Decommissioning Workshop 1: Statuses of Nuclear Decommissioning in Japan and in US – Knowing the Differences
Information
Purpose of the Workshop Series and Workshop #1
The workshop series intends to cover Risk Management in nuclear decommissioning where risk is considered to include technical risks in completing projects in a safer and timely manner. Another purpose of the workshops is to share US's experiences in the past decommissioning projects including the technical issues and other subjects such as regulatory processes, financial structures, and communicating progress with the local community.
Workshop #1 in August 2023 will focus on technical topics. The purposes of the Workshop#1 is to exchange statuses of Japan's and US's decommissioning commercial reactors and to develop questions for future dialogue concerning the safer and more efficient decommissioning of nuclear facilities. This will occur through the exchange of views among industry, government agencies, and regulatory bodies of both Japan and U.S.
Scope of the workshop series and items to be covered and not to be covered
The scope of the workshop series will be limited to decommissioning operations at the power plant sites and will not include topics such as the selection of a disposal site. Decommissioning of a post–accident reactor will not be directly covered.
Date
Friday, August 4, 2023 07:30 – 10:30 (JST)
Thursday, August 3, 2023 18:30 – 21:30 (EDT)
Venue
Online by Webex
Simultaneous interpretation is available.
Speakers and Panelists
Al Bates (Diablo Canyon Power Plant)Alison Hahn (U.S. Government (DOE))
Kohei Ikuta (The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC))
Jane Marshall (Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Kaede Otsuka (Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA))
Richard Reid (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))
Satoru Yasuraoka (Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), METI)
Panel Session Moderator
Kristine Svinicki (Former Chairperson, U.S. NRC)
Registration
Registration deadline: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 16:00 (JST)
– Closed
Time Schedule
- 07:30 – 07:40 (JST)
18:30 – 18:40 (EDT) - Opening Remarks and Workshop Objectives
- Yutaka Watanabe (Tohoku University)
Todd Allen (University of Michigan) - Yutaka Watanabe (Tohoku University)
- Current Status of Nuclear Energy
- Chairpersons:
Koji Dozaki (Tohoku University)
Yugo Ashida (University of Michigan / JOINLU International Inc.) - 07:40 – 07:50 (JST)
18:40 – 18:50 (EDT) - Alison Hahn (U.S. Government (DOE))
- Department Energy's Support of the Existing Fleet
- 07:50 – 08:05 (JST)
18:50 – 19:05 (EDT) - Satoru Yasuraoka (Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), METI)
- Latest Updates on Japanese Nuclear Power Policy Including Decommissioning One
- 08:05 – 08:15 (JST)
19:05 – 19:15 (EDT) - Q&A
- Current Status of Decommissioning Programs in the U.S. and in Japan
- Chairpersons:
Koji Dozaki (Tohoku University)
Yugo Ashida (University of Michigan / JOINLU International Inc.) - 08:15 – 08:35 (JST)
19:15 – 19:35 (EDT) - Richard Reid (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))
- Decommissioning of U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors
- 08:35 – 08:50 (JST)
19:35 – 19:50 (EDT) - Kohei Ikuta (The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC))
- Decommissioning Status of NPPs in Japan
- 08:50 – 09:00 (JST)
19:50 – 20:00 (EDT) - Q&A
- Status of Regulation and Research Programs Concerning Decommissioning in the U.S. and in Japan
- Chairpersons:
Koji Dozaki (Tohoku University)
Yugo Ashida (University of Michigan / JOINLU International Inc.) - 09:00 – 09:10 (JST)
20:00 – 20:10 (EDT) - Jane Marshall (Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
- Regulatory Perspectives on Reactor Decommissioning in the U.S.
- 09:10 – 09:20 (JST)
20:10 – 20:20 (EDT) - Kaede Otsuka (Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA))
- Regulatory Research on Decommissioning risk Assessment of NPP
- 09:20 – 09:30 (JST)
20:20 – 20:30 (EDT) - Break
- Panel Discussion
- Moderator: Kristine Svinicki (Former Chairperson, U.S. NRC)
- 09:30 – 10:25 (JST)
20:30 – 21:25 (EDT) - Purpose of the Panel: Developing questions for future dialogue in Round 2 and beyond concerning the safer and more efficient decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
- Panelists:
- Speakers in the preceding sessions
- Al Bates (Diablo Canyon Power Plant)
- 10:25 – 10:30 (JST)
21:25 – 21:30 (EDT) - Closing Remarks
- Yutaka Watanabe (Tohoku University)
Todd Allen (University of Michigan)
Organizers
Yutaka Watanabe
(Director and Professor, Center for Fundamental Research on Nuclear Decommissioning and Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)
Todd Allen
(Department Head and Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan)
Invited Organizations
U.S.A. side
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Nuclear Energy Institute
- The Electric Power Research Institute
Japan side
- The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
- The Nuclear Regulation Authority
- The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan
Co–hosted by
- Center for Fundamental Research on Nuclear Decommissioning, Tohoku University
- Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
- JOINLU International Inc.
Contact
Email: tfc_nes*grp.tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)