Sunday, April 01, 2012

• OpEdNews – This Just In: As Fukushima Worsens, US Approves New Nukes. – G Lloyd Rowsey
• AP Google – Japan experts warn of future risk of giant tsunami – Elaine Kurtenbach
• CBS News – Radiation affecting Japan’s famous delicacies
• Enformable – March 15th, 2011 – 1,318 uSv/hr detected in Tokyo between 0900 and 1700
• Enformable – March 18th, 2011 – Bechtel file of equipment for pumping water into Fukushima Daiichi reactors
• Reuters – Japan’s quake defences not enough, official reports warn – Antoni Slodkowski
• Daily Yomiuri – No-entry restriction lifted for Kawauchi, Tamura
• Fukushima Diary – Picture of the confederate from government – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Iodine measured at water purification plant in Gunma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 40,000 Bq/Kg from the surface of fruit tree – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Hidaka city mayor passed away – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Wild birds decreased by 90% – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Strontium measured in Gunma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 26,000 Bq/Kg of cesium from the ground soil of Niida river Minamisoma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – There is no debris in the cities of disaster area – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Five cities in Niigata to accept 3/11 debris
• Mainichi Daily News – Off-limits order lifted for parts of 2 Fukushima municipalities
• Japan Times – Entry ban lifted in parts of hot zone
• Japan Times – Tepco price hikes anger businesses
• Japan Times – Entry ban lifted in parts of hot zone
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO raises electricity charges for some corporate customers
• Mainichi Daily News – Offshore Pacific quake could cause over-20m tsunami in central Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Foods with excessive radiation under new rule found in 8 prefectures
• Mainichi Daily News – Miyagi Pref. to build embankments along rivers that carried tsunami inland

Saturday, March 31, 2012

• Bloomberg – Japan Opens Three Evacuated Towns After Tepco’s Disaster – Toru Fujioka
• Power Engineering Magazine – Japan’s attempt to launch new nuclear agency on April 1 fizzles
• Daily Yomiuri – 9 power utilities expect net losses in fiscal 2011
• Daily Yomiuri – New evacuation zones set for 3 municipalities
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear safety chief to stay at post for now
• Daily Yomiuri – Diet debate over tax hike unclear / Start date, committees still undecided as DPJ’s internal squabbles continue – Hiroshi Yumoto and Tetsuya Ito
• Fukushima Diary – Intense protest against sharing radioactive debris policy in Kyoto – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 50,000 tones of radioactive wastes are over 8000 Bq/Kg – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Contamination level of river increased 10 times much as last year – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Hospitalized Hidaka city mayor was at incineration test of debris 2 days before – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Iodine 131 measured at purification center in Shizuoka and increasing – Iori Mochizuki
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima fishermen hopeless after nuke contamination postpones fishing season
• Mainichi Daily News – 14 nuke disaster evacuation zone residents file 265 million yen suit against TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to revise evacuation zones in 3 Fukushima municipalities
• Mainichi Daily News – Hokuriku Electric forecasts loss for FY2011
• Mainichi Daily News – Hitachi to get business rights for Lithuania nuclear plant

