Sunday, October 28, 2012

• Daily Yomiuri – Hitachi to buy British nuclear power company
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt likely to hold off on energy plan
• ENENews – Gundersen: Hoax drew attention from report that Fukushima plant is still oozing radiation (AUDIO)
• ENENews – NHK Documentary: Our civilization is met with disaster because of Fukushima crisis — It’s a “civilization disaster” -Umehara (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – M7.7 hit QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION Canada with Tsunami alart for Alaska – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Seismic stability of contaminated water storage tanks is questionable” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 26,000 Bq/Kg from cow dung compost in Tamura city Fukushima, November 2011 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Cesium measured from miso made from tap-water back in March. 2011.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – On 3/21/2011,50 times more of Uranium238 was measured in the air of Hawaii than 2010 – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – ‘Fresh Currents’ charts the way to, and from, Fukushima – Stephen Hesse
• Japan Times – Japan’s Hitachi set to win bid to buy Britain’s Horizon Nuclear Power in ¥50 billion deal

Saturday, October 27, 2012

• AFP Google – Hitachi ‘to buy UK nuke venture for $628 mn’
• Global Research – Fukushima Operators Struggle To Contain ‘Outrageous Amount’ of Radioactive Water
• Power Engineering – Kansai Electric eyes cutting employee salaries for 1st time
• Reuters – Hitachi near $629 million British nuclear project deal: media – James Topham, Tom Kaeckenhoff and Karolin Schaps
• Sydney Morning Herald – Fukushima fish unsafe for years – Fiona Harvey
• Asahi Shimbun – Hitachi shifts focus of nuclear business overseas – Tomoya Fujita
• Daily Yomiuri – Hitachi-led group leads U.K. N-power bid
• ENENews – Report: 100,000 Tepco employees being sent to Fukushima in 2013
• ENENews – Explosive concentrations of gas at Fukushima Unit 1? Hydrogen and Krypton-85 levels fluctuating since April, says Tepco
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Sunflowers are in full bloom in Nagoya” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Is Tepco injecting liquid nitrogen into reactor1 ? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Fukushima conscription started] Tepco will oblige all the employees to go to Fukushima, 100,000ppl/y in total. – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Monitoring post of Tochigi indicated radiation level suddenly dropped by 0.15µSv/h and stable,”Decontamination ?” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Since we moved to Malaysia, children’s runny nose,nosebleed, and asthma were stopped.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima coolant water comes directly to underground water ? Boron detected from underground water in Iwaki – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cattle fed with uncontaminated grass had infertility in Gunma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] ”My aunt died of acute leukemia, she loved Sushi” – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 28 Oct 2012
• Japan Times – No. 1 radioactive water tanks maxed–New treatment system could see discharges into Pacific as storage space rapidly runs out – Mari Yamaguchi
• Japan Times – Hitachi group set to win U.K. nuclear venture
• Japan Times – Aim for nuclear disarmament – Masayoshi Hamada
• Japan Times – Keidanren urges DPJ to promptly restart nuclear plants
• Japan Today – TEPCO tries to find somewhere to store contaminated water – Mari Yamaguchi
• Mainichi Daily News – City in Shizuoka to show distances to Hamaoka nuclear plant on signs

