Sunday, November 25, 2012

• Reuters – Voters in tsunami-hit zone feel let down as Japan election nears – Junko Fujita and Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Asahi Shimbun – WHO forecasts no significant increase in cancer patients in Fukushima
• Daily Yomiuri – Rice planting to resume in Fukushima Prefecture zli>Daily Yomiuri – Parties should base N-policies on realism, not popular emotions
• ENENews – Gundersen on WHO: I don’t trust their data — Garbage in, garbage out — I suspect hot particles and internal emitters are omitted, and radioactive releases underestimated
• ENENews – 350 km from Fukushima: I get very sick when there for 3-4 months — Had to leave after bleeding form nose — “There’s a health problem in Shizuoka” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Asahi: Cancer risk for infants near Fukushima plant has risen, says WHO — More tumors and cysts likely for young people
• ENENews – Fukushima Journalist at UC Berkeley: Gov’t complained when school tried to remove radioactive material — “Why you did that? You don’t need to” — But mothers are standing up (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – J-village will be reused to be a training camp of succor – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Albino] White snow crab was found in Fukui – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Albino] Blue snow crab found in Tottori – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Albino] White sparrow found in Saitama, “seen once in a few years, but never been this entirely white” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima prefecture plans to finish all the forest decontamination by 2020, “grow biomass fuel crops” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Gastroenteritis of norovirus cases are 7 times more than last year in Ishikawa – Iori Mochizuki <
• Japan Times – Municipal nuclear addiction
• Japan Times – Anti-nuclear madness doesn’t jibe with concern about global warming – Gwynne Dyer
• Japan Times – Kepco eyes 12% household rate hike
• Japan Times – Editorial: Rush is on to raise power rates
• South Asia: Der Spiegel – Forgetting Fukushima–India Pursues Massive Nuclear Expansion – Wieland Wagner

Saturday, November 24, 2012

• Daily Yomiuri – N-disaster robot Rosemary struts its stuff in Asakusa
• ENENews – Dozen M4 quakes and above hit Eastern Japan since Thursday — Four at intensity 4 of 7 on JMA scale
• ENENews – Berkeley Nucleonics: Plutonium-239 levels were almost as high as Cesium-137 a dozen kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi (PHOTO & VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – [Exploiting the youth] Fukushima university to give students credit for decontamination work – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The annual dose of 45.3% of the elementary and junior high school students in Nihonmatsu city increased from 2011 – Iori Mochizuki

Friday, November 23, 2012

• Enformable – KEPCO to push restart of Takahama nuclear reactors – Lucas W Hixson
• Asahi Shimbun – Yet again, data errors discovered in radiation forecast maps – Jin Nishikawa
• Asahi Shimbun – Point of View/ Genichiro Takahashi: In democracy, we steer our own ‘Ark’
• Asahi Shimbun – Confusion seen in Japan Restoration Party after merger with Ishihara’s party
• ENENews – Debris in Fukushima No. 3 pool is inhibiting water flow, says nuke industry website — ‘Concrete dust’ making it very murky
• ENENews – Asahi: Japan should be prepared for possibility of M10 quake — “Days of tsunamis” — Only 1 magnitude below asteroid strike (VIDEO)
• Japan Times – For energy security, Japan urged to diversify sources – Takashi Kitazume
• Japan Times – Britain can reuse plutonium extracted from Japan’s spent fuel: expert
• Japan Times – Edano raps LDP’s pledge on energy
• Kyodo News – Britain can reuse plutonium extracted from Japan’s spent fuel: expert
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Parties must show voting public concrete vision for Japan’s energy future
• NHK World – Japan to host int’l meeting on nuclear safety
• Asia: China Daily – Nuclear sector ready for post-Fukushima ‘reasonable’ rebound – Du Juan

Thursday, November 22, 2012

• Power Engineering – Nuclear regulatory body to seek independence under any ruling party
• World Nuclear News – Japanese utilities fossilise
• Asahi Shimbun – Most Fukushima nuke plant workers ineligible for free cancer checks – Miki Aoki
• ENENews – Michio Kaku: 3 meltdowns in Fukushima, but uranium actually totally liquified… 1st time in history — “Reactor actually melted totally” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Most contaminated animal since 3/11 found 50km south of Fukushima plant (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima exports apple to Thailand to fight harmful rumor – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japanese convenient store LAWSON to sell Fukushima peach bread – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima collects decontamination volunteer, “Health problem is your own responsibility, we don’t know radiation risk” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Albino] Spiny lobster with white abdomen found in Wakayama – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 33,000 Bq/Kg from wild boar in Iwaki city, “The highest measurement ever” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – MEXT reported the contamination of Tokyo Bay “114 Bq/Kg from ground soil” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Edano raps LDP’s pledge on energy
• Japan Times – Kepco plans two reactor restarts
• Japan Times – Faulty fallout forecasts’ firm industry-linked
• Jpubb – Status of TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Stations after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (Daily Report as of 3:00 PM, November 21)
• Jpubb – Situation of storing and treatment of accumulated water including highly concentrated radioactive materials at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (74th Release)
• NHK World – Japan to set nuclear evacuation standards

