Sunday, July 01, 2012

• ABC – Fukushima operators fix cooling to spent fuel – Mark Willacy
• AFP Google – Japan restarts nuclear reactor as protests mount – Shigemi Sato
• AP Google – 1st Japan reactor goes online since nuclear crisis – Yuri Kageyama
• BBC News – Japan switches on Ohi nuclear reactor amid protests
• Bloomberg – Softbank to Build Japan’s Biggest Solar Plant on Incentives – Yoshiaki Nohara and Chisaki Watanabe
• Herald Sun blog – ABC suffers nuclear contamination – Andrew Bolt
• Reuters – Japan restarts first reactor since Fukushima crisis – Osamu Tsukimori and Aaron Sheldrick
• Washington Post – First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster meets with protests – Chico Harlan
• Xinhua News – Japan restarts first nuclear reactor after Fukushima crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Reflections on Leadership–Part 2 / Avoid making hurried decisions; don’t worry about minor details
• Fukushima Diary – [Live] Protest surrounded by riot police – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Ohi] Radiation level picking up – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Sky news] Japan switches nuclear power back on – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Ohi] Kepco staff entered the nuclear plant by ferry-boat – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Residents ponder escape routes as restart begins – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Protesters flock to Oi on eve of reactor restart – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Ryuichi Sakamoto reminds Japanese what’s the score on nuclear blame – Roger Pulvers
• Japan Times – Feed-in tariff era gets under way
• Mainichi Daily News – Small amount of cesium detected in Fukushima children’s urine
• Majirox News – Thousands protest against nuclear power in Tokyo
• Southeast Asia: Thanh Nien Daily – Withdrawal of Japanese firm won’t affect Vietnam’s 2nd nuclear plant

Saturday, June 30, 2012

• ENENews – Temperature of No. 4 pool rising nearly twice as fast as rate reported by Tepco
• ENENews – Japan Resident: News blackout of massive protest — This is not normal what is happening (VIDEO)
• UPI – Japanese protest restart of nuke plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Even Noda startled by size of anti-nuclear protest outside his office
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Japan needs broad public debate on its energy future
• Fukushima Diary – Prof. Takeda “Construction of reactor4 damaged the coolant system -reaches 100? on 7/5/2012? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Live] Citizens protesting against restart of Ohi nuclear plant all night – Limitless energy – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4] Back-up coolant system failed. Backup power is lost. 47 hours left. – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4] Coolant system of SFP4 stopped. Tepco is still investigating the cause. – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Emergency drill omitted meltdowns
• Mainichi Daily News – Thousands rally in front of PM’s office to protest Oi nuke reactor restart
• Mainichi Daily News – Cooling system suspended at Fukushima nuke plant No. 4 reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – Over 25,000 children in different schools after quake; more moving out of Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t energy council sets 3 options for energy and anti-global warming policy

Friday, June 29, 2012

• ABC – Big Anti-Nuclear Rally Outside Japan PM’s Office
• Bloomberg – Japan Clean Energy Funding to Double as Incentives Start – Chisaki Watanabe
• Enformable – Opinions on nuclear power dominate Japan and spill over international boundaries – Lucas W Hixson
• IAEA – IAEA Fukushima Daiichi Status Report (pdf-656K)
• Nature – Last-ditch effort to block restart of nuclear reactors in Japan – David Cyranoski
• New York Times – In Tokyo, Thousands Protest the Restarting of a Nuclear Power Plant – Martin Fackler
• Power Engineering – Alarm erroneously issued at Oi nuclear plant.
• Reuters – Japanese protesters fill streets as nuclear re-start looms – Aaron Sheldrick
• Reuters – Seismologists warn Japan against nuclear restart – Aaron Sheldrick
• Washington Post – Thousands protest outside Japanese PM’s office before 1st nuclear reactor is turned on Sunday
• Xinhua News – News Analysis: Japan to restart nuclear plants amid criticisms and protests – Wang Xiaopeng
• Asahi Shimbun – AEC chairman: major change needed in reprocessing nuclear fuel
• Asahi Shimbun – The Prometheus Trap/ Tug of war over future of nuclear energy – Kiyoshi Okonogi
• Asahi Shimbun – NISA on apology tour for mishandling U.S. radiation data
• Daily Yomiuri – Shareholders want TEPCO recordings preserved
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt: 6 classified documents leaked
• Denki Shimbun – Interview with Naomi Hirose, new president committed to regenerating TEPCO
• Denki Shimbun – Opinions on nuclear power business dominated utilities’ shareholders meetings
• Fukushima Diary – [Photos] Demonstration of 200,000 people occupied official residence – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Live] Riot police barricaded official residence – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Live] Aerial movie of the demonstration – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [LIVE] Over 80,000 joined the demonstration. Helicopter will soon fly to report – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4]Fukushima worker “Shroud was being replaced when 311 happened, pipes are cut off.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Protest rally against Noda, Oi reactor restarts intensifies – Kazuaki Nagata
• Tokyo Times – Tepco to cancel nuclear promotion abroad

