Sunday April 24th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation scare forces tests of Japanese exports
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Government needs to clarify evacuation plans to residents
• Daily Yomiuri – Atmospheric radiation leak underestimated
• istockAnalyst – TEPCO’s contamination map shows radiation levels at 150 plant areas
• Japan Times – Hot debris hampers reactor repairs
• Japan Times – Chernobyl can provide lessons for Japan, Russian activist says
• Japan Times – Official arrogance of Chernobyl – Yulia Tymoshenko
• Mainichi Daily News – 41% of local gov’ts undecided on future of nuclear power plants
• Mainichi Daily News – Workers locked in battle at Fukushima, exposure to radiation rising
• Mainichi Daily News – Miyagi governor proposes new entity to promote reconstruction
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan pays the price for obsequious media
• AFP Google – Thousands march against nuclear power in Japan
• AFP Google – Japan advisor says nuclear threat receding: report
• Bloomberg – Japan Asks Trading Partners China, Korea to Use Science in Making Rules – Aki Ito
• Reuters – China, S.Korea rebuff Japan on import restrictions after quake – Stanley White
• RIA Novosti – TEPCO to complete radioactive debris cleanup work at Fukushima plant by July

Saturday April 23rd, 2011

• TEPCO – Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 4:00 pm, April 23)
• TEPCO – April 18 Report: Status of Nuclear Power Plants (pdf-1.01M)
• Asahi Shimbun – Foreign journalists criticize government’s response to crisis – Takashi Oshima
• Asahi Shimbun – Point of View: 3/11 shatters modern Japan’s blind faith in economic growth – Minoru Kawakita
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Compensation plan must not block reforms of electric power industry
• Daily Yomiuri – Exporters hit by nuclear anxiety / Radiation-fearing clients abroad demand time-consuming, costly screening – Mamoru Kurihara and Koichi Uetake
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO boss blasted by angry evacuees
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear crisis splits farming family in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Emergency callouts in tsunami-ravaged coastal areas reach record high
• Mainichi Daily News – Temperature inside No. 4 reactor pool remains high at 91 C
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO president apologizes to local leaders for first time, gets cold welcome
• Mainichi Daily News – OECD ready to send experts to help Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial – Discrimination has no role in overcoming Japan disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan says debt issuance, perhaps tax hike needed for reconstruction
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to target losses caused by shipment ban as nuke-related damages
• AFP Google – TEPCO mulls sinking walls around Japan reactors: TV
• Bloomberg – Tepco to Use Temporary Tanks to Store Radioactive Water – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Reuters – Japan earmarks first $50 billion for post-quake rebuild – Tetsushi Kajimoto and Linda Sieg
• UPI – Official: Japan nuke plant won’t reopen
• Wall Street Journal – Japan Commissions Inspection on Reactor – Tatsuo Ito
• Xinhua News – Japan: Radiation levels remain high, evacuation zone expanded

