Nuclear security

Safety fears surround the world’s oldest atomic power plant

...“This nuclear power plant can not resist floods nor earthquakes. And most importantly, they’ve recently discovered weak points inside the reactor pressure vessel. It’s old and should be shut down forever,” said Leo.

Last year, almost a thousand defects were found deep inside the very heart of the reactor. Since then, the plant has been offline for further inspections.

“Well, yes, that’s the main problem of this nuclear plant. It’s been running for 47-years now. Wherever you go in the world, no nuclear plant of this type has ever run for such a long period. It’s an experiment and we’re the guinea pigs: they want to run the plant until it breaks,” said Leo.

But that’s wrong according to the operator. It says the so-called embrittling process is closely watched by (experts) nuclear physicists and mathematicians specialized in material fatigue and probability calculations.