Sunday, April 08, 2012

• PalosVerdes.Patch – Are Fish Affected by Radioactive Kelp Off Our Coast?
• San Francisco Chronicle – Fukushima radiation found in California kelp – Marla Cone
• EECAP – Energy Employees Claimant Assistance Project
• Current TV – Evacuating: Dr. Helen Caldicott – What We Learned From Fukushima (April 2, 2012)
• MSNBC – Safety rules loosened for aging nuclear reactors – Jeff Donn
• Enformable – April 19th, 2011 – TEPCO concerned radioactive water leaking into Unit 2 from Unit 1 or Unit 3 possibly due to open PCV isolation valves
• Enformable – Group urging Japanese Officials to join forum to lobby against nuclear power plants – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – April 9th, 2011 – Japanese evacuation radius may not protect the health of the general public longer than 2 weeks
• Enformable – April 8th, 2011 – Fukushima NPP Radiation Health Risks v.1
• Reuters – Japan’s Edano, Kansai Elec head to meet over reactor restarts – Nobuhiro Kubo
• Washington Post – Japan shifting power sources
• Fukushima Diary – Nitrogen injection stopped again – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Final disposal field can be chosen from everywhere in Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Robot destroyed within 2 hours in reactor 2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 186 Bq/Kg from tap water in Kashiwa – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Ex-prime minister Murayama expresses regret over supporting nuclear power
• Japan Times – Hatoyama speaks against nuclear weapons during Iran visit
• Japan Times – Kansai Electric to present timetable for Oi reactors’ safety
• Mainichi Daily News – Kansai Electric to present timetable Monday for Oi reactors’ safety
• Mainichi Daily News – Omaezaki mayoral race starts, focus on resumption of Hamaoka plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Storage space to be built at 2 sites in Fukushima for tsunami debris
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, China, S. Korea push N. Korea to cancel rocket launch
• Mainichi Daily News – Hatoyama speaks against nuclear arms during Iran visit

Saturday, April 07, 2012

• Bloomberg – Japan Approves Rules for Nuclear Restarts, Yomiuri Says – Mariko Ishikawa
• Washington Post – For Japan, shutting down nuclear plants brings surge in oil, gas imports – Chico Harlan
• Enformable – April 5th, 2011 – Hosono asked NRC to issue press release supportive of the ocean releases
• Enformable – March 31st, 2011 – RES to use MELCOR for “worst case” runs for Tokyo estimates and previous RASCAL runs
• Enformable – March 30th, 2011 – IAEA requests NRC to provide bounding assessments for Fukushima Units 1-3 – Assumptions on if fuel has left RPV
• Enformable – Nitrogen injection at Fukushima Daiichi stopped for third time in last month – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Cesium contamination in Japan found over 300km from Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – March 29th, 2011 – Containment Damaged – Pu in soil from reactors – Unit 3 RB contains I-131
• Infowars – Fukushima Reactor 4: Life On Planet Earth in the Balance – Kurt Nimmo
• Daily Yomiuri – Power firms to cut FY12 bonuses
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO employee resignations tripled in FY11
• Daily Yomiuri – Make sure nuclear fields have quality human resources
• AkioMatsumura.com – Fukushima Daiichi Site: Cesium-137 is 85 times greater than at Chernobyl Accident – Akio Matsumura
• Fukushima Diary – Sri Lanka analyzed the impact of marine contamination of Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 2567 Bq/kg from soil in Kashiwa – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 8µSv/h in Katsushika ku Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Gist of extra safety standards for reactor restarts
• Japan Times – Mayors organize antinuclear forum
• Mainichi Daily News – Japanese mayors to establish anti-nuclear energy conference
• Mainichi Daily News – 150 ml of radioactive water leaked into sea from Fukushima plant

Friday, April 06, 2012

• Enformable – Top Japanese Officials endorse new nuclear safety standards created in less than one week – Lucas W Hixson
• LewRockwell.com – It’s Not Over: Government Plans for the Worst: Forced Evacuation of Tokyo – Mac Slavo
• Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
• Reuters – Cut nuclear reliance to zero: Japan energy minister – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan March nuclear plant usage falls to 4.2 pct – Osamu Tsukimori
• UPI – Japan proposes reactor re-starts
• Washington Post – Japan sets stricter, clearer safety requirements, hoping to restart idled nuclear plants
• Daily Yomiuri – New cesium rules on food enforced
• Daily Yomiuri – Slaughter rule lifted for cattle near N-plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Schools reopen in Kawauchi
• Daily Yomiuri – Hirano airs ‘buffer zone’ proposal
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt sets new N-plant safety standards / Oi reactor restart to be 1st priority
• Fukushima Diary – [Live] Demonstration in front of prime minister’s official residence – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – US navy was reported they measured 1.5 mSv/h Thyroid Dose in area south of Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Alpha ray 0.1µSv/h in Minamisoma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 2.16 µSv/h from yellow powder – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Toyota plans to build a final disposal site for debris in their factory area – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 1400 Bq/Kg of Shiitake mushroom served in kindergarten – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 12 tones of water leaked to the sea containing beta nuclides – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Gist of extra safety standards for reactor restarts
• Japan Times – Nuclear operating rate plunged to record low 23.7% in 2011
• Japan Times – Newly consolidated safety criteria for reactor restarts finalized – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Diet’s nuke crisis panel to grill Kan
• Japan Times – North’s planned rocket launch pits Japan, South Korea against China – Ko Hirano
• Japan Times – Debate growing over ‘local’ reactor consent – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Edano to order Kepco to draft new safety plan – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – New nuclear safety standards criticized as ad-hoc measures
• Mainichi Daily News – Ministers largely approve new nuclear safety standard
• Mainichi Weekly – A Global Concern
• Tokyo Times – Ministers insist for restarting Ohi reactors

