Sunday, August 26, 2012

• AP Google – Anti-nuclear protests signal new activism in Japan – Mari Yamaguchi
• AsiaOne – Shelter for nuclear disaster evacuees to charge for meals
• Asahi Shimbun – Asahi Survey: 42% of Diet members want end to nuclear power
• Daily Yomiuri – Shelter to charge for meals / Town govt says providing free bentos unfair to other evacuees
• Fukushima Diary – Yamashita “I cut down the compensation amount to save the Gov, and the people.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Major supermarket chain Aeon sells contaminated food up to 50 Bq/Kg – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Incineration facility gets full of radioactive material, has to restart incineration – Iori Mochizuki
• Daily Yomiuri – Don’t take results of nuclear power surveys too seriously
• Japan Times – Should the public trust Japan’s leaders when the ‘big one’ hits Tokyo? – Roger Pulvers
• Japan Times – Complacency perished in the Fukushima nuclear disaster – Michael Hoffman
• Japan Times – Fukushima starts radiation checks on all rice

Saturday, August 25, 2012

• Enformable – In-Focus Japan – Over 150 Fukushima workers cumulative exposure levels exceed 5 year limit – NISA orders investigation of fault zones under Monju and Mihama nuclear sites
• Epoch Times – Japan’s Katrina Moment – Derek Monroe
• The Oregonian – How tenacity, a wall saved a Japanese nuclear plant from meltdown after tsunami – Richard Read
• Asahi Shimbun – Ministry to amend law to bury nuclear waste without reprocessing – Toru Nakagawa
• Asahi Shimbun – Survey: Scrap nuclear power soon, more than half of Japanese people say
• Asahi Shimbun – Anti-nuclear protesters say Japan’s government ignores them
• Asahi Shimbun – NISA to order fault surveys at Mihama plant, Monju reactor
• Daily Yomiuri – Investigate faults to prevent catastrophic nuclear disasters
• Enformable – Silence Deafening – A mother’s perspective on the Fukushima nuclear disaster – Karl Grossman
• Fukushima Diary – M5.1 hit Fukushima JMA seismic intensity 4 “Live cam recorded Fukushima plant shaken” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Shipment restriction of fish extended to Aomori, 380km from Fukushima plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 13,299 Bq/Kg from home-grown rosemary in Kashiwa – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – M5.9 Hokkaido, JMA seismic intensity was 5- – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Doctors keep leaving Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 92.2% of people have health problem from medical checkup, “worse than ever” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japanese new propaganda “Eat fish” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 28 Bq/Kg from Udon, “contaminated wheat” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 130 Bq/kg from beef, still – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Japan to include zero nuclear power goal in new government policy
• Japan Times – Hosono denies nuke disposal report – Kazuaki Nagata
• Kurashi – News From Japan – Energy Independence? – Martin J Frid
• Mainichi Daily News – Full-scale radiation testing begins on Fukushima rice
• Mainichi Daily News – Atomic energy commission head Kondo took leading role in secret pro-nuclear meetings
• Mainichi Daily News – METI to demand budget money for hydrogen supply system for fuel-cell vehicles
• Taipei Times – Anti-nuclear show draws huge crowd – Lee I-chia

Friday, August 24, 2012

• The Australian – Radiation risks high in Japan – Leigh Dayton
• Bloomberg – Kansai Electric Needs More Seismic Checks at Mihama, NISA Says – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Japan Nuclear Regulator Orders More Quake Checks, Kyodo Says – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan: DPJ may propose reactor restart – Science Council for Japan says burying nuclear waste is the wrong move
• Enformable – March 20th, 2011 – After Unit 3 explosion people working outside for 15-30 minutes later show radiation levels of more than 10 mSv
• Platts – Japan Tepco mulls importing 1-1.5 mil mt/year US LNG from 2016: source – Takeo Kumagai
• Reuters – Nationalist Japan manga author joins anti-nuclear fight – Linda Sieg
• Xinhua News – IPPNW meeting starts in Hiroshima, Japan
• Asahi Shimbun – History lesson: Fukushima students stumble across wartime atomic bomb program
• Asahi Shimbun – All Fukushima rice to be checked for radiation – Tetsuya Kasai
• Asahi Shimbun – 50,000 signatures collected in Niigata seeking nuke plant vote
• Asahi Shimbun – 8 workers wore no dosimeter at Fukushima nuke plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Meeting between Noda, anti-nuke activists a good first step
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan resumes beef exports to U.S.
• Daily Yomiuri – NISA orders faults below Mihama, Monju reactors be reexamined
• Fukushima Diary – More hospital food will be from contaminated area – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Oe, Sakamoto lead charge for no-reactor bill
• Japan Times – Fukushima No. 1 worker falls ill, dies
• Japan Times – Kepco, Kyushu Electric weigh up rate hikes
• Japan Times – 50% said willing to wait until they get OK to return to evacuated Fukushima town
• Kurashi – News From Japan – What To Do About Nuclear Waste? – Martin J Frid
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to check for active faults beneath Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Rust found in Hamaoka nuclear reactor water
• Taipei Times – Change in nuclear radiation tolerance limits in food broadens control: DOH – Lee I-chia

