Sunday May 8th, 2011
- Asahi Shimbun – Chubu Electric to halt reactors in line with Kan request
- Asahi Shimbun – Cheers, jeers greet Kan’s policy on Hamaoka nuclear plant
- Daily Yomiuri – Swedish robots in N-plant cleanup
- Daily Yomiuri – Chubu Electric may go into red / Switch from nuclear to thermal, summer shortage may hit profits – Jun Onoda
- Daily Yomiuri – Kan to press Chubu utility to OK request / Denies plans to suspend other nuclear plants
- Japan Times – Tepco opens doors at reactor for ventilation
- Japan Times – Tepco also must pay redress for unfounded radiation fears: Kan
- Japan Times – Tepco prepares to open reactor No. 1
- Japan Times – Cabinet wants deeper Tepco restructuring
- Mainichi Daily News – Kan’s request to suspend nuclear plant lacks legal basis
- Mainichi Daily News – Radiation levels drop inside troubled No. 1 reactor building
- Mainichi Daily News – Cabinet ministers agree to demand further restructuring of TEPCO
- Mainichi Daily News – Kawauchi evacuees to be allowed to return home briefly Tues.
- AP Google – Japan won’t abandon nuclear power despite crisis
- Bloomberg – Japan Scrutinizes Nuclear Risks While Keeping Atomic Policies – Yuji Okada
- Bloomberg – Tepco Can’t Avoid Boosting Electricity Charges, Kaieda Says – Kana Nishizawa
- Business Week – Japan wants 3 reactors closed while seawall built – Mari Yamaguchi
- Democratic Underground – Arnie Gundersen confirms massive explosion at Unit No. 3 was in spent fuel pool
- Los Angeles Times – Japan looks abroad for high-tech help at Fukushima plant – John M. Glionna and Yuriko Nagano
- Reuters – Update 2-Japan “committed to nuclear power” despite shutdown call – Yoko Kubota
- Reuters – Q+A: What’s going on at Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant? – Mayumi Negishi
- RIA Novosti – Japan to continue use of nuclear power despite Fukushima nuke crisis – govt
- Wall Street Journal – Japan’s Chubu Scrambles Amid Nuclear-Shutdown Call – Judy Lam
- UPI – Key door at Japan nuclear reactor reopened
- Xinhua News – Japan’s troubled nuke plant operator opens doors of No. 1 reactor building
- Xinhua News – More than 1,000 Japan anti-nuclear protesters rally after PM call to close plant
- Xinhua News – Japan’s Chubu Electric holds inconclusive talks on suspension of Hamaoka reactors
Saturday May 7th, 2011
- Tokyo Electric Power Company – Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 10:00 am, May 7)
- Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear plants need stronger disaster protection
- Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear evacuees to visit no-entry zone from Tue.
- Daily Yomiuri – Summer power pinch tightens / N-plant shutdown would hit firms already hurt by power shortages
- Daily Yomiuri – Cattle farmers abandon hope – Yosuke Yagi and Yutaka Hojo
- Daily Yomiuri – Evacuation frustrates Iitatemura mayor – Shinichi Ikeda
- Daily Yomiuri – N-plant execs stall on Kan’s shutdown call
- Daily Yomiuri – Hamaoka tsunami measures ‘insufficient’
- Japan Today – 800 workers at Fukushima plant get belated health checkups
- Japan Times – Late expert gave forewarning of Fukushima nuke plant disaster draws attention on Net
- Japan Times – Shut down being considered for Fukushima No. 2
- Japan Times – Kan’s attempt to shut down Hamaoka lacks legal basis
- Mainichi Daily News – Local community mixed over gov’t request to shut down Hamaoka nuke plant
- Mainichi Daily News – Residents faced long struggle to halt operations at Hamaoka nuclear complex
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t stresses enhanced nuclear safety by scrapping Hamaoka plant
- Mainichi Daily News – Chubu Electric puts off decision on nuke plant suspension
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t may let residents near nuke plant briefly return home Tuesday
- Mainichi Daily News – METI sticks to nuclear energy despite Fukushima plant crisis
- Mainichi Daily News – Tsuruga reactor to be halted Sat. to check rise in radiation level
- AP Google – Japan utility delays decision on halting reactors
- AFP Google – Thousands rally in Japan against nuclear power
- Arirang News – Japan to Plant Sunflowers to clean up Fukushima’s radioactive soil
- Bloomberg – Japanese Power Plants Damaged, Closed by Quake, Tsunami – Michio Nakayama and Yuji Okada
- Bloomberg – Chubu Electric Board Considers Nuclear Plant Closure, Postpones Decision – Yuji Okada and Takashi Hirokawa
- Financial Times – How Fukushima Failed – Jonathan Soble and Mure Dickie.
