Sunday, March 25, 2012

• Bloomberg – Nuclear Industry Says Back on Track After Fukushima `Speed Bump’ – Yuriy Humber, Sangim Han and Shinhye Kang
• Bloomberg – Tepco Confronts Post-Fukushima Future Dictated By Bureaucrats – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Reuters Africa – Japan faces nuclear-free summer, power shortage risks – Yoko Kubota
• Daily Yomiuri – Tomari reactor to be halted on May 5 – Press TV
• Fukushima Diary – 2.52µSv/h in Kawasaki – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Time restriction to play outside will be lifted in Koriyama – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Another man had sudden death on driving in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 12,100 Bq/Kg from sludge ash – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – U.S., Japan to research uranium fuel swaps
• Japan Times – Iitate evacuees to pursue greater nuclear redress from Tepco
• Japan Times – Sentaku Magazine: Tapping into oceanic energy
• Japan Times – U.S., Japan to research uranium fuel swaps
• Japan Times – Fukushima antinuclear meet slated
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima’s Iitate residents to seek greater compensation from TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Only one out of 54 nuclear reactors left operating in Japan
• PanOrient News – Demonstrators in Tokyo Insist Japan be Nuclear Free

Saturday, March 24, 2012

• Santa Barbara Edhat – Helen Caldicott: Fukushima/Nuclear Medical Impact – Robert Bernstein
• UN: IAEA – IAEA International Expert Meeting on Fukushima Accident Proposes Safety Improvements
• Enformable – Worker at Fukushima Daiichi sent for Whole Body Count examinations after working to remove debris at Unit 3 without working protective gear – Lucas W Hixson
• Daily Yomiuri – Political decision should be made to restart nuclear reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Confusion over ‘local entities’ / Definition unclear of who must approve reactors’ reactivation
• Daily Yomiuri – Task force eyed for TEPCO to oversee reform / Outside experts to work with new chairman
• Fukushima Diary – Hydrogen concentration increased 4 times higher at reactor 2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation spiked in Tokyo at 0:30 on 3/25/2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: Nuclear safety studies torpedoed
• Japan Times – Fukushima antinuclear meet slated
• Japan Times – Plan to add reactor at Hamaoka is on hold
• Mainichi Daily News – Evacuated Fukushima students say tearful goodbyes as temporary lodgings close
• Mainichi Daily News – Remembering and remaking that which was destroyed
• Mainichi Daily News – French musicians to hold jazz charity concert for Fukushima kids
• Mainichi Daily News – Steel industry chief calls for all-out efforts to restart reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs to hold meeting in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, Turkey strike deal on nuclear cooperation pact
• East Asia: Korea Times – NK to hold parliamentary session in April
• East Asia: Yonhap News – Nuke summit may help Seoul’s pursuit of more peaceful nuke activity: expert – Lee Chi-dong
• East Asia: Yonhap News – Obama in Seoul for summit with Lee, nuclear conference amid N.K. rocket tension
• East Asia: Yonhap News – N. Korea to hold parliamentary session in April amid preparations for rocket launch
• East Asia: Yonhap News – Nuclear summit: Kazakh leader says Seoul’s nuclear summit is timely
• Southwest Asia: Enformable – Japan and Turkey edge closer to nuclear pact – Lucas W Hixson
• South Asia: Asian Age – Tamil radicals hand suspected in K-protests – M. Aruloli
• South Asia: Business Standard – India concerned over security of Pak nuclear programme
• South Asia: Deccan Chronicle – Critical Koodankulam – Pradeep Damodaran
• South Asia: Deccan Herald – Anti-KNPP activist ‘linked’ to Maoists
• South Asia: The Hindu – Protests on, but Idinthakarai is limping back to normality
• South Asia: IBNLive – Koodankulam: Hunger strike enters fifth day
• South Asia: IBNLive – India will assure nuclear safety and security: PM
• South Asia: Tehelka – Sundari Pentapush, PMANE leader: ‘The nuclear plant is a threat to our lives and children’ – Jeemon Jacob
• South Asia: Tehelka – Tension eases, wide support base strengthens struggle – Jeemon Jacob
• South Asia: Times of India – Govt asserts no change in India’s nuclear policy – Rajeev DeshpandeRajeev Deshpande, TNN | Mar 25, 2012
• South Asia: TwoCircles – ‘India has very tight system to protect n-assets’
