Sunday May 22nd, 2011

• TEPCO – Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 3:00 pm, May 22)
• Asahi Shimbun – Incoming TEPCO president determined to end crisis
• Asahi Shimbun – Record loss may be only the beginning for TEPCO
• Daily Yomiuri – Safety exec refutes govt, TEPCO story
• Daily Yomiuri – Only 30% of donations reaches victims
• Japan Times – Kan, Wen, Lee bolster disaster plans – Alex Martin
• Modern Tokyo Times – Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Stunning New Revelations Regarding Unit #1 Meltdown – Vojin Joksimovich, PhD
• AP Google – Japan, China, South Korea hold summit in Tokyo
• AFP Google – UN atomic watchdog experts set off for Japan
• AFP Google – Japan ‘plans solar panels for all new buildings’
• AFP Google – Erratic information fuels mistrust of TEPCO – Hiroshi Hiyama
• AFP Google – China to ease trade bans on Japan imports – Yuka Ito
• Global Research – Nuclear Power Plants: Understanding Boiling Water Reactor Systems At Fukushima – Lucas Whitefield Hixson
• Reuters – Japan quake reconstruction may cost up to $184 billion: Yosano – Leika Kihara
• Reuters – Special Report-Inside Tepco’s bailout: Japan Inc saves its own
• Reuters – Corrected-Japan PM: must review oversight of nuclear power – Shinichi Saoshiro
• UPI – Japan reports more radiation leakage
• Xinhua News – 250 tons of radioactive water leaks from nuclear plant into sea early May: TEPCO

Saturday May 21st, 2011

• Daily Yomiuri – Kan halted seawater injection / Operations stopped for 55 minutes over fears of ‘re-criticality’
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt must share burden of compensation for N-crisis
• Japan Times – Put the effort into renewables – Naoshi Koriyama
• Japan Times – Hamaoka condenser pipes cracked
• Japan Times – 20 terabecquerels of radioactive materials flowed out to Pacific
• Japan Times – East Asia’s top leaders meet near nuke plant
• Japan Times – U.N. initiates blanket study of nuke crisis
• Japan Times – Sources: Kan halted cooling day after quake
• Japan Times – Nuclear policy was once sold by Japan’s media – Philip Brasor
• Japan Times – U.S. court victories show how to get rid of nuclear plants – Stephen Hesse
• Japan Today – TEPCO pays Y219 mil to 21 advisers annually
• Japan Today – Total 250 tons of radioactive water leaked into sea early May: TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Hiroshima monk to invite Fukushima students to A-bomb anniversary
• Mainichi Daily News – Calls for rescue of abandoned pets in Fukushima grow louder as time runs out
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear plant workers suffer internal radiation exposure after visiting Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – 302 students change schools over radiation fears
• Mainichi Daily News – SMBC to continue providing funds to crisis-hit Tokyo Electric
• Mainichi Daily News – China unlikely to ease import controls on Japan farm produce: experts
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Death Of Nuclear Plant Worker Highlights Need For Proper Health Management
• Mainichi Daily News – Pipes inside condenser found damaged at Hamaoka nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, S. Korea to cooperate on nuke safety, postquake recovery
• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log–Updates of 12 – 18 May 2011
• AP Google – China, SKorea leaders tour devastated Japan region
• AFP Google – UN launches study of Japan’s nuclear disaster: Ban
• National Post blog – OpEd: The ‘myth of safety’ in Japan’s nuclear plants – Peter Goodspeed
• Reuters – China and South Korea leaders visit Fukushima in show of support – Kim Kyung Hoon and Sui-Lee Wee
• Reuters – Leak from Japan reactor 100 times more than permitted – Risa Maeda
• RIA Novosti – Giant barge arrives at Fukushima plant to store radioactive water
• Xinhua News – Chinese premier visits, encourages quake-hit Japan