Friday April 22nd, 2011

• IAEA – 1986–2011: 25 Year Anniversary of the Chernobyl Accident
• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Asahi Shimbun – No-entry zone sealed, residents fear they will never return home
• Asahi Shimbun – Taxpayers, other power firms to help pay TEPCO’s compensation bill
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear energy firms reappraise overseas strategy
• Denki Shimbun – TEPCO President testifies for House of Councilors Budget Committee
• Denki Shimbun – Areva to set up a contaminated water treatment system at Fukushima I by the end of May
• istockAnalyst – Maps on radiation levels around crippled nuke plant to be compiled
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt must persuade residents on necessity of no-entry zone
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt officially sets new evacuation zone
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO president apologizes in Fukushima
• Daily Yomiuri – Sunflowers to clean up radioactive soil
• Daily Yomiuri – Sea leaks would be rated Level 5 or 6
• Japan Times – Memory of Sellafield leak rekindled – William Hollingworth
• Japan Times – Nuke insurance said too costly
• Japan Times – Evacuation zone to be widened – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Japanese robots await call to action
• Japan Times – Waterproof camera set to probe pool in No. 4 – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Governor won’t allow Tepco to restart stricken reactors
• Japan Times – Evacuation zone to be widened – Kanako Takahara
• Mainichi Daily News – Evacuees from zone around nuclear plant express dissatisfaction over home visits
• Mainichi Daily News – Residents make final dash home ahead of govt’s no-entry designation in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Power generator and LED bulb manufacturers experience surge in orders over energy concerns
• Mainichi Daily News – Prime Minister Kan is met with angry words at evacuation shelters
• Mainichi Daily News – Evacuation zone widened beyond 20km from Fukushima nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan files protest over newspaper cartoon about nuke emergency
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation over 100 microsieverts detected 2-3 km from troubled plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan Cabinet approves 4 tril. yen extra budget after quake
• Nikkei – Plan Envisions Tepco Paying Compensation With Govt Backstop
• AP Google – Japan automakers check radiation on car exports
• AP Google – Japan plans disaster budget, building 100K homes
• AFP Google – Japan PM says country facing ‘crisis within crisis’ – Hiroshi Hiyama
• AFP Google – Japan approves $49 bln quake budget – Shingo Ito
• Bloomberg – Tepco to Build Wall for Nuclear Plant After Fukushima Disaster – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Tepco Fails to Get Assurance on Restarting Second Fukushima Nuclear Plant – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Michio Nakayama
• CNN – Japan faces lengthy recovery from Fukushima accident – Matt Smith
• CounterPunch – The People Who Brought You Fukushima – Saul Landau and Jack Willis
• The Independent – Warnings of nuclear disaster not heeded, claims former governor – David McNeill
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• Reuters – Japan says 12-mile Fukushima evacuation ring will be no-go zone – Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – Japan: TEPCO restart of reactor difficult before safety steps – Risa Maeda
• Science Now – A Map of Fukushima’s Radiation Risks – Jocelyn Kaiser
• UPI – Japan announces disaster management budget
• Wall Street Journal – Reactor Team Let Pressure Soar – Phred Dvorak
• Xinhua News – Japan braces for quake, typhoon risks amid ongoing nuclear crisis
• Xinhua News – Anti-nuclear parade held in Japan

Thursday April 21st, 2011

• Global Research – The Trillion Dollar Costs of A Nuclear Catastrophe–Enough to Bankrupt an Entire National Economy…
• Nature – Reactors, residents and risk – Declan Butler
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Beyond our imagination: Fukushima and the problem of assessing risk – M. V. Ramana
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Japan’s nuclear history in perspective: Eisenhower and atoms for war and peace – Peter Kuznick
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – The unbearable ambiguity of knowing: Making sense of Fukushima – Sonja D. Schmid
• NEI – Information on the Japan Earthquake and Reactors in That Region
• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• IAEA – IAEA Chief Visits Chernobyl Accident Site, Calls for Strengthened Nuclear Safety
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear energy firms reappraise overseas strategy
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO to delay start of new Higashidori reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – 20 km around N-plant off-limits
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear dreams set back – Taro Koyano and Takeshi Kurihara
• Japan Times – Tepco’s road map
• Japan Times – Leaks into sea 20,000 times over safe limit
• Japan Times – Small amounts of iodine found in breast milk
• Japan Times – New entity to help Tepco pay damages
• Japan Times – Nuclear film festival marks 25 years since Chernobyl disaster – Mark Schilling
• Japan Times – Biz chiefs: Don’t halt nuke plants
• Japan Times – No-go zone trespassers face fines, arrest
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan bans residents from staying within 20-km from Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Workers at nuke plant complain about handling of radiation exposure data
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t looks to set up new fund for compensation payments over nuke accident
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. warns radiation near crippled plant could exceed upper limit
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO begins nuke crisis compensation form distribution to calls of too little, too late
• Mainichi Daily News – U.N. chief: More nuclear accidents are likely
• Mainichi Daily News – Co-op sells banned spinach to consumers in eastern Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: TEPCO should incorporate measures to support workers in nuke plant roadmap
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO seeks 20% cut in employees’ annual salaries
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo Electric admits fuel could be melting at Fukushima nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Highly radioactive water removal leads to slight drop in water level
• Mainichi Daily News – Embassies reopen in Tokyo after relocation due to radiation fears
• Nikkei – Japanese Govt Briefs Chinese On Nuclear Accident
• PanOrient News – Greenpeace Ship Rainbow Warrior to Check Radiation Level Off Japan
• AP Google – Japanese utility likely to survive nuclear crisis
• AFP Google – Strong quake shakes buildings in Tokyo
• AFP Google – Greenpeace sends Rainbow Warrior to Japan
• AFP Google – Japan PM declares no-go zone around nuclear plant
• BBC News – Tepco faces billions of dollars in compensation claims – Mariko Oi
• Bloomberg – Tepco Must End ‘Whack-a-Mole,’ Cover Fukushima Reactors as Typhoons Loom – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Japanese Power Plants Damaged or Closed by Earthquake – Michio Nakayama and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Yosano Says Japan Quake Efforts Must Be Backed Up by Taxes – Keiko Ujikane and Takashi Hirokawa
• Cryptome – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Photos 12
• Daily Mail – The mystic stone at tsunami tide’s highest point that saved tiny Japanese village from the deadly wave
• The Guardian – Fukushima evacuees face arrest if they return home – Justin McCurry in Tokyo
• Reuters – Japan approves $48.5 billion quake relief spending – Tetsushi Kajimoto
• Reuters – Japan says crippled Fukushima Daiichi’s partner plant – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Tokyo Electric sees delay in 4th nuclear plant -report – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Tokyo Electric sees delay in 4th nuclear plant -report – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan to announce Tepco support scheme next week-sources – Taro Fuse
• Reuters – Japan makes no-go nuclear zone – Yoko Kubota and Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – Japan says 20km Fukushima evacuation ring will be no-go zone – Kazunori Takada
• UPI – Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Japan near Tokyo
• UPI – Japan finalizes quake compensation
• UPI – Foreign students leaving Japan
• UPI – Highly radioactive water enters ocean

