Sunday, November 04, 2012

• AFP Google – Nuclear industry funded Japan’s safety experts, report claims
• AP Google – Decision on Japan nuke plant fault line postponed
• UPI – Panel looking into safety of nuclear plant
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO’s Fukushima headquarters to help redress, cleanup
• Daily Yomiuri – Decision on fault under Oi nuclear plant deferred
• ENENews – Fukushima Daiichi Worker: “We’re looking at a Chernobyl-type situation, maybe worse” -Book
• ENENews – Smoke came out from location nearby recent fire at Fukushima Daiichi (MAPS)
• ENENews – Tokyo Bay cesium even higher than levels reported off Fukushima — Nearly entire sea floor contaminated by 2014 (VIDEO)
• ENENews – NHK: Gov’t assumed Fukushima Reactor No. 1 ‘completely ruined’ within days of 3/11 — Reddish-brown smoke shot up after explosion says nuclear expert eyewitness (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Bill Maher: Nuclear power has problems… see Japan (VIDEO)
• ENENews – AP: Decision expected today on shutting down Japan’s only operating nuclear plant — Even ‘a gray zone’ of quake uncertainty likely means reactors to close
• Fukushima Diary – Sewage sludge ash in Tokyo contains 3.6 times much cesium as Gunma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japanese musician confessed he got sudden deafness on his blog – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Investigation Results of Smoke from Electric Motors in the Cesium Absorption Tower Temporary Storage Facility – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Tepco gave in to whistleblower]TEPCO admits 4th worker exposed to radiation in early days of disaster(Asahi) – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Smoke came out from damaged power cable – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Many municipalities lack disaster evacuation sites
• Japan Times – Many municipalities lack disaster evacuation sites
• Japan Times – Panel at odds over fault at Oi nuke plant – Asahi Shimbun
• Mainichi Daily News – Combined half-year net profit of listed firms down 30%
• China Post – KMT lawmakers split on nuclear plant conversion costs – Adam Tyrsett Kuo
• Taipei Times – Legislators call for nuclear plant conversion – Lee I-chia

Saturday, November 03, 2012

• AP Google – 4 on Japan nuclear safety team took utility money – Yuri Kageyama
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – More rice found contaminated – Two utilities consider rate increases
• Enformable – Nuclear Regulation Authority inspects Ohi plant – May order additional investigations
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Nuclear Regulatory Authority to probe cause of erroneous data in 2 weeks – KEPCO denies active fault under Ohi plant
• Government Accountability Project – Fukushima Whistleblower Condemns Disaster Aftermath: Daily Whistleblower News – Hannah Johnson
• Power Engineering – Wind lens turbines an alternative for a non-nuclear Japan?
• New Zealand Herald – Fukushima whistleblower: ‘We shouldn’t have been there’
• Asahi Shimbun – Watchdog inspectors divided on fault activity at Oi nuclear plant site
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO admits 4th worker exposed to radiation in early days of disaster
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO recovery HQ set for Fukushima Pref.
• Daily Yomiuri – U.N. urges health measures amid N-crisis
• ENENews – M5 quake hits Fukushima — Intensity 4 of 7 on Japan scale (MAP)
• Fukushima Diary – Azalea bloomed in October in Hokkaido with dead leaves – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Noda became inarticulate in Diet for continuous 2 days – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – M5.0 hit Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [The first radiation test of fish from the port of Fukushima plant] 15,500Bq/Kg from common Japanese conger – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco has the right to reject compensation in 2014 – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: Stricter standards for nuclear sites
• Japan Times – Rare Earth Plant for Japan Opens in Kazakhstan
• Japan Times – Nuke industry funded NRC’s safety experts
• Japan Times – U.S. needs Japan to remain nuclear, expert says – Takashi Kitazume
• Japan Times – Hokkaido hit with 7% power-cut winter goal
• Japan Times – Regulators study disputed fault at Oi nuke plant

