{"id":4466,"date":"2020-02-25T10:58:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T01:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en-renew\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2020-03-23T13:33:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T04:33:42","slug":"iaea-international-school-to-foster-young-leaders-in-nuclear-safety-held-in-japan-for-first-time-jointly-sponsored-by-tokai-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/news\/4466","title":{"rendered":"IAEA International School to Foster Young Leaders in Nuclear Safety Held in Japan for First Time, Jointly Sponsored by Tokai University"},"content":{"rendered":"

The purpose of the program is to develop internationally-minded young leaders in the areas of nuclear power and radiation safety. Its curriculum\u2014which has garnered high marks by previous participants, and which is based on IAEA standards\u2014is designed to foster awareness of the importance of putting priority on safety through case studies, game-style exercises and role playing. This is the first time that the IAEA school is being held in Japan.<\/p>\n

The program will continue until February 28, with twenty-nine participants from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Morocco, and Japan. After a series of lectures and exercises at the Tokai University Shonan Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture, the group will move north to Fukushima Prefecture on February 25, where they will visit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS), the Naraha Remote Technology Development Center in Naraha Town, owned by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), along with other sites.<\/p>\n

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IAEA\u2019s Mallick explains the curriculum<\/p><\/div>\n

In his comments at an opening ceremony in Tokyo, Dr. Shahid Mallick, head of the Programme and Policy Unit within the IAEA\u2019s Safety and Security Coordination Section, welcomed the students, stressing the significance of the school as a chance to make human contacts. \u201cThe school is an opportunity not only for learning but also for building networks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As a guest speaker, Director Takashi Kiyoura of the Atomic Energy Division in the R&D Bureau of Japan\u2019s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) referred to the challenge of meeting the new regulatory standards for decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi NPS and research reactors. He also talked about the critical need to ensure human resources to that end.<\/p>\n

Similarly, President Akio Takahashi of the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) talked to the participants, firstly about activities for developing human resources through the Japan Nuclear Human Resource Development Network (JN-HRD Net), with trilateral cooperation among industry, government and academia. He followed by saying that he hoped the participants would upgrade their skills through their time at the school, telling them, \u201cHave a productive time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The purpose of the program is to develop internationally-minded young leaders in the areas of nuclear power and radiation safety. Its curriculum\u2014which has garnered high marks by previous participants, and which is based on IAEA standards\u2014is designed to foster awareness of the importance of putting priority on safety through case studies, game-style exercises and role […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[631,481,632],"class_list":["post-4466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-iaea-school","tag-tokai-university","tag-tokyo"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t