Wednesday April 20th, 2011

• UN: IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• UN: AP Google – UN chief: More nuclear accidents are likely
• UN: AFP Google – UN chief issues nuclear warning on Chernobyl visit – Anya Tsukanova
• UN: Environment News Service – UN Chief Charts Five-Step Path to Global Nuclear Safety
• UN: Xinhua News – UN chief calls for worldwide review of nuclear safety standards
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation, aftershocks could slow Fukushima stabilization
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: TEPCO must prepare for additional risks in taming Fukushima crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Grant bonds planned for N-compensation
• Daily Yomiuri – Livestock left to perish in zone
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima may lose N-fuel tax / TEPCO unlikely to pay prefecture as reactors out of commission
• Daily Yomiuri – Toshiba N-reactor contract for U.S. plant seen as kaput – Taro Koyano
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO to cut workforce
• Japan Times – Kan to make 20-km no-entry zone binding
• Japan Times – Nuke workers at risk of overwork death
• Japan Times – Content with Tepco before crisis – Mariko Oka
• Japan Times – Dangerously unstable technology – Ivor Paul
• Japan Times – Fukushima No. 1 and derivative meltdowns – Mark Roe
• Mainichi Daily News – Workers battle to remove radioactive water from troubled nuclear reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – High radiation levels, temperatures hinder work on crippled nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Donations by TEPCO execs show close ties to Liberal Democratic Party
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation exposure standard for Fukushima students set at international maximum
• Mainichi Daily News – Highly radioactive water removal continues, water level drops by 1 cm
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan to reach out to firms abroad to ease nuclear concerns
• Mainichi Daily News – Steelmakers to move production to west Japan to avoid power shortage
• Mainichi Daily News – Itochu, Sumitomo buy into major wind power project in U.S.
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan seeks ‘calm response’ to Fukushima accident at Chernobyl confab
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan mulls hiking power charges to help cover damages payments
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan apologizes to head of village in expanded evacuation zone
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA expects radiation leak from Fukushima nuke plant to decrease
• AP Google – Doctor warns Japan nuke workers are at their limit
• AP Google – Japan mulls a stricter evacuation zone near plant
• AFP Google – Japan to enforce evacuation zone around plant: report
• AFP Google – Japan to take effective control of TEPCO: report
• Bloomberg – Tepco Must End ‘Whack-a-Mole,’ Cover Fukushima Reactors as Typhoons Loom – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Tepco to Start Compensating Evacuees From Near Stricken Nuclear Reactors – Michio Nakayama and Takashi Hirokawa
• Bloomberg – Japan Carbon Emissions Will Rise 10% Without Atomic Power, Yomiuri Says – Chisaki Watanabe
• Bloomberg – Japanese Utilities Quake-Related Plant Closures – Yuji Okada
• Business Week – Japan nuke plants starts pumping radioactive water – Mari Yamaguchi and Yuri Kageyama
• Bloomberg – Tepco Will Start Compensating Evacuees From Near Fukushima Nuclear Plant – Michio Nakayama and Takashi Hirokawa
• Cryptome – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Photos 11
• New York Times – Japan Considers Tightening Access Around Nuclear Plant – Keith Bradsher
• Reuters – Japan’s top 3 banks to book $1.9 billion loss on TEPCO – Taiga Uranaka
• UPI – IEA gives mixed report on Japan
• UPI – No-entry zone at Fukushima considered
• Washington Post – Early disorder added to Japan’s nuclear crisis – Andrew Higgins
• World Nuclear News – Dust control steps up at Fukushima
• Xinhua News – Japan’s tourism in tough situation amid nuclear crisis
• Xinhua News – IAEA experts to help Japan tackle nuclear plant crisis
• Xinhua News – Fukushima fallout constantly detected in DPRK: state media

