Sunday, December 18, 2011

• Daily Yomiuri – Disaster-hit areas face revenue drop
• Daily Yomiuri – High school in Minami-Soma to close due to N-crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – U.S. sanctions on Iran likely to affect Japan most
• Japan Times – Nuke plants face stricter regulations
• Mainichi Daily News – Former nuclear industry insider speaks out on lessons and disillusionment
• Tokyo Times – Japan makes breakthrough with Fukushima cold shutdown

Saturday, December 17, 2011

• New York Times – Indian Point: The Next Fukushima? – Victor Gilinsky
• NEI Nuclear Notes – NRC’s Post-Fukushima Recommendations Will Be Mandatory for U.S. Nuclear Energy Facilities
• Daily Yomiuri – Prospects murky as N-shutdown eyed – Takashi Hagihara
• Daily Yomiuri – Make every effort to contain Fukushima crisis completely
• Japan Times – Film promotes Japan energy revolution – Eriko Arita
• Japan Times – Lone holdout’s first nuclear winter looms in Tohoku – Christopher Johnson
• Japan Times – Daunting tasks await despite declaration of cold shutdown – Miya Tanaka
• Japan Times – Evacuees not reassured by milestone
• Japan Times – Hollow excuses from Tepco
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO faces tough challenges after ‘cold shutdown’ of Fukushima nuclear reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – News Navigator: What is a ‘cold shutdown’ at the Fukushima nuclear plant?
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Gov’t declares cold shutdown at nuclear plant, but crucial steps lie ahead
• Mainichi Daily News – 72-year-old who lost three family members to tsunami gives up on returning home

Friday, December 16, 2011

• Lacey.Patch – NRC Denies Petitioners Request to Shutdown Fukushima-Style Nuclear Plants – Elaine Piniat
• BBC News – Japan PM says Fukushima nuclear site finally stabilised
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Dismantling to Start After Shutdown – Yuji Okada, Jacob Adelman and Stuart Biggs
• Deutsche Welle – Japan says stricken nuclear plant is stable
• Deutsche Welle – Opinion: Fukushima power plant is far from ‘cold’
• IAEA – Cold Shutdown Conditions Declared at Fukushima
• Reuters – Japan says stricken nuclear power plant in cold shutdown – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – TABLE-Japan nuclear plant ops (Ohi No.2 enters turnaround) – Osamu Tsukimori and Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Decommissioning Fukushima reactors could take 30 yrs -minister
• Reuters – Japan PM: to do utmost to decommission Fukushima plant
• UPI – Crippled nuclear reactors declared stable
• Washington Post – Japan declares Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant stable – Chico Harlan
• World Nuclear News – Cold comfort for Fukushima
• Daily Yomiuri – NUCLEAR CRISIS–9 MONTHS ON / Focus on radiation screenings ended up claiming patients’ lives
• Daily Yomiuri – N-plant procedure ignored? / Workers ‘didn’t check’ reactor pressure day before explosion
• Daily Yomiuri – 20 mSv yardstick set for repatriating residents
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to buy land as site for N-soil storage
• Denki Shimbun – Environment Ministry developed guidelines for decontamination
• Japan Times – GSDF Fukushima city hall cleanups near end
• Japan Times – IAEA has grave concerns
• Japan Times – Officials: Cold shutdown has been achieved – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Japan, U.S. hold atomic disaster drill
• Japan Times – Escaped ostriches wandering around no-go zone
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA welcomes Japan’s announcement of cold shutdown at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Towns seek decommissioning of Hamaoka nuclear power plant
• Mainichi Daily News – People remain afraid of returning to homes near Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Noda vows to speed up radiation decontamination work

Thursday, December 15, 2011

• ABC – Fukushima and nuclear power 9 months on – Barry Brook
• ABC – Fukushima, nuclear and the rational approach to energy – Barry Brook
• AFP Google – Japan PM to declare Fukushima shutdown on Friday
• The Australian – Incognito journalist Tomohiko Suzuki claims Fukushima sham – Rick Wallace
• Nature – Editorial: Critical mass
• New York Times – Japan May Declare Control of Reactors, Over Serious Doubts – Martin Fackler
• Wall Street Journal blog – A Circus Tent for Fukushima Daiichi? – Mitsuru Obe
• Xinhua News – Senior U.S. diplomat to visit Japan on disaster recovery effort
• Daily Yomiuri – Confusion over ministry’s unclear remark on radiation
• Daily Yomiuri – Hatoyama: Nationalize Fukushima N-plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear Crisis–9 Months On / Govt pressure on N-agency cast doubt on meltdown
• Japan Times – IAEA not told of enriched nuclear waste
• JIJI Press – U.S. Ready to Support Japan’s Radiation Cleanup: Poneman
• Mainichi Daily News – Cesium can be removed completely from dead leaves and weeds: research team
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, IAEA discussing large amount of unaccounted-for nuke materials
• Taiwan News – EU study: clean energy costs no more in long run – Don Melvin

