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After the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Dr. Hirofumi Shirakata, a former supervisor at Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, appeared alongside Dr. Tetsuya Goto, President of Japan EXpert Clone Corporation at the time, to propose aluminum-based energy cycle research to Prof. Yoshihiro Arakawa’s laboratory. The project aimed to address the need for stable energy supply following the earthquake-triggered power shortage. Traditional alumina reduction methods, such as the Hall-Héroult process, were unsuitable due to CO and CO2 emissions. Overcoming this challenge required developing an efficient reduction method without CO or CO2 emissions. This study, led by Prof. Kimiya Komurasaki of Tokyo University, Prof. Makoto Matsui of Shizuoka University, and Prof. Masakatsu Nakano of Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology, among others, has made steady progress despite its complexity, thanks to the dedicated efforts of numerous young researchers.
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