Sunday, October 14, 2012

• Asahi Shimbun – Emperor, empress see decontamination work in Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – Nobel laureate Oe leads protest of Oma nuclear plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Inside Fukushima: How workers tried but failed to avert a nuclear disaster
• ENENews – Fukushima 3/11 Tapes: It’s time to make a “geezers’ suicide squad” — “We’ve exhausted our options” when discussing evacuation
• ENENews – Photographer: You can’t fix what’s happening in Fukushima — Silence was something that I’ve only ever heard at Chernobyl (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Fukushima Boss after 3/11: “It’s awful, awful… No. 3 reactor just blew, probably a steam explosion” — Steam explosion, not hydrogen? Reactor blew up, not reactor building? (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Emperor and empress went to see the decontamination in Kawauchi mura, “They wear no mask, no protective clothing” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Infantile disease respiratory syncytial virus infection is spiking up in Japan, “Highest in past 10 years” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level spiked in Hokkaido, “Still it’s on-going” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Hiratsuka city mayor is going to have a thyroid surgery – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from all the samples of unpolished rice in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] Decommissioning a nuclear reactor makes the area money too – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Onagawa machi to hold a harvest festival in Tokyo, “Give 60,000 Pacific saury to Tokyo people for free” – Iori Mochizuki

Saturday, October 13, 2012

• HNN Huntingtonnews – Fukushima Cancers May Reach One Million
• New York Times – Japan Power Company Admits Failings on Plant Precautions – Martin Fackler
• Reuters – Fukushima operator must learn from mistakes, new adviser says – Aaron Sheldrick
• Xinhua News – Japanese royal couple visits village near Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Government worries new nuclear agency will approve unwanted plants
• Asahi Shimbun – Camera shows conditions inside Fukushima reactor vessel
• Asahi Shimbun – Some progress, but radiation remains high at Fukushima nuclear plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Oi reactors should be idled again for new safety checks
• ENENews – Gov’t study estimates 225,000 cases of cancer from Fukushima disaster -Physician (VIDEO)
• ENENews – TV: New Tepco admission “contradicts everything the company has maintained so far” (VIDEOS)
• ENENews – Unit 3 Deteriorating Further? Asahi: Warped steel frames “now visibly rusty” during Friday tour of Fukushima plant
• Fukushima Diary – Unknown active sea-bottom fault found near Ohma nuclear plant to restart construction – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – A man in Fukushima to be the first to have 1mSv of internal exposure, “higher than even safety limit of gov” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Unknown active submarine volcano found beside Izu islands, “Eruption will affect large areas” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Eggs of sweetfish decreased by 98% in Biwa lake, Prefectural gov “Unusual condition” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 2.9 Bq/Kg from a grain of rice in Fukushima, “It can be 140,000 Bq/Kg” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Kitakyushu city turned off monitoring post to incinerate disaster debris – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The daughter of the Crown Prince called in sick for sports meeting – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cherry blossom bloomed in Tokyo, “It’s still Autumn” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level is higher out of PCV than inside in reactor1, “Is really core inside of PCV ?” – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Former US NRC chairman urges TEPCO reform
• House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 14 Oct 2012
• Japan Times – Senkakus not a dumping ground – Jyouji Hamano
• Japan Times – Tepco finally admits nuke crisis avoidable
• Japan Times – Farmer plows own antiradiation furrowTomoko Otake
• Japan Times – Food co-op sues Tepco over soiled reputation – Tomoko Otake
• Japan Times – Nuke chief hints no restarts this year – Mari Yamaguchi

