Graduate student Tyler Gates represented Texas A&M at the Nuclear Innovator Cultivation Camp (NICC 2024) sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It brought together 13 participants from 6 U.S. Universities (TAMU, NC State, Michigan, MIT, Wisconsin, Berkeley), 2 Japanese Universities (Tokyo Tech, Fukui Uni.), and 1 Industrial Partner (Hitachi-GE) to collaborate and discuss the future of nuclear energy post-Fukushima. It was hosted at Tokyo Tech by Dr. Toru Obara and Dr. Tatsuya Katabuchi and featured speakers from JAEC, IRID, and Advanced Float Co. Ltd. Tours were provided of the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