Thursday, June 28, 2012

• Canada: Waterloo Record – Marchers to protest nuclear waste plans
• CNN – Japan set to power up nuclear reactor amid protests
• Enformable – TEPCO President says costs stemming from Fukushima compensation impossible for utility to bear – Lucas W Hixson
• RTT News – Highest Radiation Detected In Japan’s Fukushima Reactor
• Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: Are the Oi Reactors as Safe from Earthquakes as the Government Says? – Yoko Masuda
• Xinhua News – Japan’s TEPCO chairman calls for reactivation of reactors in Niigata
• Daily Yomiuri – New TEPCO head vows to tackle tough problems
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO faces many difficult tasks / Utility’s rehabilitation depends on obtaining massive funds, restarting reactors – Chiaki Toyoda and Yukiko Yamamoto
• Daily Yomiuri – Record radiation in Fukushima reactor building
• Daily Yomiuri – N-views divided at shareholders meetings
• Daily Yomiuri – Power utilities should seriously take in criticism to restore trust
• Fukushima Diary – M5.6 hit Fukushima and radiation level spiked to be 42 µSv/h 4 hours later – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Coolant system of SFP in reactor2 is stopped – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Mother, son, and radiation – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO ends its nuclear exportsBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Tepco: Restart Niigata reactors
• Tokyo Times – Japan to restart first reactor on Sunday
• China Daily – Cross-Straits nuke agreement to take effect

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

• ABC – Fukushima plant directors resign with golden parachutes – Mark Willacy
• BBC News – Japanese nuclear companies face protests
• Bloomberg – Tepco Shareholders Approve Government Bailout, Directors – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Enformable – Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 Torus Room Investigation Video and Scenes
• Enformable – NRC authored secret assessment of the Japanese recovery plan for the US embassy and anticipated leaks
• Enformable – TEPCO investigation reveals highly contaminated water accumulating in Unit 1 Torus Room – Lucas W Hixson
• ENENews – Gundersen: “I’ve heard numbers as high as 2 million may die of cancer” because of Fukushima (VIDEO)
• New York Times – Japanese Shareholders Starting to Show Their Teeth – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Radio Australia – Spent fuel pool in Japan’s Fukushima could spark nuclear fire
• Radio Australia – Fukushima nuclear plant operator accused of cover-up
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan utility shareholders vote to keep nuclear power – Yoko Kubota and Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Tepco shareholders OK $12.6 billion government injection – Osamu Tsukimori
• Asahi Shimbun – Fishermen release their haul back into radioactive waters
• Asahi Shimbun – Outgoing NISA OKs construction of nuke reprocessing plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Power companies feel the heat / Shareholders demand management reform, emphasis on safety
• Daily Yomiuri – Utility shareholders meet / Nuclear power decried; TEPCO’s de facto nationalization OK’d
• Fukushima Diary – Nuclear flounder bomb loaded – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – You can’t work longer than 30 mins in reactor1 because of too much radiation – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Endoscope operation at reactor1 “Suppression chamber is broken, flooded water is hotter than PCV” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor4 foundation is so soft that they need soil stabilization – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Plutonium measured from marine products fished offshore Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO to compensate Tohoku region prefectures for tourism lossesBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Utilities defy shareholders’ antinuke calls – Kazuaki Nagata and Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Residents sue to scrap Shika nuke reactors
• Japan Times – Law revision not license to go nuclear: Hosono
• Japan Today – No. 3 reactor at Oi expected to reactivated on July 1
• JIJI Press – Japanese Firm to Resume Radioactive Waste Incineration
• Mainichi Daily News – Disaster area residents say consumption tax talk ignores their plight

