Sunday, August 05, 2012

• Enformable – April 26th, 2011 – Fukushima Units 1 to 3 – Risk Analysis – Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Asahi Shimbun – Close to 70 percent favor zero nuclear plants in 2030
• Daily Yomiuri – Oi N-reactor back in commercial operation
• Fukushima Diary – 66 years later, Japan dropped more than 168 Hiroshima atomic bombs on itself (Cs-137 base) – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 19.71 Bq/Kg from Japanese Kellogg’s sereal – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 172 packs of Fukushima cucumbers deceptively labelled as from Hokkaido – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 192.5 Bq/Kg of cesium from citron in Kashiwa city Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 20,000 Bq/body from a man in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – New hearing held to gauge nuke sentiment – Ayako Mie
• Japan Times – Nearly 70% of Japanese who wanted to attend hearings on nuclear power hoped to discuss its complete abolition

Saturday, August 04, 2012

• AFP Yahoo! – Ex-president Truman’s grandson visits Hiroshima
• AFP Yahoo! – Thousands in Japan stage anti-nuclear rally
• Guelph Mercury – On Hiroshima-Nagasaki anniversary, let’s end the nuclear age – Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
• Vancouver Sun – Horrors of nuclear bombings must never be repeated – Richard Bitner
• Xinhua News – Demonstrators protest against nuclear power in Japanese
• Asahi Shimbun – Worker at Fukushima plant ‘forgot’ to wear dosimeter
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: TEPCO should release all of nuke accident video
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear energy wild card in Japan poll which Democrats likely to lose
• Asahi Shimbun – Nagasaki Peace Symposium: Nuclear disarmament not Utopian thinking, say experts – Hiroshi Matsubara
• Asahi Shimbun – Noda gives in, will meet leaders of anti-nuke protesters – Akira Minami
• Daily Yomiuri – The government must make energy scenarios more realistic
• Daily Yomiuri – Oi N-reactor back in commercial operation
• Daily Yomiuri – The government must make energy scenarios more realistic
• Fukushima Diary – [Nuke worker shortage] Worker left integral dosimeter in the bus on purpose – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Olympic] Propaganda to forcibly relate debris to Olympic – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – 15% nuclear option backed
• Japan Times – Noda to meet protesters, to hear from both sides of nuclear divide – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Official pushed pronuke stance
• Japan Times – Why Japan should amend its war-renouncing Article 9 – Craig Martin
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima nuke plant worker on-duty without dosimeter
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive cesium found off of Niigata, Shizuoka, Iwate coasts: gov’t study
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: TEPCO must be condemned for news media restrictions

Friday, August 03, 2012

• Enformable – March 21st, 2011 – Fukushima Daiichi radiation data plotted in graphical format for the last 9 days (March 12th – March 21st)
• Enformable – April 14th, 2011 – The EPA currently has no completed information on NOAA-EPA ocean environmental sampling and plume modeling from Japan to Alaska other than perhaps a cost estimate for proposed work
• Enformable – April 2nd, 2011 – Justification for recommended actions considering TEPCO desire to limit containment venting based on EPRI and BWROG Severe Accident Management Guideline Basis
• Enformable – April 4th, 2011 – TEPCO confirmed nearly double the amount of workers at Fukushima Daini than at crippled Fukushima Daiichi site
• Reuters – Nuclear energy wild card in Japan poll which Democrats likely to lose – Linda Sieg and Yuko Yoshikawa
• UPI Asia – Japan increasingly turning to solar power
• Asahi Shimbun – NAGASAKI PEACE SYMPOSIUM: Nuclear disarmament not Utopian thinking, say experts – Hiroshi Matsubara
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Public trust will further erode if nominees for new commission are hastily approved
• Daily Yomiuri – A-bomb victims’ stories on website
• Daily Yomiuri – DPJ lawmakers want TPP decision postponed
• Daily Yomiuri – Edano slams letter supporting N-power
• Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai] Noda didn’t meet the organizer of protest. “Not in the far future” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Debris incineration] Osaka is going to accept debris from Iwate – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai] Sakamoto Ryuichi visited protest – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai] Protest started “Against Tanaka, the new chairman of nuclear regulatory commission” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “If you have heatstroke in Fukushima plant, you’ll be fired” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 165,000 Bq/Kg from Fukushima river soil – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai] 145 lawyers offered the Metropolitan Police Department to lift the barricade – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Olympic] BBC News broadcast on TV was found but only available in UK – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Criminal probe into Fukushima nuclear accident beginsBy Radhika Seth
• Japan Times – Fukushima seafood back in Tsukiji
• Japan Times – Nuclear arms advocates get bolder amid energy debate – Yuri Kageyama
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t-backed radiation cleanup operation in Fukushima facing serious hurdles

