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Along with several other nations, Canada has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. Part of this plan is tripling nuclear generating capacity. As of 2025, the country has four operating nuclear generating stations with a total of 17 reactors, 16 of which are in the province of Ontario. The Independent Electricity System Operator has recommended that an additional 17,800 MWe of nuclear power be added to Ontario’s grid.
Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 Speaker
1987 Joined Tokyo Electric Power Company Inc.
1990 Nuclear Power Technology Group, Nuclear Power Generation Dept., TEPCO Head Office
1998 TEPCO Washington D.C. Office
2004 Group Manager, Nuclear Reactor Safety Group, Nuclear Power Technology, Safety and Quality Dept., TEPCO Head Office
2007 Licensed Senior Engineer of Reactor Safety, Fukushima Daiichi NPS
2009 General Manager, Maintenance Dept., Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPS
2012 Group Manager, Nuclear Security ＆Industrial Safety Management Group, Nuclear Power Plant Management Dept., TEPCO Head Office
2016 Deputy Superintendent of Fukushima Daiichi NPS, FDEC
2018 Temporarily assigned to Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF)
2020 Superintendent, Safety and Quality Office, FDEC
2021 Current Position
Tatsuya Taminami is Executive Vice President of Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company (FDEC).
He joined Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. in 1987 and he has long experience in the reactor safety assessment area, as well as in emergency preparedness and nuclear security.
Since 2020, when he was Superintendent of the Safety and Quality Office in FDEC, he has been responsible for maintaining and improving safety and quality in decommissioning work at Fukushima Daiichi.
His mission now is to reduce risk at Fukushima Daiichi steadily by proceeding with many projects in a safe and timely manner.
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