Aims and Goals

In the more than 50 years since its founding in December 1956, this committee has served as a forum for joint academia-industry research and development related to materials for atomic reactors, carrying out investigative and experimental research involving fuels and materials used in research reactors, gas-cooled reactors, nuclear fusion reactors, and the like, particularly fuel materials, cladding tubes, control materials, pressure vessel steel, and structural materials for high speed and nuclear fusion reactors, as well as other materials for atomic reactors.

Research Themes

1.	Substantive maintenance based on primary data from atomic reactor sites; data feedback from reactor sites to the sectors of design, product development, and permit systems; and the clarification and simplification of these processes (data-driven and data-centric engineering)
2.	Engineering related to phenomena that require extrapolation, and the consideration of research and development agendas regarding adapting and responding to unanticipated phenomena, based on scientific achievements in materials sciences, materials engineering, and nuclear engineering (knowledge-centric engineering)
3.	From an organizational theory standpoint oriented toward the formulation of collective knowledge, considering procedures designed to achieve the above tasks, and making management more cost-effective (changing from human-centric engineering to smart engineering)

Committee Chairperson

Shuichi Iwata Professor The Graduate School of Project Design

Established

December 1956

Membership Composition

Academia: 14
Industry: 16
Total membership: 32

Committee Achievements and Special Activities

First committee conference
November 24 (Tue.), 2009, 1:30 to 5 p.m.
Location: Conference room 226, Faculty of Engineering No. 8 Bldg. 2F, University of Tokyo

Agenda:
1.	Progress report
	Shuichi Iwata University of Tokyo
2.	Recent nuclear fuel technical issues from the standpoint of electric power services
	Moriyasu Abe Tokyo Electric Power Company
3.	Recent technical nuclear fuel issues from the standpoint of technical infrastructure I
	Keizo Ogata Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization
4.	Recent technical nuclear fuel issues from the standpoint of technical infrastructure II
	Toyoshi Fuketa Japan Atomic Energy Agency
5.	Recent technical atomic reactor fuel issues from the standpoint of technical infrastructure (working title)
	Koji Fukuya Institute of Nuclear Safety System

Second committee conference
December 18 (Fri.), 2009, 1:30 to 8 p.m.
Location: Conference room 226, Faculty of Engineering No. 8 Bldg. 2F, University of Tokyo

Agenda:
1.	Basic nuclear fuel and atomic reactor materials issues I
	Shinsuke Yamanaka Osaka University
2.	Recent technical issues concerning boiling water reactor fuel
	Kazuyuki Kusagaya Global Nuclear Fuel Japan
3.	Global thorium and rare metal situation from a resource study/geopolitical standpoint
	Yuji Nishikawa Metal Economics Research Institute, Japan
4.	Thorium fuel cycle possibilities and issues
	Hajimu Yamana Kyoto University
5.	Thorium-plutonium light water reactor fuels for near-term deployment: Norwegian testing program
	Julian Kelly Thor Energy
6.	Future directions: Discussion related to atomic reactor and nuclear fuels

Third committee conference
February 19 (Fri.), 2010, 2 to 7 p.m.
Location: Conference room 226, Faculty of Engineering No. 8 Bldg. 2F, University of Tokyo Hongo Campus

Agenda:
1.	Molecular dynamics simulations for atomic reactor fuels
	Tatsumi Arima Kyushu University
2.	Basic nuclear fuel and atomic reactor materials issues II
	Chen Ying Tohoku University
3.	Recent atomic reactor fuel issues II
	Taira Okita University of Tokyo
4.	Potential scenarios of waste management
	Susan E. Pickett University of Tokyo
5.	Thor Energy’s plans for developing and utilizing thorium plutonium mixed oxide (TMOX) light water reactor fuel
	Julian Kelly Thor Energy
6.	Halden Reactor thorium plutonium mixed oxide (TMOX) light water reactor fuel irradiation project
	Carlo Vitanza OECD/NEA Halden Reactor Project

Fourth committee conference
March 9 (Tue.), 2010, 1 to 5 p.m.
Location: Conference room 1, Faculty of Engineering No. 8 Bldg. 1F, University of Tokyo Hongo Campus

Agenda:
1.	Nuclear non-proliferation issues and international atomic energy cooperation
	Takako Hirose Senshu University
2.	Strategy maps for technical responses to advanced aging and increasingly sophisticated fuel technologies
	Naoto Sekimura University of Tokyo
3.	Kinetics of point defect agglomerations
	Masahiro Koiwa Professor emeritus Kyoto University
4.	Atomic power safety issues and future outlook
	Shojiro Matsuura Nuclear Safety Research Association

Working group for future atomic reactor materials issues, first session
March 9 (Tue.), 2010, 5 to 7 p.m.