Mon. Mar 4, 2024 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM 301/302 (Conference Center 3F)

9:00-9:30 Music
9:30-9:40 Opening Remarks
Tsuyoshi Takada (SMiRT 27 Chair, JAEA / The University of Tokyo)
Emmanuel Viallet (IASMiRT Chair, EDF)
9:40-10:05 Welcome Remarks (1)
Mr. Tetsuroh Adachi (Director General of Sports, Culture and Dynamic City Development Bureau, City of Yokohama)
Prof. Yuichi Niibori (President, Atomic Energy Society of Japan)
Mr. Ichiro Ihara (Director, Chief Nuclear Officer, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.)
10:05-10:10 Music
10:10-10:40 Welcome Remarks (2)
Prof. Mitsuru Uesaka (Chairperson, Japan Atomic Energy Commission )
Mr. Katsuyuki Tada (Director, Office for Nuclear Safety Improvement, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI)
Prof. Shinsuke Yamanaka (Chairman, the Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan)
10:40-10:45 Memorial Speech for Vernon Matzen
Prof. Abhinav Gupta (Director, Center for Nuclear Energy Facilities and Structures (CNEFS), Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, NC State University)