Sunday, May 06, 2012

• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Japan data wanted in Diablo file – David Sneed
• Bellona – Concerns mount over the growing threat from Fukushima’s spent fuel – will the experts’ warning call be heard? – Vladimir Slivyak
• Bloomberg – Japan Enters Nuclear Recess as Sole Working Power Reactor Shuts – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Takahiko Hyuga
• New York Times – Last Reactor of 50 in Japan Is Shut Down – Martin Fackler
• Reuters – Nuclear-free Japan braces for severe power shortages – Leika Kihara
• Xinhua News – Last active nuclear reactor switched off in Japan
• Japan Times – Nuclear industry-related events
• Japan Times – New push should be for renewables – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Nuclear power role still said critical – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – New nuclear regulatory agency still up in air
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan shows mixed reaction to lack of nuclear energy
• Mainichi Daily News – N. Korea stresses legitimacy of nuclear, missile development
• Tokyo Times – Japan braces for first nuclear-free summer since 1965

Saturday, May 05, 2012

• AFP Yahoo! – Japan switching off final nuclear reactor
• Alexander Higgins Blog – Fukushima Has Potential to Destroy the World and Our Civilization – Alexander Higgins
• atomic power review blog – Nuclear Energy in Japan: May 4, 2012
• Cutting the Gordian Knot – Houston We Have a Problem, No Known Technology to Deal with Fukushima – Kristina Bruce
• DigitalJournal – Op-Ed: Fukushima’s nuclear reactor problems continue – Eliot Elwar
• Enformable – China and Japan to review nuclear safety – Kazakhstan and Japan form nuclear fuel agreement – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Live streaming press conference on radiological concerns from Fukushima Disaster
• The Guardian – Japan shuts down last working nuclear reactor – David Batty
• The National – Lessons for Japan from Chernobyl – April Yee
• Reuters – Japan nuclear power-free as last reactor shuts – Osamu Tsukimori
• UPI Asia – Rally cheers shutdown of last Japan nuke
• Daily Yomiuri – Last N-reactor goes offline in Hokkaido
• Daily Yomiuri – Hiroshima mayor calls on nations to sign N-ban treaty
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan to host disaster management meeting
• Daily Yomiuri – Summer power shortage feared if situation remains unchanged
• Fukushima Diary – Protest against restarting nuclear plants-woman “My friend has just died of “myocardial infarction” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Has anyone died from lack of nuclear power ? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Futaba town mayor “Fukushima medical university stops us from having exposure test.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – “I’ve never seen birds in that poor of a condition come back to New Zealand.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Hydrogen concentration increasing – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Limitless dosage of nuclear workers – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Japan nuke-free for first time since ’70
• Japan Times – Tokyo, Beijing plan nuke safety dialogue
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear plant engineer says halt of Tomari reactor marks time to review lifestyles
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t never issued restart guarantee for Hamaoka nuke plant: Kan
• Mainichi Daily News – Energy conservation in spotlight as Japan faces summer without nuclear power
• Mainichi Daily News – Yet another ‘solitary death’ hits nuclear disaster refugee community
• Mainichi Daily News – Hiroshima declares bid to host 2015 NPT review conference

Friday, May 04, 2012

• AFP Yahoo! – Japan to go nuclear-free for first time since 1970
• BBC News – What now for Japan’s nuclear stations?
• Bellona – Japan switching off its last operational reactor for summer in experiment that may shutter its nuclear industry for good – Charles Digges
• Journal of Radiological Protection – Special section: Selected articles from the International Expert Symposium in Fukushima: Radiation and Health Risks (11–12 September 2011)
• Reuters – Japan switches off last nuclear power plant; will it cope? – Aaron Sheldrick
• truth-out – Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the US – Robert Alvarez
• Washington Post – Japan’s last reactor to shut down, leaving country nuclear-free for first time since 1966 – Chico Harlan
• World Nuclear News – Last Japanese reactor in outage
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan, China to exchange info on nuclear safety regulations
• Daily Yomiuri – Nagasaki mayor eager to pass down A-bomb experience
• Daily Yomiuri – Cesium pushing wild plants off menu
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt shouldn’t give up nuclear fuel cycle policy
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco started manipulating dosage of nuclear workers – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 1270 Bq/Kg measured from lawn in Japan sea side – Iori Mochizuki
• Mainichi Daily News – As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise

