ATENA Forum 2022
Date and Time

February 17, Thursday, 16:00 ‒ 17:45

Form of Event

Live Online using ZOOM Webinar

PROGRAM
Opening Remarks

Hiroto Uozumi

President & CEO, ATENA

Greeting message

Toyoshi Fuketa

Chairman, The Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan

Keynote SpeechWilliam D Magwood IV Director-General,

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

Panel Discussion【Theme】

Toward building trust between theand the Nuclear Industry

Regulatory Body

【Moderator】

Hiroko Kondo

Representative, Matrix K, LLC【Panelists】

Ichiro Ihara

Director, Senior Managing Executive Oﬃcer,
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

Noriko Endo

Project Professor, Keio University Global Research InstituteToshiyuki Oshima

Director, Nuclear Regulation Policy Planning Division,
The Nuclear Regulation Agency

Zentaro Kamei

Senior Researcher Fellow, PHP Institute, Inc

William D Magwood IV Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

Closing remarks

Tetsuro Yamada

Editorial writer, The Yomiuri Shimbun

Osamu Sakai

Director, ATENA

Yoshihiro Tomioka

Director, ATENA

Presenters of ATENA forum 2022
Greeting Messages

Keynote Speech / Panel Discussion

Toyoshi Fuketa

William D. Magwood, IVChairman,
The Nuclear Regulation Authority, JapanDirector-General,
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

Toyoshi Fuketa graduated from Doctor of Engineering,Tokyo Institute of Technology
and received his Ph.D. in Engineering. Dr. Fuketa joined the Japan Atomic Energy
Research Institute (JAERI) in 1987 and engaged in nuclear safety research.
As NRA Commissioner since September 2012, Dr. Fuketa has dedicated his eﬀorts
to the establishment of the New Regulatory Requirements, conformity review
processes for nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel cycle facilities, and measures
for risk reduction in the decommissioning process of the Fukushima Daiichi NPS.
As a leading expert in the ﬁeld of reactor fuel behavior under accident conditions,Dr. Fuketa took on the position of chairman of OECD/NEA/CSNI and made contribution
to international cooperative activities in the area of nuclear safety research.
Dr. Fuketa has been NRA Chairman since September 2017.

William D. Magwood IV is the NEA Director-General since 2014. Prior, he served asCommissioner appointed by the US President and conﬁrmed by the Senate to theUS NRC. 2005-2010, he provided independent strategic and policy advice onenergy, environmental and technology policy issues. 1998-2005, Mr. Magwood
was Director of Nuclear Energy at the US DoE, where he launched several important
initiatives including GIF. He began his career working as a scientist for Westinghouseand Edison Electric Institute. Mr. Magwood holds Bachelorʼ s degrees in Physics
and English from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Fine Arts fromUniversity of Pittsburgh.

Panel Discussion
Hiroko Kondo

Ichiro Ihara

Representative, Matrix K, LLC
Chief lead, Atomic Energy Society of Japan Nuclear
Safety Subcommittee Working Group on Eﬀective
Implementation of New Nuclear Oversight ProcessDirector, Senior Managing Executive Oﬃcer
General Manager of Nuclear Power Division
Chief Nuclear Oﬃcer
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

Hiroko Kondo has been an independent consultant since 2015 after working as a managing
consultant at Alcoa Asia and IBM Japan (formerly PwC, IBCS) and a senior principal at Accenture.
She has been engaged in business consulting for the infrastructure industry for over 20 years.
She is the author of "Exploring the Evolution of Regulation from the Process of Reform" (2019).

Ichiro Ihara graduated from the Department of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Nagoya University in 1984, and joined Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
He was appointed as General Manager of Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station, Hamaoka Nuclear
Power Executive Headquarters in 2014; Executive Oﬃcer, General Manager, Nuclear Power
Department, Nuclear Power Division in 2017; Senior Managing Executive Oﬃcer, General
Manager of Nuclear Power Division, Chief Nuclear Oﬃcer in 2021.

Noriko EndoToshiyuki Oshima

Project Professor,
Keio University Global Research InstituteDirector, Nuclear Regulation Policy Planning Division,
The Nuclear Regulation Agency

Noriko Endo completed the doctorate program of Energy Science at the Graduate School ofEnergy Science, Kyoto University to earn her Ph.D. in energy science. She specializes in energy
policy, risk and security governance, as well as economic security.
She was appointed her current position to research and educate, following a career as an assistant
editor-in-chief for an economic magazine. She was engaged in the 2017 Abe Fellowship (Researcher).
She published her book, “Study of Japanʼ s Nuclear Damage Compensation Scheme̶Reviewing
Tokyo Electric Power Companyʼs Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident” (Iwanami Shoten,Publishers) and went on to receive the 14th Osaragi Jiro Press Award for her work. She also serves as amember of the following governmental committees: Fiscal System Council; Nuclear Energy Subcommittee,
Electricity and Gas Industry Committee, Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy.

Toshiyuki Oshima completed the master's program at Hokkaido University Graduate School in
1993 and joined the Science and Technology Agency. After working at the Nuclear and Industrial
Safety Agency of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry, and as a counselor of the Cabinet Oﬃce (in charge of nuclear power), hebecame a safety regulation manager of the Nuclear Regulation Agency in 2020 (in charge ofexamination of research reactors, etc.). He has been in his current position since July 2021.

Zentaro Kamei

Tetsuro Yamada

Senior Researcher Fellow, PHP Institute, Inc
Specially Appointed Professor,
Graduate School of Social Design Studies,
Rikkyo University

Editorial writer,
The Yomiuri Shimbun

Zentaro Kamei graduated from Keio University Faculty of Economics. He has worked for theIndustrial Bank of Japan (currently Mizuho Bank), Boston Consulting Group, and member of theHouse of Representatives before assuming his current position. He specializes in public policy,governance, policy planning and evaluation, and CSR management. He is also a director of theNPO Asian Education and Friendship Association.
Member of the Policy Evaluation Committee of the Nuclear Regulation Authority; Member ofthe Study Team on Continuous Safety Improvement of the Nuclear Regulation Authority etc.

Osamu Sakai
Director,
Atomic Energy Association(ATENA)

Tetsuro Yamada graduated from the University of Tokyo and joined the Yomiuri Shimbun, in1990. He was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Knight Science Journalism Fellowship
fellow, in 2006. After working as a reporter of Economic News Department, Science News
Department and a science correspondent of Washington D.C. bureau, he became a science
editor in June 2018. He has been an editorial writer (science and technology) since June 2019.

Osamu Sakai completed the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University and joined Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc, in 1981.
He was appointed as Senior Oﬃcer, General Manager of Nuclear Power Department, in 2008; Managing Director, General Managerof Power Generation Division, in 2011; Executive Vice President and Director, General Manager of Planning Division, Deputy
General Manager of Power Generation Division, in 2012. Executive Vice President and Director, General Manager of Planning
Division, in 2016. He was President of Hokkaido Power Engineering Co., Inc, from 2016 to 2021. He has been appointed as Directorof ATENA since June 2021.