Japan – U.S. Decommissioning Workshop Series
Workshop 2: Nuclear Facility Decommissioning Risk Reduction
The Value in Radioactive Waste Treatment
Information
The goal of the Japan–U.S. Decommissioning Workshop Series is to discuss risk management in nuclear decommissioning, specifically risks in completing projects in a safe and timely manner. Sharing lessons learned in reducing technical risk is a primary objective of the series. An additional goal of the workshop series is to share the 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.
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.
In Workshop 1, which was held in August 2023, participants from the nuclear administration, industry, and regulatory agencies in the U.S. and Japan introduced their current awareness of and concerns about decommissioning of commercial reactors, and exchanged opinions to consider the direction of future discussions.
In Workshop 2, to be held in February, 2024, participants from Japanese and U.S. industry, regulatory agencies and universities will discuss the handling of low–level radioactive waste generated during the decommissioning process and how improved low–level radioactive waste management can reduce risk during the decommissioning process. We hope this will be an opportunity to discover “hints and insights” for safer and smoother decommissioning from each participant's point of view.
Date
Friday, February 9, 2024 08:00 – 11:00 (JST)
Thursday, February 8, 2024 18:00 – 21:00 (EST)
Venue
Online: by Webex
Capacity: 100
Simultaneous interpretation will be available.
Speakers and Panelists
Todd Allen (University of Michigan)
Colin Austin (Energy Solutions)
Joe Heckman (President, Waste Management, Energy Solutions)
Kohei Ikuta (Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan)
Jane Marshall (U.S. Nuclear Regulator Commission)
Kaede Otsuka (Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority)
Taro Shimada (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Yutaka Watanabe (Tohoku University)
Panel Session Moderator
Kristine Svinicki (Former Chairperson, U.S. NRC; Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan)
Registration
Registration deadline: Monday, February 5, 2024 16:00 (JST)
– Closed
Time Schedule
- 08:00 – 08:20 (JST)
18:00 – 18:20 (EST) - Opening Remarks and Workshop Objectives
- Yutaka Watanabe (Tohoku University)
- Todd Allen (University of Michigan)
- Business Models Contributing to Risk Control
- Chairpersons:
Koji Dozaki (Tohoku University)
Yugo Ashida (University of Michigan / JOINLU International Inc.) - 08:20 – 08:35 (JST)
18:20 – 18:35 (EST) - Joe Heckman (President, Waste Management, Energy Solutions)
- The importance of centralized waste disposal facilities to overall nuclear facility decommissioning risk reduction (Tentative)
- 08:35 – 08:50 (JST)
18:35 – 18:50 (EST) - Kohei Ikuta (Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan)
- Efforts to Improve the Efficiency of Radioactive Waste Treatment (tentative title)
- 08:50 – 09:00 (JST)
18:50 – 19:00 (EST) - A moderated Q & A session
- Regulatory Approaches to Ensure Risk Containment.
- 09:00 – 09:15 (JST)
19:00 – 19:15 (EST) - Jane Marshall (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
- U.S. Regulatory Approaches on centralized radioactive waste disposal
- 09:15 – 09:30 (JST)
19:15 – 19:30 (EST) - Kaede Otsuka (Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority)
- Regulatory challenges and technical approaches on decommissioning risk assessment and radioactive waste management
- 09:30 – 09:45 (JST)
19:30 – 19:45 (EST) - Taro Shimada (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
- Development of Risk Assessment Code for Dismantling of Radioactive Components in Decommissioning Stage of Nuclear Reactor Facilities
- 09:45 – 09:55 (JST)
19:45 – 19:55 (EST) - A moderated Q & A session
- 09:55 – 10:05 (JST)
19:55 – 20:05 (EST) - Break
- Panel Discussion
- Moderator: Kristine Svinicki (Former Chairperson, U.S. NRC; Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan)
- 10:05 – 10:55 (JST)
20:05 – 20:55 (EST) - Panelists:
- Todd Allen (University of Michigan)
- Jane Marshall (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
- Kaede Otsuka (Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority)
- Taro Shimada (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
- Yutaka Watanabe (Tohoku University)
- Joe Heckman (President, Waste Management, Energy Solutions)
- Kohei Ikuta (Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan)
- Colin Austin (Energy Solutions)
- 10:55 – 11:00 (JST）
20:55 – 21:00 (EST) - 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)
Makoto Takahashi
(Professor, Center for Fundamental Research on Nuclear Decommissioning / Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)
Todd Allen
(Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan)
Yugo Ashida
(CEO, JOINLU International Inc.)
Invited Organizations
U.S.A. side
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Nuclear Energy Institute
- The Electric Power Research Institute
Japan side
- 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 @)