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Date of Publication: March 27
Year of Publication: 2022
Author(s): Omega Collaborative
For those who missed it, the Omega Collaborative (The MAHB, FAN, The Resilience Project, and The New School at Commonweal) – hosted a Rapid Response webinar on March 14 on the nuclear implications of the invasion of Ukraine. The recording is now available.
In this webinar, Dr. Tatsujiro Suzuki covers the nuclear threat and risk of nuclear weapon use (nuclear security), nuclear power plant safety and its vulnerability against military attack (including lessons from Fukushima), and how to reduce nuclear risks in the middle of the crisis. Given the breadth of Dr. Suzuki’s expertise and stature in the field, we were very fortunate that he could be with us.
Dr. Tatsujiro Suzuki joined us from Nagasaki, Japan where he is a world leader in nuclear power plant safety (deeply involved in the Fukushima clean-up), nuclear proliferation, and the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Dr. Suzuki is currently Vice-Director and Professor of the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition at Nagasaki University (RECNA), Japan. Before joining RECNA, he was Vice-Chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) of the Cabinet Office from January 2010 to March 2014. Until then, he was an Associate Vice-President of the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry in Japan (1996-2009), Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo (2005-009), an Associate Director of MIT’s International Program on Enhanced Nuclear Power Safety from 1988-1993, and a Research Associate at MIT’s Center for International Studies (1993-95). Since June 2017, he has been a member of the Advisory Board of Parliament’s Special Committee on Nuclear Energy. He is also a Council Member of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (2007-09 and from 2014~), co-Chair of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), and a Board Member of Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN). Dr. Suzuki has a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Tokyo University (1988).
Watch the webinar recording here:
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