• Europe: BBC News – Hilda Murrell murder: Police reject fresh inquiry calls
• Europe: Bloomberg – Swiss Nuclear Plant Unit Temporarily Switched Off, Axpo Says
• Europe: Enformable – Swiss nuclear plant shut down after cooling system defects found – Lucas W Hixson
• Europe: Swissinfo – Nuclear reactor shut down to fix pump fault
• Russia: Press TV – Russia will hit back at NATO missile system: Medvedev
• Russia: Xinhua News – Russia says Iran nuclear issue no excuse for U.S. missile defense
• Middle East: Gulf News – Nuclear energy will power UAE – Hee-Yong Lee
• Middle East: Al Jazeera – Hans Blix: The Iranian threat
• Middle East: Al Jazeera – The case for bombing Iran is quickly collapsing – MJ Rosenberg
• Middle East: antiwar.com – US, Europe, Israel Agree On Solid Intel: Iran Nuke Threat Far Off – John Glaser
• Middle East: Ha’aretz Daily – Iran nuclear official: We can independently construct pool-type reactors
• Middle East: Eurasia Review – There Is No Iranian Nuclear Threat – OpEd – Anthony Gregory
• Middle East: Gulf Daily News – Lies taking us to war – Paul Balles
• Middle East: Reuters Yahoo! – Special Report: Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent – Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball
• Middle East: Washington Post – Preventing a nuclear Iran – Michael O’Hanlon and Bruce Riedel
• Middle East: Washington Post – Letter: No chance Iran will take a chance against Israel – Jim Roberts
• Middle East: IRNA – Use of nuclear energy, Iran’s absolute right: Tunisian FM
• Middle East: Press TV – Blix: US, Israel source most of IAEA allegations
• Middle East: Press TV – Seoul Nuclear Summit aims to focus on North
• Middle East: Press TV – US seeks using India to isolate Iran, build China cold war: Author
• Middle East: Press TV – Sweden warns against bids to ‘blow up’ talks with Iran
• Middle East: Press TV – Iran capable of building pool-type nuclear reactors: AEOI head
• Middle East: Press TV – ‘Iran sanctions bring unintended, unwanted results’
• Middle East: Press TV – Iran entitled to develop nuclear energy: Tunisia FM
• Middle East: Press TV – Iran must reconsider and change some of its regional policies: MP
• Middle East: Press TV – ‘Iran sanctions bring unintended, unwanted results’
• Middle East: Press TV – UK faces national anti-Iran war action

Friday, March 23, 2012

• Enformable – TEPCO removes more faulty thermometers from monitoring at Fukushima Daiichi Units 1 and 2 – Lucas W Hixson
• Platts – Iran crisis with no nuclear energy ‘disastrous’ for Japan: Tanaka – William Freebairn
• Reuters UK – Japan mayors, governors want nuclear safety assurances – Osamu Tsukimori
• Daily Yomiuri – 30-km N-preparation zone may cut off 2 city residents
• Denki Shimbun – Learning to combat nuclear terrorism in virtual space
• Denki Shimbun – New technology to remove radioactivity from water using algae
• Japan Times – China must rein in N. Korea – Ralph Cossa
• Japan Times – EDITORIAL – Clarify Radiation Cleanup Plans
• Japan Times – Fukushima kids graduate under cloud
• Japan Times – Children taught radiation studies – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Tokyo Gas looks to buy two aging Tepco thermal power plants
• Japan Times – Kuwait pact, first accord with Gulf council state, helps soothe oil supply fears
• Japan Times – Irish Chernobyl campaigner shares lessons with people of Fukushima – Maya Kaneko
• Japan Times – Tepco rehab unlikely to win OK this month
• Japan Times – Oi reactors pass stress test, safety panel says – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs to hold meeting in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, S. Korea to ask China to help prevent N. Korean rocket launch
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, Turkey strike deal on nuclear cooperation pact
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t aims to secure two-thirds of voting rights to reform TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Hong Kong to resume some food imports from Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan signs investment pact with Kuwait, 1st with GCC nation
• Mainichi Daily News – No major obstacle for fuel removal at No. 4 spent fuel pool: TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Fugen reactor decommissioning to be postponed 5 yrs
• Mainichi Daily News – Panel sets standard for shipments of radiation-tainted stones
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear commission approves draft of revised nuclear guidelines