Friday, March 30, 2012

• Enformable – California kelp impact by Fukushima Iodine – May affect certain fish thyroid systems – Lucas W Hixson
• Environmental Health News – Fukushima’s radioactivity found in California kelp; levels spiked, then disappeared. – Marla Cone
• Global Research – California Slammed With Fukushima Radiation
• Scientific American – Radioactive Iodine from Fukushima Found in California Kelp – Marla Cone
• BBC News – Japan eases Fukushima exclusion zone
• Bloomberg – Floating Windmills in Japan Help Wind Down Nuclear Power: Energy – Chisaki Watanabe
• Enformable – First relocation plans after Fukushima disaster set to be approved by Japanese government – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Questions regarding the accuracy of NEI’s claims about AP article – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – 20 km Marine study around Fukushima Daiichi finds high concentrations of cesium in fish and shellfish – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japan to continue attempts to restart nuclear reactors prior to launching new nuclear safety agency – Lucas W Hixson
• Reuters – Japan’s Tepco scraps plans for new reactors at stricken plant – Osamu Tsukimori and Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan’s J-Power: Ohma nuclear plant startup date undecided – Risa Maeda
• Yahoo!7 News – Japan to revise evacuation zones for some cities
• Fukushima Diary – Actual Fukushima worker “Happy11311? will leave Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japanese government will nationalize Tepco by July – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Another city mayor in cardiac or respiratory arrest – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Black smoke from reactor 3 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 70,400 Bq/Kg from ventilation system of incineration plant in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 16,800 Bq/Kg of cesium from elementary school in Yokohama – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Three evacuated municipalities in Fukushima to be reclassified so some residents can return home
• Japan Times – Taiwan seeks Japan’s assistance over troubled ‘money pit’ nuclear plant project
• Japan Times – Attempt to launch new nuclear safety agency under Environment Ministry on April 1 fizzles
• Japan Times – Nuke crisis a boon for struggling coal mines
• Japan Times – Officials gird for more food testing – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Editorial: Too soon to restart reactors
• Japan Times – Mayors of three evacuated towns seek temporary sites
• Japan Times – Oil consumption hits four-year high as LNG use peaks to cover reactors – Jacob Adelman and Yuji Okada
• Japan Times – Kyushu Electric Power is planning to slash its outlays by ¥120 billion
• Japan Times – Liquefaction driving away Chiba residents – Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Times – Kyoto governor demands reactor safety guarantee – Eric Johnston
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to buy up, discard rice from Fukushima areas exceeding new radiation standard
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima farming areas hope new cesium limits will ease radiation concerns
• Mainichi Daily News – Highest level of radioactive cesium to date found in freshwater fish in Fukushima village
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive soil left after decontamination work stored near original locations
• Mainichi Daily News – All Fukushima residents to get compensation thanks to prefectural gov’t
• Mainichi Daily News – Failure to set up new nuclear regulatory agency on time to affect stress test screenings
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayors of 3 evacuated towns in Fukushima plan temporary towns
• Mainichi Daily News – N. Korea nuclear, missile issue getting more serious: gov’t think tank
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to step up efforts to select TEPCO chairman to lead reform
• Tokyo Times – Tepco wants another $22 bn. to end crisis

Thursday, March 29, 2012

• Bloomberg – Tepco Requests $12 Billion of Public Funds to Avert Insolvency – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Enformable – Radioactive cesium over government standards found in rainwater collection tanks in Yokohama City over 250 km from Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission proposes to continue reprocessing plutonium, using MOX fuel, and fast breeder reactor technology – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Compton Camera built with space technology makes Fukushima radiation visible – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO battles to maintain temperature and pressure gauges at Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 1 – Lucas W Hixson
• New York Times – Inquiry Suggests Worse Damage at Japan Nuclear Plant – Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Japan Admits Nuclear Plant Still Poses Dangers – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Platts – Japan’s Hokkaido Electric uses three times as much fuel oil as planned in 2011-12 – Hong Chou Hui
• Reuters – Fukushima operator Tepco seeks $12 billion government rescue – Taiga Uranaka and Kentaro Hamada
• Reuters – Tepco wants to submit turnaround plan by mid-April -exec – Taiga Uranaka
• UPI – Water levels low in Fukushima reactor
• Xinhua News – Japan nuclear power plant asks for 12 bln USD capital injection
• Xinhua News – S. Korea to tighten radioactive cesium limits on Japanese imports
• Fukushima Diary – 18,700 Bq/Kg from fish in Iidate mura – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Firms furious over Tepco rate hike – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Reactor 2 radiation too high for access – Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – 60% of big municipalities test school meals’ cesium
• Japan Times – Tepco asks for another ¥1 trillion injection
• Mainichi Daily News – JAXA develops camera that can ‘see’ radioactive contamination
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima town seeks long-term designation as no-go zone
• Mainichi Daily News – 44 Japanese municipalities test school lunches for cesium
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to seek tougher assessment of nuclear plants’ quake resistance
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan, other DPJ members to launch group to seek exit from nuclear power
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t may decide to restart idled reactors by early May: DPJ policy chief

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

• Bloomberg – Tepco Detects High Radiation Levels Inside Fukushima Reactor – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Epoch Times – Massive Radiation Levels in Fukushima Reactor – Jack Phillips
• Enformable – Cesium found in bamboo shoots over 200 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO Endoscope Inspection of Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 2 – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Photos show effects of meltdown during Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 2 Endoscopy Investigation – Lucas W Hixson
• The Guardian – Fukushima reactor shows radiation levels much higher than thought
• Mother Nature Network – Japan nuclear safety on par, says IAEA
• Reuters – Japan’s Kyushu: no schedule for new reactor’s launch – Osamu Tsukimori
• Yahoo!7 News – Fukushima radiation still fatally high – Mari Yamaguchi
• World Nuclear News – IAEA reports on Japan’s stress tests
• Daily Yomiuri – Government must better protect nuclear power plants
• Daily Yomiuri – Disaster poses difficulties for textbook makers
• Daily Yomiuri – NISA endorses Oi reactors’ safety / Edano to visit Fukui Prefecture as early as April to seek approval of restart
• Daily Yomiuri – NISA endorses Oi reactors’ safety / Edano to visit Fukui Prefecture as early as April to seek approval of restart
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda’s visit to Seoul just 18 hours
• Fukushima Diary – Rebelled NHK announcer purged – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Elementary school has their students search for hotspot around the school – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Increasing black substance in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Reactor 2 radiation too high for access – Minoru Matsutani
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Japan must take more active role in nuclear security
• Mainichi Daily News – School textbooks diverge on handling of tsunami photos, nuclear disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – Some textbooks doubting gov’t claims on safety of nuclear power
• Mainichi Daily News – M6.4 quake shakes Iwate, Miyagi in Japan’s northeast
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima No. 2 reactor radiation level up to 73 sieverts per hour
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to seek 1 tril. yen public fund injection: sources

