Sunday, November 06, 2011

• Bloomberg – Tepco Finds Dangerous Level of Radiation at Fukushima Station – Chris Cooper
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO’s plans still sketchy / Details of restructuring, cost-cutting to emerge later this month – Chiaki Toyoda and Tadaaki Inoue

Saturday, November 05, 2011

• Business Week – Japan’s new crisis: radioactive waste disposal – Mari Yamaguchi
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO must speed up both compensation, restructuring
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear safety body to form third-party committee to investigate inspection methods
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov. Ishihara raps critics of Tokyo’s acceptance of rubble from disaster-hit region
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima students see A-bombed tree at Kyoto’s famed Ginkakuji temple
• Mainichi Daily News – Local gov’ts urged to accept rubble from quake- and tsunami-hit areas
• Mainichi Daily News – Softbank to build experimental ‘mega-solar’ power plant in Hokkaido

Friday, November 04, 2011

• AP Google – Japan’s new crisis: radioactive waste disposal – Mari Yamaguchi
• AFP Google – Japan’s TEPCO posts $8bln group net loss
• BBC News – Tepco to get $11bn government aid
• Bloomberg – Tepco Losses Rise to 1.8 Trillion Yen After Fukushima Disaster – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Cleanup Bill $14B Over 30 Years – Jacob Adelman
• Reuters – Update 1-Tepco lists fuel needs to make up for nuclear loss – Osamu Tsukimori
• The Economist – Cleaning up Japan’s nuclear mess
• New Yorker blog – Does Japan Really Need Nuclear? – Evan Osnos
• Reuters – Exclusive: Post-Fukushima nuclear generation could fall 15 pct – Henning Gloystein
• UPI – $11.5B approved for Japan quake victims
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt certifies financial aid to TEPCO
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt certifies financial aid to TEPCO
• Japan Times – Tohoku Electric holds nuke drill
• Japan Times – Fukushima cleanup to cost ¥1.1 trillion
• Japan Times – ¥900 billion OK’d as initial Tepco compensation fund
• Mainichi Daily News – Operation ratio of reactors hits record 18.5% low in Oct.
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to compile detailed radiation map in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Shareholders eye 1.1 tril. yen suit against 60 TEPCO directors
• Mainichi Daily News – Reactivated Genkai nuclear reactor becomes fully operational
• Mainichi Daily News – India keen for nuclear energy cooperation with Japan, official
• Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: Resolve to speak out against nuclear weapons
• Mainichi Daily News – Halt of crop farming in Fukushima forces manure to accumulate on cattle farms
• Mainichi Daily News – No room for administrative ‘sectionalism’ in dealing with nuclear disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO logs 627 bil. yen net loss for April-Sept. on nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo begins disposing of debris from quake-hit Iwate city
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, Turkey to resume negotiations on nuclear cooperation pact
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. think tank calls for radiation exposure survey on Fukushima
• Japan Times – Tohoku Electric holds nuke drill
• Japan Times – Fukushima cleanup to cost ¥1.1 trillion
• Japan Times – Postdisaster radiation exposure survey pushed by US think tank
• Japan Times – Utility logs ¥627 billion first-half loss over crisis
• Japan Times – No chain reaction in reactor 2, expert says – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Problem with restart of reactor
• Japan Times – Find out true reactor conditions
• Japan Times – Tainted bottle, soil dug up in Tokyo
• Japan Times – Disposal of quake debris begins
• Taipei Times – Fourth Nuclear Power Plant to go online by 2015

