Sunday, December 30, 2012

• Reuters – Video: Abe visits Fukushima nuclear plant (0:44)
• Reuters – Video: Japan bids for early return to nuclear energy
• Asahi Shimbun – U.S. sailors sue Japanese utility over radiation
• Daily Yomiuri – Oi N-plant fault survey may be prolonged
• Daily Yomiuri – Toshiba seen at advantage in European N-plant bids
• ENENews – U.S. Navy Sailors on TV: “I’m not what I used to be… my thyroid’s not what it used to be” since 3/11 — “Degenerative disks all over my back… I was healthy before all of this” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Former NRC Chairman in Fukushima: No excuse for any of us in nuclear arena to let this happen — I wish more people could come see it firsthand (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Report: Many sailors from USS Ronald Reagan suffered problems after 3/11 — “No amount of money would compensate me if I’m 23 years old and bleeding from my behind”
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] 25th month of 2011 is starting – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Disorder ?] Radiation level spiked up to 35.23 Sv/h in suppression chamber of reactor2 as the indicated heat went up – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Disorder ?] A thermometer of reactor2 RPV indicating the rapid increase of heat, it reached 152.1? on 12/30/2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Altering nonnuclear principles not on the table, Kishida says – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Radiation-averse evacuees flock to Okinawa – Yuri Kageyama
• JIJI Press – Japan Aims for Early Solution to N-Fuel Cycle Issues: Min.
• Mainichi Daily News – Researchers still split over fault assessment at Oi nuclear plant

Saturday, December 29, 2012

• AP Google – New Japan PM visits tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant – Itsuo Inouye
• AFP Google – Fukushima ‘unprecedented challenge’: new Japan PM – Karyn Poupee
• Enformable – TEPCO communications were severed after evacuating critical workers from plant – Lucas W Hixson
• Power Engineering – Review of zero N-policy hailed; Business groups hope for reactor restarts amid rising energy prices
• Xinhua News – U.S. soldiers sue Tokyo Electric Power for mispresenting radiation level
• Asahi Shimbun – Kada, Ozawa split up anti-nuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan
• Asahi Shimbun – Motegi: Budget earmarked to decommission Fukushima nuclear reactors
• Asahi Shimbun – Pro-nuclear bureaucrats back in the picture under Abe
• Asahi Shimbun – Motegi: Budget earmarked to decommission Fukushima nuclear reactors
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: LDP government must learn from its nuclear policy mistakes
• Daily Yomiuri – Abe may review zero-nuclear policy
• ENENews – Another M5 quake hits near same spot off Fukushima — Third in region over last 15 hours
• ENENews – Top Conservative Website: If lawsuit proves true and Tepco lied about radiation to get Americans in there, this is despicable
• ENENews – CNN: Major health issues in ill US Navy sailors who were exposed to Fukushima radiation -Attorney
• ENENews – M5 hits Fukushima — Webcam shows intensity 4 quake rattling plant (VIDEO)
• ENENews – TV: US sailors having traits associated with radiation poisoning after Japan operation — Bleeding from rectum — Baby with birth defects — Cancer — Thyroid problems (VIDEO)
• ENENews – NBC Affiliate: US Navy sailor discusses sickness after serving in Japan on USS Ronald Reagan
• ENENews – Video: Navy sailors use no masks to scrub radioactive particles aboard USS Ronald Reagan after 3/11 — CNN: “The idea here is all about safety”
• ENENews – Paper: Navy sailors have experienced “great physical pain” after Fukushima radiation exposure says lawsuit — “Therapies such as chelation and bone marrow transplants” required
• Fukushima Diary – 5,400 Bq/L of tritium was contained in atmospheric moisture from 3/17/2011 to the end of July in 20km area of Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – JP PM Abe to withdrew the 2030 policy to abandon nuclear power – Iori Mochizuki
• Mainichi Daily News – Demonstrators protest Abe Cabinet review of zero nuclear policy
• Mainichi Daily News – Atomic Energy Commission lied about secret meetings to prime minister’s office – Asahi Shimbun
• Japan Times – Counterpoint: Is juggernaut Japan being driven to destruction (and no one’s to blame)? – Roger Pulvers
• Japan Times – Abe visits Fukushima plant, thanks workers
• Japan Times – Japanese experts still divided over status of allegedly active fault beneath Oi nuclear power plant
• Japan Times – Wakeup call for Japan’s politicians – Christopher Hobson
• Japan Times – Abe visits Fukushima plant, thanks workers
• Japan Times – NRA team starts second fault survey at Oi plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Demonstrators protest Abe Cabinet review of zero nuclear policy
• Mainichi Daily News – Atomic Energy Commission lied about secret meetings to prime minister’s office
• Mainichi Daily News – Suspicions of active fault under Japan’s only operational nuke plant persist
• NHK World – Experts yet to reach conclusion on crush zone
• NHK World – Abe visits Fukushima
• NHK World – Abe pledges to fully support decommissioning work