Thursday, August 23, 2012

• Perth Now – Fifth Fukushima nuclear plant worker dies
• Xinhua News – International Animation Festival opens in Japan’s Hiroshima
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda’s meeting with antinuclear group may lead to future problems
• Daily Yomiuri – Lee returns Noda’s letter on Takeshima / Unusual move goes against protocol
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda’s Cabinet wavers on nuclear policy / Prime minister takes rare meeting with antinuclear group in light of lower house election – Koichiro Ashikaga and Ryosuke Yamauchi
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima worker dies of heart attack
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda rejects call to halt 2 Oi nuclear reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt foists N-power decision on expert panel
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear panel holds 1st meeting
• Daily Yomiuri – Senior lawmaker: Noda may dissolve lower house in Oct.
• Fukushima Diary – US rejected importing Japanese beef for radioactive contamination – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium from tap water in 26% of all the prefectures – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Kagoshima to be the final disposal site of nuclear waste – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – JP Gov rejected issuing Nigerian doc visa to attend the int conference of nuclear held in Hiroshima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 5th Fukushima worker died, “acute myocardial infarction” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 38,000 Bq/kg from Fukushima fish – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima will test-fish 7 more kinds of fishery products – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 8,560,000 Bq/m2 in Fukushima, 3 times worse than Chernobyl – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Albino swallow found in Gunma, 227 km from Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – DPJ Team Calls for Restarting N-Reactors upon Safety Approval
• Japan Daily Press – Plutonium originating from Tepco’s reactors found in 10 Locations – Radhika Seth
• Japan Daily Press – Anti-TPP Protestors inspired by the Anti-Nuke guys! – Radhika Seth
• Japan Times – Cesium-laden fish may point to ocean hot spots – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – New Yamaguchi governor to freeze plan to build nuclear plant
• Japan Times – Despite all the numbers, energy policy questions fall short – Eric Johnston
• Mainichi Daily News – 90 percent of public submissions favor zero nuclear power plants
• Mainichi Daily News – Noda looks to tap new support, hold DPJ together with anti-nuke activist meet
• Mainichi Daily News – Worker dies after collapsing at Fukushima nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima co-ops to resume trial fishing for 7 more species