Friday May 20th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Banks expected to offer new low-interest loans to TEPCO – Takashi Kamiguri
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation fears dampen Chinese students’ enthusiasm for studying in Japan – Nozomu Hayashi and Kentaro Koyama
• Daily Yomiuri – FROM SQUARE ONE / How dangerous is Hamaoka?
• Daily Yomiuri – FROM SQUARE ONE / Primer on the Tokai megaquake
• Daily Yomiuri – Nishioka’s article spurs moves to unseat Kan
• Denki Shimbun – Plans for cooling reactors at Fukushima I NPS revised
• Denki Shimbun – Power industry requests for framework of aid with compensation for Fukushima accident
• Denki Shimbun – Opposition party calls for withdrawal of anti-warming law bill
• Japan Times – Crisis center kept in dark on SPEEDI data
• Japan Times – Tepco suffers record ¥1.24 trillion group loss as president takes the fall – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t nuclear watchdog holds conference to clear radiation misunderstanding
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO releases photos of manned mission into Fukushima nuke reactor building
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t crisis center kept in dark over data on radiation dispersal
• Mainichi Daily News – Disasters send Japanese economy into recession
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO names managing director Nishizawa as next president
• Mainichi Daily News – Workers succeed in entering buildings of 3 troubled reactors: TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t nuclear commission failed to expand antidisaster zone in 2006
• Mainichi Daily News – Head of bankers’ association denies TEPCO debt write-off
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, China nuclear experts hold talks on Fukushima accident
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima residents still need to rely on nuclear plant for livelihoods
• Mainichi Daily News – Technique developed to stockpile radioactive cesium
• Nikkei – Tepco Lurches To $15bn Loss, Warns Of Doubts About Survival
• Nikkei – New Tepco President Talks Of ‘Grave Responsibility’
• Nikkei – New Tepco President Talks of ‘Grave Responsibility’
• Nikkei – Tepco Chief To Step Down ‘For Causing Inconvenience’
• Nikkei – Tepco Scraps Plan To Build 2 New Reactors
• Nikkei – BOJ Gov Sees Supply Constraints Easing But Nuclear Problems Remain A Threat
• AP Google – Japan utility head resigns over nuclear crisis
• AFP Google – Leaders of Japan, China, S. Korea meet in Fukushima
• AFP Google – Japan’s TEPCO posts record loss as president resigns – Hiroshi Hiyama
• AFP Google – Agony for Japan livestock farmers in nuclear crisis – Shingo Ito
• AFP Google – TEPCO to post huge loss, president to resign: reports
• BBC News – In pictures: Tsunami hits Fukushima nuclear power plant
• Bloomberg – Tepco President Resigns After Record Loss – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Michio Nakayama
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Fukushima Weekly Update
• Platts – US nuclear lobby budgets $13 million for Fukushima response: sources – William Freebairn
• Reuters – U.N. launches study of Japan nuclear crisis – Louis Charbonneau
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan power body: need reactor restart for summer demand – Michael Watson
• Reuters – Update 7-Tepco chief quits after $15 bln loss on nuclear crisis – James Topham
• Reuters – Tepco: prioritized operational knowledge in choosing insider – Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Tepco to scrap first four nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan’s Tepco posts record $15 bln loss on nuclear crisis costs – Nathan Layne
• Reuters – Tepco president to be replaced by Managing Dir Nishizawa-Kyodo – Chang-Ran Kim
• UPI – Tepco chief resigns over nuclear crisis
• World Nuclear News – Japanese reactor shutdowns threaten power shortages
• World Nuclear News – Trillion-yen cost of tsunami
• World Nuclear News – Cold shutdown a must for Fukushima return
• Focus Taiwan – Government will not extend service of 1st nuke plant – Lin Shu-yuan and S.C. Chang
• Radio Taiwan – No plans to build more nuclear power plants: Ma

