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Japan set to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
Hideyo Hanazumi, governor of Niigata Prefecture in Japan, has approved the restart of two reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. The seven-unit facility, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company, is the largest nuclear power plant in the world. It has been shut down since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck the country, severely damaging TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi plant.
International Conference on Physics of Reactors 2024 Plenary SPeaker
Core Design Specialist
Rolls-Royce SMR
Dr. Oliver Hannant is the Core Design Specialist at Rolls-Royce SMR.
In his current role, Oliver is responsible for delivering the design of the reactor core and fuel technology for the SMR, developing the associated analytical methods, and leading the licensing programme for Fuel and Core. Oliver has held numerous technical and leadership roles in Core Design, Fault Studies and Severe Accidents, and has over 15 years of experience in the nuclear industry.
Oliver holds a Master’s degree in Physics and a PhD in Physical Chemistry.
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