Friday, November 02, 2012

• AP Google – Japan nuclear plant checked for fault line
• Power Engineering – Nuclear regulatory body starts studying disputed fault at Oi plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Second mass complaint coming over Fukushima disaster – Masakazu Honda
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Consumption tax hike, nuclear power not trivial issues
• Daily Yomiuri – Inspectors check ground at Oi N-plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt further delays Diet OK for NRA appointments
• Denki Shimbun – Two Japanese utilities started to explore rate increases
• ENENews – AP: Japan’s only operating nuclear power plant may be closed (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Asahi: Criminal charges for promoters of nuclear power? Fukushima radiation victims want justice
• ENENews – Impaired and elderly Fukushima evacuees in need of food and water — Being charged rent to live in a box — Vending machine sings “Don’t give up on Fukushima”
• ENENews – ABC Footage of Anonymous Worker: Radiation injuries after being at Fukushima plant (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to found alternative headquarters in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 2 Nov 2012
• Japan Times – MOX plant construction shown
• Mainichi Daily News – NRA official calls for legislation on nuclear plant safety agreements
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima plant worker files labor claim over lack of protection against high radiation
• Mainichi Daily News – Dialysis patients that evacuated after tsunami demand compensation from TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: A-bomb surviving baseball great happy he came this far in life

Thursday, November 01, 2012

• Enformable – Japan downplays Fukushima disaster as it pushes to seal Olympic bid – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Nuclear Regulatory Authority to probe cause of erroneous data in 2 weeks – KEPCO denies active fault under Ohi plant
• Enformable – In-Focus: Fukushima – Fukushima Disaster is a Murder’s Act says Futaba Mayor
• Enformable – Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority adopts new nuclear disaster guidelines – Lucas W Hixson
• Green Left Weekly – New book reveals Fukushima disaster no accident – Phil Shannon
• Radio Australia – Fukushima worker files law suit
• Yahoo!7 News – Ex-Fukushima worker files lawsuit against TEPCO – Mark Willacy
• Asahi Shimbun – Mitsubishi-Tokyo UFJ to invest 8.6 billion yen in mega-solar project – Naoyuki Fukuda
• Asahi Shimbun – Idled reactors leave operators in the red
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Recognizing the limitations of earthquake prediction
• Daily Yomiuri – 8 power companies post losses in 1st half as rising fuel costs hit
• Daily Yomiuri – NRA guidelines presume accidents – Yuki Inamura and Yuki Koike
• Daily Yomiuri – Key issues to be decided this year
• Daily Yomiuri – NRA to draw up model for local govts
• Daily Yomiuri – Rate hike likely to spread – Chiaki Toyoda and Hiroyuki Tanaka
• ENENews – Japan Prince’s Son: No one died, no one got injured from Fukushima… No one — No one is worried about radiation
• ENENews – Young Boy: When nuclear accident happened it looked like rain came over the Fukushima plant — My friend and I wondered about that (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Mayor: Fukushima “an unforgivable murder’s act” — Reality is the disaster has not been contained
• ENENews – Fukushima Worker: Water was steaming in basement underneath Reactor No. 3
• Fukushima Diary – Hydrogen concentration rapidly increased in PCV reactor1 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Number of Angina case from Jan to Jun of 2012 already reached 80% of whole 2010 in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japanese actress Kitagawa Keiko, “can’t memorize the lines of TV drama” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 3,421 Bq/Kg from dried strips of radishes Fukushima, “Radioactive dusts in air got to the dried radish” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Story of Yui Kimura, the TEPCO shareholder who is fighting the system – Radhika Seth
• Japan Daily Press – Nuclear Regulation Authority presents new guidelines for safety zones – Britney Donald
• Japan Daily Press – Fukushima worker says utility did not warn crew of nuclear crisis dangers – Adam Westlake
• Japan Daily Press – Nuclear Regulation Authority presents new guidelines for safety zones – Britney Donald
• Japan Times – Tepco slashes loss forecast for year amid asset selloff, cost reductions
• Japan Times – Nuclear crisis crew not told of danger – Mari Yamaguchi
• Kyodo News – Japan Nuclear Fuel unveils plutonium fuel plant under construction
• Mainichi Daily News – Kansai Electric rules out active quake fault under Oi Nuclear Power Plant
• Platts – Taiwan mulls conversion of under-construction nuclear power plant to gas-fired – Chloe Hang