Friday, December 28, 2012

• AP Google – US sailors sue Japanese utility over radiation
• AP Google – Nowhere to use Japan’s growing plutonium stockpile – Mari Yamaguchi
• BBC News – Japan’s Tepco sued by US sailors over radiation
• Bloomberg – Japan to Review ‘Nuclear-Free by 2030s’ Goal, Minister Says – Chisaki Watanabe & Yuji Okada
• The Guardian – Fukushima radiation fears are linked to increase in obesity among children – Justin McCurry
• Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
• Power Engineering – FOCUS: Japan to cautiously turn to nuclear power after bitter experience – Kyodo News Service
• Reuters – Japan’s new government sticks to three-year nuclear safety goal – Osamu Tsukimori
• Wall Street Journal – Japan to Reconsider Nuclear Phase Out . – Mitsuru Obe
• Xinhua News – U.S. soldiers sue Tokyo Electric Power for mispresenting radiation level
• Asahi Shimbun – Abe government questions ‘no nuke’ future hours after taking office
• Asahi Shimbun – Vox Populi: Shameful desertions from Japan’s main anti-nuclear party
• Asahi Shimbun – Abe Cabinet garners 59% support in Asahi poll
• Daily Yomiuri – U.S. sailors sue TEPCO over N-accident info
• Daily Yomiuri – Oi N-plant ground getting a 2nd look
• Daily Yomiuri – Review of zero N-policy hailed / Business groups hope for reactor restarts amid rising energy prices – Tadaaki Inoue and Ryusuke Yamauchi
• ENENews – NSFW: Footage of alarms going off during radiation scans on USS Ronald Reagan — “This is crazy… We’re dying and we’re taking videos of it” — “Hey put the camera away” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – 1-year-old named in Fukushima lawsuit by US Navy members
• ENENews – Legal Expert in Tokyo: Fukushima perpetrators are escaping responsibility
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] If I were the sailor, I cannot miss these 3 points – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 1,568,000 Bq/Kg of cesium from bagworm in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Temperature of Reactor 5 jumped up by 3.4 ? within 24 hours – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – NRA team starts second fault survey at Oi plant
• Fukushima Diary – The US Navy sailors’ complaint refers to Fukushima Diary – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Toshiba reveals plans to sell 36% of US nuclear firm Westinghouse – Adam Westlake
• Japan Daily Press – Japan’s anti-nuclear Tomorrow Party to break up over internal issues – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – NRA team starts second fault survey at Oi plant
• Japan Times – Abe this time around to skip daily interviews in order to keep gaffes at bay – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Editorial: Reconstruction efforts lagging
• Mainichi Daily News – Hamaoka nuke plant tsunami barrier unveiled to media as construction continues
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: LDP must not overturn zero-nuclear policy – Asahi Shimbun
• NHK World – Second survey at Ohi nuclear plant
• NHK World – Japan’s Diet to launch committee on nuclear issues
• NHK World – Industry min.: CO2 reduction goal to face review
• TEPCO News – (Dec 28,2012)Status of TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Stations after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake(Daily Report as of 3:00 PM, December 28)
• TEPCO News – (Dec 27,2012)Change of the Amount of Financial Support (The Third Time)
• TEPCO News – (Dec 27,2012)Financial Support from the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund
• TEPCO News – (Dec 27,2012)Fuel Cost Adjustment in Electricity Rates for February 2013
• TEPCO News – (Dec 27,2012)Submission of Changes to the Maintenance Plan for Units 5-6 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• TEPCO News – (Dec 27,2012)Status of TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Stations after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (Daily Report as of 3:30 PM, December 27)
• TEPCO News – (Dec 27,2012)Postponement of Report on the Seismic Capacity Evaluation of the Switchyards etc. for Ensuring Reliability of the Offsite Power Supply of our Nuclear Power Stations to the Nuclear Regulation Authority
• TEPCO News – (Dec 27,2012)Exposure Dose Evaluation of the Workers at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Thursday, December 27, 2012

