Dr Hajime Kinoshita
BEng MEng DEng FHEA
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Senior Lecturer in Materials Chemistry


+44 114 222 5930
Full contact details
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
葫芦影业
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Hajime specialises in thermodynamics of oxide materials for waste management. He has been extensively working on cement and mineral systems to manage wastes from variety of industries, from oil industry to nuclear industry as well as exhaust flue gas for CO2 capture.
Before joining 葫芦影业, he was involved in a research on molten salt at Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, and projects on actinide oxide ceramics at Department of Nuclear Engineering, Osaka University where he also completed his postgraduate studies.
Prior to coming to the UK, he had also conducted researches at Argonne National Laboratory and Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute.
- Research interests
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Hajime's current research interests are in the development and application of industrial by-products and natural minerals for waste management. Recent examples of the projects include the use of NaOH for production of Mg(OH)2 from natural silicate minerals for sequestration of exhaust-CO2. This project achieved a successful reduction of the NaOH consumption by > 97 % (thus, using only < 3 %) compared with the existing US technology, having led to the filing of a patent.
This project was a finalist for the Best University Technology in the UK Energy Innovation Awards 2014.
He has also been developing new cement systems for immobilisation of problematic nuclear wastes such as Magnox sludge.
He has recently led the UK effort of a ?750K UK-Japan collaboration to develop a new cementing technique for secondary radioactive wastes from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This project was awarded the very top “S” grade by the Nuclear Safety Research Association in Japan in 2019 for its achievement.
- Publications
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Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
2 from Mg silicate minerals via solid state reaction with NaOH. 5th International Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering 2015 (pp 214-221)
Alkali-based extraction of Mg(OH)
Posters
Preprints
- Research group
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Dr Theodore Hanein
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Marco Simoni
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Han Zhao
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Bernard Woo
- Siti Rohaidah Yahaya
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- Grants
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- Development of M-S-H cement from Mg(OH)2 for cementation of Magnox sludge
- Low temperature decarbonation of limestone for sustainable cement manufacturing (EPSRC and CEMEX, ?425K, 2018-2021)
- Use of molten salt for sustainable cement production (CEMEX, ?100K, 2017-2022)
- Development of Novel Alkaline Water Technology as a substitute for added sugar in soft drink (Innovate UK, ?137K, 2016-2017)
- Development of solidification technique with reduced water content for aqueous secondary radioactive wastes in Fukushima (EPSRC and JST, ?750K, 2015-2018)
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Invited lecture, “UK-Japan collaboration: Development of solidification technique with minimised water content for safe storage and disposal of secondary radioactive aqueous wastes in Fukushima,” Joint Workshop of UK-Japan Civil Nuclear Research Program, Manchester, UK (10-11 December, 2019)
- Organising Committee; AToMS 2018, Annual Thermodynamics of Materials Seminar, Birmingham, UK (04 July 2019)
- Invited lecture, “Development of phosphate cement matrix with minimised water content for highly contaminated aqueous wastes,” International Symposium: Application of geopolymers for radioactive waste disposal, Sapporo, Japan (08 November 2018)
- Session chair; Fukushima Research Conference, International seminar for analysis of fuel debris and decommissioning technology of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Iwaki, Japan (18-20 September 2018)
- Organising Committee; AToMS 2018, Annual Thermodynamics of Materials Seminar, 葫芦影业, UK (26 June 2018)
- Invited lecture, “Development of solidification technique with minimised water content for secondary radioactive aqueous wastes in Fukushima,” British Embassy UK-Japan Workshop: Nuclear Joint Research Collaboration, Osaka, Japan (26-28 March 2018)
- Session chair; Atomic Energy Society of Japan Fall Meeting, Sapporo, Japan (13-15 September 2017)
- Invited lecture, “海外の大学に就職する方法とその心構え,” 社会基盤工学専攻 キャリアパス講演会 (Career Paths Lectures, Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Kyoto University), Kyoto, Japan (22 June 2017)
- Invited lecture, “Alternative cementation with minimised water content for secondary aqueous wastes in Fukushima,” Research Conference on Cementitious Composites in Decommissioning and waste Management (RCWM2017), Tomioka, Japan (20-21 June 2017)
- Invited lecture, “Development of low-pH cement and its application: a case study in 葫芦影业,” 福井大学附属国際原子力工学研究所 第93回 異分野横断セミナー (93rd Cross-disciplinary Seminar, Research Institute of Nuclear Engineering), Fukui, Japan (01 May 2017)
- Invited lecture, “Common problem in the UK legacy wastes and DIY?,” 第93回 異分野横断セミナー 福井大学附属国際原子力工学研究所(93rd Cross-disciplinary Seminar, Research Institute of Nuclear Engineering), Fukui, Japan (01 May 2017)
- Organising Committee; 1st Hume-Rothery Seminar on Phase Equilibria and Computational Materials Chemistry, Derby, UK (17-18 January 2017)
- Session chair; Atomic Energy Society of Japan Fall Meeting, Kurume, Japan (07-09 September 2016)
- Session chair; 4th International Workshop on Mechanisms and Modelling of Waste/Cement Interactions, Murten, Switzerland (22–25 May 2016)
- Invited lecture, “The effects of BaSO4 loading on OPC cementing system for encapsulation of BaSO4 scale from oil and gas industry,” 1st International Caparica Conference on Pollutant Toxic Ions and Molecules, Lisbon, Portugal (2-4 November 2015).
- Organising Committee; 34th Cement and Concrete Science, 葫芦影业, UK (14-16 September 2014)
- Session Chair: 2nd International Symposium on Cement-based Materials for Nuclear Wastes (NUWCEM), Avignon, France (02-06 June 2014)
- Media and public engagement
- Nuclear energy in Asia: discussion on the risks and benefits of the nuclear energy sector in Asia as well as Japan, Live interview, Between the Lines, Channel News Asia (15 October 2014).
- Japan Energy Policy: commentary on the Japanese government’s approval of a new Basic Energy Plan – the first policy of post Fukushima nuclear accident, Telephone interview, Channel News Asia (11 April 2014).
- Fukushima radioactive leak: commentary on the radioactive leak at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan and its effects on the environment, Live interview, Prime Time Asia (29 August 2013).