At the 2nd Asian Nuclear Power Briefing 2014, NERA served as a Knowledge Partner, and Hiroaki Ishigaki of the Tokyo Office gave a lecture.

About three years had passed since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and, in light of the increasing number of countries considering nuclear power generation as part of their energy generation mix, the briefing dealt mainly with the following matters regarding recent trends in nuclear power generation from a global perspective and the future direction of the nuclear power generation industry, with the focus on Asia.

• Safety standards
• Decommissioning issues
• Policies and political issues related to the positioning of nuclear power generation in the energy mix
• Finance for nuclear power plant projects
• Energy security and sustainability
• Rebuilding public confidence in nuclear power as a safe and sustainable source of energy
• Cutting-edge nuclear power technology

The briefing scheduled a number of lectures by domestic and international experts, including Barbara Judge, Honorary Chair of UK Atomic Energy Authority and Vice-Chair of the Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee; Hironori Nakanishi, Deputy Director-General (for Energy and Technology), Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry; and Naomi Hirose, President of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).