Overseas Training

Place: Europe
Date: Jun. 11－19, 2014

The education at U-ATOM is intended to develop leadership and competence, not only in nuclear science and engineering, but also for decision-making, both with an interdisciplinary and international perspective. To this end, the Academy provides opportunities such as one-year overseas internship/study, attendance at international seminars and overseas training and visits to cultivate our students’ capacities to think and work globally. In line with this objective, seven Dojo students visited Europe on January 11th‒19th with faculty members to learn the functions, activities and contemporary points of focus at a European reprocessor, international organizations, and educational institutes.

IAEA／CTBTO
In Austria, the group visited the IAEA and the Preparatory Commission for CTBTO (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization) in Vienna, where they were briefed on the activities in each department and on the special topic of the status of the post-Fukushima IAEA action plan. Intensive briefings were given on the topics of Leadership and Resilience management for nuclear accidents as well as on technology selection by newcomer countries.

Vienna University of Technology
To experience European educational environment and study results, they visited Atominstitute of Wien Technical University where the programme consisted of four parts; Professor Hasegawa’s lecture on the use of Research Reactor to prove addition of uncertainty to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, discussion of research topics from both side (Fukushima Lessons Learned, Fukushima decontamination, reactor physics calculation, nuclear knowledge management etc.), discussion with students, and tour to research reactor.

CEA Saclay, INSTN
In France, the group paid a visit to the AREVA La Hague facility to observe and learn about spent fuel storage and reprocessing. Visit to INSTN (National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology) in Saclay was to learn education of nuclear science and engineering in France and in Europe, to discuss on the Fukushima-Daiichi Accident with ENEN students, and to visit research reactors operated by CEA Saclay.