Thursday, November 03, 2011

• AP Google – Utility: No risk from fission at Japan nuke plant
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Reactor Isn’t in Critical State: Tepco – Takeshi Awaji and Aya Takada
• The Economist – Japan’s nuclear conundrum–The $64 billion question
• The Guardian – Fukushima fears played down by Tepco
• HNN Huntingtonnews – TEPCO: Reactor may have gone critical; Xenon-135 Detected at Fukushima
• Reuters – No sign of sustained fission in wrecked Japan reactor – Tim Kelly
• World Nuclear News – Fukushima xenon from spontaneous decay – Rutland and Stamford Mercury
• Xinhua News – Contaminated gas raises fears of fission at Fukushima
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO: N-plant xenon not result of criticality
• Daily Yomiuri – Radiation fears behind debris refusals / Remaining refuse may cause secondary damage, hinder reconstruction efforts
• Japan Times – Disposal of quake debris begins
• Japan Times – Disposal of quake debris begins
• Mainichi Daily News – Forgotten radioactive materials cropping up in wake of Fukushima nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Chiba gov’t: Cement company discharged water far over radiation limit into Tokyo Bay
• Mainichi Daily News – Broken bottle of radium caused Tokyo supermarket hot spot: science ministry
• Mainichi Daily News – Minister reprimands NISA chief for tardy reporting of xenon detection at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Closer monitoring and more explanation of Fukushima reactors needed
• Mainichi Daily News – Municipalities increasingly unwilling to accept quake debris
• China Post – Existing nuclear plants to be shut down: Ma
• Taipei Times – Ma unveils his nuclear energy policy – Mo Yan-chih and Chris Wang
• Taiwan Today – Ma outlines Taiwan’s nuclear energy policy – Rachel Chan
• World Nuclear News – New nuclear energy policy for Taiwan

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

• AFP Google – Japan restarts first nuclear plant since disaster
• AFP Google – New fission suspected at Japan nuclear plant
• BBC News – Xenon detected at Fukushima plant
• Bellona – In dangerous new development, TEPCO detects nuclear fission occurring in destroyed reactors at Fukushima Daiichi – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Tepco Detects Signs of Nuclear Fission at Fukushima, Raising Risk of Leaks – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• The Guardian – Fukushima suffers setback as officials detect signs of nuclear fission – Justin McCurry
• New York Times – Fears of Fission Rise at Stricken Japanese Plant – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Pacific Free Press – Fukushima Meltdown Documents Released – Nelle Maxey
• Reuters – “Fission” scare hits wrecked Japan nuclear plant – Shinichi Saoshiro
• UPI – Nuclear fission signs seen at Fukushima
• UPI – Japan falters with nuclear start-up
• World Nuclear News – Concerns of fission at unit 2
• Daily Yomiuri – Use Fukushima N-crisis lessons to map out countermeasures
• Daily Yomiuri – Minor criticality suspected at Fukushima plant’s No. 2 reactor
• Daily Yomiuri – Emergency zones planned for future N-crises / Drawing on lessons of Fukushima Pref. disaster, preparations to be made up to 50 km from plants
• Japan Times – Iwate tsunami debris Tokyo-bound for disposal
• Japan Times – Atomic power demand rises despite Fukushima
• Japan Times – Safety zones around nuclear plants to be widened to 30 km
• Japan Times – Xenon means recent fission in reactor 2 – KAZUAKI NAGATA and MIZUHO AOKI
• Japan Times – Restarted Genkai unit produces power
• Japan Times – The truth about tatemae – Scott Hards
• Japan Times – Fission feared at Fukushima reactor No. 2 – Kazuaki Nagata and Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Iwate tsunami debris Tokyo-bound for disposal
• Japan Times – Radiation reports may rise: officials – Hiroko Nakata
• Japan Times – Mayor OKs Genkai plant reactor restart
• Japan Times – Setagaya radiation said to be radium
• Mainichi Daily News – Sloppy inspection procedures threaten Japan’s nuclear safety regulations
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear safety body used inspection criteria drafted by nuclear fuel firm
• Mainichi Daily News – Rubble from quake-hit Iwate Prefecture sent to Tokyo for disposal
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Radioactive waste storage project must heed local views
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation near Tokyo supermarket unrelated to Fukushima crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO finds sign of fresh nuclear fission at Fukushima reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – Post-Fukushima nuclear energy demand up but slower, IAEA head says
• Mainichi Daily News – Genkai nuclear reactor restarts after 1 month hiatus
• Tokyo Reporter – Dow Jones: Nuclear fission possibly still occurring inside damaged TEPCO plant in Fukushima

