Sunday, October 21, 2012

• Asahi Shimbun – Marubeni to build nation’s mega-solar power plant in Oita – Toru Nakagawa
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to help N-evacuees find jobs in hometowns – Asahi Shimbun
• ENENews – Gundersen Confirms: Fukushima Unit 4 is sinking unevenly — Building “may begin to be tilting” (AUDIO)
• Fukushima Diary – Mr.Koide “Tepco can’t pick up melted fuel in core but they must remove fuel from SFPs before stone coffin” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] Another nuclear plant will be restarted – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – “Support by eating” announcer showed up on TV with massive blood blister on lip, “oral herpes?” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] 4yrd daughter became sensitive to cold – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Peptic ulcer ratio jumped up 3 times much as before 311 in Miyagi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [False report ?] 570,000Bq/Kg of Plutonium was measured from black substance in Futaba machi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – It takes over 150 yrs for people to come back to Futaba machi, “Decontamination is useless.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level spiked from 0.06 to 0.21µSv/h in Kagawa – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: NRA must ensure transparency
• Japan Times – Japan, IAEA working on Fukushima decontamination and disposal base
• Japan Times – New priorities turn Kyoto goals into an afterthought
• Japan Times – Counterpoint: So, fat cats and a blue caterpillar will save Japan from nuclear hell. OK – Roger Pulvers
• Taipei Times – Scientist warns of dangers of Taiwan nuclear mishap – Lee I-chia

Saturday, October 20, 2012

• Global Research – Coverup: Risk of Nuclear Melt-Down in U.S. Higher than it was at Fukushima
• Union of Concerned Scientists – Nuclear Regulatory Commission has Failed to Adequately Address Flood Risks at Nuclear Plants from Dam Failures, Report Finds – Press TV
• YouTube – Nuclear Whistleblower Speaks! Fukushima, San Onofre, & GE (Bridenbaugh) Pt.1/2
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Japanese Ambassador says rice donations to Haiti are radiation free – DOE official says Japan should restart nuclear power plants
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Undergrowth on fire near Fukushima Daiichi Units 1 and 2 – Tsunami debris found in stomachs of tuna
• Enformable – April 7th, 2011 – Radiation levels around Fukushima Prefecture high enough to test OSHA limits for rad workers in 14 days
• YouTube – Fukushima: The Hard Questions by Arnie Gundersen
• Daily Yomiuri – EU to ease Japan food import rules / No change for Fukushima restrictions – Takehito Kudo
• Daily Yomiuri – Landmark Fukushima inn to reopen doors
• ENENews – Tokyo Legal Expert: Once a nuclear accident occurs EVERYTHING is over! — Zero prospect of ever restoring fishing grounds — Warns California residents of risks, “All will be lost, this is the reality of nuclear energy” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Japan Engineer: Fukushima contaminated water to go in giant pit — “It can easily be discharged underground” (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – 2100 Bq/Kg from mushroom in Nagano – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Policemen are told not to make a child for 2 yrs after going to disaster area” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japanese empress has extreme pain in the lower back – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] I was shocked at how many of my hair fell off – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Monitoring posts are destroyed by someone in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from all the 61 unpolished rice samples in Fukushima, “the max is 99Bq/Kg” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “4 years old of friend’s son got acute leukemia” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 450 Bq/Kg from mushroom in west coast of Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Chernobyl] Albino mutation ratio of swallow jumped up to 15% in Ukraine too – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Another deceptive label of origin” Tochigi green onion was sold as from Hokkaido – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Scientific accuracy needed – E. Watters
• Japan Times – MSDF, Japan Coast Guard to conduct first nuclear plant terror drill
• Japan Times – Editorial: Misuse of reconstruction funds
• Taipei Times – Radioactive waste claims denied – Loa Iok-sin

