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Workshops on Radiation Monitoring for the International Space Station (WRMISS) Twenty-third WRMISS Workshop

The 23rd Workshop will be held on 4–6 September 2018 in Tsuruga, Japan.

 

Typhoon Jebi

[Forecast from Japan Meteorological Agency]

https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html

- Weather Warnings/Advisories

- Tropical Cyclone Information

- Airport Weather

 

(For Tsuruga)

https://www.jma.go.jp/en/warn/f_1820200.html

 

As second opinion you also can check:

http://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html

 

[Train service information]

http://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/index.html

- Check Limited Express Trains under the title of West Japan Railway Company Train Status Information.

- Haruka and Thunderbird are the trains from Kansai, Shirasagi is from Nagoya.

 

[Shinkansen and N'EX service information]

http://english.jr-central.co.jp/

- Check Service Information (Tokaido Shinkansen).

- Information will appear about Narita Expresss in (Conventional Lines).

 

[Meitetsu service information]

http://top.meitetsu.co.jp/sp/em/train_emtop.asp

- No English page available on real time.

 

Topics

The Workshop on Radiation Monitoring for the International Space Station is an annual meeting to discuss the scientific definition of an adequate radiation monitoring package and its use by the scientific community on the ISS. Types of instruments and research topics need to be defined in order to optimize the radiation safety of the ISS crew.

 

More information about WRMISS: http://wrmiss.org/

 

Conference Program etc…

Before departure, please find updated information.

Conference Program

Conference Poster

Workshop site

The Research Institute of Nuclear Engineering (RINE), University of Fukui

Kanawa 1-3-33, Tsuruga, Fukui, 914-0055, Japan

               (3 min from Tsuruga station and 5 min from hotels by foot)

 

Invite Talks (Tentative title)

・Radiation monitoring after Fukushima accident, T. Torii (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

・Muon Radiography in the Egyptian Pyramids, K. Morishima (Nagoya University)

・Recent status of the GROWTH experiment - Gamma-ray observations at the coastal area of Japan Sea -, H. Tsuchiya (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

 

Registration and Abstract submission: FINAL CALL

Registration was already closed.

Participation on the day is still open. Please register at the reception desk.

 

Hotel Booking

- Manten Hotel Tsuruga (To station: 1min, To workshop site: 3min)

   https://www.manten-hotel.com/tsuruga/english/

- Route Inn Tsuruga (To station: 2min, To workshop site: 1min)

   https://www.route-inn.co.jp.e.ut.hp.transer.com/language/hotel_detail.php?hotel_id=256

- Toyoko Inn (To station: 5min, To workshop site: 5min)

   https://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/search/detail/00205

 

Access to Tsuruga

From Tokyo Station

   Tokyo (Shinagawa) to Maibara, on Hikari (Shin kansen)  130 min 

   Maibara to Tsurga, on Shirasagi (Rapid Train)  30 min 

   From Narita International Airport, first take Narita Express to Tokyo or Shinagawa Station

                                 

From Kansai International Airport (KIX) near Osaka:

   KIX to Shin Osaka, on Haruka (Rapid Train), 50 min                          

   Shin Osaka to Tsuruga, on Thunderbird (Rapid Train), 80 min

 

From Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO) near Nagoya:

   NGO to Meitesu Nagoya, on μSKY Limited Express, 40 min

     then 10 min walk to JR Nagoya terminal

   JR Nagoya to Tsuruga, on Shirasagi (Rapid Train), 100 min

 

Other Information

Introduction to Tsuruga

Tsuruga Guide (Tsuruga Tourism Association)  http://www.turuga.org/en/

Tsuruga Festival will be held on 1–4 September. http://o-matsuri.jp/hokuriku/fukui/2453/

 

Co-organized by

- The Research Institute of Nuclear Engineering, University of Fukui

- QST/National Institute of Radiological Sciences

 

Supported by

- Fukui Convention & Visitors Bureau

- Tsuruga City

 

The chairman of the workshop

Dr. Günther Reitz 

Prof. Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Director CRREAT Project, Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Republic

Consultant German Aerospace Center, Aerospace Medicine, Radiobiology Department, Germany

 

Workshop Secretariat

Dr. Nakahiro Yasuda

Research Institute of Nuclear Engineering, University of Fukui, Japan

E-mail: nakahiro.yasuda@gmail.com