You are cordially invited to the 5th annual UK-Japan Nuclear Industry Forum, to be held on Thursday 10th June 2021. Supported by the British Market Council, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum and the UK Nuclear Industry Association.
If you would like to attend, please express your interest via the form following this link. Please share this invitation within your organisation to others who might also be interested.
Normally an in-person event at the British Embassy, in 2021 this will be an online forum due to COVID-19 restrictions. We hope to be back in person in 2022. There is no charge for attending this event. Questions can be submitted to the presenters for a Q&A session either ahead of the session or live during the event.
The schedule for the event is as follows:
08:00 – 08:05 / 16:00 – 16:05 – Opening
08:00 – 08:05 / 16:00 – 16:05 – Opening of 5th UK-Japan Nuclear Industry Forum (Julia Longbottom CMG, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Japan)
08:05 – 08:55 / 16:05 – 16:55 – Nuclear Policy and Bilateral Relationship
08:05 – 08:15 / 16:05 – 16:15 – Nuclear and Net Zero in the UK (Mr. Chris Bowbrick, Deputy Director, Nuclear Generation Policy, Sector Deal and International, BEIS)
08:15 – 08:25 / 16:15 – 16:25 – Nuclear and Net Zero in Japan (Ms. Eri Nakatani, Deputy Director, Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division, METI)
08:25 – 08:45 / 16:25 – 16:45 – UK-Japan Decommissioning Relationship (Dr. Adrian Simper, Chief Scientific Officer, NDA & Professor Hajimu Yamana, President, NDF)
08:45 – 08:55 / 16:45 – 16:55 – Q&A Session
08:55 – 09:50 / 16:55 – 17:50 – Decommissioning Updates from Japan
08:55 – 09:10 / 16:55 – 17:10 – Fukushima Daiichi: Current Status and Challenges (Mr. Kazuhito Takeda, Group Manager, International Relations and Strategy Group, TEPCO)
09:10 – 09:25 / 17:10 – 17:25 – Status of R&D Conducted by IRID & Status of Normal D&D on Japanese NPPs (Mr. Toyoaki Yamauchi, President, IRID & Senior Executive Officer & General Manager, Decommissioning Project Department, JAPC)
09:25 – 09:40 / 17:25 – 17:40 – Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management in Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Dr. Yoshihiro Meguro, Director, Project Promotion Department, JAEA)
09:40 – 09:50 / 17:40 – 17:50 – Q&A Session
09:50 – 09:55 / 17:50 – 17:55 – Break
09:55 – 10:50 / 17:55 – 18:50 – Decommissioning Updates from the UK
09:55 – 10:05 / 17:55 – 18:05 – The NDA Group: Making a Difference for Future Generations (Mr. Clive Nixon, Group Chief Nuclear Strategy Officer, NDA)
10:05 – 10:15 / 18:05 – 18:15 – Sellafield Update (Ms. Claire James, External Affairs)
10:15 – 10:28 / 18:15 – 18:28 – Supply Chain Management at Dounreay (Mr. Mark Rouse, Managing Director, DSRL)
10:28 – 10:40 / 18:28 – 18:40 – The Role of the UK Supply Chain in Supporting Decommissioning (Mr. David Luckhurst, Operations Director Decommissioning Projects, Jacobs)
10:40 – 10:50 / 18:40 – 18:51 – Q&A Session
10:50 – 11:00 / 18:50 – 19:00 – Closing
10:50 – 11:00 / 16:50 – 19:00 – Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning: 10 Years Since the Accident (Mr. Akira Ono, Chief Decommissioning Officer)