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

• AP Google – Worker: Japan nuke crisis crew not told of danger – Mari Yamaguchi
• BBC News – Japan tsunami reconstruction money ‘misspent’
• Enformable – Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority adopts new nuclear disaster guidelines – Lucas W Hixson
• International Business Times – Japan Nuclear Watchdog Apologizes For Mistakes In Radioactive Fallout Predictions – Amrutha Gayathri
• Pacific Free Press – Nelle’s Fukushima Meltdown Update Oct. 3, 2011 – Nelle Maxey
• Reuters – Shikoku Electric skips profit forecast due to nuclear shutdown – Yuko Inoue
• Asahi Shimbun – Kimono-clad TEPCO shareholder fights against nuclear energy – Maki Okubo
• Daily Yomiuri – KEPCO denies active fault under Oi nuclear plant
• Daily Yomiuri – N-accident zones set at 30-km radius / NRA decides to use IAEA standards
• Daily Yomiuri – Radiation simulation had errors / Data wrongly entered for 6 N-plants on NRA’s meltdown scenario map
• Daily Yomiuri – Foreign visitors up to near predisaster levels
• Daily Yomiuri – Local govts at loss over N-guidelines
• Daily Yomiuri – N-regulatory chief apologizes
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt, BOJ must cooperate effectively on monetary policy
• Fukushima Diary – JP PM Noda having health problem “Eyes hurt, having a sore throat” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [BBC] Japan tsunami reconstruction money ‘misspent’ – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Japan’s Nuclear Safety Failures Also Found in Other Countries – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Nuke regulator sets wider safety zones
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima governor again demands TEPCO make full compensation to residents
• Mainichi Daily News – Hachioji atomic bomb museum seeks management shift to city
• Mainichi Daily News – Verification team to probe Fukushima nuclear accident

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

• AP Google – Japan spent rebuilding money on unrelated projects – Elaine Kurtenbach
• AP Google – Japan’s Hitachi to buy Horizon Nuclear
• Bloomberg – Hitachi Buys U.K. Nuclear Power Venture for $1.1 Billion – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Situation around Unit 1 spent fuel pool was unknown for more than a year – KEPCO considering rate hikes after record losses
• Enformable – In-Focus: Fukushima – Fukushima Prefecture to capture first salmon since disaster – TEPCO to increase decontamination system personnel
• NY Times blog – Has Saving Energy Become the New Normal in Tokyo? – Christopher F. Schuetze
• Reuters – Japan’s Hitachi buys UK’s Horizon nuclear project – Henning Gloystein and Mari Saito
• Xinhua News – Hitachi to buy British nuclear power plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Hitachi to buy British firm Horizon Nuclear
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Cloud is lined above the border of crustal plate” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [JA increased Fukushima rice cargo booking] Price of Fukushima rice rised by 20% compared to September. 2011 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] “so if it’s that serious, why none of the major media covers that up ?” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium from baby food made in Aichi, “hasn’t been published since August” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Funabashi city Chiba council received a petition ,”Please investigate the fact the teachers are having sudden death” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Japan’s Nuclear Safety Failures Also Found in Other CountriesBy Ida Torres
• Japan Daily Press – Utility KEPCO to state its own nuclear plant is safe from fault line – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Hitachi to buy Britain’s nuclear Horizon
• Japan Times – Hitachi profit falls on economy, disk-drive unit sale
• Japan Times – Fallout projection irks rice region, new targets – Ayako Mie
• Jpubb – Status of TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Stations after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (Daily Report as of 3:00 PM, October 29)
• Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: Looking directly at the truth of nuclear suffering
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Lawmakers must settle two pressing issues in extraordinary Diet session
• Taipei Times – Radioactive waste claims denied – Loa Iok-sin

Monday, October 29, 2012

• eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, October 29, 2012 .
• Enformable – Kansai Electric to release report fighting active fault claims – Lucas W Hixson
• Asahi Shimbun – Lingering radiation means continued chill for some tourist hotspots – Seiko Sadakuni
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO likely to emulate Toyota to slash spending
• Mainichi Daily News – Kansai Electric to report disputed fault under Oi plant not active
• Daily Yomiuri – KEPCO considers rate hike after record loss
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear simulations find local govts flat-footed
• Fukushima Diary – Hydrochloric acid leaked from SFP3 desalination system – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Gigantic mushroom from Yamagata prefecture – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to attempt stopping underground water flowing into a duct of common usage pool – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor4 fire of 3/15/2011 was extinguished by US army – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Kepco to report fault under Oi plant inactive
• Japan Times – Nuke evacuees’ homecoming picks up steam
• Japan Times – Kepco contemplates rate hike after record first-half loss
• Japan Times – Behind the no-nuclear option – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – The world according to Toru Hashimoto – Eric Johnston
• Mainichi Daily News – PM Noda stresses ‘responsibility for tomorrow’ in policy speech
• Mainichi Daily News – 25 percent of public works projects in disaster-struck areas fail to get bidders
• Tokyo Reporter – Concerns raised over storage of radioactive water at Japan nuclear plant, AP says – Michael Blaskoski
• Taipei Times – Legislative body proposes nuclear power plant shift – Helen Ku
• Asia: Global Times – Nuclear coastline – Bai Tiantian