Participants
Organizers
Joonhong Ahn
Professor, Vice Chair, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
D.Eng., Nuclear Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1989
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1988
Professor Ahn’s research areas include mathematical modeling and computational analyses to explore relationship between the fuel-cycle system parameters and geologic repository performance for risk minimization. In addition, he has been actively leading projects for comparative studies on nuclear power utilization in Asia and development of advanced educational materials, particularly after the Fukushima Daiichi accident.
Professor Ahn served as a member of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, National Research Council, US National Academies of Sciences (2008-2011). He was conferred the title of “Fellow” from the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 2007. In June 2011, he was granted Minner Faculty Fellow in 'Engineering Ethics and Professional/Social Responsibility' from College of Engineering, UC Berkeley. He joined the Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as Geological Faculty Scientist in 2012, and the core faculty of the Center for Japanese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley in 2014
Professor, Vice Chair, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
D.Eng., Nuclear Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1989
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1988
Professor Ahn’s research areas include mathematical modeling and computational analyses to explore relationship between the fuel-cycle system parameters and geologic repository performance for risk minimization. In addition, he has been actively leading projects for comparative studies on nuclear power utilization in Asia and development of advanced educational materials, particularly after the Fukushima Daiichi accident.
Professor Ahn served as a member of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, National Research Council, US National Academies of Sciences (2008-2011). He was conferred the title of “Fellow” from the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 2007. In June 2011, he was granted Minner Faculty Fellow in 'Engineering Ethics and Professional/Social Responsibility' from College of Engineering, UC Berkeley. He joined the Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as Geological Faculty Scientist in 2012, and the core faculty of the Center for Japanese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley in 2014
Franck Guarnieri
Professor, Chair, Centre for Research into Risks and Crises (CRC), MINES ParisTech
Professor Franck Guarnieri is the Chair of the Centre for Research into Risks and Crises (CRC) at MINES ParisTech in France and scientific advisor to the French company Preventeo. He leads research on Industrial and Nuclear Safety. He focuses on "engineering thinking" and "on-going emergency". He is also a designated expert in the French National Research Agency (ANR) and in the European Horizon 2020 program. In 2014, he received the prestigious René-Joseph Laufer Prize from the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques of the Institut de France.
Professor, Chair, Centre for Research into Risks and Crises (CRC), MINES ParisTech
Professor Franck Guarnieri is the Chair of the Centre for Research into Risks and Crises (CRC) at MINES ParisTech in France and scientific advisor to the French company Preventeo. He leads research on Industrial and Nuclear Safety. He focuses on "engineering thinking" and "on-going emergency". He is also a designated expert in the French National Research Agency (ANR) and in the European Horizon 2020 program. In 2014, he received the prestigious René-Joseph Laufer Prize from the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques of the Institut de France.
Speakers
Rebecca Abergel
Staff Scientist, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
B.Sc., École Normale Supérieure / Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, 2002
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
Dr. Abergel’s research program is dedicated to investigating the coordination biochemistry of heavy and f-elements, with therapeutic and environmental applications such as chelation and bioremediation of toxic metals released in industrial processes, engineering of antimicrobial strategies targeting metal-acquisition systems, and design of advanced alpha-immuno theranostic agents. She leads a large collaborative effort on the development of new drug products for the treatment of populations contaminated with radionuclides. One of these products was granted an Investigational New Drug status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2014. In addition, she has been actively involved in the new Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Initiative for Resilient Communities, the radiological component of which was sparked by the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident.
Dr. Abergel currently serves as the chair of the Radioactive Drug Research Committee at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She is an associate editor for the International Journal of Radiation Biology and a corresponding member (USA) for Radioprotection. In 2014, Dr. Abergel received an Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy and was selected as an Innovator under 35 – France by the MIT Technology Review. She is also the recipient of a Director’s Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (2013) from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a Junior Faculty NCRP award (2013) from the Radiation Research Society, and a Young Investigator Research Fellowship (2010) from the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation.
Staff Scientist, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
B.Sc., École Normale Supérieure / Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, 2002
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
Dr. Abergel’s research program is dedicated to investigating the coordination biochemistry of heavy and f-elements, with therapeutic and environmental applications such as chelation and bioremediation of toxic metals released in industrial processes, engineering of antimicrobial strategies targeting metal-acquisition systems, and design of advanced alpha-immuno theranostic agents. She leads a large collaborative effort on the development of new drug products for the treatment of populations contaminated with radionuclides. One of these products was granted an Investigational New Drug status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2014. In addition, she has been actively involved in the new Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Initiative for Resilient Communities, the radiological component of which was sparked by the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident.
Dr. Abergel currently serves as the chair of the Radioactive Drug Research Committee at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She is an associate editor for the International Journal of Radiation Biology and a corresponding member (USA) for Radioprotection. In 2014, Dr. Abergel received an Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy and was selected as an Innovator under 35 – France by the MIT Technology Review. She is also the recipient of a Director’s Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (2013) from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a Junior Faculty NCRP award (2013) from the Radiation Research Society, and a Young Investigator Research Fellowship (2010) from the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation.
Jens Birkholzer
Scientist, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
M.Sc., Water Resources, Hydraulic Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics, Aachen University of Technology, Germany, 1988
Ph.D., Subsurface Hydrology, Aachen University of Technology, Germany, 1994
Dr. Birkholzer joined LBNL in 1994 as a post-doctoral fellow and has since been promoted to the second-highest scientist rank at this research facility. He currently serves as the deputy director of the Earth Sciences Division and as the program lead for the nuclear waste program, and also leads a research group working on environmental impacts related to geologic carbon sequestration and other subsurface activities. His area of expertise is subsurface hydrology with emphasis on understanding and modeling coupled fluid, gas, solute and heat transport in complex subsurface systems, such as heterogeneous sediments or fractured rock. His recent research was mostly in the context of risk/performance assessment, e.g., for geologic disposal of radioactive wastes and for geologic CO2 storage. Dr. Birkholzer has authored about 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and has over 230 conference publications and abstracts.
Scientist, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
M.Sc., Water Resources, Hydraulic Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics, Aachen University of Technology, Germany, 1988
Ph.D., Subsurface Hydrology, Aachen University of Technology, Germany, 1994
Dr. Birkholzer joined LBNL in 1994 as a post-doctoral fellow and has since been promoted to the second-highest scientist rank at this research facility. He currently serves as the deputy director of the Earth Sciences Division and as the program lead for the nuclear waste program, and also leads a research group working on environmental impacts related to geologic carbon sequestration and other subsurface activities. His area of expertise is subsurface hydrology with emphasis on understanding and modeling coupled fluid, gas, solute and heat transport in complex subsurface systems, such as heterogeneous sediments or fractured rock. His recent research was mostly in the context of risk/performance assessment, e.g., for geologic disposal of radioactive wastes and for geologic CO2 storage. Dr. Birkholzer has authored about 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and has over 230 conference publications and abstracts.
