Sunday, December 09, 2012

• AFP Google – Japan data confirms economy shrinks 0.9% in July-Sept
• New York Times – Letter: Japan’s Plutonium Policy – Shunsuke Kondo
• The Week – Hiroshima bombing biggest turning point in modern history: Survey
• Asahi Shimbun – Worker wants new government to secure safety at Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Worker wants new government to secure safety at Fukushima plant
• ENENews – NYTimes: Bags of radioactive waste sitting along Fukushima coastline — “There isn’t going to be another tsunami” says worker
• ENENews – Fairewinds: Some reports of damage at Fukushima plant after quake, spent fuel pools seem to be intact
• ENENews – Journalist: Trouble reported at Fukushima Daiichi after M7.3 quake — Gov’t and Tepco officially saying ‘no problem’
• ENENews – Japan Times column on nuclear mutations: Professor seeing ‘increase in negative effects’ from Fukushima since last year — Report of insect with leg growing from head (PHOTO)
• ENENews – Asahi: Fukushima workers report exploitation — Told to be like kamikaze — Large numbers leaving — “I wonder if we can raise children”
• Fukushima Diary – [Purge] Town assembly demand Idogawa, Futabamachi mayor to resign for interim storage facility – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 6400 Bq/Kg from shimeji mushroom in Koriyama Fukushima, cesium from 91% from the samples – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Mutation] Cicada with a leg on the head, white external tumor on abdomen, deformed wings – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 20 Bq/kg from Shizuoka tea leaves sold in Tokushima Shikoku – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] Photographer “Reactor4 looked like it was about to fall down” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 32 quakes in 48 hours after M7.3 of 12/7/2012, it was 38 after 3/9/2011 “39th quake was 311? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Cables were unplugged, pressure temporarily went out of control after M7.3? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Hydrogen concentration of reactor1 still keeps increasing – Iori Mochizuki

Saturday, December 08, 2012

• Enformable – March 17th, 2011 – Some US Spent Fuel Pools are simply not seismically qualified
• ENS – Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Shakes Northeast Japan
• Greenpeace International – Shadowlands
• Asahi Shimbun – Hitachi unveils robot to help cleanup at Fukushima plant – Asahi Shimbun
• Asahi Shimbun – Dec. 7 quake: larger aftershocks possible – Asahi Shimbun
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Parties should address nation’s vulnerability to earthquakes
• ENENews – Report: M7.3 quake caused reaction inside Unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi — Indications are that something corium related is going on
• ENENews – “Especially Alarming”: Giant quake of magnitude 8 or greater could soon strike Japan — Gov’t calls for ‘continued vigilance’
• ENENews – Newspaper: Door-to-door surveys revealed clusters of Fukushima residents with persistent nose bleeds, diarrhea — Fallout refugees talk about bizarre rashes, high fevers, more
• ENENews – Reports: “Something may have happened at Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant” after M7.3 quake — Tepco “did not know cause of pressure rise”
• ENENews – Gov’t agency warns of possible M8 quake — Recent M7.3 predicted just before it happened (PHOTO)
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] Something’s going on underground -”After the M7.3, well water became muddy in Ibaraki” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Researcher, “Stay cautious for another major earthquake for more 2 ~ 3 days” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 25 possible aftershocks in 24 hours after M7.3 of 12/7/2012, scale of 5 quakes are “unknown” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Hydrogen concentration in reactor1 is increasing – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] 5 Lessons learnt from M7.3 of 12/7/2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [M7.3] Reactor1 of Fukushima Daini discharged air from reactor building to have positive pressure – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Nuclear Regulation Authority collected principal members for emergency “just in case” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Counterpoint: Chernobyl factored in the fall of a corrupt regime — Fukushima may too – Roger Pulvers
• Japan Times – Panel set up to monitor new nuclear watchdog – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Top dose for teen workers at Fukushima plant 57 millisieverts so far
• Japan Times – MHI rolls out nuclear crisis robot
• Japan Times – 7.3-magnitude temblor triggers tsunami alert
• JapanToday – Sharp develops solar cell with world’s highest conversion efficiency of 37.7%
• Kyodo News – TEPCO aims to end Fukushima No. 4 unit’s fuel removal in 2014
• Mainichi Daily News – Few parties focus on negative side of renewable energy expansion – Asahi Shimbun
• NHK World – COP18 closes after adopting agreement
• NHK World – 2013 Japan trade deficit likely to be largest ever

