Sunday, February 26, 2012

• Greenpeace International blog – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for February 21st – February 23rd, 2012 – Christine McCann
• Reuters – Update 1-One of Japan’s 2 online reactors may operate longer than planned – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan’s Hokkaido may delay reactor turnaround to May – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – RPT-INSIGHT-Japan’s nuclear crisis goes much further than Fukushima – Risa Maeda
• San Francisco Bay View – Fukushima – worse than Chernobyl – Janette D. Sherman, M.D., and Joseph J. Mangano, M.P.H.
• Fukushima Diary – JP Gov has no technology to decommission a nuclear reactor – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 3.1×10E11 Bq/m3 of cesium leaked from the water purifying system – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tokyo station is contaminated as mandatory evacuating zone in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Monitoring post manipulated – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – U.S. debriefs Japan on N. Korea talks
• Japan Times – Azumi, Geithner talk Iran
• Japan Times – Tsunami alert softened days before 3/11
• Japan Times – Tradeoff in nuclear power – Takamitsu Sawa
• Japan Times – Smoke spotted at idle Niigata reactor

Saturday, February 25, 2012

• Pacific Free Press – Facing Fukushima, Still! Face to Face with the Fukushima Disaster (pt. 3) – Jack Etkin
• Reuters – Japan govt to seek Tepco board resignation-media – Antoni Slodkowski
• Wall Street Journal – Nuclear Experts Finger Japan’s Lax Safety Culture – Mitsuru Obe
• Xinhua News – Ten operational defects found in Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Child evacuees show mixed reactions about town
• Japan Times – Radiation still high around Fukushima No. 1
• Japan Times – Overseas experts urge Japan to create ‘safety culture’ in nuke power industry – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Flaws found in plant’s first post-March 11 inspection
• Japan Times – Worker at No. 1 nuke plant died from overwork
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: TEPCO must be proactive in nuke crisis compensation negotiations
• Mainichi Daily News – High radiation level logged in town near Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Agency finds around 10 flaws during inspection of Fukushima plant

Friday, February 24, 2012

• Bloomberg – Tepco Bailout Largest in Japan Since Rescue of Banks – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Business Week – Japan to Purchase Contracted Kazakh Uranium, Kazatomprom Says – Nariman Gizitdinov and Yuriy Humber
• IAEA – Fukushima Daiichi Status Report (pdf-210K)
• Nature – Scientists report back from Fukushima exclusion zone – Quirin Schiermeier
• Reuters – Japan plans tougher nuclear security ahead of summit – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Insight-Japan’s nuclear crisis goes much further than Fukushima – Risa Maeda
• Xinhua News – Japan to enforce stricter limits on radiation in food on April 1
• Daily Yomiuri – Hosono, N-investigation commission criticized
• Denki Shimbun – Electric utilities assist decontamination efforts in Fukushima
• Denki Shimbun – Nuclear plant shutdowns taking heavy toll on local economy
• Japan Times – Fast-breeder said realistic no more
• Mainichi Daily News – New technology can remove 99.9 percent of radioactive cesium in soil
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan to propose backup power sources in event of nuclear terrorism
• Mainichi Daily News – Panel thinks fast-breeder reactor not realistic option for 20-30 yrs
• Mainichi Daily News – Town’s ‘lies’ show stronger checks needed in gov’t use of precious tax money
• Mainichi Daily News – Last evacuation facility in 3 disaster-hit prefectures closes
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. frustrated at lack of information from Japan after disaster

Thursday, February 23, 2012

• BBC News – Firefighters’ key Fukushima mission
• Power Engineering Magazine – Residents to sue operator to stop Tokai No. 2 nuclear plant.
• Power Engineering Magazine – Takahama reactor shuts down, leaving only 2 units online in Japan.
• Reuters – Hosono sees bigger govt role in Japan nuclear power – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Japan Times – Antiterror backup plans mulled for nuke security talks
• Japan Times – Hashimoto’s opposition a big hurdle in Osaka nuclear plebiscite drive – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Hashimoto’s no a big hurdle in Osaka nuke plebiscite drive – Eric Johnston
• JIJI Press – Direct Disposal of Spent N-Fuel Less Costly: Japan Panel
• Kyodo News – U.S. frustrated at lack of information from Japan after disaster – Masakatsu Ota
• Mainichi Daily News – Children’s radiation doses to guide decontamination in Fukushima Pref. city
• Mainichi Daily News – Tohoku Electric may issue bonds for 1st time after Fukushima crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan ready to cut Iranian oil imports by at least 11%
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan likely to win exemption from U.S. sanctions against Iran
• Mainichi Daily News – Assembly member realtor’s high rent for factory linked to promotion of nuclear power