Friday, October 26, 2012

• ABC – Radiation settles on seabed off Japan – Mark Willacy
• AFP Google – Japan approves $5.3 bln stimulus budget
• AP Google – Cesium levels in fish off Fukushima not dropping – Malcolm Foster
• Bloomberg – Fish Caught in Fukushima as Tainted as a Year Ago, Study Says – Kanoko Matsuyama
• Bloomberg – Dai-Ichi Life Cuts Tepco Stake by More Than Half Over Six Months – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• The Economist blog – Two out of 50
• Earthtimes – Fukushima – the nuclear emergency that won’t go away – Martin Leggett
• Enformable – TEPCO says cannot deny Fukushima Daiichi may still be leaking radiation into ocean
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – CSIS President calls for Japan to restart reactors – of 506 vessels swept away by March 11th disaster, only 85 recovered
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Radioactive tritium found on external surface of reactor piping at JAEA facility – Hokuriku Electric will delay releasing Shiga nuclear power plant fault details until March
• The Guardian – Fukushima fish ‘may be inedible for a decade’ – Fiona Harvey
• The Independent – Fukushima fish are still radioactive – Malcolm Foster
• Nature blog – Fukushima fish still hot – Geoffrey Brumfiel
• Power Engineering – Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant could still be leaking radiation
• Reuters – Japan quake-hit nuclear plant “may still be leaking radiation” into sea – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Aaron Sheldrick
• Reuters – Japan cabinet approves $5.3 billion economic stimulus measures
• UPI – High radiation levels seen near Fukushima
• ENENews – Nuclear Expert on Recent Fukushima Fire: “It’s probably not done by the story that we’re hearing” — A couple of things jumped out at me right away (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Reporter: Can Tepco confirm Fukushima plant is not leaking radiation into sea? TEPCO: “Tepco cannot say such a thing”
• ENENews – Top Scientific Journal: Fukushima still leaking radioactive contaminants into sea — Unprecedented events for ocean and society from 3/11 disaster
• ENENews – Japanese Legal Expert: “Even residents of Tokyo are evacuating” — More and more people fleeing Fukushima (VIDEO)
• ENENews – CNN: We know contamination from Fukushima reactors is still seeping into ocean -Researcher
• ENENews – Tepco spokesman admits Fukushima reactors may be continuously leaking into ocean
• Fukushima Diary – [BBC] Fukushima fish still contaminated from nuclear accident – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “had a tumor on the back to remove by surgery. Recently he has pus on the gum (Tokyo)” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “It’s not only my son, but generally school students are becoming violent in disaster area” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [HUFFPOST] Fukushima Plant’s Contaminated Water Storage Running Out of Space – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Hashimoto’s Japan Restoration Party echoes nuclear abandonment pledge – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Hitachi group set to win U.K. nuclear venture
• Japan Times – Aim for nuclear disarmament – Masayoshi Hamada
• Japan Times – Keidanren urges DPJ to promptly restart nuclear plants
• Japan Times – Cesium still high in Fukushima fish
• Japan Times – Sono: ‘Disaster survivors spoke more frankly to me than to NHK’ – Mark Schilling
• Mainichi Daily News – Half of disaster reconstruction outlays remain unused
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t hits deadlock over energy plan as experts cite inconsistencies in nuclear stance
• Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: Mushrooms remind humans of dangers they brought on themselves