- The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
- Irish Times – Living next to ‘most dangerous’ plant on planet – David McNeill
- Reuters – Japan anti-nuclear protesters rally after PM call to close plant – Mari Saito
- RIA Novosti – Radiation levels drop in Japan’s troubled reactor – Kim Kyung-Hoon
- UPI – No decision on Japan nuke plant suspension
- Xinhua News – Japan tries to contain nuclear crisis
- East Asia: The Hankyoreh – Editorial: Untrustworthy safety tests at aging nuclear plants
Friday May 6th, 2011
- Tokyo Electric Power Company – Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 10:00 am, May 7)
- Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear plants need stronger disaster protection
- Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear evacuees to visit no-entry zone from Tue.
- Daily Yomiuri – Summer power pinch tightens / N-plant shutdown would hit firms already hurt by power shortages
- Daily Yomiuri – Cattle farmers abandon hope – Yosuke Yagi and Yutaka Hojo
- Daily Yomiuri – Evacuation frustrates Iitatemura mayor – Shinichi Ikeda
- Daily Yomiuri – N-plant execs stall on Kan’s shutdown call
- Daily Yomiuri – Hamaoka tsunami measures ‘insufficient’
- Japan Today – 800 workers at Fukushima plant get belated health checkups
- Japan Times – Late expert gave forewarning of Fukushima nuke plant disaster draws attention on Net
- Japan Times – Shut down being considered for Fukushima No. 2
- Japan Times – Kan’s attempt to shut down Hamaoka lacks legal basis
- Mainichi Daily News – Local community mixed over gov’t request to shut down Hamaoka nuke plant
- Mainichi Daily News – Residents faced long struggle to halt operations at Hamaoka nuclear complex
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t stresses enhanced nuclear safety by scrapping Hamaoka plant
- Mainichi Daily News – Chubu Electric puts off decision on nuke plant suspension
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t may let residents near nuke plant briefly return home Tuesday
- Mainichi Daily News – METI sticks to nuclear energy despite Fukushima plant crisis
- Mainichi Daily News – Tsuruga reactor to be halted Sat. to check rise in radiation level
- AP Google – Japan utility delays decision on halting reactors
- AFP Google – Thousands rally in Japan against nuclear power
- Arirang News – Japan to Plant Sunflowers to clean up Fukushima’s radioactive soil
- Bloomberg – Japanese Power Plants Damaged, Closed by Quake, Tsunami – Michio Nakayama and Yuji Okada
- Bloomberg – Chubu Electric Board Considers Nuclear Plant Closure, Postpones Decision – Yuji Okada and Takashi Hirokawa
- Financial Times – How Fukushima Failed – Jonathan Soble and Mure Dickie.