Cathryn Carson
Associate Professor, Department of History, UC Berkeley
Professor Carson is a historian of science and technology with a focus on contemporary physics and engineering sciences. The author of a monographic study of the physicist Werner Heisenberg in twentieth-century Germany (Heisenberg in the atomic age: Science and the public sphere), her current research areas include the interactions between science and philosophy, the role of simulations in nuclear waste management, and the ethnography of data science. She is involved in collaborations on engineering ethics and education, including the recent co-edited volume Reflections on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident: Toward social-scientific literacy and engineering resilience. From 2010-2014 she served as Associate Dean of Social Sciences at UC Berkeley and recently received the Social Science Division’s Distinguished Service Award. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for Advancement of Science.
Associate Professor, Department of History, UC Berkeley
Professor Carson is a historian of science and technology with a focus on contemporary physics and engineering sciences. The author of a monographic study of the physicist Werner Heisenberg in twentieth-century Germany (Heisenberg in the atomic age: Science and the public sphere), her current research areas include the interactions between science and philosophy, the role of simulations in nuclear waste management, and the ethnography of data science. She is involved in collaborations on engineering ethics and education, including the recent co-edited volume Reflections on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident: Toward social-scientific literacy and engineering resilience. From 2010-2014 she served as Associate Dean of Social Sciences at UC Berkeley and recently received the Social Science Division’s Distinguished Service Award. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for Advancement of Science.
Jean Pierre Dupuy
Professor, Political Science, Stanford University
Jean Pierre Dupuy is Professor Emeritus of Social and Political Philosophy, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University. He is a member of the French Academy of Technology, a spinoff of the Academy of Sciences, and of the Conseil Général des Mines, the French High Magistracy that oversees and regulates industry, energy and the environment. He chairs the Ethics Committee of the French High Authority on Nuclear Safety and Security. He is the Director of the Research Program of Imitatio, a new foundation devoted to the dissemination and discussion of René Girard’s mimetic theory.
His most recent work has dealt with the topic of catastrophe. Among his recent publications in English: The Mechanization of the Mind (Princeton University Press, 2000); On the Origins of Cognitive Science (The MIT Press, 2009) ; The Mark of the Sacred (Stanford University Press, 2013); Economy and the Future. A Crisis of Faith (Michigan State University Press, 2014); A Short Treatise on the Metaphysics of Tsunamis (Michigan State University Press, in press.)
Professor, Political Science, Stanford University
Jean Pierre Dupuy is Professor Emeritus of Social and Political Philosophy, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University. He is a member of the French Academy of Technology, a spinoff of the Academy of Sciences, and of the Conseil Général des Mines, the French High Magistracy that oversees and regulates industry, energy and the environment. He chairs the Ethics Committee of the French High Authority on Nuclear Safety and Security. He is the Director of the Research Program of Imitatio, a new foundation devoted to the dissemination and discussion of René Girard’s mimetic theory.
His most recent work has dealt with the topic of catastrophe. Among his recent publications in English: The Mechanization of the Mind (Princeton University Press, 2000); On the Origins of Cognitive Science (The MIT Press, 2009) ; The Mark of the Sacred (Stanford University Press, 2013); Economy and the Future. A Crisis of Faith (Michigan State University Press, 2014); A Short Treatise on the Metaphysics of Tsunamis (Michigan State University Press, in press.)
Massimiliano Fratoni
Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
Laurea, Nuclear Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, 2004
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2007
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
Massimiliano’s main research interests lie in advanced nuclear fuel cycles for maximizing natural resource utilization and minimize nuclear waste. His projects focus on the design and analysis of advanced nuclear reactor that enable the effective exploitation of neglected resources such as depleted uranium, used nuclear fuel, and thorium. Among others, he is studying molten salt reactors for used fuel incineration, improved performance light water reactors, and fast reactor technologies. In addition, Massimiliano leads research aimed to assess the impact of reactor performance on fuel cycle evaluation parameters, such as repository thermal load and long-term radiotoxicity. He also carries research on the blanket design of inertial confinement fusion reactors. Massimiliano is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining the Nuclear Engineering Department at UCB, he held a Research Scientist position at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a faculty position at The Pennsylvania State University.
Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
Laurea, Nuclear Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, 2004
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2007
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
Massimiliano’s main research interests lie in advanced nuclear fuel cycles for maximizing natural resource utilization and minimize nuclear waste. His projects focus on the design and analysis of advanced nuclear reactor that enable the effective exploitation of neglected resources such as depleted uranium, used nuclear fuel, and thorium. Among others, he is studying molten salt reactors for used fuel incineration, improved performance light water reactors, and fast reactor technologies. In addition, Massimiliano leads research aimed to assess the impact of reactor performance on fuel cycle evaluation parameters, such as repository thermal load and long-term radiotoxicity. He also carries research on the blanket design of inertial confinement fusion reactors. Massimiliano is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining the Nuclear Engineering Department at UCB, he held a Research Scientist position at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a faculty position at The Pennsylvania State University.
Kazuo Furuta
Professor, Director, Resilience Engineering Research Center, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
D.Eng., Nuclear Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1986
Professor Furuta’s research areas include human and social factors in resilience engineering. In particular, he has been developing technologies for modeling and simulating human performance and then applying them to designing socio-technological systems. He is now leading a research project on Resilience Analysis for Social Safety Policy funded by the R&D Program of RISTEX (JST): Science of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy.
Professor Furuta is a board member of the Japan Society for Simulation Technology, an editorial board member of the International Journal of Cognition, Technology, and Work; and that of Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors.
Professor, Director, Resilience Engineering Research Center, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
D.Eng., Nuclear Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1986
Professor Furuta’s research areas include human and social factors in resilience engineering. In particular, he has been developing technologies for modeling and simulating human performance and then applying them to designing socio-technological systems. He is now leading a research project on Resilience Analysis for Social Safety Policy funded by the R&D Program of RISTEX (JST): Science of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy.
Professor Furuta is a board member of the Japan Society for Simulation Technology, an editorial board member of the International Journal of Cognition, Technology, and Work; and that of Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors.
Tatsuya Itoi
Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
D.Eng., Architecture, The University of Tokyo, 2004
Professor Itoi’s research areas include modeling and analyses relating nuclear safety engineering in the context of earthquake engineering, intensively working on probabilistic seismic risk and hazard analysis, performance-based earthquake engineering, risk-informed decision making and seismic risk management.
Professor Itoi joined Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, as Associate Professor in 2012, until then he had been working as Research Associate at Department of Architecture, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (2009-2012). He is also one of Cooperative Research Fellows of Resilience Engineering Research Center, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo since July 2013.
Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
D.Eng., Architecture, The University of Tokyo, 2004
Professor Itoi’s research areas include modeling and analyses relating nuclear safety engineering in the context of earthquake engineering, intensively working on probabilistic seismic risk and hazard analysis, performance-based earthquake engineering, risk-informed decision making and seismic risk management.
Professor Itoi joined Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, as Associate Professor in 2012, until then he had been working as Research Associate at Department of Architecture, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (2009-2012). He is also one of Cooperative Research Fellows of Resilience Engineering Research Center, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo since July 2013.
Kohta Juraku
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tokyo Denki University
Ph.D., Information Studies, University of Tokyo, 2011
Kohta Juraku is an assistant professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tokyo Denki University (TDU), Japan. He has works on the sociological study on nuclear utilization and other energy technologies. He received his PhD on that topic from the University of Tokyo in 2011. His current research interests are social learning process from the nuclear accident, as well as public deliberation process on nuclear waste disposal and nuclear policy in general.
Before joining TDU, he worked at the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, the University of Tokyo from 2008 to 2012. Also, he spent over a year at the Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley from 2010 to 2011 as a visiting scholar. As a sociologist of science and technology, he had very particular experiences of “collaborations” with and “observations” on nuclear engineers at those departments during the period including the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tokyo Denki University
Ph.D., Information Studies, University of Tokyo, 2011
Kohta Juraku is an assistant professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tokyo Denki University (TDU), Japan. He has works on the sociological study on nuclear utilization and other energy technologies. He received his PhD on that topic from the University of Tokyo in 2011. His current research interests are social learning process from the nuclear accident, as well as public deliberation process on nuclear waste disposal and nuclear policy in general.
Before joining TDU, he worked at the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, the University of Tokyo from 2008 to 2012. Also, he spent over a year at the Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley from 2010 to 2011 as a visiting scholar. As a sociologist of science and technology, he had very particular experiences of “collaborations” with and “observations” on nuclear engineers at those departments during the period including the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Ryoichi Komiyama
Associate Professor, Resilience Engineering Research Center, University of Tokyo
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo, 2003
Dr. Komiyama’s research area includes mathematical modeling and computational simulation of energy system in order to contribute an effective energy planning, employing an optimization theory and an econometrics analysis. Published papers so far deal with diverse issues associated with energy and environmental fields such as global, Japanese and Asian energy markets, distributed power system, hydrogen energy system, clean energy vehicles, variable renewable energy, nuclear energy and energy security.
Dr. Komiyama has served as a visiting researcher in the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) since 2010. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 2003, he was affiliated with IEEJ and worked as an economist and a senior economist until 2010. From July 2010, he joined the University of Tokyo. Until now, he studied as a visiting research scholar in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) from 2007 to 2009 and UC Berkeley from 2011 to 2012.
Associate Professor, Resilience Engineering Research Center, University of Tokyo
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo, 2003
Dr. Komiyama’s research area includes mathematical modeling and computational simulation of energy system in order to contribute an effective energy planning, employing an optimization theory and an econometrics analysis. Published papers so far deal with diverse issues associated with energy and environmental fields such as global, Japanese and Asian energy markets, distributed power system, hydrogen energy system, clean energy vehicles, variable renewable energy, nuclear energy and energy security.
Dr. Komiyama has served as a visiting researcher in the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) since 2010. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 2003, he was affiliated with IEEJ and worked as an economist and a senior economist until 2010. From July 2010, he joined the University of Tokyo. Until now, he studied as a visiting research scholar in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) from 2007 to 2009 and UC Berkeley from 2011 to 2012.
Francois Lévêque
Professor of Economics, MINES ParisTech
D.Eng., Biology, Agro-ParisTech, 1980
Ph.D., Economics, INA-PG, 1982
François Lévêque is professor of economics at Mines ParisTech. He is part-time professor at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (European University Institute, Florence School of Regulation). He published a series of books on energy: Competitive Electricity Markets and Sustainability (Edward Elgar, 2006), Electricity Reform in Europe (Edward Elgar, 2009), Security of Energy Supply in Europe (Edward Elgar, 2010), The Economics and Uncertainties of Nuclear Power (Cambridge University Press, 2014). He wrote several papers in academic journals, including Energy Policy, World Competition, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Electricity Journal, Safety Science, Information Economics and Policy, Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy.
He taught economics of natural resources at Mines-ParisTech (1984-1990), environmental economics at EHESS (1997-2001) and at Pavia University (1999-2002), EU Competition Law at the Boalt Law School, University of California at Berkeley (2002-2007). He has taught industrial economics and economics of energy at Mines-ParisTech since 1996.
It is fair to inform of the following potential conflicts of interest: The research program I head on nuclear energy economics at Mines-ParisTech is financed by the French power company, EDF. I am also one of the member of the EDF Scientific Committee. In addition to my main activity as professor at Mines ParisTech, I am founding partner of Microeconomix, a Paris based economic consulting firm. This company has many clients in different businesses, including EDF, ENDESA, ENEL, ERDF, GRT GAZ, TOTAL, RTE, TENNET in the energy sector. I do not held any executive position in this company where I mainly act as a scientific adviser.
Professor of Economics, MINES ParisTech
D.Eng., Biology, Agro-ParisTech, 1980
Ph.D., Economics, INA-PG, 1982
François Lévêque is professor of economics at Mines ParisTech. He is part-time professor at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (European University Institute, Florence School of Regulation). He published a series of books on energy: Competitive Electricity Markets and Sustainability (Edward Elgar, 2006), Electricity Reform in Europe (Edward Elgar, 2009), Security of Energy Supply in Europe (Edward Elgar, 2010), The Economics and Uncertainties of Nuclear Power (Cambridge University Press, 2014). He wrote several papers in academic journals, including Energy Policy, World Competition, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Electricity Journal, Safety Science, Information Economics and Policy, Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy.
He taught economics of natural resources at Mines-ParisTech (1984-1990), environmental economics at EHESS (1997-2001) and at Pavia University (1999-2002), EU Competition Law at the Boalt Law School, University of California at Berkeley (2002-2007). He has taught industrial economics and economics of energy at Mines-ParisTech since 1996.
It is fair to inform of the following potential conflicts of interest: The research program I head on nuclear energy economics at Mines-ParisTech is financed by the French power company, EDF. I am also one of the member of the EDF Scientific Committee. In addition to my main activity as professor at Mines ParisTech, I am founding partner of Microeconomix, a Paris based economic consulting firm. This company has many clients in different businesses, including EDF, ENDESA, ENEL, ERDF, GRT GAZ, TOTAL, RTE, TENNET in the energy sector. I do not held any executive position in this company where I mainly act as a scientific adviser.