Friday, October 19, 2012

• Electric Light &Power – Japan to Compile Report on Monju, Spent N-Fuel Disposal at Year-End – Brick Patch
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Combustible Iwate debris to be disposed of in 4 Shizuoka Prefecture cities – Contamination found in beef and rice
• Enformable – April 7th, 2011 – Radiation levels around Fukushima Prefecture high enough to test OSHA limits for rad workers in 14 days
• Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for October 16th to October 18th, 2012
• Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
• World Nuclear News – Hydrogen fix for Japanese reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial Fair probe necessary on faults under N-plants
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt submits no-nuke resolution to U.N.
• Denki Shimbun – Japan should restart nuclear power plants, said DOE’s NERAC member
• Denki Shimbun – Development of compact robot for survey at Fukushima NPS
• ENENews – Fukushima fire nearly twice as big as originally reported – Photo of firefighters extinguishing blaze
• ENENews – Nuclear Engineer: New way to locate Fukushima molten fuel “means they’re expecting to find this stuff very deep into the ground”… unless it’s just an experiment (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Smoke from Fukushima Daiichi fire visible on webcam footage? (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Fire at Fukushima Daiichi: Over 4,000 square feet affected near reactor buildings — Fire department on-scene — No ‘significant’ change in radiation levels (MAP)
• Fukushima Diary – Fire beside reactor1 and 2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tin-looking object exploded in Tokyo subway, 11 people injured – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cloud-shaped white gas came above reactor3 on live camera – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Amari Policy chief of LDP, “It’s impossible to abandon all the nuclear plants” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Under 20yrd decreased by 60% in Minamisoma city – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “I see a lot of high school students having health problems in Tochigi” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level keeps going up in Tokyo and Kanagawa area – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima gov rounded off 102.8 Bq/Kg from rice to 100 Bq/Kg and sell – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Fukushima stories leaked to the U.S. through documentary, reveals coverups – Ida Torres
• Japan Daily Press – Japan denies rice given to Haiti is contaminated with radiation – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Tepco to expand compensation for tourism industry losses
• Japan Times – Suit aids nuclear workers
• Japan Times – Ozawa likes Germany’s nuke stance
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Seismological Society should notify public on limits to earthquake predictions – Denki Shimbun

Thursday, October 18, 2012

• Enformable – March 13th, 2011 – NRC analysis shows Fukushima Daiichi worse than TMI and Chernobyl Accidents
• Asahi Shimbun – Interview: Chief regulator says Japan is tightening nuclear safety rules
• ENENews – Radioactive beef over cesium limit from cow raised far outside Fukushima… As Fukushima beef shipments to US resume this week
• ENENews – Kyodo: “If we find where the molten nuclear fuel is located, it will give us a clue” says researcher – Detectors to locate corium already placed near Reactors 1 and 2 in May by Los Alamos Lab
• ENENews – Los Alamos Lab: We can find Fukushima corium with x-ray type image — “No core” a possibility? (PHOTOS)
• ENENews – Man from Fukushima Chokes Up on Stage: The children are radioactive — People that stayed are in denial — We received hate mail for leaving (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Japan rejected signing to ban nuclear weapon in UN – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] 3,676Bq/Kg from a damp cloth wiped a balcony in North Kanto – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Red forest in Gunma ? 40% of street trees withering, infected by fungi, roots are rotten – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level is picking up in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – More albino creature..Large and white “red” king crab found in Hokkaido – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor1 losing water and temperature is in increasing trend – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – US Los Alamos National Laboratory developed the technology to detect the exact place of melted fuel in reactors – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Spent fuel in JP amounts 26,000 vitrification, “50yrs cooling before 100,000yrs geographical disposal,1500Sv/h surface” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – White sparrow found in Gunma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Mutated black tree frog found in Toyama – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Truman’s grandson speaks with atomic bomb survivors in New York – Ida Torres
• Japan Daily Press – Robot suit to be used in Fukushima cleanup, controlled by brain waves – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Nuke panel chief hopes for change in governance
• Japan Times – Cosmic rays eyed to locate nuke fuel melt
• Japan Times – Cesium above new limit in Miyagi beef
• Mainichi Daily News – One year on, Fukushima still fights uphill battle to decontaminate farming district
• Mainichi Daily News – Inconsistencies in gov’t nuclear power policy cause confusion

