History Of INSS
| 19912.9 | Steam generator tube ruptures at KEPCO’s Mihama Unit-2 |
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| 19923.25 |
Institute of Nuclear Safety System established Chairperson Shoichiro Kobayashi, President Nobuaki Kumagai, Institute of Social Research Director Jifuji Misumi, Institute of Nuclear Technology Director Hiroshi Nishihara assume office
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| 5.20 | First meeting of Advisory Committee held (subsequently held annually) Supreme Counsel Jiro Kondo assumes the position of Chairperson and Supreme Counsel Yasunori Nishijima assumes the position of Vice-Chairperson |
| 9.17 | Institute lecture series begun (subsequently held periodically) |
| 19934.18 | Activities at Kansai Science City begun (Keihan’na Plaza) |
| 8.25 | International Symposium on Scientific Technology, the Individual and Society – Japan’s Choices in the 21st Century held (Nara) |
| 19945.20 | First issue of INSS Journal published (subsequently published annually) |
| 10.31-11.2 | First International Conference on Human Factor Research in Nuclear Power Operations (ICNPO) held (Berlin) |
| 19954.18 | First Research Result Reporting held (subsequently held annually) |
| 19969.17 | Construction on new facility begun |
| 11.28-30 | Second ICNPO conference held (Berlin) |
| 199711.1 |
Institute move to new facility in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture
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| 19984.1 | Jifuji Misumi resigns as director of the Institute of Social Research; succeeded by Naosuke Itoigawa |
| 19994.1 | Hiroshi Nishihara resigns as director of the Institute of Nuclear Technology; succeeded by Itsuro Kimura |
| 8.25 | INSS web site launched |
| 9.8-10 | Third ICNPO held (Mihama) |
| 20002.14 | INSS Research Incentive System established |
| 4.3 | INSS Outstanding Research Award presentation ceremony held (subsequently held annually) |
| 200110.4 | INSS begins sending a part-time instructor to Tsuruga Junior College |
| 20025.27-29 | International Symposium on Light Water Reactor Material Deterioration Mechanisms and Non-Destructive Diagnostic Technologies held (Osaka) |
| 7.22 | 10th anniversary ceremony held (Osaka) |
| 9.9-11 | Fourth ICNPO conference held (Mihama) |
| 20036.30 | Nobuaki Kumagai resigns as president; succeeded by Mikio Kitada |
| 20044.1 | University of Fukui establishes Nuclear Power and Energy Safety Engineering Course, Institute assists with joint lectures |
| 8.9 | Secondary cooling pipe ruptures at KEPCO’s Mihama Unit-3 (INSS assists with accident investigation) |
| 8.17 | First Institute’s one-day “Open House” held (subsequently held annually) |
| 20055.15 | Symposium on Material Aging Research held jointly with the University of Fukui (Fukui) |
| 7.1 | Nuclear Power Plant Aging Research Center established in the Institute of Nuclear Technology |
| 20063.24 | Employees receive three awards, including the Grand Prize from the Atomic Energy Society of Japan |
| 4.1 | Naosuke Itoigawa resigns as director of the Institute of Social Research; succeeded by Atsushi Naoi |
| 6.30 | Mikio Kitada resigns as president; succeeded by Yohsaku Fuji |
| 20077.1 | Research Center for Human Factors established in the Institute of Social Research |
| 10.22-23 | “International Symposium on Research for Aging Management of Light Water Reactors and Its Future Trend,” a 15th anniversary event, held (Fukui) |
| 11.22-23 | “International Symposium on Human Factors 2007,” a 15th anniversary event, held (Mihama) |
| 20084.1 | Supreme Counsel Yasunori Nishijima assumes the position of Chairperson of the Advisory Committee and Supreme Counsel Nobuaki Kumagai assumes the position of Vice-Chairperson |
| 20094.1 | Itsuro Kimura resigns as director of the Institute of Nuclear Technology; succeeded by Kaichiro Mishima |
| 8.6 | Employee receives an award from The Behaviormetric Society of Japan |
| 8.7 | Employee receives an award from The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow |
| 10.2 | International Symposium on Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis for Light Water Reactors held (Tsuruga) |
| 20105.21 |
Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory opened
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| 9.10 | Symposium on Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Dynamics held (Mihama) |
| 10.19 | Supreme Counsel Nobuaki Kumagai assumes the position of Chairperson of the Advisory Committee and Supreme Counsel Yoichi Kayaassumes the position of Vice-Chairperson |
| 20119.30 | Atsushi Naoi resigns as director of the Institute of Social Research |
| 12.1 | Junji Koizumi assumes the position of Special Advisor of the Institute of Social Research |
| 20126.13 | “International Symposium on Simulation and Validation for Two-Phase Flows,” a 20th anniversary event, held (Tsuruga) |
| 10.26 | “18th Research Result Reporting and Memorial Lecture,” a 20th anniversary event, held |
| 20133.20 | Employees receive NACE 2013 CORROSION Best Paper Award |
| 4.1 | Junji Koizumi assumes the position of director of the Institute of Social Research |
| 6.28 | Shoichiro Kobayashi resigns as chairperson; succeeded by Yohsaku Fuji Yohsaku Fuji resigns as president; succeeded by Tetsuji Kishida |
| 20143.12 | Employees receive NACE International 2014 W.R. Whitney Award |
| 20154.17 | Employees receive JSME Award (paper) (2 Awards) |
| 5.22 | International Symposium on CFD Application to Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulics held (Mihama) |
| 6.26 | Tetsuji Kishida resigns as president; succeeded by Hiroshi Morimoto |
| 20176.30 | Hiroshi Morimoto resigns as president; succeeded by Noriaki Hashimoto |
| 20213.31 | Kaichiro Mishima resigns as director of the Institute of Nuclear Technology |
| 4.1 | Isao Kataoka assumes the position of director of the Institute of Nuclear Technology |
| 6.28 | Noriaki Hashimoto resigns as president; succeeded by Tatsuya Kawabe |
| 20236.28 | Tatsuya Kawabe resigns as president; succeeded by Takao Matsumura |




