9th INMM/ESARDA/INMM-Japan Joint Workshop
Tokyo, Japan
7-10 October 2019
The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), the European Safeguards
Research and Development Association (ESARDA), and the INMM Japan Chapter arepleased to announce the workshop: Future Challenges for the Enhancement ofInternational Safeguards and Nuclear Security. This is the ninth joint workshop withINMM and ESARDA and the third joint workshop in Tokyo, Japan. Extended abstracts
are due on 31 August 2019; see below for details.

Workshop Program
The program will feature an opening plenary with invited speakers, 4 working groups,and a closing summary plenary. The working groups for the 2019 workshop are:
WG-1: International Safeguards
WG-2: Nuclear Security
WG-3: Nonproliferation and Arms Control
WG-4: Nuclear Knowledge Retention
Working groups 1, 2, and 3 will have concurrent sessions running throughout theworkshop and the chairs of these working groups will provide a summary of theoutcomes during the closing plenary. Working group 4 on nuclear knowledge retention
will be conducted as a special plenary session for all participants.
In addition to the technical sessions, the program will include an opening reception anda banquet.

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Preliminary Workshop Program
The 9th INMM/ESARDA/INMM-Japan Joint Workshop
Future Challenge for the Enhancement of International Safeguards andNuclear Security
October 7-10, 2019
Tokyo International Exchange Center Plaza HEISEI (3th ,4th Floor)
Tokyo Japan
October 6, Sunday
16:00 - 18:00 Final workshop coordination meeting
18:00 - 20:00 Pre-registration in the main foyer of the meeting facility
October 7, Monday (Day 1)
08:00 - 09:00 Registration in the main foyer of the meeting facility

09:30 - 10:10

Opening Plenary Session – Media Hall
Welcome Remarks by Susan Pepper, Vice President of INMM
Welcome Remarks by Willem Janssens President of ESARDA
Welcome Remarks by Masao Senzaki, President of INMM
Japan chapter
Guest Presentation (Mr. O. Aruga Japan Safeguards Office)

10:10 -10:55

Group Photograph and Coffee Break (main foyer)

10:55- 11:35
11:35 -11:50
11:50 -12:00

Guest Presentation (Ms. T. Renis, IAEA)
Overview of workshop
Administrative announcement by T. Iwamoto, Secretary INMMJ

09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:20
09:20 - 09:30

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 -14:30
Special Plenary Session – Media Hall
Guest speaker : Tokyo Electric Company (TEPCO)
Fukushima-Daiichi Decommissioning: Current Status and Future Challenges
Guest speaker: IAEA Tokyo Regional Office
Fukushima-Daiichi Safeguards : Current status and future challenges
Guest speaker: International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID)
Challenge of the Fuel Debris Retrieval at Fukushima-Daiichi
14:30 - 17:00 Parallel Working Group Sessions4

WG-1: Meeting room Media Hall
WG-2: Meeting room #1
WG-3: Meeting room #2
17:30 - 20:00 Welcome Reception at the main foyer of the meeting facility
Host by President of INMM Japan Chapter
October 8, Tuesday (Day 2)
09:00 - 17:30

Parallel Working Group Sessions
WG-1: Meeting room Media Hall
WG-2: Meeting room #1
WG-3: Meeting room #2(Lunch breaking time and coffee breaking time will be determined by working groupco-chairs.)
18:00 - 20:00

Workshop Banquet at the main foyer of the meeting facility

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October 9, Wednesday (Day 3)
09:00 - 10:30

Plenary Session for Working Group 4 – Media Hall

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break (main foyer)

11:00 - 12:00

Plenary Session for Working Group 4 – Media Hall

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00

Consecutive Parallel Working Group Session
WG-1: Meeting room Media Hall
WG-2: Meeting room #1
WG-3: Meeting room #2

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break (main foyer)

15:30 - 17:00

Prepare Summary Report by Working Group Co-Chair.
October 10, Thursday (Day 4)

09:00 - 09:30
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30

Closing Plenary at Media Hall
WG-1 Summary
WG-2 Summary
WG-3 Summary

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:00

WG-4 Summary
General overview by workshop co-chair
Closing remarks

12:00

Adjourn6