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Future of Japanese Nuclear Education Toru Obara Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy Institute of Innovative Research Tokyo Institute of Technology 1
Future of Japanese Nuclear Education
Toru ObaraLaboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy
Institute of Innovative ResearchTokyo Institute of Technology
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Outline
• Current nuclear education in university• Nuclear education in Tokyo Tech
• Nuclear education for future
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Nuclear education in Tokyo Tech
• Reformation of research and education system in Tokyo Tech
• Education system and research system have changed drastically in April, 2016
• Nuclear education• Graduate major in Nuclear Engineering
• Interdisciplinary Gradate Major
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Schools, Departments, and Majors
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Science
Engineering
Materials and Chemical Technology
Computing
Life Scienceand Technology
Environment and Society
Graduate Major
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Undergraduate Major
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Mechanical Engineering
Systems and Control Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Information and Communications Engineering
Industrial Engineering and Economics
Materials Science and Engineering
Chemical Science and Engineering
Mathematical and Computing Science
Computer Science
Life Science and Technology
Architecture and Building Engineering
Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering
Transdisciplinary Scienceand Engineering
Social and Human Sciences
Innovation Science
Technology and InnovationManagement (professionalmaster’s degree program)
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Energy Science and Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Urban Designand BuiltEnvironment
Urban Designand BuiltEnvironment
DepartmentSchool
Human Centered
Engineering
Engineering Sciences andDesign
Engineering Sciences andDesign
Engineering Sciences andDesign
Engineering Sciences andDesign
Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
NuclearEngineering
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Mechanical Engineering
Systems and Control EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringInformation and Communications EngineeringIndustrial Engineering andEconomics
Mechanical Engineering
Systems and Control EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringInformation and Communications EngineeringIndustrial Engineering andEconomics
Materials Science andEngineeringChemical Science and Engineering
Materials Science and EngineeringChemical Science and Engineering
Mathematical and Computing Science
Computer Science
Mathematical and Computing Science
Computer Science
Life Science and Technology Life Science and Technology
Architecture and Building EngineeringCivil and Environmental Engineering
Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
Architecture and Building Engineering
Civil Engineering
Social and Human Sciences
Innovation Science
Technology and Innovation Management
Energy Science Engineeringand Engineering Sciences and Design Science and Biomedical
Energy Science and Engineering
Energy Science and Engineering
Energy Science and Engineering
Energy Science Engineering and Engineering Sciences andDesign
Human CenteredScience and Biomedical
EngineeringHuman Centered
Science and Biomedical Engineering
Human CenteredScience and Biomedical
EngineeringHuman Centered
Science and Biomedical Engineering
Human CenteredScience and Biomedical
Engineering
Institute for LiberalArts Liberal arts courses taken throughout each program
Global Engineering forDevelopment Environment and Society
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/education/pdf/relationship_organization_en.pdf
Outline of Graduate Major in Nuclear Engineering
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History of Nuclear Education and Research in Tokyo Tech
1956 Establishment of nuclear research facility in School of Science and Engineering
1957 Establishment of Department of Nuclear Engineering in School of Science and Engineering
1964 Establishment of Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors (RLNR)
2003～2008 21st century Center Of Excellence program ”Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems for Sustainable Development of the World (COE-INES)”
2006 Establishment of Center for Research into Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems (CRINES)
2016 Establishment of Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy (LANE), Institute of Innovative Research
2016 Establishment of Graduate Major in Nuclear Engineering
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Features of Graduate Major in Nuclear EngineeringInterdisciplinary Graduate Majors
Education for students who learned fundamentals of various engineering field
Systematic curriculum in nuclear engineeringNuclear engineering field is widely covered.Required coerces Laboratories
Multi-Lab trainingExperience of several research groups
Curriculum for Fukushima Daiichi NPS decommissioning
International InternshipSupport by Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy
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Example of International InternshipStudent exchange program with Russian university
• Student exchange with Russia National Research University (MEPhI)
• Short term dispatch: Two weeks• Long term dispatch: Three
months• Joint Forum for students
Fig 1. Student joint workshop（Presentation）
Fig. 2. Facility visit (Control room, the world first NPP, IPEE, Obninsk)
8Fig. 3. Facility visit (Reactor room, the world first NPP, IPEE, Obninsk)
Concept of nuclear education
• Undergraduate school• Study an engineering field systematically
• Master’s program in graduate • Study the fundamentals of nuclear engineering
systematically• Understand the fundamentals deeply by laboratories
• Master’s study, Doctoral study• Perform research for a topic related nuclear engineering
based on each background• International internship and student exchange
program
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Nuclear education for future
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Background
• Needs of human resources in nuclear field• Toward low-carbon society
• Cooperation with other energy sources• Renewable, Natural gas, etc.
• Risk of big project• How to avoid it?
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What is necessary in nuclear education for future？• Sense of venture
• Ability to propose and to realize • Entrepreneurship• Knowledge of various fields
• Management of big project• Ability to manage big project supervising several fields
• Educational activity together with other fields?
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Summary
• Nuclear education in Tokyo Tech• Nuclear education for future
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