Fellow Researchers Profile

Rin Watanabe

Rin Watanabe

Research Fellow

Expertise

  • Energy policy (Interactions among civil society and science and technology,Governance of large-scale technological projects)
  • Nuclear energy (Radioacitve waste disposal)

Profile

Education

March 2016 Master of Engineering from the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
March 2014 Bachelor of Engineering from the Department of Systems Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo

Career

Apr 2022 - Mar 2024 Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Future Initiatives of the University of Tokyo
Aug 2018 - Sep 2019 Researcher at the Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre, a research institution for APEC
May 2018 - Mar 2019 Research assistant at the Social Sciences division of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
Oct 2017 - Mar 2019 Part-time work for the New and Renewable Energy Group of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
Sep 2017 - Sep 2018 Research assistant at the School of Engineering, Tokyo Denki University
Jan 2017 - Mar 2019 Part-time work for the Nuclear Energy Group of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
Aug 2014 - Sep 2014 Intern at the Risk Analysis Research Group, Reactor Safety Research Division, Nuclear Safety Research Center of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Apr 2014 - Mar 2019 Program student of the University of Tokyo's program for leading graduate schools, "Global Leader Program for Social Design and Management"
May 2012 - Mar 2014 Research assistant at the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo

Publications

  • "A Study of the Debate Concerning High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal". Graduate thesis at the Department of Systems Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, Univeristy of Tokyo, February 2014.
  • "Study on a Method of Collaborative Deliberation between Citizens and Experts for
    Policy Alternatives of High Level Radioactive Waste Management". Master thesis at the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, February 2016.

Others

Chapters

  • Watanabe, R. (2017). Incorporating Value Discussions into High Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Policy: Results of Developing Fieldwork. In Joonhong, A., Guarnieri F., Furuta K. (Eds.), Resilience: A New Paradigm of Nuclear Safety (pp.325-333). Springer, Cham

Reports

  • Watanabe, R. and Komatsuzaki, S., “An Analysis of the Attitudes of Governors Involved in the Restart Process of the Ohi Nuclear Power Plant”, Radioactive Waste Management Funding and Research Center FY2012 Fundamental Technological Research Series on Radioactive Waste Report, 2013.
  • Watanabe, R. and Juraku, K., “What would be a desirable manner of high level waste disposal? —A Survey and Analysis of Citizens’ Opinions in Tokai Village”, http://hse-risk-c3.or.jp/itaku/report.html, 2015.
  • Watanabe, R. and Juraku, K., “What would be a desirable manner of high level waste disposal? —Development of a Process for Dialogue and Collaboration between Citizens and Experts”, http://hse-risk-c3.or.jp/itaku/report.html, 2016.

Others

  • Member of the External Expert Review Committee for the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Oct. 2023-)
  • Member of the Editorial Board for the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (2023-)
  • Panelist for Nuclear Waste Management Organization Workshop ”Dialogue on Safety Cases and the Safety of Geologic Disposal”, April 2019.
  • https://www.numo.or.jp/technology/techpublicity/ lecture/190420.html
  • Member of the Special Research Committee for "Study of Direct Disposal of Used Fuels inlcuding Societal Considerations" of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (June 2015 - March 2017)
  • Guest Editor for the Journal of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (2016-2023)
  • Chaired the Students Network of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (2014-2016)