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

• AP Google – Japan restarts reactor despite nuke power concerns
• AFP Google – Radium ‘likely cause’ of Tokyo radiation hotspot
• Bloomberg – Kyushu Electric Plans to Restart Reactor After Repairing Fault – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Japan Cuts Radiation Exposure Limit for Fukushima Plant Workers – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• The Energy Net – Radiation Bulletin: Fukushima News: Oct 24th – 30th 2011
• IEEE Spectrum – Covering Fukushima With a Little Help From Our Friends – Susan Hassler
• Reuters – Kyushu Elec says to restart No.4 Genkai reactor on Tues – Risa Maeda and Yoko Kubota
• Sky News – Japan’s Fukushima Water ‘Safe’ Drink Stunt
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda, Vietnam leader reaffirm N-plant plans
• Daily Yomiuri – 350 evacuees remain in shelters / Disaster refugees find temporary housing units unsuitable
• Daily Yomiuri – Exports to Vietnam offer chance to prove nuclear safety
• Denki Shimbun – First report of nuclear stress test result submitted
• Japan Times – Cesium in pollen not viewed as health risk
• Japan Times – The costly fallout of tatemae and Japan’s culture of deceit – Debito Arudou
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t releases map of radioactive tellurium-129m contamination around nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Cabinet official drinks glass of ground water from Fukushima plant to prove safety
• Mainichi Daily News – PM Noda looks set to back down from pursuit of less reliance of nuclear power
• Mainichi Daily News – Land price cuts hit areas devastated by quake disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – Kyushu Electric to resume operating nuke plant reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – Hundreds of disaster refugees still in shelters reluctant to take temporary housing
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Safety must be guaranteed as precondition for nuke reactor export to Vietnam
• PanOrient News – Greenpeace Slams Decision to Restart Genkai Reactor No. 4
• Tokyo Reporter – Japanese Government orders reassessment of nuclear safety standards: Nikkei
• Tokyo Times – Japan to export nuclear technologies to India, Vietnam
• Tokyo Times – Japan to export nuclear technologies to India, Vietnam

Monday, October 31, 2011

• AP Google – Experts: 30 years till Japan can close nuke plant – Eric Talmadge
• Bellona – New Norwegian report says Fukushima radiation releases twice initial estimates – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Plant Released Record Amount of Radiation Into Ocean – Beth Thomas
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear plant could take 30 years to clean up – Justin McCurry
• Reuters – J-Power: hard to meet scheduled nuclear plant launch – Risa Maeda
• Wall Street Journal blog – Nuclear Cleanup Faces ‘NIMBY’ Challenge – Yumiko Ono
• World Nuclear News – Ohi 3 completes initial stress test
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear decontamination: Do it right, and do it soon
• Japan Times – Monju focus to shift to research
• Japan Times – Fukushima shiitake cesium spikes
• Mainichi Daily News – JAEA unveils software to project post-decontamination radiation levels
• Mainichi Daily News – Local Fukushima residents seek compensation for decontamination gear, costs
• Mainichi Daily News – Workers in shelters just outside gates of nuclear complex miss out on allowance
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan to boost embassy staff in Ukraine with nuclear experts
• Mainichi Daily News – Taiwan’s dry storage facility for spent nuclear fuel to be completed
• Tokyo Times – Japan invents handy radiation decontaminator
• Tokyo Times – Experts: 30 years till Japan can close nuke plant
• Tokyo Times – Musings on energy policy: Japan white paper
• Tokyo Times – Fukushima caused world’s worst sea pollution
• Tokyo Reporter – Japan to store radioactive soil at temporary facilities in Fukushima, Kyodo says
• Tokyo Reporter – Japanese experts: 30 years to close crippled TEPCO nuclear plant, AP reports
• Tokyo Reporter – Japan to store radioactive soil at temporary facilities in Fukushima, Kyodo says
• Focus Taiwan News – 4th nuclear power plant should start in 2017 at latest: official
• Taipei Times – Fourth Nuclear Power Plant set to go online in 2017 – Lee I-chia
• Taipei Times – Tsai apologizes for nuclear waste woes – Chris Wang
• World Nuclear News – Fuel store nears completion in Taiwan