Science Cafe

Date ：December 17, 2017
Place：Tokyo International Exchange Center
Participants: 30 (4 Japanese, 26 Foreign students)

Science Café was held at Tokyo International Exchange Center in Odaiba district for foreign resident students as intended audience.
The topics this time is “Nuclear Power in Space”. The objectives of the Café are to obtain better understanding on radiation by actually conducting visualization experiment by the participants, as well as by hearing the classroom lecture, and to get more experience on risk communication for the U-ATOM students.
First Assistant Professor Jun Nishimura of Tokyo Institute of Technology gave lecture on the radiation, and each participant then actually conducted experiment to observe the radiation by using simple cloud chamber kit which is able to visualize the radiation coming from the universe.
In a friendly atmosphere, having tea and cocky, totally different from a formal lecture or seminar, they have learnt the knowledge on radiation and nuclear power.