• AFP Google – Fukushima operator seeks yet more money
• AFP Google – Japan’s new govt to review zero-nuclear policy
• AFP Google – Asian student survivors of Hiroshima to be honoured
• BBC News – Japan says it will review plans to abandon nuclear power
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Sued by U.S. Sailors Exposed to Radiation – Joe Schneider
• Bloomberg – Toshiba in Talks to Sell Up to 16% of Westinghouse Electric – Yoshinori Eki & Chisaki Watanabe
• Desdemona Despair – Video: Distribution of Cesium-137 contamination in the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima, modeled to the year 2021
• Enformable – Fukushima Daiichi compensation costs and clean-up efforts will easily exceed $60 billion – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Crewmembers of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan sue TEPCO over Fukushima disaster
• Enformable – Hitachi President protests nuclear-free future in Japan – Lucas W Hixson
• Peak Oil – Tokyo Almost As Irradiated As Fukushima
• Reuters – Japan’s new government to restart nuclear reactors – Nikkei
• Reuters – Toshiba in talks with 3 firms to sell part of Westinghouse stake-media
• ZeroHedge – Tokyo Almost As Irradiated As Fukushima – George Washington
• Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima victims take a stand with human rights declaration
• Asahi Shimbun – Abe administration to overhaul nuclear, monetary policies
• Daily Yomiuri – Futaba mayor dissolves assembly after motion
• Daily Yomiuri – Utility claim on active faults nixed
• ENENews – Top blogs feature Fukushima news reports to end 2012
• ENENews – Report: Worker says Fukushima Dai-ni “might be getting ready to be restarted”
• ENENews – Fukushima graveyard with radiation dose of 380 microsieverts per hour (VIDEO)
• ENENews – “Lifetime of radiation poisoning” for U.S. rescue workers in Japan during 3/11 disaster
• ENENews – Tanks for holding radioactive Fukushima liquid are too fragile and flimsy – Breaking open much easier than expected
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] 3 mysteries about the US Navy sailors’ suing Tepco – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 10 million Bq of cesium-134/137 is still released every single hour from reactor1, 2 and 3 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to inject nitrogen gas into the suppression chamber of reactor2 as well, “Kr-85 and Hydrogen gas increase” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Possibility of Russia banning imports of Japanese food for outbreak of norovirus – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 5 conjoint sweet potatoes found in Wakayama – Iori Mochizuki
• ENENews – ‘Impermeable wall’ between leaking Fukushima reactors and ocean yet to be built — Tepco still working on silt fence (PHOTO)
• Fukushima Diary – [Bloomberg] Tepco Sued by U.S. Sailors Exposed to Radiation – Iori Mochizuki
• ICV2 – R.I.P. Keiji Nakazawa
• Japan Daily Press – NRA panel adamant in view that fault under Tohoku Electric’s Higashidori plant is active – Cherrie Lou Billones
• Japan Daily Press – 1.5 trillion yen not enough: Fukushima-responsible utility TEPCO seeks even more government funds – Adam Westlake
• Japan Daily Press – US sailors sue TEPCO and Japanese government for lying about radiation risks – Ida Torres
• Japan Today – TEPCO requests additional Y697 bil yen for compensation
• Japan Times – Abe Cabinet signals big changes ahead – Masami Ito
• Kyodo News – 3 former foreign students hit by atomic bomb to be honored
• Mainichi Daily News – Antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan to split over internal feud 1 month after launch
• Mainichi Daily News – Disaster-hit residents anchor hopes on new administration
• NHK World – New nuclear evacuation standard to be delayed
• NHK World – New industry min. suggests review of energy policy
• NHK World – TEPCO asks for more govt. funds
• NHK World – New Environment Minister meets Fukushima Gov.
• ENENews – Tanks for holding radioactive Fukushima liquid are too fragile and flimsy — Breaking open much easier than expected

