Sunday, February 03, 2013

• AFP Google – Nuclear safety chief quizzed over Fukushima
• New York Times – Critics Say Proposed Guidelines for Japan’s Nuclear Industry Will Hinder Business – Hiroko Tabuchi
• ENENews – French Nuclear Experts: Did corium pierce steel liners of Fukushima reactors? How deep did it erode concrete? (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Video: If TV tried to show situation in Fukushima it may confuse everything in Japan — “It would be difficult”
• ENENews – New Fukushima Documentary: “We’ve been deceived… We’ve been betrayed” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Ex-Tepco Worker: “Children in Fukushima are living in such dangerous conditions” — Clothes are contaminated… even more radioactive after 5 washes (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Emperor’s New Clothes – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 167 of 1,200 evacuees from Futaba machi to Saitama have already died in shelter – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from beef produced in Hokkaido – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 3,000 Bq/Kg from suits in the summer of 2012, “They’ve been dry-cleaned for several times” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] Elementary school girl “The integral dose of Fukushima reaches 60mSv/y. I think it’s just over..” – Iori Mochizuki
• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP (4): U.S. official sought ‘heroic sacrifice’ from Japan – Hiroyoshi Itabashi
• Daily Yomiuri – Ex-chief of N-watchdog questioned
• Daily Yomiuri – Ex-chief of N-watchdog questioned
• NHK World – Prosecutors question former nuclear safety chief

Saturday, February 02, 2013

• AFP Google – Powerful 6.9 earthquake shakes northern Japan – Karyn Poupee
• Enformable – TEPCO releases trove of images taken during early days of Fukushima Daiichi disaster
• New York Times – Critics Say Proposed Guidelines for Japan’s Nuclear Industry Will Hinder Business – Hiroko Tabuchi
• UPI – Group undertakes Fukushima recovery effort
• Asahi Shimbun – Chernobyl: Unlikely tour destination that draws visitors from around the world – Kazuhiro Sekine
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear watchdog in hot water over leaked report to Tsuruga plant operator
• Asahi Shimbun – Photos show workers’ eye views of Fukushima disaster aftermath
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear watchdog, power companies still cozy / Sharing of crush zone report draft undermines NRA’s core principles of fairness and transparency – Masayuki Takata and Sho Funakoshi
• Daily Yomiuri – Abe refutes DPJ comment on N-crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear watchdog, power companies still cozy / Sharing of crush zone report draft undermines NRA’s core principles of fairness and transparency – Masayuki Takata and Sho Funakoshi
• Daily Yomiuri – N-safety official fired over leak
• Daily Yomiuri – Report contents could harm operations
• ENENews – Gov’t warns of impending quake shortly before M6.9 hit northern Japan — “Make yourself safe, turn off the gas…”
• ENENews – NHK ‘Inside Fukushima’: Highest radiation on tour found between Pacific Ocean and Reactor 3 — 1,370 microsieverts per hour (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Asahi: Chilling warning seen in newly released Fukushima images — Shows ‘highly radioactive debris’ near Reactor 1 marked “Danger!” (PHOTOS)
• ENENews – Fukushima Video: “Our hometown became Chernobyl” — Nuke worker: “I’ve finally understood you… Mom, you’re right! Tepco got to hell!”
• ENENews – Over 150 U.S. service members say Fukushima radiation has triggered medical issues — Now Defense Department abandons medical registry, leaving them on own
• ENENews – Video: Japan burning Fukushima debris — 10 miles from Daiichi nuke plant
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima city government bottles Fukushima tapwater to sell – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Only 4 smelt samples collected in Haruna lake, 340Bq/Kg measured but fishing restriction is lifted – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – USGS reported the Japanese “M6.4? as M6.9 – Iori Mochizuki
• JapanToday – M6.4 quake shakes Hokkaido; 10 injuries reported
• Fukushima Diary – [Raindrop?] Strange light captured in the official live camera when M6.4 Hokkaido, before the power blackout – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Earthquake] M6.4 Hokkaido – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – New umbrella body gets to work on Fukushima’s postdisaster recovery
• Japan Times – Citizens’ lack of resolve leaves nuclear door wide open for next disaster – Roger Pulvers
• Japan Times – Citizens’ lack of resolve leaves nuclear door wide open for next disaster – Roger Pulvers
• Japan Times – Senior NRA official axed over data leak
• Jpubb – Exposure Dose Evaluation of the Workers at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• NHK World – Nagasaki holds nuclear evacuation drill
• NHK World – Nuclear Watch: Inside Fukushima
• Taipei Times – Anti-nuclear group starts red envelope campaign – Lee I-chia
• Taiwan Today – Leaving nothing to chance with Longmen