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

• AFP Google – Japan PM meets anti-nuclear demonstrators
• Bloomberg – Tepco Finds Extreme Levels of Radioactivity in Fukushima Fish – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yasumasa Song
• Enformable – March 16th, 2011, – Information Sheet on Tohoku Earthquake = Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC)
• Enformable – April 22nd, 2011 – Enforced Plan on Environmental Monitoring
• Enformable – New governor of Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture to freeze construction of Kaminoseki nuclear power plant by Chugoku Electric Power Co – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan: Recent cesium contamination in fish may indicate underwater hot spots – First terrorist attack drill held at TEPCO nuclear power plant
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan: Ohi reactor restarts found unnecessary – TEPCO liable for Fukushima worker safety
• Enformable – Plutonium from Fukushima Daiichi found in Namie – Lucas W Hixson
• New York Times – Japanese Leader Meets With Antinuclear ProtestersBy HIROKO TABUCHI
• Platts – Japan’s Tokuku Electric to receive Yen 230 bil loan for quake-hit facility repairs – Takeo Kumagai
• UPI – Japanese P.M. meets with anti-nuke group
• Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: Anti-Nuclear Activists Unimpressed by Meeting With PM – Eleanor Warnock
• Washington Post – Japan’s PM meets leaders of anti-nuke protests but rejects demand that plants stay shuttered
• World Nuclear News – Fishy figures at Fukushima
• Xinhua News – New Yamaguchi Governor to freeze plan to build nuclear plant
• Yahoo!7 News – Record radiation levels in fish near Fukushima – Mark Willacy
• Asahi Shimbun – Exhibition of postwar novelties rare window into Occupied Japan
• Asahi Shimbun – Noda gives no quarter in meeting with anti-nuke activists
• Asahi Shimbun – Support for nuke-free Japan rises to 47% after voter discussions
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation 258 times legal limit found in fish off Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – Survey: 34 died from stress caused by nuclear accident
• Asahi Shimbun – Science ministry: No further plutonium contamination from Fukushima disaster
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO gets many requests to scale down home contracts – Hiroyuki Tanaka and Tadaaki Inoue
• Daily Yomiuri – Deeper discussions needed for realistic manifestos
• Daily Yomiuri – Poll: Nearly 50% favor zero nuclear power scenario
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan posts record trade deficit in July / 517 bil. yen loss comes as EU exports dive
• Fukushima Diary – Conjoint cucumber from Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium from 90% of fishery products offshore Fukushima, “Highest reading was 25,800 Bq/kg” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Radiation 258 times the ‘safe’ level found in Fukushima fish – Adam Westlake
• Japan Daily Press – New bullet train unveiled by JR Tokai in HamamatsuBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Noda unswayed by talks with rally leaders – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Cesium-laden fish may point to ocean hot spots – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Record cesium level detected in fish around Fukushima nuclear plant
• Japan Times – Energy policy chief inclined toward nuclear-free Japan
• YokosoNews – Learning from lessons: An Academic Look at Japan’s Recovery

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

• eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, August 20, 2012 .
• Enformable – Japan to use non-existent American technology to remediate contaminated hazmat suits at Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Can Spent Fuel Pools Catch Fire? – Arnie Gundersen
• GRTV – Can Fukushima’s Spent Fuel Pools Catch Fire?
• Herald Sun – Record radiation in Fukushima fish
• RT – Fukushima fish carrying 258 times the ‘safe’ level of radiation
• SimplyInfo – JAMA Fukushima Exposure Letter Misconstrued
• Asahi Shimbun – 4 prefectures chosen for disposal of contaminated ash – Tetsu Kobayashi
• Asahi Shimbun – Lawyer, writers call for legislation on nuclear phaseout – Masakazu Honda
• Asahi Shimbun – Movie that examined nuclear risks draws new audience
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Interim storage facilities urgently needed for decontamination work
• Fukushima Diary – Conjoint 5 eggplants in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from the owner of the deformed earless rabbit – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Power use falls; reactors unneeded – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Famous Kazakh singer hums antinuclear tune
• Japan Times – Tepco liable for contract workers’ safety in Fukushima – Hifumi Okunuki
• JIJI Press – TEPCO Execs in Panic after Nuclear Accident: Footage
• Mainichi Daily News – At least 26 people disabled in Fukushima due to effects of earthquake disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t panel considers completely eliminating nuclear power plants by early ’30s

Monday, August 20, 2012

• Reuters – Thyroid cancer risk persists decades after Japan atomic bombs: study – Genevra Pittman
• Reuters – Delay seen in resumption of Japan’s beef exports to U.S.
• UPI Asia – IAEA: Fukushima slowed nuke growth
• Asian Scientist – Fukushima Disaster Caused Mutant Butterflies, Study – Aparna Venkatesh
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear power industry’s shady payments since Fukushima crisis
• Asahi Shimbun – Mayors divided over proposed sites to store radioactive waste
• Asahi Shimbun – Mayors divided over proposed sites to store radioactive waste
• Daily Yomiuri – Denuclearization is not a viable option
• Daily Yomiuri – Sites for contaminated soil unveiled / Government proposes building 12 facilities to store Fukushima’s radioactive waste
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima govt to use stricter rice screenings
• Fukushima Diary – M5.2 earthquake hit Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The 20km area, 16th month – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Gov expects more Fukushima nuclear waste
• Japan Daily Press – 30% of Japan’s biggest companies see renewable energy as positive changeBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Today – 3 Fukushima towns selected for 12 storage sites of radioactive debris
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO, Tohoku Power made dubious transactions to Rokkasho nuke plant village