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

• AP Google – New Japan PM: Saving economic crisis top mission – Eric Talmadge
• AP Google – Key members of Japan’s new Cabinet
• PennEnergy – Millions sign online petition to protest nuclear power in Japan
• Reason Foundation – US Sailors Sue Japan over Fukushima Exposure
• Asahi Shimbun – Flimsy waste tanks cause new delay in Fukushima plant decontamination
• ENENews – Yomiuri: Alarming trend in Fukushima children — Parent’s radiation fears and stress from disaster blamed for spike in obesity rates
• ENENews – Lawsuit: “Reactor itself” melted down, not only nuclear fuel rods — Japan gov’t “lying through their teeth about meltdowns”
• ENENews – Navy rescue workers sue Japan over Fukushima cover-up — “Irreparable harm to life expectancy” — Gov’t and Tepco conspired
• Fukushima Diary – Citizen’s radiation monitoring station, “653 Bq/Kg from curtain in a room in Saitama” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 73 students required to have detailed examination of heart in Toride city Ibaraki, “2.6 times much as last year” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Ishihara. Jr to be named the minister of Environment and nuc energy affairs, “stop citizens from measuring radiation” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [The Japan Times] German physician, “WHO downplayed health effects of nuclear crisis on Fukushima residents” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Another water leakage from desalination system, “2.0 mSv/h of atmospheric dose” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: Mr. Abe has his work cut out
• Japan Times – Tohoku Electric fails to convince NRA that faults are inactive
• Mainichi Daily News – Indoor playgrounds built in Fukushima, but children getting fat due to lack of exercise
• NHK World – Experts conclude nuclear plant fault assessment

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

• Oceania: The Australian – Radioactive waste being stored in shed in Arkaroola – Bryan Littlely
• Oceania: Energy Business Review – West Australia to host four uranium mines before 2023
• Deutsche Welle – Fukushima farmers return to the land
• Enformable – For nuclear plants on active faults, reactors aren’t only risk – Lucas W Hixson
• Rappler – Fukushima kids fatter as radiation fears cut exercise
• ENENews – Kyodo: Radiation fears keep Fukushima kids inside — Filmmaker: Adults break down in tears when seeing children forced to play at indoor ‘smile parks’
• Fukushima Diary – Contaminated water leakage from reactor6, “already absorbed into the ground” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radioactivity density of reactor2 sub-drain has been in the increasing trend since early November – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from 50% of Fukushima apple juice – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Chernobyl Cataracts ?] The percentage of students of vision worse than 1.0 became the highest ever since 1948 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Onomichi city board of education in Hiroshima to quit radiation test of school lunch – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Norovirus patients keep increasing in severely contaminated North Kanto area – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: LDP’s vague nuclear energy policy
• Japan Times – NRA panel looks to distribute iodine tablets to households near Japan’s nuclear plants
• Japan Times – Inactivity amid nuclear crisis leaving Fukushima children out of shape
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Gov’t should continue to promote competition in electric power market
• TEPCO News – (Dec 25,2012)Changes to the Report on Our Facility Management Plan for Unit 1-4 of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Based on the “Policy on the Mid-term Security”
• TEPCO News – (Dec 25,2012)Modification of the “Implementation Plan of the Measures to be Taken for the Specified Reactor Facilities at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station”
• TEPCO News – (Dec 25,2012)Submission of Report on the Current Seismic Safety and Reinforcement of the Reactor Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (No.1) (Supplement) (Revision 2)
• TEPCO News – (Dec 24,2012)Status of TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Stations after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (Daily Report as of 3:00 PM, December 24)

Monday, December 24, 2012

• Xinhua News – Yearender: Japan’s new government faces multiple economic challenges – Li Xuedi
• Daily Yomiuri – Seize the change of govt to push relocation issue
• ENENews – Report from Japan: Radioactive fallout around Fukushima incineration plant being hidden — “It’s very odd” (VIDEOS)
• ENENews – CNN: Experts call Japan cleanup effort meaningless — An endless task that’s simply spreading around radiation (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Brown rain fell in Takasaki city Gunma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation back ground level was 0.036 µSv/h in Tokyo before 311 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The last disaster shelter in Saitama started charging on disaster victims – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – MHLW excluded Fukushima disaster area from abortion statistics – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Mutation] Foot-looking carrot found in Sayama city Saitama – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “40,000 Bq/Kg from soil in Kiryu city Gunma” – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 24 Dec 2012
• Japan Times – Fault-linked nuke plants sitting on 800 tons of fuel