Thursday May 19th, 2011

• TEPCO – Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 3:00 pm, May 19)
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO drastically revises cooling plan, but sticks to cold shutdown schedule – Eisuke Sasaki
• Asahi Shimbun – Utilities cry foul at moves to deregulate electricity market
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt eyeing utility reform / Kan considering separation of power generation, transmission
• Daily Yomiuri – Workers enter No. 3 reactor bldg
• Japan Times – Folly of official obfuscation – Hugh Cortazzi
• Japan Times – Manufacturers expect lasting quake impact
• Japan Times – Tepco told to avoid sale of national park land
• Japan Times – Yamaguchi might nix nuke plant via license
• Japan Times – OpEd: Lack of details worsens situation – John Bernhart
• Japan Times – OpEd: ‘Contamination,’ ‘exposure’ differ – William Ireton
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan gov’t to revise nuclear design safety guidelines
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan suggests separating power generation, distribution in Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Tohoku Electric to set up 800-meter-long levee near Onagawa plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Yamaguchi governor likely to reverse policy and say ‘no’ to construction of nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Cabinet adviser retracts remark about release of contaminated water
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan assures that nuclear-crisis-hit municipalities will be compensated
• Mainichi Daily News – Workers enter another reactor building at crippled Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan PM to join China, S. Korea leaders to visit Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Gov’t Attempt To Promote Clean Energy A Test Of Electric Power Policy Reform
• AFP Google – Japan falls back into recession after quake – Yuka Ito
• BBC News – Viewpoint: Possible future scenarios for Tokyo Electric – Penn Bowers
• Bloomberg – Tepco May Report 1.5 Trillion Yen Loss – Yusuke Miyazawa
• Bloomberg – Fukushima May Have Leaked Radiation Before Tsunami – Yuji Okada, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Shunichi Ozasa
• Power-Gen Worldwide – Five tons of seawater entered nuclear reactor at Hamaoka
• Reuters – Update 1-Tepco to announce record annual loss,replace pres-media – James Topham
• Reuters – Japan banking lobby head sees no need for Tepco debt waiver – Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Japan nuclear crisis still “very serious”: IAEA head – David Brunnstrom
• Reuters – Update 1-Workers enter No.3 reactor at crippled Japan nuclear plant – Mari Saito, Kiyoshi Takenaka, Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Japan minister: impossible to build 14 new nuclear reactors-Kyodo – Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Tepco shareholders to be asked to help with crisis: Edano – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Quake knocks Japan into recession – Rie Ishiguro and Tetsushi Kajimoto
• World Nuclear News – Cold shutdown a must for Fukushima return
• World Nuclear News – Images show tsunami inpact
• Xinhua News – Japan’s nuclear leak pushes up China’s aquatic product export
• Xinhua News – TEPCO releases photos of tsunami water rushing into nuke plant
• Xinhua News – TEPCO workers enter Fukushima nuke power reactor building
• Xinhua News – Video shows ongoing recovery efforts at Fukushima
• Radio Taiwan – Ma: Reliance on nuclear power can be reduced under right conditions

Wednesday May 18th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Meltdowns also likely occurred at No. 2, No. 3 reactors of Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Fumihiko Yoshida: Lessons of A-bomb should be applied to Fukushima disaster
• Asahi Shimbun – No. 2, No. 3 reactors remain volatile; meltdowns suspected – Hidenori Tsuboya
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima nuclear crisis must be resolved as scheduled
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt tries to deflect N-crisis criticism
• Daily Yomiuri – Radiation tests lacking / Nuclear plant workers unsure of internal exposure levels
• Daily Yomiuri – Poor estimates force timetable revision
• JapanToday – Tohoku Electric to set up 800-meter-long levee near Onagawa plant
• Japan Times – IAEA team to arrive Tuesday for Fukushima probe
• Japan Times – Workers enter building of reactor 2
• Japan Times – Failed venting tries linked to No. 2 damage
• Japan Times – Release of radioactive water made at request of U.S.: Cabinet adviser
• Japan Times – Japan offers WHO apology for nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Shizuoka, Kanagawa governments oppose radiation screening order for tea leaves
• Mainichi Daily News – Nagasaki, Hiroshima to open permanent A-bomb exhibition in Geneva
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Timetable to end nuclear crisis too optimistic
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan to review Japan’s nuclear fuel cycle policy: Shii
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t eyes nuke compensation payment process from around fall
• AP Google – PM: Japan’s nuke regulators need more independence
• AFP Google – Japan’s TEPCO debt waive call draws ire
• AFP Google – Japan TEPCO workers enter reactor building
• Bloomberg – Tepco Misleading Public Over Nuclear Crisis – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Price Says Tepco Timeline for Nuclear Cleanup ‘Feasible’: Video
• Bloomberg – Japanese Power Plants Damaged or Closed by Earthquake – Michio Nakayama and Yuji Okada
• CBS News – Japan may be world’s biggest ship graveyard – Lucy Craft .
• Financial Times – Japan’s nuclear embrace is looser but not yet broken – Mure Dickie
• Financial Times – Doubt over meltdown dispelled – Jonathan Soble
• New York Times – In Japan Reactor Failings, Danger Signs for the U.S. – Hiroko Tabuchi, Keith Bradsher and Matthew L. Wald
• New York Times – With Reactor Damage Thought to Be Worse, Tokyo Utility Sticks to Plan – Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Nuclear Energy — Crisis in Japan Update
• Nuclear Engineering – Unit 1 plan switches away from flooding
• Nuclear Street – New Comprehensive Video of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station with Status Update
• Nuclear Street – Progress Status of TEPCO’s Roadmap towards Restoration from the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• Reuters – Japan PM: must review oversight of nuclear power – Shinichi Saoshiro

