Episode 163
Ep 163: Akira Tokuhiro, Ontario Tech University
Titans Of Nuclear | Interviewing World Experts on Nuclear Energy · Titans of Nuclear
May 16, 201945m 30s
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Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss...
- How Akira Tokuhiro's interest in race car design inspired him to study nuclear engineering
- Research for the Japanese sodium cooled fast reactor
- How nuclear energy safety culture and public risk perception compares to other industries
- Responsibilities of being a director and licensed operator of a university experimental reactor
- Safety challenges of graphite-moderated nuclear reactors
- How the nuclear industry united to address the accident at Fukushima
- Benefits of NuScale Power's small modular reactors (SMR's)
- Akira's development of a new Bachelor of Technology in Sustainable Energy Systems at Ontario Tech University