Thursday, October 25, 2012

• Al Jazeera – Japan struggling to store radioactive water
• AP Google – AP Interview: Japan nuke plant water worries rise – Mari Yamaguchi
• BBC News – Fukushima fish still contaminated from nuclear accident – Jonathan Amos
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Still ‘Precarious,’ Japan’s New Regulator Says at IAEA – Jonathan Tirone
• CNN – Radioactive levels staying high off Fukushima Daiichi in Japan – Matt Smith
• The Economist – Heroism and humility–Meet the “Fukushima 50”, the men on the front line of the nuclear disaster
• Enformable – TEPCO workers launch survey balloon in Fukushima Reactor 1 – Lucas W Hixson
• IPS – Japan Struggling to Store Nuclear Water*
• Power Engineering – Japanese utilities to see finances worsen in FY 2012
• UPI Asia – Japan: Nuke plants could leak past zones
• Yahoo! News – Radioactive Fish Near Fukushima Suggest Ongoing Contamination – David Biello
• Asahi Shimbun – Interview/John Hamre: Japan’s ‘nuclear zero’ goal is bound to hurt global nonproliferation – Yoichi Kato
• Asahi Shimbun – Tokyo lawsuit highlights risk of former employees spilling secrets
• Asahi Shimbun – Electricity supply sufficient even if next summer is a scorcher
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation forecast creates hurdle in resuming nuclear plant operations
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Decommission reactors where disaster response would be poor
• Daily Yomiuri – N-disaster simulations should help prevent the worst from occurring
• Daily Yomiuri – Local govts urged to set N-disaster plans / NRA chairman describes simulation data as reference, says no cause for excessive concern
• ENENews – Tepco: 100 foot deep wall at Fukushima plant still being built – Trying to keep underground contamination from ocean – Years from completion?
• ENENews – NYTimes: Contamination levels not declining off Japan – Chemist: Fukushima reactor site leaking into ocean?
• ENENews – Strong quake shakes Northeastern Japan: Intensity rated at 5- on scale of 7 – Felt along entire coastline – Fukushima webcam footage (VIDEO &MAP)
• ENENews – Tepco: Water used to cool Fukushima reactors could be released into ocean — Outside experts worried
• ENENews – AP: “Outrageous” — Japan nuclear engineer worries public water supplies far beyond Fukushima plant could be at risk — Contamination from below reactors may already be in underground water system
• ENENews – Watch: Tepco using “promotional balloon” to inspect Fukushima reactor building? Shaped like lightbulb with brass screw-in base — “Creative use of an advertising tool” finds high radiation levels (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Video of installation of the alternative thermometer to reactor2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Russia sent 284 of imported products back to Japan to detect excessive level of radiation, “Doubled from 2011? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – M5.6 hit Miyagi, “Scale 4 in the coastal area of Fukushima” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima government “Radiation test of beef overrides urine test of the children” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 150.5 mSv/h on the second floor of reactor1 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “I’m losing my hair from the top of my head” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Public schools in Aizuwakamatsu city reject evacuated students – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Discount store to sell just products from contaminated area is very popular in Shinjuku Tokyo” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from shavings of dried bonito produced in Kagoshima, the most southern part of Kyushu – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 26 Oct 2012
• House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 25 Oct 2012
• Japan Daily Press – M5.6 earthquake recorded off the coast of northeast Japan – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Regulator to urge wider nuclear safety zones
• Japan Times – Fukushima rice above threshold for cesium
• Japan Today – Fukushima situation stable but still precarious, regulator says
• Mainichi Daily News – 7 prefectures secure shelters for residents living in nuclear power plant zones
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Nuclear regulator must prioritize safety in active fault assessments
• Mainichi Daily News – Hashimoto political party’s nuclear policy deeply contradictory
• China Post – Taipower workers handled nuclear waste tanks with bare hands: DPP
• Taipei Times – Nuclear future referendum needed – Chang Kuo-tsai
• Taiwan News – Nuclear waste leaking from rusty barrels on Orchid Island: Taiwan lawmaker

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

• Bloomberg – Japan to Restrict Some Rice Shipments in Fukushima on Radiation – Aya Takada
• Bloomberg – Japan Utilities Fuel Costs Set to Double Since Fukushima Crisis – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Fire at KEPCO nuclear site – Nuclear Regulatory Authority to reinvestigate guidelines for tsunami and earthquake safety
• Washington Post – Japanese plan to complete reactors raises doubts about nuclear phase-out – Jonathan Soble
• Zee News – Japan releases 1st simulations of nuclear radiation spreading
• Asahi Shimbun – Forecast predicts wider evacuations needed if nuclear disaster repeated
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear watchdog may broaden definition of active fault lines – Ryuta Koike
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Court ruling underlines Foreign Ministry’s secrecy
• Daily Yomiuri – NRA simulates N-disasters / High radiation of 4 plants could spread beyond 30 km
• Daily Yomiuri – 2012 Fukushima rice exceeds cesium limit
• Daily Yomiuri – Diet should clear key issues, then dissolve before year-end
• ENENews – All 12 quakes to hit Japan today were near Fukushima Prefecture
• ENENews – Nuclear Regulator: The whole situation remains precarious at Fukushima Daiichi of course – There’s no denying it
• ENENews – Kyodo: Rice exceeds new cesium limit for first time — 60 km from Fukushima plant
• ENENews – NHK: Kindergarten outside evacuation zone closed because of Fukushima radiation threat — “No one can deny the reality” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Japan Nuclear Expert: Humans must ‘decommission’ Fukushima reactors — Robots can’t do anything basically (VIDEOS)
• Fukushima Diary – [Japan Today] Japan’s radiation monitoring unreliable: Greenpeace – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Edano, Minister of Economy, “Nuclear Spent fuel should be stocked in Tokyo and other big city areas” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from 67% of the soybeans produced in Iwate – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – People forced to store contaminated soil on their own property in Fukushima – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – NRA to advise wider nuclear safety zones

