Two-day International Forum on Decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi Focuses on Coexistence and Co-prosperity with Local Communities

On August 4 and 5, the 4th International Forum on the Decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi took place in Fukushima Prefecture, sponsored by the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF).

The first day of the forum featured a dialogue-style workshop in Tomioka Town with local residents, as well as sessions with students. On the second day, the participants moved to Iwaki City, where experts and specialists from Japan and overseas conducted panel discussions under the theme of “Working in Partnership with Local Communities.” A total of about 1,300 people participated during the two days, about half of them from Fukushima Prefecture. At the opening of the second day, NDF Chairman Hajimu Yamana kicked off the discussions by mentioning the vigorous exchanges he had had with sixty high school students and local people the day before. He stressed the significance of the theme of the forum, and that decommissioning was a project being undertaken together with local communiti...more

9 August, 2019

IRID Symposium Held in Fukushima, with Students Explaining Their Research on Fuel Debris Removal

On August 1, the International Research Institute for Decommissioning (IRID) held the IRID Symposium 2019 in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, on the current state of technological development for the removal of fuel debris at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants.

In his opening address, IRID President Hideo Ishibashi showed his enthusiasm for the effort, saying that by “gathering the world’s wisdom,” his institute would meet the challenge of removing the fuel debris. Also speaking was Tatsuya Shinkawa, director general for nuclear accident disaster response at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), who emphasized the goal of “usable devices” incorporating the developed technology, and expressed his high hopes for IRID’s activities in the future. General Manager Kenro Takamori of IRID’s R&D Strategy Planning Department then explained the current state of technological development. Noting that investigations of the reactor interiors, in preparation for fuel debris removal, have so far been focused on “obtaining images,” he said...more
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