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Establishment of the Atomic Energy Association (July 1, 2018)
June 15, 2018
New Nuclear Power Organization
Establishment Preparation Office

The nuclear industry (nuclear operators, manufacturers and other nuclearorganizations) established the New Nuclear Power Organization Establishment
Preparation Office in April of this year, which studies the establishment of a neworganization in which the nuclear industry will participate.
Today, the New Nuclear Power Organization Establishment plenary session was
held, at which it was decided that the Atomic Energy Association (ATENA) will beestablished on July 1 of this year, and decisions were also made about the ATENA’sbylaws, officers and other specific details of the new organization.
So that the nuclear industry may voluntarily and continuously implement initiatives
for improving safety that go beyond the regulatory framework and make theseestablished practices, it is crucial that the knowledge and resources of the entire
nuclear industry be effectively utilized and that effective measures be formulated,while engaging in a continuing dialogue with regulators and others, and that nuclear
operators be encouraged to incorporate such effective measures into their actual site
operations.
ATENA will provide a framework for the nuclear operators, manufacturers andother nuclear organizations, comprising the nuclear industry, to work collectively toaddress common issues relating to nuclear safety and carry out the following activities
so that, voluntary decisions may be made on safety measures under singulargovernance, and a high level of expertise, transparency and objectively employed toraise nuclear operators’ safety improvement initiatives to an even higher standard.
・Identify issues that the nuclear industry should address with regard to nuclear
safety on the basis of the most up-to-date knowledge and other data available
both inside and outside Japan・Coordinate activities within the nuclear industry to study issues
・Engage in dialogue with regulators and others to advance the consideration ofissues while maintaining a common direction on safety initiatives
・ATENA policy will be determined by the Steering Committee, on which senior
executive level personnel from ATENA members will serve as committeemembers
・Results of issue reviews will be compiled in “technical reports” and made available
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to the public・Assess and release to the public the status of nuclear operators’ implementation ofsafety measures
ATENA will exercise leadership in the nuclear industry and step forward to address
issues related to nuclear safety, thereby promoting initiatives by nuclear operators toenhance safety.
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Atomic Energy Association○Name○ Establishment date
○Purpose○Business activities○Executive officers
President & CEO
Director
Director
Auditor
Auditor○ No. of employees○ Address○Website○Members

Atomic Energy Association (ATENA)
July 1, 2018
To put in place initiatives that effectively utilize the nuclear
industry’s knowledge and resources, formulate effective safetymeasures while engaging in a continuing dialogue withregulators and others, and encourage nuclear operators toincorporate these effective measures into their actual site
operations, thereby making voluntary and continuous safety
improvement initiatives, which go beyond the regulatory
framework, to become established practices.
・Identify nuclear safety issues that the nuclear industry should
address on the basis of the most up-to-date knowledge andother data available both inside and outside Japan・Make decisions on safety measures, etc.
・Assess and disclose to the public the status of nuclear
operators’ implementation of safety measures
・Carry out other operations related to the aforementioned
business
Ei Kadokami, Special Advisor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
Ltd.
Hideki Toyomatsu, Director and Executive Vice President,
The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated
Yoshihiro Tomioka, Director and Deputy Secretary General,
The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan
Akio Takahashi, President, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum,
Inc.
Manabu Takamoto, President, The Japan Electrical
Manufacturers’ Association
18 (tentative) *Including officers
Keidanren Kaikan, 3-2, 1-Chome, Ohte-machi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, 100-8118
www.atena-j.jp *To be launched in July or later
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Chubu
Electric Power Co., Inc. , The Chugoku Electric Power Co.,3

Inc. , Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., The Federationof Electric Power Companies of Japan, Hitachi, Ltd.,
Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. , Hokuriku Electric Power
Company, Inc., Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc., The
Japan Atomic Power Company, The Japan Electrical
Manufacturers’ Association, The Kansai Electric Power
Company, Incorporated , Kyushu Electric Power Company,
Inc., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries, Ltd., Shikoku Electric Power Company,Incorporated , Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Tokyo ElectricPower Company Holdings, Inc., Toshiba Energy Systems &Solutions Corporation(Alphabetical order)
The above 19 companies and organizations (as of July 1, 2018)
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