Aiming to Become the World's COE In Nuclear Energy Research

摘要

On October 1 last year, the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute and Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute merged to become an independent administrative institution, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). Nuclear energy has an effect on global environmental issues, supports the reliable supply of energy and affects people's lives and industrial activities. It is also closely related to Japan's foreign policies, As Japan's only research and development institution that comprehensively promotes basic research into and also the commercialization of nuclear energy, JAEA achieves a high level of recognition both nationally and internationally, STJ interviewed the organization's first president, Yuichi Tonozuka, about his ambitions.