- The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
- Irish Times – Living next to ‘most dangerous’ plant on planet – David McNeill
- Reuters – Japan anti-nuclear protesters rally after PM call to close plant – Mari Saito
- RIA Novosti – Radiation levels drop in Japan’s troubled reactor – Kim Kyung-Hoon
- UPI – No decision on Japan nuke plant suspension
- Xinhua News – Japan tries to contain nuclear crisis
- East Asia: The Hankyoreh – Editorial: Untrustworthy safety tests at aging nuclear plants
Thursday May 5th, 2011
- Japan Times – Workers enter No. 1 reactor building for first time since explosion
- Japan Times – Edano urges Tohoku Electric to ensure safety at Onagawa plant
- Japan Times – Noda names disaster prevention as one of Asia’s most important development issues – Ko Hirano
- Mainichi Daily News – Combined gov’t and TEPCO news conferences don’t appear to be improvement
- Mainichi Daily News – Better quality of life for nuclear workers coming: TEPCO
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO president makes kneeling apology to nuclear crisis evacuees
- Mainichi Daily News – Japan to review growth strategy, eyeing energy policy change
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t intervention necessary if Hamaoka nuke plant can’t make decision to shut down
- Mainichi Daily News – Workers enter No. 1 reactor building for 1st time since accident
- Mainichi Daily News – Hiroshima A-bomb victim voices anger over handling of nuclear crisis
- Nikkei – Workers Enter Fukushima Daiichi No. 1 Reactor For 1st Time Since Crisis
- AP Google – Workers enter Japan nuclear reactor building
- AFP Google – Workers enter reactor building at Japan plant
- BBC News – Fukushima workers enter nuclear reactor building
- Nature blog – Why workers must risk entering Fukushima
- Reuters – Q+A: What’s going on at Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant? – Mayumi Negishi, Shinichi Saoshiro and Yoko Kubota
- Reuters – Japan safety rules may close Hamaoka reactors-gov – Yoko Kubota
- Reuters – Workers enter Japan reactor for 1st time since blast – Hugh Lawson and Mari Saito
- UPI – Fukushima plant workers enter reactor
- World Nuclear News – Improvements for Fukushima physical protection
Wednesday May 4th, 2011
- Daily Yomiuri – Money not reaching victims / Lack of staff, difficulty in identifying recipients seen behind delay
- Japan Times – Time not on workers’ side as crisis raced on
- Japan Times – Worst case feared in early hours of Fukushima crisis
- Japan Times – Realistic safety debate not nuke sector, regulator forte – Justin Pritchard
- Japan Times – Workers set to enter reactor 1 building – Kanako Takahara
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO neglected radiation checks in building where two women absorbed high doses
- Mainichi Daily News – Simulations of radioactive substances diffusion from nuke plant released by gov’t
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t, experts must release criteria for radiation safety around nuke plant
- AFP Google – Radiation levels in seabed near Japan plant jump
- All Things Nuclear – Fukushima: 7-Week Update – David Wright
- BBC News – Robot camera shows the inside of Japan’s Fukushima reactor
- Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Says Aims to Cut No. 1 Reactor Radiation to 1 Millisievert – Michio Nakayama
- Christian Science Monitor – Fukushima prepares for cold shutdown: Will it finally stabilize Unit 1? – Mark Clayton
- ITN – New film inside crippled Japanese nuclear reactor
- Los Angeles Times – Japan islanders oppose proposed nuclear plant, year after year – John M. Glionna
- Reuters – Fukushima sees only incremental improvement-NRC – Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe
- World Nuclear News – Improvements for Fukushima physical protection
Tuesday May 3rd, 2011
- IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
- Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO to build makeshift levees to defend against tsunami
- Mainichi Daily News – Relaxed radiation dose rule for children draws flak
- Mainichi Daily News – Radiation leaks from fuel rods suspected at Tsuruga plant
- PanOrient News – Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior Begins Fukushima Coast Radiation Sampling
- AFP Google – Japanese engineers prepare to enter reactor building
- AFP Google – Japan mulls new robot help with nuclear disaster – Elise Potaka
- AFP Google – Japan eyes $49 bn nuclear compensation: report
- AFP Google – Greenpeace starts radiation tests near Japan plant
- Asia Times – Dying for TEPCO – Paul Jobin
- Bloomberg – Japan Estimates Tepco Compensation of $49 Billion, Asahi Says – Lily Nonomiya
- EastDay – TEPCO begins repairs on Japan plant
- Environment News Service – Kan Admits Failure to Address Nuclear Problems as Another Plant Leaks
- Greenpeace blog – TEPCO discovery of Fukushima sediment contamination in areas identified by Greenpeace – Phil Radford
- The Guardian – Fukushima parents dish the dirt in protest over radiation levels – Jonathan Watts
- IEEE Spectrum – Experts Divided on Future of Nuclear Energy in Japan – John Boyd
- Nature – Fukushima reactors did not restart after initial shutdown, study suggests
- Reuters – Update 1-Japan nuclear plant workers set up fans to cut radiation, repair – Hugh Lawson, Mari Saito and Yoko Kubota
- Reuters – Japan workers edge closer to control of crippled nuclear plant – Hugh Lawson and Mari Saito
- Reuters – Refile-TEPCO may face $24.6 bln in liabilities from nuke disaster -report – Hugh Lawson
- UPI – Japanese nuclear plant a time bomb?
