Students of the Tokyo Institute of Technology have passed an internship at MEPhI. It is a part of the implementation of the interuniversity project "Training of leading scientists and engineers in the field of healthcare, medicine, nuclear power and energy industry between Japan and Russia", which is planned for 5 years.
The internship took place at the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering (INPhE) on the basis of the Department №2, Department №1 and the Laboratory of engineering computer simulation in the field of nuclear technology. During their stay in MEPhI students were familiarized with basic principles of reactor control in normal and emergency modes of operation, gained knowledge in the field of ionizing radiation and instrument of radiometric and dosimetric control, practiced in the complex modeling of nuclear power plants using modern Russian and foreign codes.
As part of the internship, there was an excursion program, including a visit to the laboratories of MEPhI, Kolomenskoye and Tsaritsyno parks and a trip to Obninsk.
Students Kawai Kota, Kuwagaki Kazuki and Shoji Naruki shared their impressions of the days spent in MEPhI:
- We spent two weeks, having lectures, workshops and excursions. Tthe tours were both inside the University and outside it, when we went to Obninsk. At the University, we really liked NEVOD and the Nanocenter. We would like to note the nuclear power plant simulator, it is a very interesting and, most importantly, understandable. Although MEPhI is a nuclear University, we saw many other diverse areas that accompany the main one. It's amazing how promising this industry is, how many applications it has!
Another advantage of our trip is that we met Russian young scientists, who are likely to work with us in the future.
We had a very rich program, everything was very well, and we hope that the program will be continued. We became pioneers in the process of interaction between MEPhI and the Tokyo Institute of Technology. We visited MEPhI and in the near future, Russian students will come to us. It is important that students from our countries had the opportunity to get to know each other better, because there were sad events in Russia and Japan, Chernobyl and Fukushima, and we need to communicate to build a better world.
In spare time, we managed to visit many places, such as the Red Square, the Kremlin, bought souvenirs, went to the circus. We were pleasantly surprised by the subway. People visiting Japan are usually surprised at our underground, how it is organized. And if our interval is three minutes, here trains arrive every 30 seconds in rush hours! Wow!
From 5th to 18th of March 2018, four MEPhI students will undergo a return internship in Tokyo, and on 9-10 of March there will be a forum for discussion further cooperation with students and lecturers of MEPhI.