Tuesday April 19th, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Denki Shimbun – First panel meeting held to determine scope of compensation for nuclear accident
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation, aftershocks could slow Fukushima stabilization
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: TEPCO must prepare for additional risks in taming Fukushima crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Agency admits ‘melting’ of N-fuel
• Daily Yomiuri – Radioactive suits improperly disposed
• Denki Shimbun – TEPCO announced schedule for ending nuclear troubles
• Japan Times – Tepco starts to pump out turbine 2 unit – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Nuke-theme films to be shown on Chernobyl anniversary
• Japan Times – Marine radiation unit to go home as situation stabilizes
• Japan Times – Powder to remove radiation developed
• Mainichi Daily News – Beef brand hailing from area near Fukushima plant could face extinction
• Mainichi Daily News – Asia nuclear reactors face tsunami risk
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuke plant meltdown warning went unheeded
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear plant operators did not plan for long-term loss of power supply
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t cracks down on flow of retired bureaucrats to power company jobs
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: TEPCO must provide more solid information on recovery from nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t aims to establish reconstruction task force, nuclear crisis panel
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t panel releases 2 of over 2,000 radiation dispersal estimates
• Nikkei – Nuclear Agency: No Plans To Discharge More Contaminated Water Into Sea
• AP Google – Japan nuke plants starts pumping radioactive water
• AFP Google – Radiation release from Fukushima won’t increase much: IAEA
• AFP Google – Areva to set up treatment system at Japan plant
• Business Week – Radiation near Japan reactors too high for workers – Mari Yamaguchi
• Fairewinds Associates – Gundersen Discusses Current Condition of Reactors, TEPCO Claim of “No Fission” in Fuel Pool, and Lack of Radiation Monitoring in Fish
• Greenpeace International (blog – Update from the field radiation team – Dr. Rianne Teule
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• New York Times – U.S. Engineers Cite Lengthy Cleanup in Japan – Matthew L. Wald
• New York Times – Water Pumping Begins at Japan Nuclear Reactor – Keith Bradsher and Hiroko Tabuchi
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• Reuters – Areva to set up Japan nuclear clean-up site – Christian Plumb and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Update 2-Areva to set up Japan nuclear clean-up site – Christian Plumb and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Analysis: Japan nuclear crisis could drag on long past timetable – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Japan eyes sales tax rise to pay for post-quake rebuild – Linda Sieg and Kazunori Takada
• UPI – Radioactive water pumped from nuke plant
• UPI – No total meltdown seen with cooling effort
• UPI – Plant workers cope with heat stroke
• Xinhua News – Fukushima fallout constantly detected in DPRK: state media
• Xinhua News – “Packbot” to assist in Japan nuclear plant cleanup
• Xinhua News – Yokohama triathlon worlds postponed by nuclear crisis
• Xinhua News – Parliament grills Kan on nuclear crisis
• Xinhua News – Nuke operator in Japan moves highly radioactive water to storage facility
• Asia: Huffington Post – Asia Nuclear Reactors Face Tsunami Risk – Robin McDowell and Margie Mason
• Asia: Xinhua News – China limits Japanese food imports for public health: MOC

