Activities

Presentations

●Presentation at the U.S. NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Regulatory Policies and Practices Subcommittee Meeting (Aug. 24, 2023)

Date	Aug. 24, 2023
Place	Washington, DC, USA
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Director of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis gave a presentation on Perspectives on Safety Goal Policy at the ACRS Regulatory Policies and Practices Subcommittee Meeting. ■Dr. Apostolakis ・Some Thoughts on Safety Goals

●Commentary at the 24th Japan Atomic Energy Commission Regular Meeting (Jun. 21, 2022)

Date	Jun. 21, 2022
Place	Tokyo, Japan, The 24th JAEC Regular Meeting (online participation)
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Director of NRRC
Occasion	At the request of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission, Director Apostolakis expressed the Director's opinion on the Basic Policy on Nuclear Energy. ■Dr. Apostolakis ・Commentary on Basic Policy on Nuclear Energy

●Interview article of the May/June issue of the English e-journal "Japan SPOTLIGHT" published by the Japan Economic Foundation (May 10, 2022)

Date	May 10, 2022
Place	Japan（The web interview was conducted on Feb.8, 2022）
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Director of NRRC
Occasion	An interview with Dr. Apostolakis appeared as one of the feature articles in the May/June issue of the English e-journal "Japan SPOTLIGHT," of the Japan Economic Foundation about Building Trust in Nuclear Power Stations Needs Knowledge Sharing Process. ■Dr. Apostolakis ・Building Trust in Nuclear Power Stations Needs Knowledge Sharing Process

●Presentation at the workshop of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (Nov. 9, 2020)

Date	Nov. 9, 2020
Place	Virtual (The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, New Jersey)
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis gave a presentation at the INMM Workshop on The Quantification of the Likelihood of an Attack on Safety Risk Metrics ■Dr. Apostolakis ・Safety Risk Metrics

●Presentation at the IAEA Webinar (Jul. 27, 2020)

Date	Jul. 27, 2020
Place	Webinar (International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Vienna, Austria)
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis gave a presentation on multi-unit probabilistic safety assessment at the IAEA Webinar "Expanding NPP Risk Assessment to Multi-Unit Context: Achievements and Challenges." ■Dr. Apostolakis ・MUPSA and Risk Management

●Lecture at Symposium of Risk Integrated Engineering (Nov. 9, 2019)

Date	Nov. 9, 2019
Place	University of Tokyo
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis gave a lecture at Symposium of Risk Integrated Engineering held at University of Tokyo ■Dr. Apostolakis ・U.S. Safety Goals

●Presentation at the IAEA Technical Meeting (Oct. 7-10, 2019)

Date	Oct. 7-10, 2019
Place	IAEA, Vienna, Austria
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis gave a presentation at the IAEA Technical Meeting on Multi-Unit Probabilistic Safety Assessment. ■Dr. Apostolakis ・Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Risk Management

●Lecture at Regulatory Information Conference (RIC), hosted by USNRC （Mar. 13, 2019）

Date	Mar. 13, 2019
Place	State of Maryland, Bethesda
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis gave two lectures at Regulatory Information Conference, held at Bethesda, Maryland ■Dr. Apostolakis ・1) The maturity of Fire PRA (Session W21) ・2) HRA and FLEX (Session W27)

●Lecture at AESJ Nuclear Safety Subcommittee 10th Anniversary Commemorative Conference（Jan. 25, 2019）

Date	Jan. 25, 2019
Place	University of Tokyo
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis gave a lecture at AESJ Nuclear Safety Subcommittee 10th Anniversary Commemorative Conference held at University of Tokyo ■Dr. Apostolakis ・The Role of NRRC and Collaboration with Activities of Academic Societies

●Lecture at Symposium of Risk Integrated Engineering (Jan. 21, 2019)

Date	Jan. 21, 2019
Place	University of Tokyo
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis gave a lecture at Symposium of Risk Integrated Engineering held at University of Tokyo ■Dr. Apostolakis ・Teaching PRA and conducting PRA research at universities

●Lecture at Tohoku branch of Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ)（Nov. 3, 2018）

Date	Nov. 3, 2018
Place	Tohoku University
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis gave a lecture at Tohoku branch of Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ) held at Tohoku University ■Dr. Apostolakis ・Risk-Informed Decision Making at Nuclear Power Plants

●Dialogue with the NRA（Sep.10, 2018）

Date	Sep. 10, 2018
Place	Nuclear Regulation Authority
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC Dr. Meserve, Executive Advisor of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis and Dr. Meserve had dialogue with Mr. Fuketa and Mr. Yamanaka held at Nuclear Regulation Authority ■Dr. Apostolakis ・Risk-Informed Decision Making

