The NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy Workshop was held on 19-20 July 2022 at Mita Kaigisho Conference Centre in Tokyo, Japan.

Organised in co-operation with Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), this workshop brought together professors, researchers, and nuclear energy executives with NEA delegates DG Magwood, Professor Richard Lester, Chair of the Global Forum’s Council of Advisors, Associate Provost, Japan Steel Industry and Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Professor Karen Kirkland, member Global Forum’s Council of Advisors, Associate Department Head and Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M, DDG Muroya and Dr Tatiana Ivanova, Head of the NEA Division of Nuclear Science and Education.

With presentations from several of Japan’s leading nuclear energy experts, the workshop explored the relevance and attractiveness of the nuclear education programmes, their stability, and support within universities, as well as potential ways to increase co-operation between nuclear education programmes, the industry, and government in addressing challenges the nuclear industry is facing.