Monday April 18th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO aims for cold shutdown in 6-9 months, but no guarantees
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear crisis shuts out utilities from bond market
• Daily Yomiuri – Challenges abound to control crippled reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Heat stroke adds to TEPCO workers’ woes
• Daily Yomiuri – High levels of radiation at 2 reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Response to disaster reaffirms Japan-U.S. ties
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO must act on its recovery plan
• Daily Yomiuri – Evacuation subsidy limited / System’s narrow scope penalizes families by separating them – Shingo Hashitani
• Daily Yomiuri – Tough times seen for N-damages body / Many twists expected before compensation entity begins huge cash payouts
• Japan Times – Who pays for nuclear nightmare? – Brian A. Victoria
• Japan Times – METI hit for ‘amakudari’ habits that put retirees in Tepco – Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Times – Robots detect dangerous spike in reactor 3 radiation – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Ikata nuke plant holds drill
• Japan Times – Pyongyang TV giving ‘getting more serious’ nuclear crisis big coverage
• Japan Times – State takes flak over Tepco’s plan
• Japan Times – Success no given in Tepco road map – Minoru Matsutani and Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Robots detect dangerous spike in reactor 3 radiation – Kanako Takahara
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO ignored tsunami warnings for years
• Mainichi Daily News – Up to 57 millisieverts measured at No. 1, 3 reactor buildings
• Mainichi Daily News – Experts doubt TEPCO’s timetable for bringing nuke plant under control
• Mainichi Daily News – Quake-affected residents remain suspicious over roadmap to end Japan nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant must be shut down
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO criticized over timetable to bring crippled nuke plant under control
• Mainichi Daily News – Officials: No nuclear risk to North Pacific fish
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to decide whether evacuees can return home after 6-9 months
• Mainichi Daily News – Chronology of events surrounding crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
• AP Google – Robot in Japanese reactors detects high radiation
• Nikkei – Authorities Consider New Approach For Nuclear Plant Cooling Systems
• Nikkei – Nuclear Agency: Reactor Building No. 4’s Basement Filled With Five Meters of Water
• Nikkei – Tepco President: Revoking Plan To Build No. 7, No. 8 Reactors At Fukushima
• Nikkei – Some Evacuees To Be Able To Return Home In Future: Edano
• AFP Google – TEPCO president under fire from Japan lawmakers – Hiroshi Hiyama
• AFP Google – Support for Japan PM rebounds after disaster: poll
• BBC News – Robots venture inside Fukushima
• Bloomberg – Robots Find High Radiation as Tokyo Electric Lays Out a Plan to End Crisis – Yuji Okada
• Christian Science Monitor – Robots throw doubt on ‘road map’ to control Fukushima crisis – Mark Clayton
• Cryptome – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Photos 9
• Environment News Service – Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Could Last Nine Months
• Fox Business – Japan Nuclear Agency: Reactor Building No. 4’s Basement Filled With Five Meters of Water – Mitsuru Obe
• New York Times – Radiation Levels a Bar to New Plan for Japanese Nuclear Plant – Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Tokyo Utility Lays Out Plan for Its Reactors – Ken Belson and Steven Lee Myers
• OpEdNews – What Chernobyl Can Tell Us About Fukushima – Marianne Barisonek
• Reuters – Most Japan voters want new PM, approve quake tax – Linda Sieg and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – REFILE-Update 1-Unlike BP, Japan’s crisis-hit TEPCO has little to sell – Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Japan’s TEPCO says no decision yet on sale of KDDI shares – Tim Kelly
• Reuters – Analysis: Japan nuclear crisis could drag on long past timetable – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Q+A-Japan’s nuclear owner aims for shutdown of reactors – Shinichi Saoshiro
• SF Bay Indymedia – Alarming New Fukushima Reports – Stephen Lendman
• UPI – Robot readings in Japan nuke plant ‘harsh’
• UPI – Japan plans more radioactivity tests
• Washington Post – Japan utility releases stabilization blueprint – Ravi Nessman and Yuri Kageyama
• Xinhua News – TEPCO president faces budget committee
• Xinhua News – Nuke operator in Japan moves highly radioactive water to storage facility
• Xinhua News – Japanese PM hints at suspending plans of new nuclear facilities
• Xinhua News – Robot in Japanese reactors to measure radiation levels
• Xinhua News – Fukushima shutdown in 6-9 months
• Xinhua News – Japan measures elevated radiation levels within Fukushima plant
• AP Google – AP Impact: Asia nuclear reactors face tsunami risk
• AFP Google – Indian police kill protester in anti-nuclear demo