Thursday, April 05, 2012

• Christian Science Monitor – World is ignoring most important lesson from Fukushima nuclear disaster – Kenichi Ohmae
• ABC – Radioactive water leaks from Fukushima plant – Mark Willacy
• Bloomberg – Tepco Reports Another Radioactive Water Leak at Fukushima Plant – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Enformable – Wastewater contaminated with radioactive strontium leaks into ocean at Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Reuters – Update 4-Japan govt fears non-nuclear summer will hamper restarts – Linda Sieg and Risa Maeda
• Wall Street Journal – Japan Tallies Upheaval’s Toll – Yuka Hayashi Minamisoma
• Xinhua News – TEPCO admits more radioactive water leaked into sea
• Daily Yomiuri – Edano must carefully explain need to restart Oi reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – High levels of cesium detected in produce
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to check Oi procedures / Results of 30-point safety plan will affect possible resumption date
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt requests former PM Hatoyama to cancel Iran visit
• Daily Yomiuri – Consumers opt for cheaper imported rice
• Fukushima Diary – 12 tones of water leaked to the sea containing beta nuclides – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Strontium from No. 1 plant taints Pacific
• Japan Times – Noda moves to speed up restarts
• Japan Times – Radiation expert takes on red tape in disaster zone
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t agency sought to raise Fukushima radiation exposure limit to 350 millisieverts
• Mainichi Daily News – Village near Fukushima plant speeds up decontamination work prior to reopening of schools
• Mainichi Daily News – Highly radioactive waste water leaked from desalination device at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Noda decides to ask Fukui Pref. on Sun. to accept reactor reactivation
• Mainichi Daily News – Nitrogen injection into damaged Fukushima reactors halts for over 2 hrs
• Tokyo Times – Japan nuke plant leaks radioactive water again

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

• Bloomberg – Radiation Levels off Japan Elevated but Safe: Today’s Pic – Eric Roston
• Enformable – Contaminated water accumulating from cooling Fukushima Daiichi reactors may force Japan to set permanent exclusion zones – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Severe storms in Japan expose fragile design of Fukushima reactor cover – Lucas W Hixson
• Reuters – Tepco deal may give Japan government majority voting rights: Nikkei – Juhi Arora
• Reuters – Lights dim for Japan’s nuclear utilities – Mia Stubbs
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to draft new criteria to restart reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Local govts unhappy about nuclear plant restart policy
• Daily Yomiuri – Consent uncertain for restarting Oi reactors / Local authorities’ lack of trust in central government may force Noda to make political judgment – Hideyuki Ioka, Fukutaro Yamashita and Akiyoshi Hatamoto
• Daily Yomiuri – Hirano eyes Fukushima ‘buffer zone’
• Daily Yomiuri – Nitrogen injection briefly halts at N-plant
• Fukushima Diary – Tritium spreads underground of Fukushima plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Population of Chiba and Ibaraki is shrinking – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – It was wind to have stopped the nitrogen injection system – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Nitrogen injection stopped and Tepco started backup unit – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Marine contamination reached Philippines last April – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Confederate hired by JP gov was from Junior Chamber International Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japan Fails to Disclose 10-T.-Becquerel Radioactive Fallout Estimate – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radioactive storm – Iori Mochizuki
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan minister to ask for nuclear reactor restart -media – Osamu Tsukimori
• Japan Times – Radiation expert takes on red tape in disaster zone
• Japan Times – Russia nuke pact to start in early May
• Japan Times – Long-term no-go areas considered
• Japan Times – Edano skips decision on idled reactors – Kazuaki Nagata
• JIJI Press – Japanese N-Reactor Cooling Pump Stops Briefly
• JIJI Press – Japan to Resume Talks on Radioactive Waste Facilities
• Mainichi Daily News – Central gov’t under pressure to ensure safety of Oi nuclear reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – ASEAN leaders plan nuclear safety information sharing network
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t mulls setting no-return areas near Fukushima nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – New students in Fukushima resolve to work for recovery
• Mainichi Daily News – Toshiba’s Shiga takes helm at U.S. nuclear company
• Mainichi Daily News – Ministers to continue discussion on Oi reactors’ reactivation
• Mainichi Daily News – Cesium in excess of new gov’t limit detected in smelt from Gunma lake
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan-Russia nuclear cooperation accord to take effect in May
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan Nuclear Fuel restarts reconstruction of MOX plant
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO mulling not paying summer bonuses to employees
• Mainichi Daily News – PM’s office not linked to teleconference system during nuclear crisis