Christophe Martin
Resilience Engineering & Safety Chair, MINES ParisTech
Since 2001 Christophe Martin has been involved in various R&D projects with major French companies and European and French Institutions. He has conducted research into risk management implementation methods and Occupational Health and Safety risk assessment in several industrial sectors. His speciality is Small and Medium Size enterprises, specifically subcontractor relationships. He has also worked with the gas and nuclear industries in identifying organizational failures and designing bespoke tools tailored to these organizations. From 2014, he is the head of the “Resilience and Safety” Chair hosted by MINES ParisTech and founded by four major private French companies (AFNOR Group, GDF Suez, Total and SNCF). He is also Graduate of the Political Studies Institute, France and Master of Law, France.
Resilience Engineering & Safety Chair, MINES ParisTech
Since 2001 Christophe Martin has been involved in various R&D projects with major French companies and European and French Institutions. He has conducted research into risk management implementation methods and Occupational Health and Safety risk assessment in several industrial sectors. His speciality is Small and Medium Size enterprises, specifically subcontractor relationships. He has also worked with the gas and nuclear industries in identifying organizational failures and designing bespoke tools tailored to these organizations. From 2014, he is the head of the “Resilience and Safety” Chair hosted by MINES ParisTech and founded by four major private French companies (AFNOR Group, GDF Suez, Total and SNCF). He is also Graduate of the Political Studies Institute, France and Master of Law, France.
Dominique Pécaud
Research Associate, MINES ParisTech
Dr. Dominique Pécaud is a sociologist. He is the Director of Human Technology Institute Institute, an interdisciplinary platform for research (Nantes University). He is also Researcher at the Centre François Viete (Epistemology and History of Science and Technology), Nantes University (France) and Research Associate at MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, Research Center on Risk and Crises (France). His main areas of research are the sociology and anthropology of risks, assessing the effects of the technical tools on forms of collective action, changing forms of construction of the territories and the analysis of human work as a social fact.
Research Associate, MINES ParisTech
Dr. Dominique Pécaud is a sociologist. He is the Director of Human Technology Institute Institute, an interdisciplinary platform for research (Nantes University). He is also Researcher at the Centre François Viete (Epistemology and History of Science and Technology), Nantes University (France) and Research Associate at MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, Research Center on Risk and Crises (France). His main areas of research are the sociology and anthropology of risks, assessing the effects of the technical tools on forms of collective action, changing forms of construction of the territories and the analysis of human work as a social fact.
Aurélien Portelli
CRC, MINES ParisTech
ESAIP
Aurélien Portelli was trained as an historian. He passed his PhD in 2007 at the University of Nice (France). He is currently a researcher at the Center for research on Risks and Crises (CRC - MINES ParisTech) and a researcher at the ESAIP (a French engineering school). His research deals with topics in the history of nuclear industry and the social representations of the nuclear energy.
CRC, MINES ParisTech
ESAIP
Aurélien Portelli was trained as an historian. He passed his PhD in 2007 at the University of Nice (France). He is currently a researcher at the Center for research on Risks and Crises (CRC - MINES ParisTech) and a researcher at the ESAIP (a French engineering school). His research deals with topics in the history of nuclear industry and the social representations of the nuclear energy.
Kyoko Sato
Associate Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Stanford University
Ph.D., Sociology, Princeton University, 2007
Dr. Sato’s research explores how culture and politics intersect in the development of sociotechnical systems in different national contexts. Her current research examines how postwar nuclear governance evolved in Japan and the United States, as well as the impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. She is currently Senior Researcher on the Harvard STS Program’s project, “The Fukushima Disaster and the Cultural Politics of Nuclear Power in the United States and Japan,” funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Her previous work examined the intersection of cultural meaning, policy frameworks, and politics in the development of genetically modified food in Japan, France, and the United States.
Prior to the current position, Sato taught social theory as a lecturer in the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies at Harvard University (2008-2012), and was a postdoctoral associate at the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University (2007-2008). She worked as a staff writer for The Japan Times, an English daily in Tokyo, after receiving M.A. in journalism from New York University and B.A. in English from the University of Tokyo.
Associate Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Stanford University
Ph.D., Sociology, Princeton University, 2007
Dr. Sato’s research explores how culture and politics intersect in the development of sociotechnical systems in different national contexts. Her current research examines how postwar nuclear governance evolved in Japan and the United States, as well as the impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. She is currently Senior Researcher on the Harvard STS Program’s project, “The Fukushima Disaster and the Cultural Politics of Nuclear Power in the United States and Japan,” funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Her previous work examined the intersection of cultural meaning, policy frameworks, and politics in the development of genetically modified food in Japan, France, and the United States.
Prior to the current position, Sato taught social theory as a lecturer in the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies at Harvard University (2008-2012), and was a postdoctoral associate at the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University (2007-2008). She worked as a staff writer for The Japan Times, an English daily in Tokyo, after receiving M.A. in journalism from New York University and B.A. in English from the University of Tokyo.
Naoto Sekimura
Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Doctor of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 1986
Professor Sekimura’s primary research interest is safety engineering and maintenance engineering for complex system such as nuclear power plant, ageing management of light water reactors, radiation effects in nuclear materials and nuclear fuels, codes and standards for complex engineering systems.
Professor Sekimura is an associate member of Science Council of Japan for these 6 years. He is a Chairperson of the Nuclear Safety Division of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ), and has been actively involved in the AESJ's Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company. He was invited to make a lecture on Overview of the Accident in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in May, 2011. He has been continuously leading a national research project on Ageing Management of Systems and Components for Safe Operation of Power Plants since 2006. He served as a Chairperson in OECD/NEA SCAP project on knowledge management of ageing degradation of materials and components in nuclear systems in 2006-2010. He served as a co-chair of the IGALL (International Ageing Lessons Learned) project in IAEA.
Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Doctor of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 1986
Professor Sekimura’s primary research interest is safety engineering and maintenance engineering for complex system such as nuclear power plant, ageing management of light water reactors, radiation effects in nuclear materials and nuclear fuels, codes and standards for complex engineering systems.
Professor Sekimura is an associate member of Science Council of Japan for these 6 years. He is a Chairperson of the Nuclear Safety Division of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ), and has been actively involved in the AESJ's Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company. He was invited to make a lecture on Overview of the Accident in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in May, 2011. He has been continuously leading a national research project on Ageing Management of Systems and Components for Safe Operation of Power Plants since 2006. He served as a Chairperson in OECD/NEA SCAP project on knowledge management of ageing degradation of materials and components in nuclear systems in 2006-2010. He served as a co-chair of the IGALL (International Ageing Lessons Learned) project in IAEA.
