Masashi Goto (Japanese: 後藤政志, Gotō Manashi, born 1949) is a Japanese nuclear engineer, author, activist and commentator on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.[1]
He is the designer of the nuclear reactor vessels of owned by Toshiba, where he worked from 1989 to 2009.[2] His designs include the containment buildings of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (Units 3 and 6),[citation needed] Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant (Units 3 and 4)[citation needed] and Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant (Unit 3)[citation needed]. Toshiba manufactured four of the six reactors the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the 1970s.[2] He rose to public prominence on 14 March 2011 by being the first "insider" (Note: he is in retirement after 2009) addressing the press at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, three days after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Since then, he became a regular commentator and featured as an expert in hearings regarding the nuclear disaster at Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and House of Councillors. From April 2013,[citation needed] he joined as an expert in the Citizen's Commission on Nuclear Energy, a prominent think tank composed of professors of public policy.[8]
Academic career
editHe obtained a Doctor of Engineering in Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2005. After retirement from Toshiba in 2009, he was a lecturer on nuclear engineering in Waseda University, Tokyo City University, Shibaura Institute of Technology and Kokugakuin University.
References
edit- ^ Goto, Manashi (2012-03-07). "Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi NPP Accident — Can Accidents Be Avoided ?". Greens/EFA parliamentary group of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 2019-05-27.
- ^ a b c Arita, Eriko (2011-03-20). "Disaster analysis you may not hear elsewhere". Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
- ^ 第５回 原子力資料情報室 記者会見 CNIC held a press conference (video). OurPlanet-TV. 2011-03-15. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02 – via Youtube.
- ^ Chung, Hyon Suk (2011-03-24). "Goto, Kamisawa & Sakiyama, Fourth Update on Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant". Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan website. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29.
- ^ Chung, Hyon Suk (2011-03-13). "Ban, Goto & Kamisawa, Update on The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant". Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan website. Archived from the original on 2011-03-17.
- ^ Hornyak, Tim (2011-03-14). "Plutonium threat at Japan reactor, expert warns". CNET. Archived from the original on 2023-08-23.
- ^ "ライブラリー > 映像 > 福島原発事故解説". 原子力資料情報室. 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20.
- ^ "Member Profiles". Citizen's Commission on Nuclear Energy.
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