- UPI – Filters to trap Japanese nuclear radiation
- Washington Times – Debate rises in Japan over paying power plant reparations – Christopher Johnson
- Xinhua News – High level radiation found on seabed near Japan’s crippled nuke plant
- Xinhua News – Japan suspects radiation leak from fuel rods at plant in Fukui prefecture
- Taipei Times – Nuclear plans discussed – Lee I-chia
- Asia: Nuclear Energy Insider – Fukushima forces rethink on nuclear across Asia – Paul French
Monday May 2nd, 2011
- Daily Yomiuri – Unmanned machines enlisted at N-plant
- Japan Times – Tight-lipped Tepco lays bare exclusivity of press clubs – Kanako Takahara
- Japan Times – Protesters urge rethink of child radiation limit – Natsuko Fukue
- Japan Times – U.S. doctors hit Tokyo radiation limit for kids
- Japan Times – Power cut doomed fallout computer
- Japan Times – Reconstruction panel tours Fukushima disaster area
- Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear accident a chance to reconsider national nuclear policy, says Bikini Atoll survivor
- Mainichi Daily News – Anti-nuclear power plant events prove popular during Golden Week
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t relaxes standards for residents’ temporary return to homes near nuclear plant
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO faces uphill battle in filling nuclear reactor containment vessel with water
- Mainichi Daily News – Kan promises temporary homes for all evacuees by Aug. holiday season
- Mainichi Daily News – Workers call for early settlement of nuke crisis at May Day event
- Mainichi Daily News – 55th anniv. of Minamata disease recognition marked
- Nikkei – Tepco To Upgrade Aomori Nuke Plant’s Tsunami Defense System
- Nikkei – Edano: No Limit To Tepco’s Liability For Damages
- AP Google – Tourists visiting Fukushima despite nuclear fears
- AFP Google – Japan employer federation boss says state, not Tepco, liable – Dave Clark
- AFP Google – Japan passes 4 trillion yen disaster relief budget – David Watkins
- Arirang News – TEPCO Admitted Another Nuclear Accident Last Year
- BBC News – Japan passes budget for emergency earthquake relief
- Bellona – Workers at Fukushima Daiichi reaching maximum exposure as culture of regulator and industry collusion is revealed – Charles Digges
- Bloomberg – Tepco Considers Air-Based System to Cool Water From Reactors – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
- China Post – More employees at Fukushima receive high radiation doses
- China Post – Japanese unions in call for end to nuclear power
- Environment News Service – Kan Admits Failure to Address Nuclear Problems as Another Plant Leaks
- New York Times – Life in Limbo for Japanese Near Nuclear Plant – Martin Fackler and Matthew L. Wald
- Reuters – Update 2-Japan says no limits to Tepco liability from nuclear disaster – Mari Saito, Taiga Uranaka, Chikafumi Hodo and Kentaro Hamada
- Reuters – Japan Atomic: may shut nuke reactor due to problem, no leak – Osamu Tsukimori
- Reuters – Update 1-Japan passes quake relief budget, more spending to follow – Tetsushi Kajimoto
- UPI – Chinese premier may visit Japan quake area
- Xinhua News – Japan suspects radiation leak from fuel rods at plant in Fukui prefecture
- Korea Herald – ‘Greentech’ to drive KEPCO’s growth – Koh Young-aah
- Korea Times – A bomb in every reactor – Joschka Fischer