Ryuma Shineha
Assistant Professor, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advance Studies)
Ph.D., Science & Technology Studies, Kyoto University, 2011
Ryuma Shineha is an assistant professor at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI). His main research theme is media and policy analysis of biotechnology in Japan. After the 3.11, he has worked on the 3.11 issues with collaborators, focusing on the social structure, media discourses, and the public interests in this matter. He published works on the 3.11 as the two Japanese books, “The Disaster Vulnerable and the Information Vulnerable: What was overlooked after the 3.11? (災害弱者と情報弱者: 3・11後、何が見過ごされたのか)” (Chikuma-Press) and “Science and Politics after the Disaster of March 11 in Japan (ポスト3.11の科学と政治)” (Nakanishiya Press) edited by Masaki Nakamura. More currently, he also participates in the risk communication survey project of the Tohoku University, and tries to conduct series of survey on the public attitudes toward nuclear power and decommission of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
Ryuma Shineha is a secretary and board member of the Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies (JSSTS). He is a member of the ethical committee of Japan Environment and Children’s Study (Eco-Chil) of the Ministry of Environment. He is also a member of the working group for the communication with participation of the Eco-Chil.
Assistant Professor, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advance Studies)
Ph.D., Science & Technology Studies, Kyoto University, 2011
Ryuma Shineha is an assistant professor at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI). His main research theme is media and policy analysis of biotechnology in Japan. After the 3.11, he has worked on the 3.11 issues with collaborators, focusing on the social structure, media discourses, and the public interests in this matter. He published works on the 3.11 as the two Japanese books, “The Disaster Vulnerable and the Information Vulnerable: What was overlooked after the 3.11? (災害弱者と情報弱者: 3・11後、何が見過ごされたのか)” (Chikuma-Press) and “Science and Politics after the Disaster of March 11 in Japan (ポスト3.11の科学と政治)” (Nakanishiya Press) edited by Masaki Nakamura. More currently, he also participates in the risk communication survey project of the Tohoku University, and tries to conduct series of survey on the public attitudes toward nuclear power and decommission of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
Ryuma Shineha is a secretary and board member of the Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies (JSSTS). He is a member of the ethical committee of Japan Environment and Children’s Study (Eco-Chil) of the Ministry of Environment. He is also a member of the working group for the communication with participation of the Eco-Chil.
Sébastien Travadel
Associate Professor, Centre for Research on Risks and Crises, Mines ParisTech, PSL – Research University
Sebastien Travadel’s research programm is focused on engineering thinking in extreme situation. The goal is to develop management principles, project management tools and organizational guidelines that foster transitioning into resilience in the aftermaths of a disaster.
Sebastien Travadel is a chief engineer for the French Ministry of Transport and Equipment. He also holds a PhD in law and is qualified as a senior mathematics teacher. He has held several managerial positions in the French agency in charge of aircraft accident and incident investigations, notably as Head of Major Investigations. He headed the Airspace and Air Navigation Regulation Department at the French Civil Aviation Authority before co-founding the company Safety Line, which produces decision support software.
Associate Professor, Centre for Research on Risks and Crises, Mines ParisTech, PSL – Research University
Sebastien Travadel’s research programm is focused on engineering thinking in extreme situation. The goal is to develop management principles, project management tools and organizational guidelines that foster transitioning into resilience in the aftermaths of a disaster.
Sebastien Travadel is a chief engineer for the French Ministry of Transport and Equipment. He also holds a PhD in law and is qualified as a senior mathematics teacher. He has held several managerial positions in the French agency in charge of aircraft accident and incident investigations, notably as Head of Major Investigations. He headed the Airspace and Air Navigation Regulation Department at the French Civil Aviation Authority before co-founding the company Safety Line, which produces decision support software.
Karl van Bibber
Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
Karl van Bibber received his BS and PhD from MIT in experimental nuclear physics. After postdoctoral work at LBNL, he served as an Assistant Professor of Physics at Stanford. He joined LLNL where he founded and led the High Energy Physics and Accelerator Technology Group, and was LLNL Project Leader for construction of the SLAC-LBNL-LLNL PEP-II B Factory project. His institutional service includes positions as Chief Scientist for the Physics and Space Technology directorate, and Deputy Director of the Laboratory Science and Technology Office. In 2009 he became Vice President and Dean of Research of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. In 2012 he joined the faculty of UC Berkeley as Professor of Nuclear Engineering, and acceded to Department Chair in July 2012. He also serves as Executive Director of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium, a DOE Office of Non-Proliferation center-of-excellence comprised of seven universities and four national laboratories. His research focuses on basic and applied nuclear science, particle astrophysics, and accelerator science and technology. He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, the DOE Deputy Secretary Award for the B Factory, and the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award for the establishment of degree and executive education programs in Energy, the first within the DoD. He is a fellow of the APS and AAAS.
Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
Karl van Bibber received his BS and PhD from MIT in experimental nuclear physics. After postdoctoral work at LBNL, he served as an Assistant Professor of Physics at Stanford. He joined LLNL where he founded and led the High Energy Physics and Accelerator Technology Group, and was LLNL Project Leader for construction of the SLAC-LBNL-LLNL PEP-II B Factory project. His institutional service includes positions as Chief Scientist for the Physics and Space Technology directorate, and Deputy Director of the Laboratory Science and Technology Office. In 2009 he became Vice President and Dean of Research of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. In 2012 he joined the faculty of UC Berkeley as Professor of Nuclear Engineering, and acceded to Department Chair in July 2012. He also serves as Executive Director of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium, a DOE Office of Non-Proliferation center-of-excellence comprised of seven universities and four national laboratories. His research focuses on basic and applied nuclear science, particle astrophysics, and accelerator science and technology. He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, the DOE Deputy Secretary Award for the B Factory, and the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award for the establishment of degree and executive education programs in Energy, the first within the DoD. He is a fellow of the APS and AAAS.
Kai Vetter
Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley, Head of Applied Nuclear Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kai Vetter is Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and Head of the Applied Nuclear Physics program at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley. Prof. Vetter leads the Berkeley Radwatch Project and the Initiative for Resilient Communities and is co-PI of the UC Berkeley-led Nuclear Science and Security Consortium. He is also founding member of the joint Medical Physics Program at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco.
Professor Vetter’s main research interests are in the development and demonstration of new concepts and technologies in radiation detection to address some of the outstanding challenges in fundamental sciences, nuclear security, and health. He is involved in experiments that aim to answer fundamental questions in nuclear physics, for example those associated with the neutrino-less double beta decay in enriched Ge-76 or the detection of the yet unobserved coherent neutrino nucleus scattering process. He oversees a wide range of developments of new concepts in gamma-ray detection and imaging and the fusion of nuclear with complementary data. These developments find applications ranging from the detection and characterization of radiological materials for nuclear security and the mapping of contamination in Fukushima to the verification of ion-cancer therapy and studies of the biokinetics of radioisotopes in living organisms.
Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley, Head of Applied Nuclear Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kai Vetter is Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and Head of the Applied Nuclear Physics program at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley. Prof. Vetter leads the Berkeley Radwatch Project and the Initiative for Resilient Communities and is co-PI of the UC Berkeley-led Nuclear Science and Security Consortium. He is also founding member of the joint Medical Physics Program at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco.
Professor Vetter’s main research interests are in the development and demonstration of new concepts and technologies in radiation detection to address some of the outstanding challenges in fundamental sciences, nuclear security, and health. He is involved in experiments that aim to answer fundamental questions in nuclear physics, for example those associated with the neutrino-less double beta decay in enriched Ge-76 or the detection of the yet unobserved coherent neutrino nucleus scattering process. He oversees a wide range of developments of new concepts in gamma-ray detection and imaging and the fusion of nuclear with complementary data. These developments find applications ranging from the detection and characterization of radiological materials for nuclear security and the mapping of contamination in Fukushima to the verification of ion-cancer therapy and studies of the biokinetics of radioisotopes in living organisms.
Haruko Murakami Wainwright
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Haruko Murakami Wainwright is currently a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. After graduating with BS in engineering from Kyoto University in Japan, she earned MS in nuclear engineering (2006), MA in statistics (2010), and PhD in nuclear engineering (2010) at University of California, Berkeley. She has worked on various research topics in both nuclear engineering and environmental sciences, including nuclear waste, groundwater contamination associated with nuclear weapon productions, the Arctic ecosystem responses to climate change, biogeochemical cycling in riparian systems, and deep-subsurface CO2 storage. Her research has been focused on parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification. She has played a key role in many DOE-sponsored large multidisciplinary projects; the DOE’s Integrated Field Research Challenge (IFRC) project, Sustainable Systems Science Focus Area (SFA), National Risk Assessment Partnership (NRAP), the Advanced Simulation Capability for Environmental Management (ASCEM), and the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment in Arctic (NGEE-Arctic).
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Haruko Murakami Wainwright is currently a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. After graduating with BS in engineering from Kyoto University in Japan, she earned MS in nuclear engineering (2006), MA in statistics (2010), and PhD in nuclear engineering (2010) at University of California, Berkeley. She has worked on various research topics in both nuclear engineering and environmental sciences, including nuclear waste, groundwater contamination associated with nuclear weapon productions, the Arctic ecosystem responses to climate change, biogeochemical cycling in riparian systems, and deep-subsurface CO2 storage. Her research has been focused on parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification. She has played a key role in many DOE-sponsored large multidisciplinary projects; the DOE’s Integrated Field Research Challenge (IFRC) project, Sustainable Systems Science Focus Area (SFA), National Risk Assessment Partnership (NRAP), the Advanced Simulation Capability for Environmental Management (ASCEM), and the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment in Arctic (NGEE-Arctic).
Students
Hiroyasu Abe
Graduate Student, University of Tokyo
Hiroyasu Abe’s research areas is ground motion simulation. In his paper, the ground motion simulation using fault plane is used. There are already research of ground motion simulation. More detailed model is needed to conduct probabilistic seismic risk assessment, which incorporate uncertainty in ground motion prediction. He studies a stochastic model to simulate the slip distribution of fault plane.
Graduate Student, University of Tokyo
Hiroyasu Abe’s research areas is ground motion simulation. In his paper, the ground motion simulation using fault plane is used. There are already research of ground motion simulation. More detailed model is needed to conduct probabilistic seismic risk assessment, which incorporate uncertainty in ground motion prediction. He studies a stochastic model to simulate the slip distribution of fault plane.
Aissame Afrouss
PhD Candidate, Centre de recherche sur les Risques et les Crises, MINES ParisTech
Dipl. Eng., Nuclear Safety Engineering, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, 2013
MRes., History of Science and Technology, University of Nantes, 2014
Afrouss Aissame’s is a PhD student whose main research works fit within the framework of the “engineering thinking in emergency situations” concept. Currently, he studies the hearings of the former Fukushima Dai Ichi manager, held by the Investigation Committee of the Japanese Government, with regard to the “emergency situations” concept. In addition, he is also interested in the use of narratives (iconographic, textual…) to improve industrial safety.
PhD Candidate, Centre de recherche sur les Risques et les Crises, MINES ParisTech
Dipl. Eng., Nuclear Safety Engineering, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, 2013
MRes., History of Science and Technology, University of Nantes, 2014
Afrouss Aissame’s is a PhD student whose main research works fit within the framework of the “engineering thinking in emergency situations” concept. Currently, he studies the hearings of the former Fukushima Dai Ichi manager, held by the Investigation Committee of the Japanese Government, with regard to the “emergency situations” concept. In addition, he is also interested in the use of narratives (iconographic, textual…) to improve industrial safety.
Sophie Agulhon
PhD student, Centre for research on Risks and Crises, MINES ParisTech
Sophie Agulhon’s research areas include management devices contribution to safety field in nuclear fuel-cycle industry and methodological aspects regarding social sciences.
Sophie works in AREVA group General Inspectorate, Health, Safety, Quality and Environment Department (DSQE).
She also assumes teaching functions and project operational responsibilities in the French National Conservatory for Arts and Crafts (CNAM) since 2012 and in MINES ParisTech since 2014.
PhD student, Centre for research on Risks and Crises, MINES ParisTech
Sophie Agulhon’s research areas include management devices contribution to safety field in nuclear fuel-cycle industry and methodological aspects regarding social sciences.
Sophie works in AREVA group General Inspectorate, Health, Safety, Quality and Environment Department (DSQE).
She also assumes teaching functions and project operational responsibilities in the French National Conservatory for Arts and Crafts (CNAM) since 2012 and in MINES ParisTech since 2014.
Alexandra (Sasha) Asghari
Graduate Student, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
Asghari is currently a graduate student at UC Berkeley pursuing a PhD in Nuclear Engineering with and emphasis on radiation detection and nuclear nonproliferation. She graduated with a BS in Physics from CSU, Sacramento in 2012. Currently, she is working with Adam Bernstein and Steven Dazeley at Lawrence Livermore National Lab on a Gadolinium-doped water Cherenkov neutron detector as a possible alternative to some helium-3 detectors. Sasha is particularly interested in the nexus of science (particularly radiation detection) and policy (particularly nonproliferation of nuclear weapons). Outside of academia, she loves traveling, reading, cooking, and brewing beer.