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

• ABC – TEPCO denies Fukushima cover up – Mark Willacy
• Enformable – Prominent Japanese seismologists speak out against “severe setback in safety standards” – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO expected to face more criticism in 2012 – Lucas W Hixson
• Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for June 22nd – June 25th, 2012 – Christine McCann
• New York Times – Japan Reactor Building Is Tilting but Not a Risk, Operator Says – Hiroko Tabuchi
• LexisNexis – Nuclear laws have serious flaws – Energy Daily
• Power Engineering – FOCUS: Independence alone will not make new nuclear regulatory body reliable
• Reuters – Seismologists warn Japan against nuclear restart – Aaron Sheldrick
• Reuters – TABLE-Japan nuclear plant ops (Ohi No.3 to restart July 1) – Osamu Tsukimori and Risa Maeda
• Washington Post – Japan’s nuclear victims seek compensation, but not their day in court – Chico Harlan
• Xinhua News – Restart of Oi reactors might result in destructive quake in Japan, scholar warns
• Asahi Shimbun – Scientists warn of 3 faults under soon-to-restart reactors – Louis Templado
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO head defends utility’s safety steps
• Daily Yomiuri – Q&A with TEPCO boss Katsumata – Kisaki Ozawa
• Daily Yomiuri – Kyoto to close its buildings to save power
• Fukushima Diary – [LIVE] Tepco is removing the upper part of reactor4 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Silent Spring comes to Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 32 swallows found dead at the water purification plant in Nagano – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Noda “I can hear demonstration” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Asahi]Anti-nuke protesters rally in Noda’s hometown – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Ohi nuclear plant reactor3 will be restarted on 7/1/2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Surfer found dead 30m from the beach in Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor4 is bulged worse than announced before – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Analysis: More hurdles in store for Noda – Masami Ito and Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Times – APEC ministers to promote nuclear energy
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO reveals plan to compensate prefectures for tourism losses
• Mainichi Daily News – Local residents file suit against Hokuriku Electric, demand Shika nuke plant be halted
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo gov’t decides to decontaminate Mizumoto Park amid criticism for slow response
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Japan must earnestly take up issue of spent nuclear fuel disposal
• Mainichi Daily News – Atomic energy law’s sly alteration is abuse of legislative process

Monday, June 25, 2012

• ABC – Experts warn of nuclear fire at Fukushima
• ABC – One year on from Fukashima, the nuclear renaissance well underway – Babs McHugh
• ABC – Fukushima radiation kills fishing industry
• BBC News – Tepco appointment stirs public anger in Japan
• eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, June 25, 2012 .
• Enformable – Edano says Japan unable to end reliance on nuclear energy in near future – Lucas W Hixson
• Washington Post – Japan’s nuclear victims
• Washington Post – Japan’s nuclear victims seek compensation, but not their day in court – Chico Harlan
• Xinhua News – Fukushima seafood on sale for 1st time since nuke crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan, Russia sign LNG project memo
• Daily Yomiuri – Board of Audit to check TEPCO this summer
• Daily Yomiuri – Seafood sales resume in Fukushima
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco and METI downplayed the second fire of reactor4 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4] Explosive shock was detected before the explosion – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Despite nuclear restart, Japanese utilities make plans for rolling blackoutsBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Fukushima tests seafood demand in local trial sale
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo gov’t warns against unfair ads over radioactive decontamination
• Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: Forbearance as a requisite for wealth