Thursday, August 02, 2012

• AllGov – Japan Restarts Nuclear Plants, then Orders Quake Fault Survey
• Bloomberg – Prosecutors Start Criminal Probe Into Fukushima Nuclear Accident – Shigeru Sato and Yuji Okada
• Enformable – March 23rd, 2011 – NRC team in Tokyo not conveying DOE provided information to the Japanese counterpart in Tokyo
• Enformable – April 5th, 2011 – Japan Plans to “Goop” the Site With a Material Called “Fix It” – As a Way to Fix Ground and Building Loose Contamination
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan – Prime Minister Noda to meet with protest organizers – DPJ members call for review of candidates for nuclear safety body
• Reuters – Japan’s Chubu Electric faces moment of truth for damaged nuclear reactor – Risa Maeda
• Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: Former PM Kan Sets Out Vision for Nuclear-Free Japan – Eleanor Warnock
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Japan’s democracy at a crossroads
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear energy, state efforts slammed at Fukushima hearing
• Asahi Shimbun – Prosecutors to investigate criminal charges over Fukushima disaster
• Asahi Shimbun – U.S. poet publishes photo book of personal belongings of atomic bomb victims – Yasufumi Kado
• Asahi Shimbun – Vox Populi: Abandonment of victims of Minamata disease a harbinger of how Fukushima could play out
• Daily Yomiuri – Hearings yet to clarify alternatives to N-power – Takeo Miyazaki and Ryosuke Yamauchi
• Daily Yomiuri – Prosecutors open criminal probes over Fukushima crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Capabilities top priority for nuclear commission members
• Fukushima Diary – [Sea contamination] Cesium in Pacific cod is increasing offshore Hokkaido – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai] Noda will meet the organizer of Ajisai protest on 8/3/2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Olympic] Possibility of IOC rejected the Japanese charm made of debris – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – South Korea banned import of additional 35 types of marine products – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 2.7 Bq/kg of cesium measured from well water at 25km from the center of Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Nuclear safety chief says Oi reactors will be suspended if fault line is activeBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Tepco logs ¥288.39 billion group net loss for the April-June quarter
• Japan Times – Fukushima residents rip nuke power – Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Times – Prosecutors open criminal probes over Fukushima meltdown disaster
• Japan Times – Noda to meet with antinuclear rally organizers
• Japan Times – Kids’ safety key worry in Fukushima – Natsuko Fukue
• Mainichi Daily News – First seafood shipment from Fukushima Pref. made to Tsukiji market since nuke disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – 70 percent of citizens willing to attend policy hearings support zero-percent nuclear option
• Mainichi Daily News – Secret meetings on nuclear fuel cycle influenced subcommittee discussion: report

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

• AP Google – Nominee for Japan nuclear chief vows higher safety – Mari Yamaguchi
• BBC News – Fukushima plant operator Tepco suffers massive loss
• CounterCurrents – From Hiroshima To Fukushima – Mordechai Vanunu
• Enformable – March 26th, 2011 – Unit 2 thought to have a leak/break providing a connection between the torus and the primary containment
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan: Government officials raked over in Fukushima public hearings – Political party threatens end of nuclear power in 10 years
• Enformable – Prosecutors open criminal probes into Fukushima nuclear disaster – Lucas W Hixson
• New Scientist – Japan could become second biggest solar power nation – Rob Gilhooly
• Reuters – Update 1-Fukushima residents say resounding “no” to nuclear energy – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Japan July nuclear usage rises to 2.9 pct from zero – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Update 2-Fukushima operator Tepco posts $3.69 bln Q1 loss as crisis drags on – Osamu Tsukimori
• Wall Street Journal – Japan Prosecutors to Review Calls for Criminal Case Against Tepco Over Nuclear Disaster
• Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima heroes featured in Kyoto exhibition
• Daily Yomiuri – Tanaka urges caution on restarts / Nominee for new nuclear regulator says idled reactors need careful study
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO logs net loss of 288 bil. yen for April-June
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt, ‘new TEPCO’ face thorny path / Effective state control of utility likely to remain in place for a long time – Chiaki Toyoda and Takeo Miyazaki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima kindergarten imported sandbox sand from Australia – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Bura bura disease ? Fukushima children can’t climb a jungle gym – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Former Fukushima plant chief Yoshida suffering from bleeding in brainBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Oi reactors will be idled if fault under them is active, new nuclear safety chief warns
• Japan Times – Fukushima residents rip nuke power – Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Times – Japan eyed ‘nuclear explosion energy’
• Japan Times – Oi reactors will be idled if fault under them is active, new nuclear safety chief warns
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t won’t stop power company officials from taking part in energy policy polls