●NRRC Symposium 2018 （Feb. 8, 2018）

Date	Feb. 8, 2018
Place	Yurakucho Asahi Hall,　Tokyo,　Japan
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC Dr. Meserve, Executive Advisor of NRRC Mr. Dean, Advisor of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis, Dr. Meserve and Mr. Dean made speeches in NRRC Symposium 2018. The nuclear licensees in Japan made public “Strategic and Action Plans for the Implementation of Risk Information Utilization at Nuclear Power Plants” there.　 Dr. Apostolakis wrote prefatory comments for the publication. ■Dr. Apostolakis ・The Concept of Risk and Reactor Safety ■Dr. Meserve ・Reflections on Risk-Informed Decision Making ■Mr. Dean ・NRC's Experience in Risk Informed Decision Making ■Nuclear Licensees ・Strategic and Action Plans for the Implementation of Risk Information Utilization at    Nuclear Power Plants

●Working Group on Voluntary Improvement of Safety, Technology and Human Resource (the 16th meeting, Jun. 6, 2017)

Date	Jun. 6, 2017
Place	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis made a presentation on "NRRC Activities and Future Direction" in the “Working Group on Voluntary Improvement of Safety, Technology and Human Resource” held by Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of METI. ・NRRC Activities and Future Direction

●Workshop on Nuclear Energy and Safety ?Building a robust system involving all stakeholders for continuous improvements in nuclear safety- (Feb. 23, 2017)

Date	Feb. 23, 2017
Place	Hotel Grand Palace
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC, Dr. Meserve, Executive Advisor of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis and Dr. Meserve were invited to the Workshop on Nuclear Energy and Safety hosted by Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of METI. Dr. Meserve made a keynote speech. Dr. Apostolakis made a presentation and took part in a panel discussion as a panelist. ■Dr. Meserve ・Institutional Strength in Depth ■Dr. Apostolakis ・Risk-Informed Decision Making and Stakeholders

●Working Group on Voluntary Improvement of Safety, Technology and Human Resource (the 11th meeting, Sep. 26, 2016)

Date	Sep. 26, 2016
Place	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis made a presentation on "Risk-Informed Decision Making" in the “Working Group on Voluntary Improvement of Safety, Technology and Human Resource” held by Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of METI. ・Risk-Informed Decision Making

●NRRC Symposium 2015（Sep. 2, 2015）

Date	Sep. 2, 2015
Place	Otemachi Sankei Plaza Hall,　Tokyo,　Japan
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis made a keynote speech in NRRC Symposium 2015. ・The Concept of Risk and its Role in Rational Decision Making on Nuclear Safety Issue

●Japan News（Aug.30, 2015）

Date	Aug. 30, 2015
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis contributed an article about residial risk to Japan News of Yomiuri on Aug. 30. ・Understand 'residual risk' for nuclear safety

●2015 UC Pacific Rim Forum (Jun. 8, 2015)

Date	Jun. 8, 2015
Place	University of California, Berkeley, USA
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis made a keynote speech at 2015 UC Pacific Rim Forum. ・Perspectives on the Safety of Nuclear Facilities

●Japan Atomic Enerygy Commission （the 23rd meeting, Jun. 4, 2015）

Date	Jun. 4, 2015
Place	Japan Atomic Energy Commission
Presenter	Dr. Meserve, Exective Advisor of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Meserve made a presentation at the Japan Atomic Energy Commission ・Nuclear Policy After Fukushima

●2nd Symposium of Nuclear Standards Committee, the Japan Electric Association（Jun. 4, 2015）

Date	Jun. 4, 2015
Place	Takeda Hall, The University of Tokyo
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis was invited the symposium held by Nuclear Standards Committee of the Japan Electric Association, and made an invited lecture. ・Regulatory Decision Making and PRA

●Japan Atomic Enerygy Commission （the 22nd meeting, Jun. 3, 2015）

Date	Jun. 3, 2015
Place	Japan Atromic Energy Commission
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis made a presentation at the Japan Atomic Energy Commission meeting. ・Regulating Nuclear Power Plants

●Idaho National Laboratory （Apr. 30, 2015）

Date	Apr. 30, 2015
Place	Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis was invited by U.S Idaho National Laboraltory and made a presentation on the activities of Nuclear Risk Research Center. ・The Nuclear Risk Research Center

●PSA 2015 (Apr. 27, 2015）

Date	Apr. 27, 2015
Place	San Valley, Idaho, USA
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr Apostolakis attended PSA 2015, the International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis, sponsored by American Nuclear Society, and made a keynote speech. ・Perspective on PSA   *PSA = Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis

●Working Group on Voluntary Improvement of Safety, Technology and Human Resource (the 5th meeting, Jan. 21, 2015)

Date	Jan. 21, 2015
Place	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Presenter	Dr. Apostolakis, Head of NRRC
Occasion	Dr. Apostolakis presented the current status of NRRC in the “Working Group on Voluntary Improvement of Safety, Technology and Human Resource” held by Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of METI. ・Nuclear Risk Research Center Current Status