Thursday, March 22, 2012

• Oceania: Radio Australia – UN to assess Marshall Islands nuclear effects
• Enformable – Parts of metropolitan Tokyo area would be designated “radiological area” if located at US Facility or DOE site – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – JAPC may be forced to look at costly upgrades or decommissioning after hiding data about new earthquake faults under Tsuruga Reactor – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – NISA and METI assumed early SPEEDI reports useless – Early data erased after the accident – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Government panel projects 2030 Japan incorporating up to 30% nuclear power – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Chubu Electric increases financial estimate for post-Fukushima upgrades at Hamaoka – Lucas W Hixson
• New Straits Times – Japan divided over nuclear energy – Mutsuko Murakami
• Fukushima Diary – Scattered fuel of reactor 3 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The second endoscope operation is planned for 3/26 and 27 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from every milk used for school lunch – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco surveyed radiation level of reactor2 again [11 mSv/h] – Iori Mochizuki
• IAEA – Experts Consider Fukushima Accident Causes
• Japan Times – Fear of radiation creeping south – Megumi Iizuka
• Japan Times – Tsuruga mayor: Boost safety to restart reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayor of town hosting nuke plant under fire for gifts to prefectural governor, exec
• Mainichi Daily News – Anti-nuclear terror training facility opened to press
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima Pref. deleted 5 days of radiation dispersion data just after meltdowns
• Mainichi Daily News – Chloride ion detected at radioactive waste disposal site in Chiba Prefecture
• Mainichi Daily News – Leaders to call for boosting nuclear safety after Fukushima crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Exemption period from U.S. sanctions against Iran to end Sept. 16
• Mainichi Daily News – Small fire breaks out at lawned area of Fukushima Daiichi plant

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

• Enformable – TEPCO blames wind for fire at Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Chubu Electric increases financial estimate for post-Fukushima upgrades at Hamaoka – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Post-Fukushima Japan ‘fracking’ around with danger – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Government panel projects 2030 Japan incorporating up to 30% nuclear power – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – NISA and METI assumed early SPEEDI reports useless – Early data erased after the accident – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japan contamination records rising – contaminated soil in Iitate over limits for burning – Lucas W Hixson
• Reuters – Chubu Elec: to boost spending on tsunami defences – Miki Kayaoka
• Daily Yomiuri – U.S. sanctions on Iran oil exempt Japan / 10 European countries also win waivers – Kentaro Nakajima
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima govt deleted SPEEDI data
• Fukushima Diary – 4,500 Bq/Kg from flatfish – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Possible black substance in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor 2 is reaching 80? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Date city mayor was hospitalized for acute cardiac infarction – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Former chief editor of President found dead from acute ischemic heart disease – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Woman who entered caution zone had sudden death – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: Changing electric power policy
• Japan Times – Japan Atomic Power ignored data on fault threat at Fukui nuclear plant for years: researcher
• Japan Times – Iran sanctions waiver welcomed by Tokyo
• Japan Times – U.S. grants exemption on Iran sanctions
• Japan Times – No. 1 long way from being out of the woods
• Japan Times – Restarting reactors key topic in new energy policy debate – Mai Iida
• Japan Times – Vietnam to stick buying two reactors from Japan: Hatoyama
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan welcomes exemption from U.S. sanctions against Iran: Fujimura
• Mainichi Daily News – Learning what it means to be a journalist through disaster victims
• Taiwan Today – ROC government agencies censured over nuclear plant – June Tsai