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

• AP Google – Japan logs 4th straight trade deficit in October – Malcolm Foster
• Enformable – New four legged robot developed by Toshiba to search inside Fukushima reactors – Lucas W Hixson
• Reuters – Japan’s new nuclear-proof robot gets stage fright
• World Nuclear News – Next step for nuclear robotics
• Asahi Shimbun – Biz Brief: Toshiba robot designed to enter dangerous sites
• Asahi Shimbun – Ishihara: Non-nuclear states lack international clout
• Asahi Shimbun – Wild mushrooms far from Fukushima show high levels of cesium – Mutsumi Mitobe
• Daily Yomiuri – N-arms simulation urged
• ENENews – Are radioactive insects spreading cesium from lake bottoms out across the land? Scientist: They grow underwater then fly out and die everywhere
• ENENews – ‘Nuclear firewalker’ robot for Fukushima unveiled amid great publicity – Freezes onstage, carried away (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Developing: Fukushima workers reporting at least one injured in Unit 4 turbine building
• ENENews – Newspaper: Japanese evacuating country because of radiation — “Passport issuance growing sharply” — “Increase is attracting attention”
• ENENews – Officials “Aghast”: High levels of cesium detected far from Fukushima — Radioactivity up sharply in mushrooms 100s of kilometers away — Over 2,000% increase in Tochigi
• ENENews – Japan reactor likely wrecked by seawater during 2011 accident — Holes penetrated through metal — Problems from microorganisms?
• Fukushima Diary – Pu-239/240 was measured in sea water from 15km offshore Fukushima plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Asahi] Cesium levels in mushroom have also risen in various areas compared with last year – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Hospital, “Preventive thyroid test is not covered by health insurance.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Albino] White crow found in Ohda city Shimane – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation watcher is losing his eyesight after visiting Fukushima and other hotspots – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Kashiwa city served Fukushima rice for school lunch to fight harmful rumor – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 21 Nov 2012
• Japan Daily Press – Toshiba unveils four-legged robot for Fukushima cleanup, far from ready for use – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Fukushima to ax nuclear fuel tax
• Japan Times – Parties jockey over tax, nukes, TPP – Eric Johnston
• News on Japan – Japanese professors detect high radiation on island in Taiwan
• NHK World – Anti-nuclear power advocates aim for Diet majority
• Taipei Times – Groups urge Lanyu radioactivity checks – Chris Wang and Lee I-chia

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Decontamination efforts often insufficient as contaminated materials continue to accumulate –
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Over 85,000 tons of contaminated sludge waiting for disposal – Fukushima Prefecture to abolish nuclear fuel tax
• Radio Australia – Japan government, TEPCO deny Fukushima radiation tainting fish
• World Nuclear News – Protecting unit 3
• Asahi Shimbun – Hamaoka reactor likely wrecked in seawater accident – Jin Nishikawa
• Asahi Shimbun – Ozawa, Kamei to fight election on anti-nuclear line
• Asahi Shimbun – Naturally derived cleaning agent helps decontaminate Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO adds missing radiation data to online archive
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Parties should detail plans to reduce nuclear power generation
• Asahi Shimbun – Thyroid gland tests on kids in Nagasaki to be compared with Fukushima findings
• Daily Yomiuri – KEPCO inks low-cost LNG purchase deal
• Denki Shimbun – New organization to improve nuclear facility safety
• Denki Shimbun – Energy policy to be focal issue in coming election after Lower House dissolution
• ENENews – Reports: Fukushima decontamination proving futile – “The truth is, scientifically, they will never clean it up… It’s impossible” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Caldicott in Japan: “Incredibly rare” thyroid abnormalities found in 40% of Fukushima children – Indicates a really high dose of radiation, higher than at Chernobyl (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Asahi: Now almost 100,000 Fukushima kids with thyroid problems, parents concerned — Whether that’s “alarmingly high” it’s difficult to say
• ENENews – TV: Radiation monitoring stations useless — Actual levels 5 times higher than what’s displayed — Official: But it was you who wanted them! (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Wisdom to realize our own ignorance – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Soon it will be one year since I left Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The prosecution sent public prosecutors to Fukushima plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fuel clad of SFP3 reaches 800? within 1 day without coolant water – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO, Japanese government denying Fukushima radiation reaching ocean fish – Adam Westlake
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima releases full expert panel minutes on internal radiation exposure
• Mainichi Daily News – Hamaoka reactor inspection delay may push back planned restart
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima Prefecture to abolish nuclear fuel tax – Asahi Shimbun
• NHK World – Ishihara: Japan should consider nuclear arms

Monday, November 19, 2012

• eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, November 19, 2012 .
• Enformable – TEPCO releases new data related to white smoke from Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 – Lucas W Hixson
• Truth-Out – Costs and Consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster – Steven Starr
• Asahi Shimbun – 2011 quake sparked new study, rethink of seismic theory – Shigeko Segawa
• Asahi Shimbun – High radiation exposure level in Fukushima resident puzzles experts
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: New rules needed to ensure payments, safety in decontamination work
• ENENews – ABC Radio: “Who’s to blame for radioactive fish? Tepco denies cesium contamination is from Fukushima”
• ENENews – Gundersen: Tokyo soil so hot it should be sent to nuclear waste dump – Really severe releases hit city (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Watch: Serious health problems after entering Fukushima evacuation zone (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Asahi: Another child with ‘thyroid problems’ – Officials can’t say if directly related to Fukushima crisis
• ENENews – Top scientist suggests contaminated water is “actively being pumped out” into ocean from Fukushima plant -Reuters (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Gundersen: Cover at Fukushima Unit 3 looks like a mall superstore — Reactor building so severely damaged it can’t support structure (AUDIO)
• ENENews – German TV: 42% of Fukushima children now with thyroid disorders — Official blames too much seafood? (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Japan may seek solution of Fukushima in drifting to the right – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco may be hiding unknown explosion occurred on 3/16/2011 – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: A critical election for Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima health survey committee chair apologizes over secret meetings
• NHK WORLD – Radioactive sludge waits for disposal
• NHK WORLD – Cabinet support rate hits new low at 22%