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

• Bloomberg – Japan Eases Rules for Geothermal-Power Plants at National Parks – Chisaki Watanabe
• Hanford News – New probe finds worse damage at Fukushima reactor
• Reuters – Japan Atomic: cannot say when 2 reactors to start ops – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan’s Chugoku: no schedule for launch of new reactor – Osamu Tsukimori
• Yahoo! News – Operators Struggle at Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Site – Charles Simmins
• CNIC – Nuke Info Tokyo No. 147–March/April 2012
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO must shape up to regain public’s trust
• Daily Yomiuri – Stricter food cesium limits set to kick in
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima reactor water level shallower than thought
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda: Scrap missile launch / Prime minister pressures North Korea at N-security summit – Koichiro Ashikaga
• Fukushima Diary – 73Sv/h in container vessel – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 81 Bq/Kg of cesium from citrus in Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 1.4 million Bq/kg from the nest of swallow – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level picked up throughout the western Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker assumes melted fuel has gone into suppression chamber – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Noda draws on Fukushima lesson
• Mainichi Daily News – Industry body opposed boosting nuke disaster prevention steps before Fukushima crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Decontamination work reduces radiation by over 60 percent in nuclear plant town

Monday, March 26, 2012

• AsiaOne – Reactor’s shutdown ‘to hurt local economy’
• The Atlantic – Japan in Uproar Over Censorship of Emperor’s Anti-Nuclear Speech
• Bloomberg – Tepco Faces Post-Fukushima Future Dictated by Bureaucrats – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Enformable – Contract workers report more radioactive water leaked into ocean at Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japan restarted operations to produce enriched uranium two days before March 11th anniversary – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – After Fukushima elected officials and experts on both sides of the Pacific join the call for the expansion of nuclear emergency evacuation zones – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO completes first day of endoscope mission into Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 2 – Lucas W Hixson
• Greenpeace International blog – Fifty-three reactors down, one to go: Japan may have a nuclear-free summer – Justin McKeating
• Nuclear Engineering – One reactor remains in operation in Japan
• Reuters Africa – Wrapup 1-Japan goes off script at summit to slam North Korea – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Jack Kim
• Reuters – Update 2-Tepco to delay submitting turnaround plan until April-Asahi – Chang-Ran Kim and Ranjita Ganesan
• Reuters – Update 1-Tepco to seek JPY 1 trillion public fund injection – Nikkei – Ranjita Ganesan
• Reuters UK – Japan’s Tepco shuts its last reactor, power risks loom – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Table-Japan nuclear ops (1 reactor left online with Tepco checks) – Osamu Tsukimori, Yoko Kubota and Risa Maeda
• World Nuclear News – New Japanese regulatory regime as restarts approach
• Daily Yomiuri – All 17 of TEPCO’s N-reactors now halted
• Daily Yomiuri – New grads undaunted / Fukushima U. seniors determined to become teachers
• Daily Yomiuri – Hardships loom with TEPCO reactor shutdown – Tadaaki Inoue and Tomofumi Degawa
• Daily Yomiuri – Reactor’s shutdown ‘to hurt local economy’
• Fukushima Diary – 1.4×10^11 Bq/m3 of beta nuclides leaked to domestic sewage system – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Water level in Fukushima plant’s No. 2 reactor only 60 cm
• Japan Times – NISA OKs Ikata reactor stress test
• Japan Times – Hokkaido has only reactor still operating
• Japan Today – TEPCO says Fukushima No. 2 reactor water level only 60 cms from bottom – Japan Today
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan’s postwar nuclear policy lingers
• Mainichi Daily News – Fear of radiation from Fukushima accident led to psychiatric disorder hospitalizations
• Mainichi Daily News – Operations resumed at village office near Fukushima nuke plant, schools to follow
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear industry group paid 7.9 million yen to 4 scholars on Fukui panel