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

• AFP Yahoo! – TEPCO receives $12.8 billion public bailout
• Bloomberg – Tepco Under State Control as Government Gets Shares for Cash – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Enformable – April 5th, 2011 – Every Major Nuclear Accident Has Been Worse Than the Hypothesized Worst-Case – TMI, Chernobyl and Now Fukushima
• Enformable – April 4th, 2011 – Water with dose rate of more than 1000 mSv/hr confirmed leaking directly into the sea
• Enformable – March 24th, 2011 – How to handle people arriving with contamination greater than 20x background
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan: High radiation levels prevent debris disposal – Fukushima maritime no-entry zone shrunk
• New York Times – Japan’s Economic Plan Has Blanks to Fill – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Nuclear Engineering – One year more for tsunami upgrades at Hamaoka nuclear plant
• Reuters – Tepco’s April-June loss estimated at over 200 bln yen – Nikkei – Maneesha Tiwari
• SimplyInfo – Sunday Protest 200,000 Surround Diet Building
• Asahi Shimbun – Photo: Mount Fuji shows off its charms
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO will relax conditions on release of nuke crisis videos
• Asahi Shimbun – Taxpayers, electricity users finance TEPCO bailout
• Daily Yomiuri – Naraha’s no-go status to be lifted Aug. 10
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO put under state control / 1 trillion yen injected into utility, giving govt majority of voting rights
• Daily Yomiuri – Nagasaki declaration unveiled
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco is going to move the live camera – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai] Footage of 7.29 protest – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Recruit for decontamination worker in 20km area – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Significant amount of cesium fallout one month before 311 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – CEPCO prepares for the restart of Hamaoka nuclear plant by December – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Total integral dose of nuclear workers is 16 times bigger than 2009 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – TV asahi removed the video of Kepco “Even if we have enough power, we need to restart nuclear.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “Self-defense force was injured by reactor3 explosion” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 3,000 Bq/kg of Uranium238 and 240 Bq/kg of Uranium235 from air conditioning filter in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Mycoplasma pneumonia cases the highest in past 10 years – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Ministry of health concealed the survey data of atomic bomb victims – Iori Mochizuki
• JIJI Press – Nagasaki Peace Declaration to Note Disposal of Nuke Waste
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Poll results, nuke protests show public’s distrust in gov’t at boiling point
• Mainichi Daily News – Construction of tsunami defenses delayed at Hamaoka nuke plant
• East Asia: Bloomberg – South Korea Has 17,975 MW of Nuclear Capacity Online – Sangim Han
• East Asia: Yonhap News – N. Korea says will build up nuclear arsenal against U.S.
• East Asia: Yonhap News – U.S. in close consultation with China over N. Korea: State Dept. – Lee Chi-dong

Monday, July 30, 2012

• AFP Yahoo! – Japan factory output in unexpected fall for June
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Non-Tepco Staff Dislike Work Conditions, Survey Shows – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Enformable – March 22, 2011 – Summary of phone call between PMT and NEI (930AM – 948AM)
• Enformable – March 21st, 2011 – The director of the IAEA, Hans Blix, flew over the reactor Thursday and said that smoke was coming from it
• Enformable – April 10th, 2011 – TEPCO discharged 10,390 tons of radioactive water containing over 150 billion becquerels of total radioactivity
• Enformable – More pressure put on nuclear applications in space – Karl Grossman
• Enformable – Japan nominates radiation physicist to head new nuclear safety regulator – Lucas W Hixson
• The Guardian – Anti-nuclear campaigners launch Japan’s first green party – Justin McCurry
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Japanese Contractor Faked Fukushima Worker Radiation Reports – Tony Rutherford
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan’s Chubu sees 1-yr delay in nuclear plant safety steps – Risa Maeda
• Asahi Shimbun – Anti-nuclear protesters surround the Diet in candle-lit protest
• Asahi Shimbun – Despite loss, anti-nuke candidate gains strong support
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO restrictions on coverage of nuclear crisis videos challenged – Hideaki Kimura
• Daily Yomiuri – Alarm rings at Monju N-reactor; no leak
• Daily Yomiuri – Antinuclear demonstrators surround Diet Building
• Daily Yomiuri – Ex-bureaucrat elected Yamaguchi governor
• Daily Yomiuri – Hiroshima to rate N-disarmament efforts
• Japan Times – IAEA inspects Onagawa nuke plant