Safety Presentation

At the beginning of the presentation, Director of the Isogo Engineering Center, Toshiba Corporation, Mr. Kazuo Hayashi addressed the audience saying, "The Isogo Engineering Center is a group of engineers who specialize in nuclear power and who strive to prioritize safety. In order to root/maintain safety culture as an organization it is necessary to share values in regards to safety on a wide scale, which includes group companies and clients, in addition to acquiring technical knowledge and improving our personal safety awareness on a daily basis. I would like this caravan to serve as an opportunity to re-think our safety values and uniform our group thinking about safety.

After the address, the director of the Nuclear Safety Network Division (NS net) introduced the activity policies of the Japan Nuclear Technology Institute and gave an update of the NS net division's activities. After that Ms. Kyoko Oba , a research fellow from the Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Applied Ethics Center for Engineering and Science, gave a speech entitled, "Engineering Ethics in Nuclear Power"

During the lecture, Ms. Oba, a research fellow stated,
-Nuclear power is a technology that is difficult for the layman to understand. Electricity as a product can not be seen, what happens during a reaction etc. also cannot be seen, and radiation cannot be seen. What people involved with nuclear power have to realize is that what the layman can see the most are the people who work with nuclear power and the organization which surrounds it, namely the company.
-What is ethical for people involved with nuclear power technology is to think about what it means socially to work with nuclear power and show society that you take pride and responsibility in your work after fully understanding the characteristics of nuclear power. It is important to respond to the questions that the general public wants specialists to answer in your own words.
- Ethics enables you to understand how you should behave and is the ability to live your life better and in a way that makes you, and everyone around you, happy .

Some comments on the questionnaire passed out after the speech noted,

Safety information exchange session

(1) Introduction of programs and exchange of ideas

At the Safety Information Exchange Meeting, Manager of the General Affairs Dept. at Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd., Mr. Yuichi Komakine, introduced details on how safety awareness is being improved at Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd. and what activities are being done to further improve their organizational climate. In addition, Senior Manager of the Quality Assurance Department at Toshiba, Tsuyoshi Yahagi , explained how they are implementing quality improvement activities by constructing a quality assurance system that integrates all processes from design to procurement, production, site construction and correction/prevention measures in the case of nonconformity incidents, as well as the how they are promoting communication by which all processes are carried out and their policy of strict compliance. After which, information and opinions in regards to the above activities and programs were shared."

(2) Other