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

• AFP Google – The hermit of Fukushima ‘staying put’ despite risks – Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky
• Nature – Nuclear energy: Nationalize the Fukushima Daiichi atomic plant – Tomoyuki Taira1 & Yukio Hatoyama2
• Power Engineering Magazine – Nuclear Power Cost Seen 50 Pct Higher Than 2004 Estimate
• Reuters – TABLE-Japan electricity cost estimate by power source – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Kyushu Elec submits reactor test results on Weds – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – New Kimitsu unit to add supply to Tepco next summer – Risa Maeda
• UPI – Plan storage for contaminated soil
• World Nuclear News – IAEA to coordinate Pacific monitoring
• Daily Yomiuri – Radiation doses vary with evacuation patterns
• Japan Times – Nuclear power generation costs surge
• Japan Times – ‘Talking’ Geiger counter aids blind
• Japan Times – Evacuation proposal shelved 11 days after first blast
• Japan Times – Evacuation proposal shelved 11 days after first blast
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, IAEA discussing large amount of unaccounted-for nuke materials – The Hankyoreh
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. should learn lessons from Fukushima, keep nuke plants: daily
• Mainichi Daily News – Man continues to live alone in Fukushima no-entry zone despite criticism
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. anxious to secure nuclear waste disposal site as China emerges on scene
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan’s Nov. power output down for 9 straight months of decline
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to designate ‘difficult-to-return zones’ near crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Lawyers to help people affected by nuclear crisis negotiate compensation with TEPCO
• Tokyo Times – Russia, South Korea to jointly check contamination of Japan’s seas
• Taipei Times – Nuclear safety measures get praise – Shih Hsiu-chuan

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

• UN: IAEA – IAEA Implements TC Project on Marine Environment After Fukushima Accident
• UN: IAEA – IAEA Chief Discusses Major Catastrophes and Global Governance
• Oceania: The Age – All nuclear bets are off
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Weekly Japan Update
• Reuters – Biggest radiation dose outside Fukushima zone -report
• Daily Yomiuri – Interim storage facilities planned for near N-plant
• Denki Shimbun – “Nuclear Safety Agency” to be launched with 500 personnel
• Denki Shimbun – TEPCO stepped up cost reduction target
• Japan Times – No funding for Monju reactor test run
• Japan Times – Recovery boosted pollution by 3.9%
• Japan Times – Activists seek Tokyo, Osaka nuke plebiscites – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Moms make radiation risks a study – Maya Kaneko
• Japan Times – Evacuations too late outside no-go zone
• Japan Times – Evacuations too late outside no-go zone
• Mainichi Daily News – Remember past enthusiasm for nuclear science as we edge towards non-nuclear future
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t panel sees renewable energy costs dropping to level of nuclear energy by 2030
• Mainichi Daily News – Fishermen’s OK needed to dump nuclear plant water into sea: Edano
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to forgo test run of Monju reactor in fiscal 2012
• Mainichi Daily News – Fire breaks out at waste facility of Tsuruga nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear countries came close to solving problem of radioactive waste

Monday, December 12, 2011

• Huffington Post – NRC ‘Coup’ Leader, Bill Magwood, Consulted For Fukushima Parent Company – Ryan Grim
• Oceania: SBS – After Fukushima – what’s next for the nuclear industry?
• Forbes – Fukushima Ocean Radiation Was 50 Million Times Above Normal, But No Threat: Scientists
• NPR – A Trip Through Japan’s Nuclear Exclusion Zone
• Nuclear Engineering – Japan estimates the cost of a future nuclear accident
• TG Daily – Radioactivity in Japanese waters thousands of times higher than normal
• Daily Yomiuri – No Monju test runs in FY12, govt says
• Japan Times – Nuclear utilities face ¥50 billion disaster fee
• Japan Times – Fukushima rice in cesium limbo – Natsuko Fukue
• Mainichi Daily News – Environment parliamentary secretary says state’s radiation monitoring not trusted
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Decommissioning of Fukushima plant will need cooperation and vigilance
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation rose slightly after water leak at Genkai plant
• Tokyo Times – Radiation exposure of Fukushima residents measured at alarming levels