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