Friday, October 12, 2012

• AFP Google – Fukushima operator admits downplaying tsunami risk – Hiroshi Hiyama
• AP Google – Japan utility agrees nuclear crisis was avoidable – Mari Yamaguchi
• AP Google – Japan nuke chief hints no restarts until next year – Mari Yamaguchi
• Enformable – TEPCO finds only 9 feet of water at bottom of containment vessel – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – In-Focus: Fukushima – Fukushima nuclear disaster causes 50% drop in value in one of world’s largest uranium producers – Only 1.1% of houses decontaminated as contaminated soil remains untouched
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Nuclear Regulation Authority to accept experts who have received donations from nuclear industry – Japan and India reconfirm importance of civil nuclear cooperation
• Enformable – Eight of the ‘Fukushima 50’ meet with Prime Minister Noda
• Epoch Times – Why TEPCO Failed to Prevent the Fukushima Disaster – Jack Phillips
• Nuclear Engineering – TEPCO peers inside Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 PCV
• Reuters AlertNet – Workers are seen at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant No. 4 reactor building in Fukushima
• RTT News – Radiation-Contaminated Soil Remains Unlifted In Fukushima
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO convenes N-reform panel
• Denki Shimbun – Robots used in Fukushima accident restoration work won prize in Robot Award
• Denki Shimbun – Radiation dose survey on plants and animals in Fukushima
• ENENews – WSJ: Tepco in stunning reversal – Admits knowing of problems before 3/11 and doing nothing… then blames actions on anti-nuclear movement
• ENENews – Kyodo: Water at Fukushima Unit 1 is more radioactive OUTSIDE containment vessel than inside
• ENENews – Japan Official: We said Unit 4 must be flooded with concrete to reinforce building — “Plug every available space on the lower floors” — Gov’t gave up on plan
• ENENews – Tepco 3/11 Tapes: Army could use firearms on Unit No. 3 to release gas — “It will blow up anyway” (VIDEO)
• House of Japan – Creating questioning attitude in individuals key to TEPCO reform
• Japan Daily Press – Fukushima restoration robots win at Japan’s 5th Robot AwardsBy Ida Torres
• Mainichi Daily News – J-Alert emergency warning system not functioning at 40 percent of municipalities
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima to build temporary towns with 500 houses
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Gov’t must move fast to ensure disaster recovery cash flows to areas in need
• Taipei Times – Former VP optimistic about future anti-nuclear referendum – Chris Wang

Thursday, October 11, 2012

• AP Google – Japan nuke chief hints no restarts until next year
• Enformable – Toshiba shares fall after announcement of increased stake in nuclear industry – Lucas W Hixson
• Los Angeles Times – Dogs abandoned at Fukushima, Japan, suffer PTSD-like effects – Monte Morin
• San Francisco Bay Guardian – Fukushima controversies that the mainstream media ignores – Yael Chanoff
• World Nuclear News – Unit 1 containment vessel investigated
• Asahi Shimbun – Despite more water, radiation still high in Fukushima reactor
• Daily Yomiuri – Cabinet minutes with 30-year release eyed
• Daily Yomiuri – High radiation found at Fukushima N-plant
• ENENews – Asahi: “Radioactive material may be flowing differently” at Fukushima Unit 1 – Survey results opposite of what Tepco expected
• ENENews – Photo: Over 100 cattle have died at farm since 3/11 – Farmer says it’s from Fukushima Syndrome
• ENENews – Japan Times: Many experts remain alarmed about risk of Unit 4 collapse — Structure not as strong as before, work must be sped up — 10 years to remove all fuel from all pools?
• ENENews – Fukushima Boss in 3/11 Footage: “Spent fuel pool at Unit 1 is exposed now” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Asahi TV: “There are much more shocking parts yet to be seen” in secret Fukushima footage (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Decontamination produced 260,000 bags of radioactive soil, “Still it’s 1.1% of all” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Buddhist priest interviewed Fukushima people, “We don’t want to have a baby” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 96,000 Bq/Kg from farming reservoir in Namie machi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 84 students hospitalized after school lunch in Chiba, “The cause is not known.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Photos] Fukushima farm’s dead cattle and calves of Fukushima syndrome, “The smell even comes to the bed” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 25,000 Bq/Kg from macaques April 2011, it dropped once but rose again to this spring – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 620 Bq/Kg from loquat leaf in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Japan Tobacco admits Fukushima tobacco leaves tested above radiation limits – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Reactor 1 water level higher than expected
• Japan Times – April-September resignations at Tepco double to 350
• Japan Times – Tepco set to look inside reactor 1
• Japan Times – Toshiba to up ante in Westinghouse
• Japan Times – Noda lauds work to ease reactor 4 fuel threat; fears remain – Reiji Yoshida and Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Shizuoka assembly set to vote down nuclear referendum bills