Tuesday May 17th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Partisan bickering is wasting time in helping disaster victims
• Asahi Shimbun – More than 60% of voters support Hamaoka nuclear plant shutdown
• Daily Yomiuri – Quickly contain water leaks, radioactive contamination
• Daily Yomiuri – Grazing rights lost over ‘radioactive’ grass
• Daily Yomiuri – Ministries divided over radioactive tea
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to give SDF big boost in disaster pay
• Daily Yomiuri – N-reactor cooling failed before tsunami
• The Diplomat – Japan Stuck With Nuclear Power – Victoria Tuke
• Japan Times – Vague plan for nuke evacuees – Alex Martin
• Japan Times – More nuclear reactor shutdowns lie ahead
• Japan Times – Reactor worker error comes to light – Minoru Matsutani and Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Plan to cool reactors revised but not timeline – Kazuaki Nagata and Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Tepco loss to exceed ¥800 billion
• Japan Times – Worker error may have led to meltdown – Minoru Matsutani and Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Crisis plan revised but not timeline
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t set to review growth strategy, shift energy focus
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA team to visit Japan from May 24 to probe nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t panel to decide compensation for nuclear crisis by ranking mental distress
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO documents reveal chaos at Fukushima nuke plant after quake, tsunami
• Mainichi Daily News – Government releases new map of predicted radiation exposure
• Mainichi Daily News – Cooling system of Fukushima plant’s No. 1 reactor not functioning before tsunami
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear safety commission chairman was quick to advise Kan that reactors needed venting
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive substance detected in green tea leaves in Ibaraki towns
• Mainichi Daily News – Mitsubishi UFJ chief blasts gov’t over TEPCO rescue
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. says safe to travel through area near crippled nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Diet approval on nuclear compensation scheme may not come soon
• Nikkei – Tepco Amends Nuclear Plant Roadmap, Keeps 6-9 Month Deadline
• Nikkei – Business Lobby Head Slams Govt On Tepco, Trade
• Nikkei – ‘Private-Private’ Talks Needed On Tepco Debt Waiver: Finance Chief
• All Things Nuclear – TEPCO Says Core of Unit 1 Melted – David Wright
• AP Google – Japan sticks with timetable to resolve nuke crisis
• AFP Google – Japan disaster not similar to Chernobyl: officials
• AFP Google – Japan to review post-quake energy, economy strategies
• BBC News – Japan nuclear crisis: Fukushima shutdown for January
• Bellona – TEPCO officials confirm meltdown in Fukushima reactor No 1 while water levels uncontrollably rise and thousands more evacuate – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Japan to Begin Nuclear Compensation in October-January – Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Japan Says Tepco Lenders Must Share Burden – Shigeru Sato and Toru Fujioka
• Energy Tribune – Without Nuclear, Japan Is In The Dark – Kirsten Korosec
• Financial Times – The race to secure Tepco’s financial stability – Mure Dickie
• Greenpeace blog – Fukushima meltdown: two months later, Japan’s government still drags its feet – Greg McNevin
• The Guardian – Fukushima reactors will be stable by January, operator insists – Justin McCurry in Tokyo
• IEEE Spectrum – “The Scale of the Accident Was Beyond My Imagination” – Eliza Strickland
• NIRS – Fukushima Update
• Radio Netherlands – Difficult future for Dutch farmer in Japan – Sigrid Deters
• Reuters – Factbox:What Tepco aims to achieve at its crippled nuclear plant – Shinichi Saoshiro and Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – U.N. nuclear agency to send expert mission to Japan – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Japan says to try to avoid tax hike for nuclear compensation – Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Japan PM: govt will support those hit by nuclear crisis – Tetsushi Kajimoto
• Reuters – Tepco revises plan to stabilize plant, sticks to timeline – Shinichi Saoshiro and Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – WRAPUP 5-Japan keeps Fukushima shutdown target despite setbacks – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Q+A-What’s going on at Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant? – Shinichi Saoshiro and Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Japan April nuclear plant usage falls to 3-year low – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – BOJ warns economy in severe state, beating deflation not enough – Leika Kihara
• UPI – New plan for stabilizing Fukushima
• UPI – Chaos reigned after quake at nuke plant
• Wall Street Journal – UK Nuclear Report On Fukushima Implications Due Wednesday – Selina Williams
• Washington Post – In Japan, is a Tepco apology enough? – Chico Harlan
• World Nuclear News – Revisions to Fukushima restoration roadmap
• World Nuclear News – Theory for Fukushima Daiichi 4 explosion
• Xinhua News – In pictures: current situation in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• Xinhua News – Japanese TEPCO to stick with original nuke shutdown plan, despite problems
• Xinhua News – Japan’s troubled nuke plant keeps April shutdown timetable: TEPCO
• Xinhua News – IAEA sends international experts commission to Japan
• Focus Taiwan – President calls for regular drills to boost nuclear safety
• Radio Taiwan – Government drill simulates nuclear plant disaster