Friday, December 07, 2012

• AFP Google – No problems after Japan quake: UN atomic agency
• AFP Google – Tsunami hits Japan after 7.3-magnitude quake – Huw Griffith
• Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Paving way for reactor restarts next summer – NRA to be investigated
• Enformable – Magnitude 7.3 aftershock of March 11th quake hits Japan
• Enformable – TEPCO releases worker radiation exposure data to WHO – Lucas W Hixson
• Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for December 4th to December 6th, 2012 – Blogpost by Christine McCann – December 7, 2012 at 9:55
• The Guardian – Japan earthquake and tsunami triggers Fukushima fears – Justin McCurry
• IAEA – IAEA Statement on Japanese Earthquake
• Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
• Reuters – No problems reported at Japan nuclear plants after quake: U.N. agency – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Fukushima workers move to safety after tsunami warning: Tepco – Risa Maeda
• Xinhua News – Japan may restart more nuclear reactors next year
• Asahi Shimbun – New robot designed for use in high radiation environments
• Asahi Shimbun – IAEA, Fukushima Prefecture to set up joint decontamination program – Takashi Kida
• ENENews – Both webcams capture strong quake rattling Fukushima Daiichi (VIDEOS)
• ENENews – M7.3 earthquake strikes Northeast Japan — Japan TV warned of strong quake minutes BEFORE it hit — Several M5 and M6 follow (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Japan meteorological agency warns potential M8.0 to hit east coast of Japanese island – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Significant similarity between M7.3 of 12/7/2012 and M7.3 of 3/9/2011 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – M7.3 caused scale1 even in Saga prefecture Kyushu and Ogasawara islands – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima workers patrolled in the plant, detailed investigation for tomorrow morning – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tsunami arrived at Miyagi at 18:02 (JST), 1m, more to come, it may be higher – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Monitoring post gone under maintenance at Tokai daini nuclear plant in Ibaraki – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express]Fukushima workers evacuating for Tsunami, Tepco states “Plant is sound” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – M6.2 hit offshore North Japan again, Tsunami to come soon, Scale3 in Fukushima, plant state unknown, phone line down – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Nuclear regulator says it may restart more reactors by summer – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Many voices but no clear messages – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Editorial: Addressing the nuclear power issue
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO loses 3,350 corporate contracts after rate hike
• Mainichi Daily News – Voters’ choice: Mom who evacuated from Fukushima calls for more political support
• NHK World – US conducts subcritical nuclear test
• NHK World – Medvedev, Wen agree on nuclear power cooperation
• NHK World – Response to Fukushima accident probe faces check
• NHK World – Utilities: Quake did not affect nuclear plants

