The 6th International Forum
Summary of The 6th International Forum
https://1fd6.ndf-forum.com/enIn order to make steady progress with the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, it is crucial that we strive to announce accurate and transparent information in a timely and appropriate manner both in Japan and abroad, and maintain careful communication with local residents, achieving mutual understanding through continued dialogue. We will also hold the 6th Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning International Forum in 2022, as we have in previous years, in order for Japanese and international experts to share the latest progress and technical results of the decommissioning process.
DAY1 August 28, 2022
Considering the Decommissioning of 1F with Members of the Community
| Theme | Think about Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning and the Future of the Local Community |
|---|---|
| Venue | Link ru Okuma Multi-purpose Auditorium |
| Participant | 209 (115 from Fukushima pref.) |
- 12:30 - 12:35
- Opening
- 12:35 - 12:40
- Opening Guidance
Hiroshi Kainuma
ProfileAssociate Professor, The University of Tokyo
- 12:40 - 12:45
- Opening Remarks
Hajimu Yamana
ProfilePresident, NDF
- 12:45 - 13:00
- Welcome Speeches
- 13:00 - 13:20
- Keynote Speech "Overview of Current 1F D&D"
President, NDF
- 13:20 - 13:40
- Virtual Tour of 1F site
Koji Okamoto
ProfileProfessor, The University of Tokyo
- 13:40 - 14:00
- Break
- 14:00 - 14:20
- Introduction of 3 pre-workshops by 3 Panelists (Visiting Workshop, Student Session, Joshikai in Fukushima 2022)
Facilitator
Noboru Takamura
ProfileProfessor, Nagasaki University
- 14:20 - 14:50
- Presentation of Outcomes of Three Pre-Meetings by WS participants
Visiting Workshop
Student Session
International Mentoring Workshop Joshikai in Fukushima 2022
- 14:50 - 16:10
- Panel Discussion
Facilitator
Noboru Takamura
ProfileProfessor, Nagasaki University
Panelist
Koichiro Kataoka
ProfileMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Akira Ono
ProfilePresident of Fukushima Daiichi D&D Engineering Company, Managing Executive Officer, And Chief Decommissioning Officer (CDO), TEPCO HD
Shuichi Kaneko
ProfileDeputy Secretary-General, Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA)
Hajimu Yamana
ProfilePresident, NDF
Mike Weightman
ProfileIndependent Nuclear Consultant, MWA Ltd
Paul Dickman
ProfileSenior Policy Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory
Vincent Gorgues
ProfileSenior Advisor to CEA’s CEO, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Olena Mykolaichuk
ProfileDirector, Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Waste Technology, Department of Nuclear Energy International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Rebecca Tadesse
ProfileHead of the Division of radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning (RWMD, NEA)
Visiting Workshop
Student Session
International Mentoring Workshop Joshikai in Fukushima 2022
- 16:10 - 16:20
- Wrap up
- 16:20
- Closing Remarks
Graphic Recording
Graphic recording is a method of recording contents such as discussions, seminars, interviews in real time using graphics (pictures) and texts to save the entire content as minutes. The advantage of “visualizing” discussions is that they can be understood intuitively and there is less chance of misunderstanding between participants and officials.
At the International Forum of the Decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi NPS, we have been using graphic recording since the 2nd forum held in 2017 to record the discussions on Day 1 between local communities and people involved in decommissioning.