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

• AFP Google – Japan’s Toshiba to boost Westinghouse stake
• Enformable – TEPCO’s lack of findings during Reactor 1 endoscope mission may cast doubt on cold shutdown status – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan: Disapproval rates of Noda’s cabinet at highest since formation – Fukushima tobacco contaminated with cesium
• Enformable – TEPCO unable to determine water level in Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 1 containment vessel – Lucas W Hixson
• Reuters – Japan’s new carbon tax to cost utilities $1billion annually – Risa Maeda
• Asahi Shimbun – Construction work resumes at Oma nuclear plant
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO starts study inside No. 1 reactor at Fukushima plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Aid to disaster-stricken areas must be given priority
• Denki Shimbun – Nuclear accident drill using SDF aircraft – Asahi Shimbun
• ENENews – Fukushima Tapes: “This is a suicide corps… We can’t vent Unit 2… this is like the end” – Released recording ends soon after (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Shiny, golden material seen coating pipes and surfaces inside Fukushima Unit 1 containment vessel (PHOTOS &VIDEO)
• ENENews – New footage inside Fukushima Unit 1 containment vessel – Thick steam, blackened piping (PHOTOS &VIDEO )
• ENENews – Mystery Continues: ‘Difficult to determine’ location of melted fuel during Unit 1 investigation, says Tepco – Radiation dose highest at top of containment vessel
• ENENews – Video: Radioactivity of 14,600 Bq/m2 in rice paddy soil far from Fukushima plant — Crop to be sold in Japan this year
• ENENews – Fukushima Worker: Some people not being given food, have no place to go — “We can work only momentarily… It can’t progress… we always need new workers” (AUDIO)
• ENENews – 60km from Fukushima Plant: Kids walk to school each day on road contaminated with radioactivity of 70,000 Bq/m2 (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Tepco workers “unable to find water level” in Reactor No. 1 containment vessel — “Some damage was found” (PHOTO)
• Fukushima Diary – 77Bq/Kg from mushroom in Aomori, “355km from Fukushima plant” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japanese emperor and empress to visit 30km area to watch decontamination – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Evacuees bashing, “Evacuees spread harmful rumor outside of Fukushima prefecture” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 9.8Sv/h in penetration tip of reactor1, “The higher it goes in PCV, the higher the radiation level goes.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Disposable Fukushima workers, “One person can only work for 30mins a day, 20 days a month, one month a life” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Lowest detectable amount of school lunch is 10Bq/Kg, the one of cafeteria in Fukushima gov is 1Bq/Kg – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Atomic Bomb Victims’ Relief Law is applied for the victims who had 1mSv exposure – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 11 Oct 2012
• Japan Times – Japan’s Imperial Couple to visit village near crippled nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Rice shipments resume from Fukushima town once designated evacuation zone – Asahi Shimbun

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

• NAS – Project Update: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants
• AFP Google – World leaders meet on disaster management in Japan – Kyoko Hasegawa
• Christian Science Monitor – Uncertain power: a return to nuclear energy for Japan? – James Burgess
• CNIC – Nuke Info Tokyo No. 150 (Sep./Oct. 2012)
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda calls for faster decontamination in Fukushima
• ENENews – ‘High Temperature Incinerator Building’ onsite at Fukushima Daiichi — Across from ‘Incineration Workshop’ (PHOTO)
• ENENews – Japan Legal Expert: Another nuclear accident will mean no future for country — You and us are taking on the most important issue, be confident in yourselves and spread this movement further (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Ministry of foreign affairs to invite 10,000 youth from 41 countries to do tasks including removal of debris – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – IP location of Reconstruction Agency is Toshiba corporation – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reconstruction agency, “Religious faith in “Zero Bq” is causing the harmful rumor” – Iori Mochizuki
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima gov’t hastily compiled minutes of experts’ meetings over health survey

Monday, October 08, 2012

• OilPrice – Japan may Restart Nuclear Reactors if Nuclear Watchdog Deems them Safe – James Burgess
• Asahi Shimbun – Noda inspects stricken nuclear plant, orders accelerated decontamination efforts
• ENENews – Watch: Kids run marathon on street with radioactivity of 134,000 Bq/m2 – “Children of Fukushima will be killed by the gov’t… Someone please help” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Japan TV: Talk on Tepco tapes “doesn’t seem fit to come out of the world’s worst nuclear accident” – Should I write IOU for batteries? asks Fukushima chief (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Tepco: We don’t know if it was a hydrogen explosion at Unit 3 – Tell public it was though because “it’s a speed game” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – The Economist: “Something strange was afoot” during Prime Minister’s visit to plant — Fukushima 50 muzzled
• ENENews – Inside Evacuation Zone: Cattle sick, dying — “We call it Fukushima syndrome” — Severe diarrhea, skin problems, weakened immune systems
• Greenpeace International – South Korea can’t deny the risks of nuclear power forever – Jan Beranek
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda calls for faster decontamination in Fukushima
• Fukushima Diary – More than 100 Bq/Kg of cesium from 8 of 9 wild boars in Nikko Tochigi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Aomori prefecture expects to restart shipping cod by collecting 50 ok samples – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Board of education in Iwaki city gave up using local products for school lunch – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cattle dying of “Fukushima syndrome” in farm of hazard area, “Diarrhea like water, snivel, spreading dermatitis” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Business Insider] CONFIRMED: 36 Percent of Fukushima Kids Have Abnormal Thyroid Growths and Doctors Are In The Dark – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Shallow earthquakes are distributed south inland area of Fukushima plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from mushroom in southern alps of Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Mass of small fish found dead in Fukushima city – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – The Fukushima 50: forgotten heroes and how! – Radhika Seth
• Japan Daily Press – Prime Minister Noda makes visit to Fukushima nuclear disaster plant – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Japanese Prime Minister Noda refuses to be drawn on specific timing for dissolving Diet’s Lower House