Ep 163: Akira Tokuhiro, Ontario Tech University

In this episode, we discuss... How Akira Tokuhiro's interest in race car design inspired him to study nuclear engineering Research for the Japanese sodium cooled fast reactor How nuclear energy safety culture and public risk perception compares to other industries Responsibilities of being a director and licensed operator of a university experimental reactor Safety challenges of graphite-moderated nuclear reactors How the nuclear industry united to address the accident at Fukushima Benefits of NuScale Power's small modular reactors (SMR's) Akira's development of a new Bachelor of Technology in Sustainable Energy Systems at Ontario Tech University