ACTIVITIES IN COE-INES. In the year 2002 and 2003 the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology started the 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program. A programproposed by Tokyo Institute of Technology “Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems for Sustainable Development ofthe World (COE-INES)” was selected as only one program in nuclear engineering field. It is a 5-years program,and now we are summarizing our activities. During this period, the researches on innovative nuclearengineering have been progressed successfully. Education of doctoral course students has been also promotedintensively by introducing new courses of curriculum and offering research assistantships. Many students havemany chances to go abroad to attend international conferences. Social affairs are also considered important,and many events are prepared for it, including CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) seminars and ethicseducation. International collaboration is important, and we had held many international and by-lateralsymposiums and workshops in Japan as well as foreign countries. The settlement of the Center for Research intoInnovative Nuclear Energy Systems (CRINES) is also an important result. Our activities cover wide areas onnuclear engineering.Keywords: COE-INES, Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems, 21st Century Center of Excellence Program,Research, Education, International, Social Responsibility, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyHiroshi SekimotoTokyo Institute of TechnologyO-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, JapanE-mail: hsekimot@nr.titech.ac.jp