Monday May 16th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Anti-nukes songs go viral after mainstream outlets reluctant to play them – Daisuke Igarashi and Daisuke Nakai
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO rethinks flooding reactor No. 1 after leakage found
• Daily Yomiuri – 56% want govt to hike crisis funds / 59% unhappy with efforts since quake
• The Diplomat – A Fukushima Update
• Japan Times – Rosy telling of nuke response, warnings headed for IAEA
• Japan Times – Analysis: Fledgling DPJ failing amid unkept promises, flak over disaster response – John Brinsley, Sachiko Sakamaki and Takashi Hirokawa
• Japan Times – Rosy telling of nuke response, warnings headed for IAEA
• Japan Times – When it comes to mighty Tepco, pride goes before the fall
• Japan Times – Tepco prepares to start pumping tainted water from No. 3
• Japan Times – Tepco CDSs leap on loan writeoff remark
• Japan Times – Kan sticks to nuke crisis road map
• JapanToday – Meltdown may have occurred also at Nos. 2, 3 reactors
• JapanToday – TEPCO plans to book group net loss of over Y800 bil for FY 2010
• Japan Today – Quake damage, nuclear crisis force 169 schools to relocate or close
• Japan Times – Kan sticks to nuke crisis road map
• Japan Times – Tepco ready to start pumping tainted water from No. 3
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan says meltdown unlikely to slow schedule for bringing nuclear crisis under control
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO admits nuclear meltdown occurred at Fukushima reactor 16 hours after quake
• Mainichi Daily News – Local bodies struggling to locate evacuees eligible for relief funds
• Mainichi Daily News – More villagers near troubled nuclear plant evacuate as no-entry zone expanded
• Mainichi Daily News – Over 60 percent of public supports suspension of operations at Hamaoka plant: Mainichi poll
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear power plant disaster highlights importance of diverse safety measures
• Nikkei – Tepco Rethinking Plan For Cooling Reactors
• PanOrient News – TEPCO Must Immediately Disclose All Information on Fukushima Reactors:Greenpeace
• YokosoNews – 311 Disaster Update #36 – 5/17/2011
• AP Google – Japanese in expanded nuclear zone leave homes
• AFP Google – Japan consumer confidence dives at record pace
• AFP Google – Japan’s nuclear crisis timetable on track: PM
• AsianWeek – Fukushima, Japan’s Happiest Nuclear Power Plant – Arthur Hu
• The Atlantic – Meanwhile, the Disaster at Fukushima Continues – Alexis Madrigal
• BBC News – Giant barge to store radioactive water from Japan nuclear plant
• Bellona – TEPCO officials confirm meltdown in Fukushima reactor No 1 while water levels uncontrollably rise and thousands more evacuate – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – U.S. Ends Emergency Japan Watch, Says Reactors Stabilizing – Simon Lomax
• Bloomberg – Kan Says Timetable to Resolve Nuclear Crisis Hasn’t Changed – Yuji Okada and Takashi Hirokawa
• Bloomberg – Tepco Says Fuel in 2 Reactors May Have Melted – Michio Nakayama and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – E.ON’s Oskarshamn-1 Nuclear Reactor in Sweden Starts Production – Lars Paulsson
• CounterCurrents – Fukushima’s Secret Radionuclides – Mary Hamer M.D
• New York Times – Japanese Officials Ignored or Concealed Dangers – Norimitsu Onishi and Martin Fackler
• Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes – TEPCO concedes severe fuel damage at Fukushima – Dan Yurman
• Reuters – Update 1-TEPCO rethinks plan to cool reactors – Nikkei – Soham Chatterjee
• Reuters – Update 1-Tepco to start compensating Fukushima evacuees by fall-Nikkei – Aniket Basu
• Reuters – Fukushima nuclear plant not built to take megaquake – Mari Saito and Kevin Krolicki
• Reuters – Moody’s cuts Tepco to one notch above junk on compensation plan – Nathan Layne
• Reuters – Tokyo Electric: reviewing records of how nuclear crisis unfolded – Kevin Krolicki and Chisa Fujioka
• UPI – PM: Shutdown of reactors by year-end
• Wall Street Journal – Cores Damaged at Three Reactors – Mitsuru Obe
• World Nuclear News – Fukushima fuel melt confirmed
• Xinhua News – Most Japanese dissatisfied with gov’t post-quake efforts
• Xinhua News – New evacuations begin at Fukushima