DAY2 August 29, 2022
Considering the Decommissioning of 1F with Technical Experts
| Theme | Sampling and Analysis in 1F D&D |
|---|---|
| Venue | Alios Iwaki Performing Arts Center |
| Participant | 341 (108 from Fukushima pref.) |
- 10:55 - 11:00
- Opening
Moderator
Yasutaka Denda
ProfileNDF
- 11:00 - 11:05
- Opening Remarks
Hajimu Yamana
ProfilePresident, NDF
- 11:05 - 11:25
- Basics for Sampling and Analysis of nuclear facilities
Akira Kirishima
ProfileProfessor, Tohoku University
- 11:25 - 11:45
- Current Capacity of Analysis in our Country
Special Adviser to Executive Directors, NDF
- 11:45 - 12:00
- History and perspective on fuel debris retrieval and waste management
TEPCO
- 12:00 - 12:15
- History and perspective on fuel debris retrieval and waste management
TEPCO
- 12:15 - 14:00
- Lunch / Technical Poster Session
- 14:00 - 14:05
- Welcome Speech
- 14:05 - 14:25
- All Japan's Tackling with difficult challenges of the sampling associated with fuel debris retrieval and waste management "NDF's Position"
Managing Director, Technical Strategy Group Waste management Strategy Team, NDF
- 14:25 - 14:55
- All Japan's Tackling with Difficult Challenges of the sampling associated with fuel debris retrieval and waste management "TEPCO's Position"
TEPCO
- 14:55 - 15:15
- All Japan's Tackling with Difficult Challenges of the sampling associated with fuel debris retrieval and waste management "JAEA's Position"
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
- 15:15 - 15:30
- Learn from Oversea "UK"
Environment Director, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)
- 15:30 - 15:45
- Learn from Oversea "USA"
Principal, Rempe and Associates, LLC
- 15:45 - 16:00
- Learn from Oversea "France"
President of Cetama and former head of the high activity analysis laboratory in Atalante
- 16:00 - 16:20
- View from Regulator
Deputy Secretary-General, Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA)
- 16:20 - 16:35
- Break
- 16:35 - 17:35
- Panel Discussion
Facilitator
Masaki Kurata
ProfileJapan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
Panelist
Steve Hardy
ProfileEnvironment Director, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)
Joy Rempe
ProfilePrincipal, Rempe and Associates, LLC
Paul Dickman
ProfileSenior Policy Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory
Cédric Rivier
ProfilePresident of Cetama and former head of the high activity analysis laboratory in Atalante
Shuichi Kaneko
ProfileDeputy Secretary-General, Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA)
Masumi Ishikawa
ProfileTEPCO
Akira Kirishima
ProfileProfessor, Tohoku University
Kazuyuki Kato
ProfileManaging Director, Waste management Strategy Team, Technical Strategy Group, NDF
- 17:35
- Wrap up
Mike Weightman
ProfileIndependent Nuclear Consultant, MWA Ltd
Pre-events
Co-creation workshop “Dialogue on decommissioning” (Hearing Activity)
As a pre-event for the forum, we held “Dialogue on Decommissioning”, a co-creation workshop to ask opinions and questions about 1F decommissioning in small groups, at various locations. 2022, we held 7 workshops for adults in Fukushima Prefecture, with 41 participants.
The feedback we received was compiled into the booklet “Voice from Fukushima” and distributed to the participants of the forums.
Student Session – Future Leaders Workshop
- Date
- August 6-7, 2022
- Venue
- Link ru Okuma
- Participants
- 23 Students from high school and technical college in Fukushima pref.
NDF has been holding the “Student Session”, in conjunction with the forum, as a workshop for current local high school and technical college students to think about what they should do now to bring about a desirable future for the Futaba area, assuming that they are the future leaders of the Futaba area.
As the “Student Session” , the participants visited the local sites, the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Legacy Museum and its surroundings (including fieldwork) and incubation facilities in Okuma Town for the first time by bus on August 6, 2022. The participants experienced firsthand what was happening in the area and used what they felt there in the “Future Leaders Workshop” held on the second day.
In the “Future Leaders Workshop” , the participants discussed what should be done now based on the difference between “the future of Futaba area if nothing is done” and “the future as envisioned by the participants, based on the statistical data of the area and information on decommissioning. Participants were also asked to think about what they should do now.
The “Future Leaders Workshop” was held under the supervision of the Open Project on Supporting-tools for Municipalities towards De-carbonized Societies (OPoSSuM, a Chiba University research group), a non-profit organization.
International Mentoring Workshop “Joshikai” in Fukushima 2022
Since 2019 NDF has collaborated with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) in an effort to increase interest in science and engineering, including decommissioning, through interaction with female researchers and engineers, called mentors, for female junior high and high school students in Fukushima Prefecture and other parts of Japan, through the “International mentoring workshop “Joshikai in Fukushima”.
This year’s workshop, the fourth in the series, was held face-to-face for the first time in three years, with 36 female high school and college of technology students from Fukushima Prefecture and beyond, and nine co-chairs and mentors from Japan and overseas gathering at the Narahaa Remote Technology Development Center of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Narahaa Town, Fukushima Prefecture) over two days from July 23 to 24.
In the workshop, in addition to the keynote speech by the co-chairs and lectures by the mentors, a special lecturer gave a lecture on 1F decommissioning and Fukushima reconstruction, and the participants were divided into 8 groups to exchange opinions on their own career development, 1F decommissioning and Fukushima. They also had a tour of the facilities in the Naraha Remote Engineering Development Center, where they had lectures from engineers and a QA session. On the following day, July 25, the participants who wished to visit the 1F site toured the facility.