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

• Al Jazeera – Japan fails to revamp nuclear regulator
• Bloomberg – Japan Asks Chubu Electric to Reassess Safety of Hamaoka Plant – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Enformable – Radioactive cesium over national standards found in fish over 200 km from crippled Fukushima Daiichi reactors
• Enformable – Japan kept 10 trillion becquerel per hour calculations secret for over a year
• Huffington Post – Fukushima Radiation Moving Across Pacific Ocean – Jesse Emspak
• International Business Times – Radioactive ‘Hotspots’ Found Far From Fukushima Disaster – Roxanne Palmer
• Mother Nature Network – Radiation from Japanese disaster tracked 186 miles away – Jesse Emspak
• New Straits Times – Japan reflects on triple disaster – Santha Oorjitham
• Nuclear Engineering – J-Power delays construction of Ohma nuclear plant
• Reuters – Japan holds off on decision to restart reactors – Risa Maeda
• UPI – Fukushima radiation at sea studied
• Daily Yomiuri – Kuroshio curbs spread of cesium
• Daily Yomiuri – Minami-Soma kids get night emergency service – Yuki Tsuru
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO declines wood chips as fuel for thermal power generation
• Daily Yomiuri – Hamaoka N-plant assessment ordered
• Denki Shimbun – TEPCO requests 1 trillion yen capital injection
• Fukushima Diary – 130,000 Bq/Kg of Iodine 131 was measured from seaweed in May of 2011 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Massive low atmospheric pressure is coming toward Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Black substance is covering all the Kanto area – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tokyo elementary school conceals contamination situation – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fall-out spiked up in Fukushima again – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Floating windmills offer hope of ending nuclear reliance – Chisaki Watanabe
• Japan Times – Prime minister’s office not linked to teleconference system during nuclear crisis
• Japan Times – Nuclear agency under fire for donations from industry body
• Japan Times – Edano skips decision on idled reactors – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Catastrophic quake, tsunami projections demand policy rethink
• Mainichi Daily News – Cesium up to 100 times levels before disaster found in plankton far off nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Osaka to consider setting up expert panel to check nuclear facility safety
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan company presidents stress new starts, determination in speeches to new staff
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear agency received large donations from nuke plant operators
• Tokyo Times – Top politicians hesitant about restarting reactors

Monday, April 02, 2012

• Ars Technica – Lots of radioactivity, but little risk in oceans, seafood near Fukushima – John Timmer
• Enformable – Real and Present Threat to Japanese Nuclear Safety – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – March 19th, 2011 – International discussion related to accuracy of TEPCO readings – Where is water going?
• Enformable – US Scientists publish report on I-131 I-129 and Be-7 from Fukushima meltdown – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Chubu Electric told 18 ft seawall not enough protection at Hamaoka nuclear – Lucas W Hixson
• The Guardian – Japanese experts warn of earthquakes that could produce 34-metre tsunamis
• International Business Times – Radioactive ‘Hotspots’ Found Far From Fukushima Disaster – Roxanne Palmer
• Reuters – Japan govt: No decision expected Tues on reactor restarts
• Science Daily – Sampling the Pacific for Signs of Fukushima
• World Nuclear News – Early returns to Fukushima
• Daily Yomiuri – ‘New start’ for nuclear evacuees / But residents concerned over delayed decontamination, rebuilding
• Daily Yomiuri – Edano to order electricity supply forecast
• Daily Yomiuri – New employees commence work in disaster-hit areas – Deccan Herald
• Fukushima Diary – Decreasing uncontaminated tap water – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Black substance found in Katsushika ku Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Disposal field of highly radioactive waste is in the river-head area of Minami soma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima live camera moved – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – The margin for ‘Global Zero’ – Gwynne Dyer
• Mainichi Daily News – In light of further nuclear risks, economic growth should not be priority
• Mainichi Daily News – 84 percent say government stress tests for nuclear plant restarts inadequate: survey
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear agency welcomes new workers in absence of new regulatory entity
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayor of village near the stricken nuclear plant encourages employees
• Mainichi Daily News – Opposition leaders express mixed views over resuming idled reactors
• Tokyo Times – New camera sees “invisible enemy” in radiation areas