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

• AFP Google – Fukushima panel chief hopes for change in Japan
• The Examiner – Fukushima dirty bomb stories leaked, 300,000 children radiated daily – Deborah Dupre
• World Nuclear News – Debris investigated in unit 3 pool
• Asahi Shimbun – Red Cross labels Fukushima evacuations humanitarian crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Watchdog to check fault beneath Oi nuclear plant
• Daily Yomiuri – French TV apologizes for Fukushima joke
• Daily Yomiuri – Hitachi’s nuclear plan hits bump / Lithuania referendum on construction project could hurt export strategy
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Referendums no way to decide restarts of nuclear reactors
• ENENews – US Analysis: Fukushima released 200% as much radioactive iodine as Chernobyl – Only includes Reactors 1 and 3
• ENENews – Watch: New Large Debris Found In Unit 1 Containment (PHOTOS &VIDEO)
• ENENews – Red Cross labels Fukushima disaster “ongoing humanitarian crisis” — Physician: “Difficult to reveal what potential health effects may occur long term” — Official: “It has not ended”
• ENENews – Gov’t Nuke Experts: Top part of Reactor 1 containment may have opened up before first Fukushima explosion
• ENENews – Radioactive Fukushima trees on x-ray type film (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO terminates damages payments for emotional distress to women that marry – Asahi Shimbun

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

• Enformable – New robot designed for investigation of Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Basements – Lucas W Hixson
• Reuters – Japan angered by French TV host’s nuclear joke – Alastair Himmer
• Asahi Shimbun – Further leak at Fukushima, photos reveal other damage – Asahi Shimbun
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Power industry’s persistence on nuclear future simply baffling
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt protests N-satire aired on French TV
• ENENews – Highly radioactive water spews from pipe in Fukushima Unit 3 turbine building (PHOTO)
• ENENews – Japan Reporter at Fukushima Plant: Reactor building’s steel frame is “severely crushed” — Getting to see structure in person made a great impact
• ENENews – Watch: Empty spaces seen in Fukushima Unit 3 spent fuel racks — “Would ordinarily hold spent fuel” -Asahi (VIDEO & PHOTOS)
• ENENews – Explosion may have occurred inside vessel of Fukushima Unit 1 — Can generate missiles that endanger containment integrity
• ENENews – Up to 1,000,000 sieverts per hour outside Fukushima Unit 1 containment vessel — Still too hot to attempt measuring other areas (PHOTO & VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] Continuous underground rumbling heard in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] Elementary schools banned students from bringing their water bottles in Tokyo and Miyagi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco investigated the inside of SFP3, “Location of refueling machine, state of the fuel are still not known” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Highly contaminated water leaked in reactor3 again, Tepco “It was spouting out of the hose” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Osaka city to force all the junior high school students to consume school lunch – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: Passing the buck on nuclear power
• Japan Times – Give nuclear power a larger role – Shinji Fukukawa
• Japan Times – Ozawa to check Germans’ nuke exit
• Japan Times – Tanaka questions no nukes by ’30s goal – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Cameras spot reactor 3 pool debris; fuel intact – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Utilities hold onto plans to build reactors
• Japan Times – Lithuania nuke plant snub rattles Hitachi
• Japan Times – Fukushima joke lands French TV host in hot water
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima district a wasteland despite preparations to lift evacuation order
• Mainichi Daily News – Hakodate mayor urges gov’t to freeze construction of Oma Nuclear Power Plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Lithuanian vote against nuke plants casts shadow on Japan reactor makers’ strategy
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan urged to shift focus to renewable energy after Fukushima disaster – Asahi Shimbun

Monday, October 15, 2012

• Energy Collective – Radiation probes indicate NO melt through at Fukushima Unit 1 – Rod Adams
• eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, October 15, 2012 .
• Nuclear Engineering – Toshiba to take on Shaw’s stake in Westinghouse
• Asian Correspondent – Fukushima updates: admission and remission? – Graham Land
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan: Mayor requests J Power cease construction of nuclear power plant – Energy demand in Japan falls in first half of 2012
• Enformable – Lithuanians support referendum rejecting plans to build new nuclear reactors – Lucas W Hixson
• The Guardian – Fukushima disaster could have been avoided, nuclear plant operator admits – Justin McCurry
• ENENews – “Impossible” that bulk of melted fuel is in Unit 1 containment — Charred vessel could indicate explosive event inside
• ENENews – Watch: Fukushima beef being shipped to US restaurants (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Fukushima Woman: Children are already starting to have health problems — We hardly saw mosquitos, moths, beetles this summer (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Video: Japanese receiving biased information — Hundreds of thousands or more may die of cancer from Fukushima disaster — It’s all hidden from view
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima citizen, “We didn’t see bugs this summer, children are made carry a portable shrine in black rain” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Chiba cherry blossoms blooming in Autumn too – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Triple heads mushroom found in Tokushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japanese comedian Masayuki Watanabe looking very sick – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – America to restart importing Fukushima beef – Iori Mochizuki