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

• Bloomberg – Japan Needs Nuclear Power to Offset High Gas Costs, Tanaka Says – Ben Sharples
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Safety zones around nuclear plants may not be large enough – New active fault found 14 km from future nuclear power station
• Greenpeace International – False hope: radiation monitoring in the Fukushima area – Greg McNevin
• Recharge – Former IEA chief Tanaka doubts Japan’s renewables goal – Dominique Patton
• Tengrinews – Japan’s radiation monitoring unreliable: Greenpeace
• Asahi Shimbun – Demand up as Fukushima rice pass radiation checks
• Daily Yomiuri – Director films lives of evacuees
• ENENews – Watch: Concern Japan gov’t is manipulating radiation readings – Levels nearby much higher than some monitoring posts indicate (VIDEO)
• ENENews – AFP: School facilities in Fukushima city exceed radiation limit by 1,000% — Many hot spots around playground equipment are especially disturbing -Greenpeace
• ENENews – Japan Newspaper: Radiation levels rising every month since decontamination in Fukushima district — Gov’t won’t help or even respond — “Are they forcing us to tolerate high radiation?”
• Fukushima Diary – Mr.Koide “Robot technology can’t be help, human must decommission Fukushima by themselves.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – To avoid the risk of explosion, Tepco is to inject nitrogen gas to suppression chamber of reactor1 for a month – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Ministry of Agriculture paid TV company $1,090,000 for “Support by eating” TV commercial,with fishery agency bankrupt – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “5mm boil on the gum for 10days, it’s becoming worse” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco is going to stop coolant system of SFP reactor4 for 56 hours – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Ministry of Land made the blueprint of emergency plan for Mt. Fuji eruption for the first time – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “My child has been having fever, nosebleed, diarrhea, and fatigue, what should I feed..” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – EU to lift food importing restriction for Japanese beer, wine, and seaweed after November – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Spreading and accumulating]JP Gov banned Iwate prefecture from shipping copper pheasant for the first time after 311 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level is going up in Fukushima despite decontamination, “From 2 to 10.36 µSv/h in street gutter” – Iori Mochizuki
• Mainichi Daily News – JAL Chairman Inamori backs nuclear energy as necessary evil
• PanOrient News – Official Radiation Monitoring Stations in Fukushima “Unreliable“: Greenpeace
• Denki Shimbun – Robot suit for work at the Fukushima accident site
• Denki Shimbun – New nuclear safety standards being discussed for enforcement in July next year
• Japan Daily Press – Surprisingly Japan declines to join 16 UN countries in outlawing nuclear weapons – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – 30-km nuke safety zone may not be enough
• Japan Times – The case for nuclear power – Gregory Clark
• Nikkei – Nuclear Power Necessary For Japan’s Development: JAL’s Inamori

Monday, October 22, 2012

• Natural News – Ground under Fukushima Unit 4 sinking, structure on verge of complete collapse – Ethan A. Huff
• Nuclear Engineering – AREVA to supply hydrogen recombiners to Japanese reactors
• Asahi Shimbun – Kansai Electric plans rate hikes in spring
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO continued donations to villages after Fukushima nuclear accident
• Asahi Shimbun – Swiss filmmaker making documentary on A-bomb survivors
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Pressing need to secure permanent sites for contaminated waste
• Daily Yomiuri – Alien plant species invading Fukushima restricted zone
• Daily Yomiuri – Niigata election result offers chance to restart nuclear plant
• ENENews – Japan Nuclear Expert: “There is no solution, we will have to give up” at Fukushima plant (VIDEO) – Interview with Hiroaki Koide
• ENENews – Japan Engineer: Tepco won’t spend money needed at Fukushima Daiichi — Asahi: Tepco still giving large ‘donations’ to areas with nuclear facilities (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Disaster doesn’t dream a dream – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Bioconcentration?] 1,430Bq/Kg from banded houndshark in 2km area of Fukushima Plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “My child is bleeding from her ears, you see many other people bleeding from ears on twitter too” – Iori Mochizuki
• Jpubb – Status of TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Stations after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (Daily Report as of 3:00 PM, October 21)
• Mainichi Daily News – Giant off-shore wind turbine becomes Japan’s latest renewable energy addition
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Resident-oriented countermeasures against nuclear disasters needed
• Asia: Nuclear Engineering – Rolls-Royce to modernize I&C at China’s Ling Ao nuclear plant