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

• The Nation – Lessons From Fukushima, One Year Later – Alexander Cockburn
• Enformable – Japan contamination records rising – contaminated soil in Iitate over limits for burning – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – 1.5 tons of water leak from storage tank at Tokai reactor – Lucas W Hixson
• RealNewsNetwork – Japan Plays Down Fukushima as Questions About Nuclear Energy Remain – Masaki Oshikawa
• World Nuclear News – Pond investigation towards Fukushima fuel removal
• Xinhua News – Radioactive water leaks at nuclear power plant in Japan
• Asahi Shimbun – Nobel laureate Oe calls for halt to all nuclear plants – Shinji Inada
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt eyes up to 30% future ratio of N-power
• Fukushima Diary – 1.17µSv/h in Kashiwa Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco reduces press conference – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Temperature of reactor 2 increased by 11? within a week – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tokyo vice-governor suggests Fukushima conscription – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – “Foreign dosemeters are banned to sell” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Honesty buys trust, Chernobyl hot zone manager says – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Local gov’ts eager for switch to cheaper power face price hikes, supply problems
• Taipei Times – Cabinet, Taipower rebuked over nuclear plant – Shih Hsiu-chuan

Monday, March 19, 2012

• San Jose Mercury News – Ben Davis Jr.: California doesn’t know if Fukushima can happen here – Ben Davis Jr.
• Cleveland Plain Dealer – No more Fukushimas: U.S. plants still face risks: Gwen L. Dubois
• AsiaOne – Japan Govt wants town to bury radioactive residue in private landfill
• Asian Correspondent – Japan’s great nuclear divide – Anna Watanabe
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Farmers Face Decades of Tainted Crops as Fears Linger – Aya Takada and Yasumasa Song
• ENEWSPF – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, March 19, 2012 .
• Enformable – Japan’s nuclear safety agency in fight to stay relevant and restart the nation’s idled nuclear reactors – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – 1.5 tons of water leak from storage tank at Tokai reactor – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japanese officials ask KEPCO to break away from nuclear energy – Lucas W Hixson
• IAEA – Experts Discuss Lessons Learned from Fukushima Daiichi Accident
• Reuters – Japan watchdog approves stress test for Ikata reactor – Osamu Tsukimori
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor 4 heated before the Tsunami attack – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 130µSv/h in Minamisoma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fall-out in Fukushima picked up 5 times much as before – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Only 5 people attended at an explanatory meeting to recruit nursery staff in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Why not slow down the pace and enjoy the countryside? – Roberto De Vido
• Japan Times – Nuclear honesty only way to regain trust: Chernobyl hot zone manager – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Kepco faces demand to exit nuclear power – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – NISA to approve stress test results for Shikoku reactor
• Japan Times – Crisis gave kids lesson on radiation
• Japan Times – Fukushima not just about nuke crisis – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Plan to N-shrine reactors for millennia – Edan Corkill
• Japan Times – Kepco faces demand to exit nuclear power – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Noda tells Maehara to gain DPJ nod for tax hike
• Japan Times – Third of Fukushima kids got first radiation lessons from disaster: poll
• Mainichi Daily News – Low-level radioactive water leaks at Tokai nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Tsunami that hit around Fukushima nuke plant was 21 meters high: researchers
• Mainichi Daily News – Over 40% of Fukushima children do not understand much about radiation: poll
• Mainichi Daily News – Onagawa nuke plant saved from tsunami by one man’s strength, determination
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t eyes provisional reconstruction budget for April
• Tokyo Times – Radiation, hard to understand by children of Fukushima
• Tokyo Times – Most Japanese are not radical about nuclear phase out – poll
• Focus Taiwan – United Evening News: Deal with new nuclear plant seriously