Graduate Student, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
Asghari is currently a graduate student at UC Berkeley pursuing a PhD in Nuclear Engineering with and emphasis on radiation detection and nuclear nonproliferation. She graduated with a BS in Physics from CSU, Sacramento in 2012. Currently, she is working with Adam Bernstein and Steven Dazeley at Lawrence Livermore National Lab on a Gadolinium-doped water Cherenkov neutron detector as a possible alternative to some helium-3 detectors. Sasha is particularly interested in the nexus of science (particularly radiation detection) and policy (particularly nonproliferation of nuclear weapons). Outside of academia, she loves traveling, reading, cooking, and brewing beer.
Romain Bizet
Ph.D. Candidate, MINES ParisTech
Romain Bizet is a first-year PhD student in economics at CERNA, the Centre for Industrial Economics of Mines ParisTech. His research focuses on the regulation of nuclear safety. He is supervised by Professor François Lévêque. He previously graduated from École polytechnique in nuclear engineering.
Ph.D. Candidate, MINES ParisTech
Romain Bizet is a first-year PhD student in economics at CERNA, the Centre for Industrial Economics of Mines ParisTech. His research focuses on the regulation of nuclear safety. He is supervised by Professor François Lévêque. He previously graduated from École polytechnique in nuclear engineering.
Justin Larouzee
PhD student, Centre for research on Risks and Crises, MINES ParisTech
Justin Larouzée is a geological engineer specialized in natural hazards. After joining EDF Group to work on dams’ hazards studies, he started a PhD at the MINES Paristech Centre for Research on Risk and Crises (CRC). This thesis led him to design a dam dedicated model of human and organizational factors. He also studies knowledge co-producing processes among human and engineering sciences, research and industrial world. Also as part of his thesis, he conducted a comprehensive study of the Swiss cheese model by James Reason. He is a professional magician and private pilot.
PhD student, Centre for research on Risks and Crises, MINES ParisTech
Justin Larouzée is a geological engineer specialized in natural hazards. After joining EDF Group to work on dams’ hazards studies, he started a PhD at the MINES Paristech Centre for Research on Risk and Crises (CRC). This thesis led him to design a dam dedicated model of human and organizational factors. He also studies knowledge co-producing processes among human and engineering sciences, research and industrial world. Also as part of his thesis, he conducted a comprehensive study of the Swiss cheese model by James Reason. He is a professional magician and private pilot.
Xudong Liu
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
Mr. Xudong Liu is studying the criticality safety for the disposal of spent fuels, and damaged fuels from Fukushima Daiichi reactors in Prof. Joonhong Ahn’s research group. His previous works include scenario development, neutronics modeling and simulations for criticality safety assessments. His current research interest is the random geometry problems in the criticality safety assessments for radioactive waste disposal.
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
Mr. Xudong Liu is studying the criticality safety for the disposal of spent fuels, and damaged fuels from Fukushima Daiichi reactors in Prof. Joonhong Ahn’s research group. His previous works include scenario development, neutronics modeling and simulations for criticality safety assessments. His current research interest is the random geometry problems in the criticality safety assessments for radioactive waste disposal.
Dipta Mahardhika
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Tokyo
Dipta is a Ph.D. student in the Cognitive Systems Engineering Lab, in Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. He entered the laboratory as a master student in 2012. After graduated in 2014, Dipta continued his study to Ph.D course in the same laboratory. In his master study he focused on a comprehensive framework of team interaction, called Mutual Belief Model. In the current study, he is trying to implement the model in human-machine interaction process. Beside his academic activities, he studies Japanese and sometimes does yoga.
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Tokyo
Dipta is a Ph.D. student in the Cognitive Systems Engineering Lab, in Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. He entered the laboratory as a master student in 2012. After graduated in 2014, Dipta continued his study to Ph.D course in the same laboratory. In his master study he focused on a comprehensive framework of team interaction, called Mutual Belief Model. In the current study, he is trying to implement the model in human-machine interaction process. Beside his academic activities, he studies Japanese and sometimes does yoga.
Hiromu Matsuzawa
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Mr. Matsuzawa is a master 1st grade student at the Graduate University of Tokyo. Mr. Matsuzawa’s research area is energy system analysis using mathematical modelling techniques. After the Fukushima Daiichi Accident, he has got interested in energy system resilience, and he mainly studies the optimal generation mix and evaluates the installable potential of distributed generators and batteries in terms of economical perspectives, considering the generators’ shut-down risk in Tokyo Bay area, where huge earthquake risk is concerned recently. His study is supported by Resilience Analysis for Social Safety Policy, JST RISTEX, which project Prof. Kazuo Furuta and Prof. Ryoichi Komiyama are also involved.
Mr. Matsuzawa has been supervised by Prof. Yasumasa Fujii and Prof. Ryoichi Komiyama since 2013. In his bachelor studies, he studies the optimal generation mix including co-generation system (CGS) introduction, considering electricity supply network and urban gas supply network.
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Mr. Matsuzawa is a master 1st grade student at the Graduate University of Tokyo. Mr. Matsuzawa’s research area is energy system analysis using mathematical modelling techniques. After the Fukushima Daiichi Accident, he has got interested in energy system resilience, and he mainly studies the optimal generation mix and evaluates the installable potential of distributed generators and batteries in terms of economical perspectives, considering the generators’ shut-down risk in Tokyo Bay area, where huge earthquake risk is concerned recently. His study is supported by Resilience Analysis for Social Safety Policy, JST RISTEX, which project Prof. Kazuo Furuta and Prof. Ryoichi Komiyama are also involved.
Mr. Matsuzawa has been supervised by Prof. Yasumasa Fujii and Prof. Ryoichi Komiyama since 2013. In his bachelor studies, he studies the optimal generation mix including co-generation system (CGS) introduction, considering electricity supply network and urban gas supply network.
Naoto Mitsume
Doctoral Student, Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Mitsume’s research focuses on the development and application of fluid-structure interaction simulation including free surface flow using the finite element method and the mesh-free particle methods for disaster mitigation design of structures. He develops series of hybird methods, named MPS-FE methods, and imprements large-scale parallel code of them.
Doctoral Student, Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Mitsume’s research focuses on the development and application of fluid-structure interaction simulation including free surface flow using the finite element method and the mesh-free particle methods for disaster mitigation design of structures. He develops series of hybird methods, named MPS-FE methods, and imprements large-scale parallel code of them.
Delvan Neville
Oregon State University
B.S in Radiation Health Physics, Oregon State University, 2011
PhD in Radiation Health Physics, Oregon State University, In Progress
Delvan Neville’s PhD research areas have primarily focused on marine radioecology in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Much of his work has focused on species and tissues in biota overlooked during the previous human-diet-centric paradigm of radioecology. His other research interests include forensics, robotics and bioremediation.
Delvan has published two peer-reviewed publications to date, and has served as a reviewer for Springer Japan and Environmental Science & Technology. He is a senior PhD candidate in Dr. Higley’s Radioecology research group at Oregon State University. He also operates a forensics company, Amaragh Associates.