Thursday, May 03, 2012

• BBC News – Japan closes last nuclear reactor
• BBC News – Japan facing uncertain nuclear future
• Greenpeace International blog – 54 reactors down: Japan breaks free of nuclear power – Justin McKeating
• The Guardian – Japanese energy policy stands at a crossroads – Catherine Mitchell, Antony Froggatt and Shunsuke Managi
• New York Times – Japan’s Leaders Fret as Nuclear Shutdown Nears – Martin Fackler
• Fukushima Diary – 124.8µSv/h in Iidatemura after decontamination – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Iodine 131 measured in Yamanashi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Iodine 131 measured in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from school pool – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 90 years old nun joined hunger strike to be against restarting Ooi nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Rain brings radiation back – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima being yellow – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Canadian embassy closed Visa department in Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Focus – Japan’s Nightmare Fight Against Radiation in the Wake of the 3.11 Meltdown – Koide Hiroaki
• Japan Times – Fault near Shiga nuclear power plant said probably active
• Japan Times – Last reactor halts Saturday
• Japan Times – Genba discusses Iran with top Israeli officials
• Japan Times – Famed Buddhist nun in antinuclear hunger strike
• Japan Times – Egypt to ease ban on Japan food
• Mainichi Daily News – Fault near Shiga nuclear power plant likely active: survey

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

• BBC News – Japan seeks new energy supplies
• Enformable – Memorializing the “Non-Catastrophic” Fukushima nuclear disaster – Linda Pentz Gunter
• Asahi Shimbun – Investigations into Fukushima accident disagree on key points
• Daily Yomiuri – Setouchi joins antinuclear hunger strike
• Denki Shimbun – US firm EnergySolutions ready to advance into reactor decommissioning business in Japan
• Japan Times – Utilities gave nuclear plant hosts billions
• Japan Times – Jordan picks French-Japan camp
• Japan Times – Obama, Noda seek close ties amid skepticism over goals
• Japan Times – Street denuclearizing method gains
• Japan Times – Over 50% of large users reject Tepco rate hike
• Japan Times – Fukushima Prefecture on hiring spree
• Mainichi Daily News – Cesium exceeding new limit detected in 51 food items in 9 prefectures

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

• EIN News – Addressing flood risks in light of the Fukushima Disaster: Near-Term Advice for Nuclear Plants
• BBC News – Japanese firms in $2bn Liquefied Natural Gas deal
• Bloomberg – Tepco Compensation Fund Seeks $6.3 Billion Syndicated Loan – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• energybiz – Fallout from Japan’s Nuclear Energy Crisis is Snowballing – Ken Silverstein
• eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, April 30, 2012 .
• Enformable – New Zealand scientists concerns over “most unusual event” in 20 years of studies – Lucas W Hixson
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Problems surround govt plan for renewable energy purchases
• Fukushima Diary – Massive radioactive gas covering Fukushima plants – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 2,566,720Bq/? in Edogawa ku Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Koriyama board of education stops decontamination of schools – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – In case coolant system stopped in any SFP, Tepco can’t measure temperture – Iori Mochizuki

Monday, April 30, 2012

• Enformable – The strange case of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the Supreme Court of Injustice – Lucas W Hixson
• Platts – Japan power utilities post record losses for 2011-2012 – Hong Chou Hui, Takeo Kumagai
• Fukushima Diary – Thyroid nodules rate in Fukushima is 20 time higher than in Chernobyl – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – China focus of Japan-U.S. defense deal
• Japan Times – Tepco plan to be based on Resona
• Japan Times – Possession underscores nuclear contradictions – Ramesh T