Survey of educational curriculum for nuclear engineering of university in Japan (Contract research)

Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been advancing the construction of 'Japan Nuclear Education Network (JNEN)' aiming at the human resources development in the nuclear field since FY 2005, and executed the practical training for Nuclear Engineering in 2005-2007. JNEN started the common course for Kanazawa University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Fukui University by the remote educational system in FY 2007. In FY 2008, Ibaraki University and Okayama University are scheduled to participate in JNEN. The purpose of the survey is to grasp the present status of educational curriculum for nuclear engineering of university in Japan, and to be helpful for our activities to extend JNEN in future. The questionnaire survey of educational curriculum for nuclear engineering of seventeen universities in Japan was conducted about the future plan of education for nuclear engineering, cooperation with another organization, the request for cooperation with the related constitutions and for the lecture served by JNEN, and approach of universities for the human resources development etc. The present survey leads to the following conclusions. About 80% of seventeen universities hope the cooperation with another university and related institutions to maintain and continue the educational curriculum of nuclear engineering systematically. Their universities request the practical training for nuclear engineering, the dispatch of lecturers each other, the remote educational system in case of participation. There are some problems of the correspondence with the remote educational system, the coordination to dispatch lecturers in each university, the traveling expenses to students and dispatched lecturers for participation in JNEN etc. (author)