Thursday, December 06, 2012

• AP Google – AP Exclusive: Japan scientists took utility money – By YURI KAGEYAMA
• Enformable – Last 24 hours have ‘killed’ French nuclear – analyst – Lucas W Hixson
• Power Engineering – Japan’s nuclear regulatory body decides to have 3 foreign advisers
• Power Engineering – Ex-NRC Chm., 2 Others to Advise Japan Nuclear Regulator
• Asahi Shimbun – Japan scientists took utility money
• Asahi Shimbun – ASAHI STUDY: LDP on pace to win majority; DPJ to take a beating
• Asahi Shimbun – Violations of safety regulations found at Monju reactor – Jin Nishikawa
• ENENews – *News Alert* Kyodo: Japan gov’t thinks they can restart nuclear reactors in a few months
• ENENews – Outrage as AP exposes Japan scientists taking money from nuke industry – But we usually only fly coach so it’s OK – Radiation standards ‘twisted’ after 3/11 to limit evacuations
• Fukushima Diary – Fractured fuel may be in suppression chamber and reactor building, No technology to identify, No governmental policy – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Contaminated rice] Cesium measured from eastern Japanese rice sold in Nara – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco reported they don’t know why nitrogen injection decreases the temperature of reactor1 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [RT] Food regulation limit of US is 12 times more lax than Japan, US may import Japanese fishery products – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Contaminated food] 13 Bq/Kg from soybeans produced in Shizuoka prefecture – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – National Institute of Public Health,”To make Africa accept nuclear plants, people must take risk and stay in Fukushima” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Albino] A White mole was found in Wakayama – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Fukushima worker] 2 workers have over 10Sv equivalent dose for thyroid, 1 worker has 678.8 mSv exposure – Iori Mochizuki
• ENENews – Gov’t Promo: It’s less than a stomach x-ray of radiation per day, so please come visit Fukushima — Children can even go outdoors (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Fukushima 3/11 Fallout Figures Released: Over 4,000,000 Bq/m2 in major city — Contamination did NOT come from much talked about Iodine-131 or Cesium-137
• Japan Daily Press – Nuclear scientists found to have accepted travel money from Japan’s utilities – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Carbon emissions up 3.9% amid reactor halt
• Mainichi Daily News – Tsuruga nuke plant’s reactivation faces further obstacles
• NHK World – Environment minister wants broad COP18 framework

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

• Enformable – Three JAEA computers infected with computer virus – Lucas W Hixson
• Financial Times – Cost-benefit study only first step in post-Fukushima Japan – Ms Mika Tobe
• Asahi Shimbun – Parties offer variety of choices on future of nuclear energy in Japan
• Asahi Shimbun – Parties offer variety of choices on future of nuclear energy in Japan
• Asahi Shimbun – Team creates fabric that can absorb 99% of radioactive cesium
• Daily Yomiuri – N-agency rapped over Monju inspections
• ENENews – Japan TV: More than 80% of homes are still contaminated with Fukushima fallout
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Hospital specialized in thyroid is overbooked for the next 2 months” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco injected nitrogen gas into reactor2 and 3 as well – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium134/137 has been measured from the seawater in front of reactor6 water intake – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco stopped groundwater flowing into reactor3 16 months after they found it out – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Niigata local government gave up test incineration of debris but moving it to water purification plant” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japanese government set ground based interceptor missile in Tokyo against North Korea – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Mt. Fuji looks bulging” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Asahi] Possibility of massive volcanic eruption in Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Japan might cut back on carbon emission goals – Ida Torres
• Japan Daily Press – Illegal hiring practices discovered at Fukushima – Ida Torres
• Japan Daily Press – More than 80% of Fukushima homes still awaiting decontamination – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Caught in crisis, Tokyo weighs cutting ambitious emissions target
• Jpubb – Status of TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Stations after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (Daily Report as of 3:00 PM, December 4)
• NHK World – NRA may assess Tsuruga plant fissures
• NHK World – Govt. to integrate nuclear waste storage sites

