＬＣ計画に長年携わってきた県立大学の鈴木厚人学長は「（事務レベルで）各国間との交渉に動けることを意味する」と、提言を高く評価した。
提言の二つ目では、スイスの欧州合同原子核研究機構（ＣＥＲＮ）が運営する実験施設、ＬＨＣ（大型ハドロン衝突型加速器＝Large Hadron Collider）で2017年末まで行われる実験の結果を分析・評価した上で、ＩＬＣの性能等を見極めるべきだとしている。
ただ、ＬＨＣの実験期間が終了してからＩＬＣの性能等を見極めた場合、ＩＬＣ計画を推進する研究者らが描いていたスケジュールは１、２年伸びることになる。当初は2016年春にも政府のゴーサインが出され、2018年に建設に入るとのシナリオを描いていた。
東北大学大学院の山本均教授は「今回の提言を受け政府がしっかり動き、その状況を示せるようであれば国際的にも勢いづくが、2017年末まで何も動きがないとなれば問題だ。『ゴーサインがなかなか出ない』という空気が各国に伝わってしまえば、ＩＬＣの実現の可能性を疑われかねない」と懸念。「ＬＨＣはすでに新しい実験のデータを取っており、１年もすればだいたいの様子は分かる。そのあたりに英断を下すことは可能」と主張する。
さらに山本教授は「中国は独自に大型円形加速器の建設を計画している。ＣＥＲＮが将来予定している実験を先にやろうとするものだ」と説明。「ＩＬＣが実現すれば、中国の計画の勢いは衰えるかもしれないが、逆にＩＬＣが白紙になれば拍車がかかる。そうなると中国は、アジアの――というより、世界の素粒子物理学の拠点として数十年間はあり続けるだろう」と予測する。
岩手県科学ＩＬＣ推進室の佐々木淳室長は「日本と欧米諸国では、プロジェクトの推進方法や決定に至るまでの考え方に違いがある。今回の提言に沿って話が進めば、確かに時間はかかるだろうが、『日本が着実にステップを踏んでいる』という点を示せれば、海外も理解してくれるだろう」と語る。
日本の動きを海外に伝える上で「ＩＬＣ議連の役割は大きい」と佐々木室長。すでに、日米議連の結成に向けた動きがあるほか、欧米にも同様の働き掛けをするとみられる。
佐々木室長は「政府の最終判断までの間、地元としても受け入れに向けたまちづくりの提案をどんどん進めなければいけない。国や世界の流れを黙って見ているのではなく、主体的に動かなければいけない」と力を込めている。
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“Various Thoughts on MEXT ILC Panel of Experts Suggestions”
By Naoto Kodama
Related parties are regarding the suggestions given by the ILC panel of experts to MEXT on June 25th in various ways. While there is the forward-thinking interpretation that “a concrete target has been indicated for the first time,” others worry that if examination work proceeds according to the recommendations, the process would take one to two years longer than the researchers` imagined scenario, casting doubt on the possibility of the ILC becoming a reality or spurring on plans for constructing other experimental facilities. There is also the hope that “Japan taking action by thoroughly having sufficient discussion” will be relayed, since the nonpartisan federation of diet members for the ILC is working to coordinate politically with the US and Europe.
The panel of experts gave three recommendations: 1) To get the prospects for cost sharing among countries and for getting scientific results worth the massive investment 2) That the performance and obtainable results from the ILC be assessed by sufficiently analyzing and evaluating experimental trends of the LHC, and that solutions for technical issues and for reducing cost risks be made clear, and 3) To work for the understanding and consensus of the Japanese people and of other scientific fields.
The international shouldering of costs has been one of the factors seen as important until now. The president of Iwate Prefectural University, Atsuto Suzuki, who has been involved with the ILC project for a long time, had a high opinion of the recommendation, saying that “it means to move to negotiations between countries on a working level.”
The second recommendation is that the performance of the ILC and other factors be assessed by analyzing and assessing the experiment results of CERN`s LHC (Large Hadron Collider), which will run [this time] until the end of 2017.
However, if the ILC were to be assessed after the LHC run ends, the schedule made by the researchers furthering the ILC plan would be extended by one to two years. Originally the scenario was that the Japanese government would give out a OK in spring of 2016, and construction would begin in 2018.
Professor Hitoshi Yamamoto of Tohoku University said, “If the government hears these recommendations, makes moves and can show that [it is moving], that will build international momentum, but if there is no movement until the end of 2017 that would be a problem.” He expressed concern that “If the sense that “there is still no OK” is conveyed to the other countries, there could be doubt cast on the possibility of the ILC being realized.” Yamamoto asserted that “the LHC is already getting new data, and in about a year one could tell the general situation. It`s be possible to make a decision around then.”
Professor Yamamoto explained that “China is planning to independently construct a large circular collider. It`s trying to perform experiments that CERN is planning to do ahead of time.” “If the ILC becomes a reality, the momentum of the Chinese plan may wane, but if the ILC doesn`t become a reality it would spur China on. If that happens, China would be the hub of Asia, or more like world particle physics for decades to come,” he predicted.
Director of the Iwate Science and ILC Promotion Division, Jun Sasaki, said that “There are differences between the ways of thinking for when Japan and European and American countries proceed with a project and come to make a decision. If things go according to the recommendations, it is true that it will take time but if we show that `Japan is steadily making progress` other countries should understand.”
Director Sasaki said that “the federation of diet members for the ILC has a big role” in showing Japan`s actions to the world. There has already been progress toward forming a Japan-US joint caucus, and the same thing is expected to happen in Europe.
Director Sasaki said that “While the government is working toward a final decision, local areas need to move forward with proposals for community development to receive the ILC. We have to not just sit and watch what Japan or the world does, but take action ourselves.”
*Translation by Oshu city ILC Promotion Division
