Nuclear Chemistry in Japan

Analytical chemistry in Japan.

The International Congress on Analytical Chemistry was held in Japan, under the sponsorship of IUPAC and the Science Council of Japan in April 1972. This is a report on the progress of analytical chemistry in Japan which I gave as the opening lecture of the Congress, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry. Analytical chemistry courses were first e...

Nuclear accident in Tokai, Japan.

Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry

Japan Tests the Nuclear Taboo

This article examines whether recent changes in the security environment, including North Korea’s nuclear test of October 2006, are driving Japan to consider the acquisition of its own nuclear deterrent. It argues that a combination of three factors have thus far sustained Japan’s nuclear restraint: (1) national identity as a non-nuclear weapon state, (2) commitment to global nuclear nonprolife...

An introduction to serious nuclear accident chemistry

A review of the chemistry occurring inside a nuclear power plant during a serious reactor accident is presented. This includes some aspects of the behavior of nuclear fuel, its cladding, cesium and iodine. This review concentrates on the chemistry of an accident in a water-cooled reactor loaded with uranium dioxide or mixed metal oxide fuel. Subjects: Chemistry; Environmental Chemistry; Inorgan...