Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center

Questioning the Obsolescence of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 4. Lawsuit to Revoke the Permits for Operating Lifetime Extensions for Takahama Units 1 & 2 and Mihama Unit 3: Underestimated Neutron Irradiation Embrittlement of Aging Reactors

By Ino Hiromitsu, Nuclear Power Plant Aging Problem Research Group, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo   Every reactor pressure vessel (RPV) in operation gradually becomes brittle, exposed to neutrons emitted from the...

15 Years After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: A Look at Radioactive Contamination of Food

By Tanimura Nobuko   * Becquerels per kilogram (Bq/kg) used as unit for radioactive concentration herein, unless otherwise noted.  This article gives a retrospective overview of the radioactive contamination of the environment that resulted...