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

• ABC – UN expert:Japan’s view on Fukushima too optimistic
• AP Google – Japan campaign opens with focus on economy, nukes – Malcolm Foster
• Enformable – Half of Fukushima workers may be illegally contracted says TEPCO survey – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Nuclear Regulation Authority unable to decide on active fault findings at Tsuruga nuclear power plant – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japan may conduct additional inspections of nuclear power plants after new safety standards set – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO to start remove spent fuel from Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 one month earlier than planned – Lucas W Hixson
• RTT News – Over 80% Homes In Fukushima Yet To Be Decontaminated
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO: Half of contract workers at Fukushima work under dodgy conditions – Toshio Tada
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO considers net in nuke plant port to prevent irradiated fish from heading seaward
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear disaster evacuee feels discrimination as ‘refugee’ – Keiichiro Inoue
• Daily Yomiuri – ‘Labor violations rife’ at Fukushima N-plant
• Daily Yomiuri – U.N. adopts Japan-led nuclear resolution
• ENENews – Journalist: “Purple spots, thyroid anomaly, sudden death… Death rate 1.5 times!” – “Lots of symptoms with Fukushima kids”
• ENENews – Report: Research shows accelerated failure at Fukushima Daiichi
• ENENews – Japan TV broadcasts mutations in animals and plants after Fukushima – Scientist: “Very few insects, only 2 birds” (PHOTOS &VIDEO)
• ENENews – Asahi: Giant net to be placed around Fukushima Daiichi port?
• ENENews – Kyodo: Concern about condition of Fukushima Unit 4 – Fuel rods may get dumped onto ground and burn up in quake – Tepco ‘hastening’ removal
• Fukushima Diary – 6.2% of Fukushima workers have not been explained where they were to work or wage even verbally – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japanese comedian Miyasako turned out to have gastric cancer – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cedar tree in Saitama suddenly fell down for unknown reason, a woman injured – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Mutation] Variant of norovirus outbreak, spreading to out of Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Kellogg made no improvement to reduce cesium in its cereal – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radioactive density at water treatment facility increased from last month – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Britain to return radioactive waste to Japan around February
• Japan Times – Fukushima key stumping ground as campaign starts
• Kyodo News – Britain to return radioactive waste to Japan around Feb.
• Mainichi Daily News – Road to zero-nuclear Japan a rocky one

Monday, December 03, 2012

• NAS – Project Update: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants
• Daily Kos – New Corrosion Research Shows Accelerated Failure At Fukushima Daiichi – SDstuck
• eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, December 3, 2012 .
• Radio Australia – UN expert:Japan’s view on Fukushima too optimistic
• World Nuclear News – More revisions to Fukushima zones
• Asahi Shimbun – Pictures of mothers’ strength sends anti-nuclear message
• Asahi Shimbun – New party’s platform spurs pre-vote debate on nuclear policy
• Daily Yomiuri – Rescue team faced difficulties / Danger of second collapse, clouds of dust inhibited operation
• Daily Yomiuri – Regulator does not ‘rule out’ crush zone at Tsuruga nuclear plant as active fault
• ENENews – Japan Newspaper: New 3/11 footage reveals “highly radioactive liquid” from Fukushima reactor leaked into sea (VIDEO)
• ENENews – UN official back from Fukushima exposes nuclear cover-up: “Large number of different cancers and other diseases” after Chernobyl not reported — Tells Japan to start paying attention (AUDIO)
• ENENews – Kyodo: Gov’t seeking to empty No. 4 fuel pool much sooner than planned
• ENENews – Government’s hospital “will not report the truth about the conditions of our health” -Fukushima restaurant owner
• ENENews – School Official in Fukushima: Almost every night parents come to our temple crying about kid’s health problems — My own children are sick and have diseases
• Fukushima Diary – Iodine-131 kept measured from dried sewage sludge for 21 days of July 2012 in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 2 municipal governments in Toyama to start test incineration of 32 tones of debris from Iwate – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The Fisheries Agency starts the campaign to sell fish, “Fish sommelier” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 730 Bq/Kg of I-131measured from sewage sludge in Zushi city Kanagawa – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Albino] White deer-looking animal found in Hyogo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Nuclear robot] Drives at 0.2km/h, runs for 1 hour on battery – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima apple is sold in western Japan, “22 Bq/Kg of cesium” – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – TEPCO speeds up removal of spent fuel rods
• House of Japan – TEPCO aims to end Fukushima No. 4 unit fuel removal in 2014
• Japan Times – Tepco moves up nuclear salvage schedule for Fukushima fuel rods to 2014
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear power phase-out is not a campaign promise: Hashimoto
• Mainichi Daily News – Tomorrow Party of Japan’s basic plan to end nuclear power lacks alternative energy sources
• Mainichi Daily News – Experts continue investigation into active faults at Tsuruga plant
• NHK World – Noda Cabinet approval rate falls to record low
• NHK World – Winter energy-saving campaign starts in Japan
• NHK World – S.Korea discusses North’s plan with Japan, US