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

• AFP Google – Intense US questions early on over Fukushima
• BBC News – Cruise finds Fukushima pollution – Jonathan Amos
• BBC News – Okinawa snow events halted after Japan radiation fears
• Bloomberg – Tepco Said to Be in Talks for 1.07 Trillion Yen of Borrowing – Emi Urabe
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Disaster Left U.S. Agency in Confusion Amid Scarce Information – Brian Wingfield
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan steel body urges restart of nuclear reactors – Yuko Inoue
• UPI – Report on Fukushima fallout released
• Washington Post – NRC Fukushima transcripts show urgency, confusion early on – Steven Mufson
• World Nuclear News – French minister in Fukushima
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt must present clear nuclear safety measures
• Daily Yomiuri – Naha snow event axed due to radiation fears
• Daily Yomiuri – Seabed near nuke plant to be paved
• Japan Times – Cesium found 640 km off Fukushima in June
• Japan Times – Radiation found 640 km off coast of Fukushima
• Japan Times – Transcripts sketch out NRC’s 3/11 confusion
• Japan Today – TEPCO to cement 73,000 sq meters of seabed off Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. worried about Fukushima meltdown early on: commission transcript
• Mainichi Daily News – Safety certification system for plant factories to be launched with view to disaster areas
• Mainichi Daily News – Kuwait scraps nuclear power in light of Fukushima crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan in talks with U.S. over importing LNG: Fujimura
• Mainichi Daily News – Naha city cancels event using snow from Aomori amid radiation fears
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear commission holds 1st panel meeting on Oi plant stress tests

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

• The Australian – Radiation from disaster detected off Japan
• Bloomberg – Wider U.S. Evacuation at Fukushima Supported in NRC Transcripts – Brian Wingfield and Jim Efstathiou Jr.
• CNN – NRC releases inside look at U.S. response to Japan nuclear disaster – Mike M. Ahlers
• MSNBC – Radiation from Fukushima detected 400 miles off Japanese coast – Brian Skoloff
• New York Times – Records Show Confusion in U.S. at Start of Japan’s Atomic Crisis – Matthew L. Wald
• Platts – US NRC releases transcripts of response to Fukushima emergency – Steven Dolley
• Radio Times – This World: Inside the Meltdown – David Butcher
• Wall Street Journal – Faulty Data Guided U.S. After Japan Nuclear Accident – Peter Landers
• World Nuclear News – Last Kansai reactor goes off line
• Yahoo! News – NRC officials doubted US claim on Japan crisis – DINA CAPPIELLO and MATTHEW DALY
• Straits Times – Japan clears up only 5% of tsunami rubble
• Daily Yomiuri – N-shutdowns may leave firms starved for juice – Takashi Itoda
• Daily Yomiuri – Animal victims of N-crisis find new homes – Fumito Nagase
• Daily Yomiuri – Reflections on Leadership — Part 1 / Leaders should consider how science and technology will develop
• Daily Yomiuri – Current account deficit feared / Jan. trade figures portend account blowout, analysts say – Mitsuhiko Totsuka
• Japan Times – Takahama reactor offline; two still on
• Japan Times – Reactor stress tests alone not enough
• Japan Times – Rethink of tsunami risk was way too late
• Japan Times – Takahama reactor offline; two still on
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t emergency headquarters refused to conduct additional thyroid testing on children
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima nuclear plant shown to media, plant chief apologizes for water leaks
• Mainichi Daily News – Belarus to continue cooperating with Japan over nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Media allowed into Fukushima plant again, but situation far from resolved
• Tokyo Times – Only two nuclear reactors running in Japan

Monday, February 20, 2012

• Bloomberg – Japan Has 2 Reactors With 4.6% of Total Capacity Online – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Daily Telegraph – Japan’s trade deficit balloons to all-time high – Szu Ping Chan
• The Guardian – Fukushima manager dismisses fears that reactors are overheating again – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Inside Fukushima – in pictures
• Wall Street Journal blog – Another Look at the Inside of Fukushima Daiichi
• Xinhua News – Japan’s KEPCO to shutdown its last nuclear reactor
• Daily Yomiuri – Survey reveals radiation doses / 58% of Fukushima residents likely exposed to less than 1 millisievert
• Japan Times – January trade deficit hits new high – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Search for disaster victims held on Fukushima coast
• Japan Times – Residents of three towns received as much as 23 millisieverts of radiation
• Japan Times – Debris disposal test gives low cesium level
• Mainichi Daily News – ‘Bikini incident’ survivor’s story relevant today as Fukushima crisis continues – Mamoru Shishido
• Mainichi Daily News – City in Shizuoka confirms safety of ash from incinerated debris
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima residents exposed to up to 23 millisieverts of radiation