Security Studies Program
China’s fast breeder reactor begins operation: Possibility of accelerating nuclear arms race
Experts
Research Fellow
Yuki Kobayashi
Affiliation
National Security and Japan-U.S. Program (Japan-U.S. and Security Studies Unit)
Expertise/Areas of interest
Civilian use of nuclear energy policy/Energy policy/Nuclear non-proliferation/Crisis management
Languages
Japanese/French
Academic/Professional Background
Born in 1972, Kobayashi graduated from the School of Law and Politics at Kwansei Gakuin University. He then joined Kahoku Shimpo, and after working in the editorial department’s economic section, he left the company in 2007. He received a master’s degree in international relations from Sciences Po Strasbourg in 2013, and a master’s degree in public policy from Sciences Po Rennes in 2014. He enrolled in the doctoral course at Mines ParisTech in 2015, earning his Ph.D. in 2019 with his thesis, “The Relationship between Politics and Science in the Crisis Response to the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.” He has held his current position since July 2019.
Projects
Peaceful use of nuclear energy (2019)/Peaceful use of nuclear energy II (2020)/Study on Nuclear Safeguards and Security (2021-2022)/Crisis management in Japan (2020-2021)
Papers
| Doctoral dissertation | Date of Doctoral dissertation |
|---|---|
| The Relationship between Politics and Science in the Crisis Response to the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant | 2019 |
| Papers | Date of Papers |
|---|---|
| Trustworthiness of Nuclear Energy Questioned : 10 years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident | 2021 |
| Contributions by Nuclear Technology and Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors to Nonproliferation(in the April issue of Komei) | 2021 |
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