Oregon State University
B.S in Radiation Health Physics, Oregon State University, 2011
PhD in Radiation Health Physics, Oregon State University, In Progress
Delvan Neville’s PhD research areas have primarily focused on marine radioecology in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Much of his work has focused on species and tissues in biota overlooked during the previous human-diet-centric paradigm of radioecology. His other research interests include forensics, robotics and bioremediation.
Delvan has published two peer-reviewed publications to date, and has served as a reviewer for Springer Japan and Environmental Science & Technology. He is a senior PhD candidate in Dr. Higley’s Radioecology research group at Oregon State University. He also operates a forensics company, Amaragh Associates.
Ryan Pavlosky
PhD Student/RadWatch Lead Developer, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
BS, Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University USA, 2011
PhD (anticipated), Nuclear Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Ryan Pavlovsky is a Nuclear Engineering graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley. For the past 3yrs Ryan has lead or taught the lab section for NE104, a class that provides students with the basics of Radiation Detection. Ryan has also been involved with the RadWatch outreach effort by communicating with the public and public offices on issues regarding naturally occurring radioactive materials in the environment. He directly mentors several undergraduate students through this program.
Ryan's research interests are in the development of novel detector readout systems for silicon CCD-electron tracking detectors. He is also interested in the fundamental, but highly coupled, limits of radiation detector energy and position resolution. Ryan has expertise in Nuclear Instrumentation Physics, Nuclear Physics, GEANT4 and massively parallel computing.
PhD Student/RadWatch Lead Developer, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
BS, Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University USA, 2011
PhD (anticipated), Nuclear Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Ryan Pavlovsky is a Nuclear Engineering graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley. For the past 3yrs Ryan has lead or taught the lab section for NE104, a class that provides students with the basics of Radiation Detection. Ryan has also been involved with the RadWatch outreach effort by communicating with the public and public offices on issues regarding naturally occurring radioactive materials in the environment. He directly mentors several undergraduate students through this program.
Ryan's research interests are in the development of novel detector readout systems for silicon CCD-electron tracking detectors. He is also interested in the fundamental, but highly coupled, limits of radiation detector energy and position resolution. Ryan has expertise in Nuclear Instrumentation Physics, Nuclear Physics, GEANT4 and massively parallel computing.
Rin Watanabe
Master course student, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Rin’s research concerns high-level radioactive waste disposal policies, and how they could be formed in relation to public opinion. Her graduate thesis compared the historical scope of arguments presented by the Japanese government and the concerned public, to show that there are several points made by the latter which could technically improve the current policy upon appropriate consideration. Her present study aims to clarify these sociotechnical points through qualitative analysis of citizen interviews.
She is the chair of the Student’s Network of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, and works with a dozen students around Japan to organize academic events.
Master course student, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Rin’s research concerns high-level radioactive waste disposal policies, and how they could be formed in relation to public opinion. Her graduate thesis compared the historical scope of arguments presented by the Japanese government and the concerned public, to show that there are several points made by the latter which could technically improve the current policy upon appropriate consideration. Her present study aims to clarify these sociotechnical points through qualitative analysis of citizen interviews.
She is the chair of the Student’s Network of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, and works with a dozen students around Japan to organize academic events.
Rapporteurs
Hortense Blazsin
Research Associate, MINES ParisTech
Hortense Blazsin’s research focuses on documenting and demonstrating the many ways by which individuals can be something other than “factors”, of failure or even reliability, for safety. Building on the work of a contemporary French philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, Hortense Blazsin develops the concept of “practical safety”. It defends the idea that safety can be preserved by relying on people's practical reason, rather than on organizational rationality, by mobilizing individual will, rather than obedience. The concept has been confronted to data gathered within a gas distribution company, showing that such an approach is both relevant and anchored in reality.
Hortense Blazsin is now broadening the scope of her research to other sectors, such as construction and the nuclear industry, to further develop and strengthen the concept of practical safety.
Research Associate, MINES ParisTech
Hortense Blazsin’s research focuses on documenting and demonstrating the many ways by which individuals can be something other than “factors”, of failure or even reliability, for safety. Building on the work of a contemporary French philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, Hortense Blazsin develops the concept of “practical safety”. It defends the idea that safety can be preserved by relying on people's practical reason, rather than on organizational rationality, by mobilizing individual will, rather than obedience. The concept has been confronted to data gathered within a gas distribution company, showing that such an approach is both relevant and anchored in reality.
Hortense Blazsin is now broadening the scope of her research to other sectors, such as construction and the nuclear industry, to further develop and strengthen the concept of practical safety.
Charlotte Cabasse
Researcher, Berkeley Institute for Data Science, UC Berkeley
Ph.D Geography, University Paris Est, January 2015.
Charlotte Cabasse-Mazel studied at the Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés (LATTS), Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Her research focuses on the creation of hybrid communities and the transformation of subjects (both resident/expert) and space, facing risk of natural disasters in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Previously researcher at EPFL, Switzerland, she worked on research projects questioning the definition of “science”, “society”, “future” and “risk”. She also participated to join research-action project with UN Agencies (ISRD, WHO) in Madagascar. Before being a PhD student, she was a civil servant in French Embassy in South Africa and an NGO project coordinator for Aide Médicale Internationale (AMI) in Afghanistan and Indonesia. She also worked a journalist, having collaborated with French local and national newspapers.
She received her MA in Cultural Geography from Université de Reims and MA and BA in Information and Communications Sciences from Université de la Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Researcher, Berkeley Institute for Data Science, UC Berkeley
Ph.D Geography, University Paris Est, January 2015.
Charlotte Cabasse-Mazel studied at the Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés (LATTS), Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Her research focuses on the creation of hybrid communities and the transformation of subjects (both resident/expert) and space, facing risk of natural disasters in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Previously researcher at EPFL, Switzerland, she worked on research projects questioning the definition of “science”, “society”, “future” and “risk”. She also participated to join research-action project with UN Agencies (ISRD, WHO) in Madagascar. Before being a PhD student, she was a civil servant in French Embassy in South Africa and an NGO project coordinator for Aide Médicale Internationale (AMI) in Afghanistan and Indonesia. She also worked a journalist, having collaborated with French local and national newspapers.
She received her MA in Cultural Geography from Université de Reims and MA and BA in Information and Communications Sciences from Université de la Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Observers
Takeshi Miyazawa
Visiting Scholar, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Government of Japan
He is studying policies for nuclear fuel cycle and HLW disposal. In particular, he is interested in consensus-building about radioactive waste disposal site construction.
Visiting Scholar, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Government of Japan
He is studying policies for nuclear fuel cycle and HLW disposal. In particular, he is interested in consensus-building about radioactive waste disposal site construction.