Category: Aging Reactors

Group Intro: The Group of Citizens Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants Over 40 Years Old

By Shibayama Yasuko (Secretary General, Group of Citizens Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants Over 40 Years Old) We, the Group of Citizens Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the...

Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 1: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that may cause another Fukushima-scale disaster

By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy Introduction After the Fukushima nuclear power disaster in 2011, the Japanese government adopted the policy of “reducing...

Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 2: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that may cause another Fukushima-scale disaster

By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy   2. Reviewing the safety of nuclear power plants The first nuclear power plants restarted after the...

Government and Nuclear Power Industry Ignoring Engineering Principles

~ Reactor manufacturers’ advanced pressurized water reactor farce is exposed: By Goto Masashi, former Toshiba nuclear engineer 1. Post-Fukushima nuclear accident nuclear power plant (NPP) restarts sluggish Today, nearly 12 years after the reactor...