About Technical Advisory Committee(TAC)
NUMO established the International Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC) in June 2001, with the intention of transferring know-how from other national disposal programs to the Japanese program and also ensuring that NUMO's technical work is of an appropriate international standard.
In 2015, ITAC and DTAC (Domestic Technical Advisory Committee) were merged and the new advisory body was established as TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) which consists of both overseas and Japanese experts.
Committee member
Chairperson
Takayuki Sasaki
Professor, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Nuclear Engineering
Committee
Tetsuro Hirono
Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Science Department of Geosciences
Hiroyuki Inoue
Associate Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Engineering, Division of Science and Engineering for Materials, Chemistry and Biology
Akira Kirishima
Professor, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Engineering, Energy Resources and Processing
Taishi Kobayashi
Associate Professor, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Nuclear Engineering
Tomofumi Koyama
Professor, Kansai University, Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences
Kenichiro Nakarai
Professor, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Program
Takumi Saito
Professor, The University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Nuclear Professional School
Tsutomu Sato
Professor, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Engineering, Division of Sustainable Resources Engineering
Yukio Tachi
Director, JAEA (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Horonobe Underground Research Center, Horonobe Underground Research Department
Keiko Tagami
Group leader, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Quantum Medical Science Directorate
Koji Umeda
Professor, Hirosaki University, Graduate School of Science and Technology
Hiroshi Abe
Associate Professor, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering
Vice Chairperson
Ian McKinley
McKinley Consulting, Executive Consultant
Committee
Chris Boyle
NWMO,Vice-President and Chief Engineer
Irina Gaus
NAGRA, Division Head Optimisation
Neil Hyatt
NWS, Chief Scientific Adviser
Haeryong Jung
KORAD, Director of HLW Management
Magnus Odén
SKB, Head of Site Descriptive Modelling
Sylvie Voinis
ANDRA, Deputy Director of Safety, Environment and Waste Management Strategy Division (DISEF) and General Inspector
Erik K. Webb
Sandia National Laboratories, Geoscience Research and Applications, Senior Manager