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Nature Materials 7, 686–687 (1 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/nmat2258

Nuclear energy |[mdash]| safe and secure?

What prompted you to take up your present position? I was asked by the Japanese government whether I would be interested in this position. I worked for more than 30 years in the Japanese government, in METI [Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry], mostly in the areas of science, technology, industry as well as energy.