Establishment of the Atomic Energy Association (July 1, 2018) 

June 15, 2018 

New Nuclear Power Organization  

Establishment Preparation Office 

The nuclear industry (nuclear operators, manufacturers and other nuclear organizations) established the New Nuclear Power Organization Establishment Preparation Office in April of this year, which studies the establishment of a new organization in which the nuclear industry will participate. 

Today, the New Nuclear Power Organization Establishment plenary session was held, at which it was decided that the Atomic Energy Association (ATENA) will be established on July 1 of this year, and decisions were also made about the ATENA’s bylaws, officers and other specific details of the new organization. 

So that the nuclear industry may autonomously and continuously implement initiatives for improving safety that go beyond the regulatory framework and make these established practices, it is crucial that the knowledge and resources of the entire nuclear industry be effectively utilized and that effective measures be formulated, while engaging in a continuing dialogue with regulators and others, and that nuclear operators be encouraged to incorporate such effective measures into their field operations. 

ATENA will provide a framework for the nuclear operators, manufacturers and other nuclear organizations, comprising the nuclear industry, to work collectively to address common issues relating to nuclear safety and carry out the following activities so that, voluntary decisions may be made on safety measures under singular governance, and a high level of expertise, transparency and objectively employed to raise nuclear operators’ safety improvement initiatives to an even higher standard. 

・Identify issues that the nuclear industry should address with regard to nuclear safety on the basis of the most up-to-date knowledge and other data available both inside and outside Japan  

・Coordinate activities within the nuclear industry to study issues 

・Engage in dialogue with regulators and others to advance the consideration of issues while maintaining a common direction on safety initiatives 

・ATENA policy will be determined by the Steering Committee, on which senior executive level personnel from ATENA members will serve as committee members 

・Results of issue reviews will be compiled in “technical reports” and made available to the public 

・Assess and disclose to the public the status of nuclear operators’ implementation of safety measures 

ATENA will exercise leadership in the nuclear industry and step forward to address issues related to nuclear safety, thereby promoting initiatives by nuclear operators to enhance safety. 

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Attachment: Atomic Energy Association                                                  

＜Attachment＞Atomic Energy Association

○Name                            Atomic Energy Association (ATENA) 

○ Establishment date     July 1, 2018 

○Purpose                          To put in place initiatives that effectively utilize the nuclear industry’s knowledge and resources, formulate effective safety measures while engaging in a continuing dialogue with regulators and others, and encourage nuclear operators to incorporate these effective measures into their field operations, 

thereby making autonomous and continuous safety improvement initiatives, which go beyond the regulatory framework, to become established practices. 

○Business activities ・Identify nuclear safety issues that the nuclear industry should 

address on the basis of the most up-to-date knowledge and other data available both inside and outside Japan  ・Make decisions on safety measures, etc. 

・Assess and disclose to the public the status of nuclear operators’ implementation of safety measures 

・Carry out other operations related to the aforementioned business 

Company, Inc., Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., 

Federation of Electric Power Companies, Hitachi, Ltd., 

Hokkaido Electric Power Company, Inc., Hokuriku Electric Power Company, Inc., Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc., 

The Japan Atomic Power Company, The Japan Electrical 

Manufacturers’ Association. Kansai Electric Power Company, 

Inc., Kyushu Electric Power Company, Inc., Mitsubishi 

Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., 

Shikoku Electric Power Company, Inc., Tohoku Electric 

Power Co., Inc., Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation 

 (Alphabetical order) 

The above 19 companies and organizations (as of July 1, 2018) 

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