Friday, February 01, 2013

• AFP Google – Japan police arrest mobster over Fukushima clean-up
• ENENews – Asahi: US gov’t considered “immediately evacuating” all citizens living in Japan, including entire military
• ENENews – Intense Fukushima Rally: “Our hometown became Chernobyl” – Nuke worker: “I’ve finally understood you… Mom, you’re right! Tepco got to hell!” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Just In: Over 150 U.S. service members say Fukushima radiation has triggered medical issues – Now Defense Department abandons medical registry, leaving them on own
• ENENews – Video: Japan burning Fukushima debris – 10 miles from Daiichi nuke plant
• ENENews – Asahi: US gov’t considered “immediately evacuating” all citizens living in Japan, including entire military
• Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Utilities must not dally on new nuclear safety standards
• Daily Yomiuri – Stricter N-standards may cause electricity rate hike – Hiroyuki Tanaka
• Daily Yomiuri – N-safety rules forge high hurdles / New measures likely to cause delay of restart
• Daily Yomiuri – Utilities forecast 1 tril. yen in losses / High fuel costs, evolving safety standards and possible faults cloud projection – Chiaki Toyoda and Tadaaki Inoue
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: N-plant restarts, safety concerns must be reconciled
• Fukushima Diary – Osaka city started incineration of disaster debris – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The radiation level monitored in Nasu town hall in Tochigi still drops at 8AM every weekday – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – NRA safety rules may keep reactors offline for years
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima reactor buildings to be cleaned by robots from late July
• Mainichi Daily News – First debris removed from previous restricted area in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Reconstruction Agency should do more to help Fukushima children
• Taipei Times – Nuclear buck stops here: AEC – Lee I-chia
• Taipei Times – Activists accuse minister of lying – Loa Iok-sin
• Taiwan Today – Ma reiterates commitment to nuclear safety – Rachel Chan

Thursday, January 31, 2013

• Bloomberg – Japan Atomic Safety Rules May Keep Reactors Closed for Years – Tsuyoshi Inajima & Yuji Okada
• Channel News Asia – Food safety still a concern in Japan after nuclear crisis – Spalding Guardian?
• Enformable – Hamaoka Unit 5 likely permanently crippled due to seawater corrosion – Lucas W Hixson
• Slate Magazine – Could Scientists Have Prevented the Fukushima Meltdown? – Jessica M. Morrison
• Wall Street Journal – Japan Nuclear Board Offers New Safety Plans – Mari Iwata
• Asahi Shimbun – Gangster illegally hired workers for decontamination projects – Kenji Ogata
• Daily Yomiuri – Abe vows to review nuclear-free policy
• ENENews – Kyodo News Advisory: Strong quake jolts eastern Japan – Gov’t says no ‘abnormality’ at nuclear station (MAP)
• ENENews – Japan Experts: Fukushima Unit 4 is the immediate crisis… entire world is concerned – No good solution for speeding up fuel removal
• ENENews – Asahi: Gangsters cashing in on Fukushima disaster — Involved in “disposal of waste” – Kenji Ogata
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Reality – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – A mass of highly radioactive adhesive tape found in a mountain of Tottori – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Leakage from the desalination system again – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Yakuza dispatched decontamination workers to Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium-134/137 amount in the atmosphere have not been changed since September of 2011 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The chairman of the Fukushima accident council, “There’s no appropriate solution for reactor4? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium from the urine of 40% of the children in Iwate, “Considering to stop the research anymore” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Let’s get back to common sense – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Tsunami-struck town mayor says government has abandoned those who survived – Ida Torres
• Mainichi Daily News – Steps against severe accidents a must for nuke plant operators under new standards
• NHK World – Japan, Russia to hold high-level talks
• NHK World – US expert questions Japan’s nuclear fuel cycle

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

• Discovery News – Radioactive Cattle Found Near Fukushima – Tim Wall
• Enformable – Fukushima Daiichi disaster proved nuclear reactors are a potential Pandora’s Box for proliferation – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japan may have to change decontamination efforts after labor shortages – Lucas W Hixson
• Daily Yomiuri – No-go zone debris to be cleared
• Daily Yomiuri – Revision eyes 3 categories of severity for nuclear incidents
• Daily Yomiuri – Reconstruction budget gets 600 bil. yen boost / Fiscal 2013 spending for relocating displaced residents, rebuilding damaged areas doubled
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan dives to 53rd in press freedom list
• Daily Yomiuri – Cows, calves have differing cesium levels
• ENENews – Jiji: Japan plummets in press freedom list – “Almost zero respect for access to information related to Fukushima… Should sound an alarm” -Group
• ENENews – Professor: Many around world will die from Fukushima contamination – Goebbels would smile in his grave to see how nuclear establishment handled disaster (AUDIO)
• ENENews – BBC: Medical tests show exposure to “high levels of radiation” in Fukushima evacuees (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Strontium-90 measured from sea offshore Fukushima and Ibaraki – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 86 Bq/Kg of Iodine-131 measured from sewage sludge in Miyagi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from small dried sardine in Kagawa prefecture in 2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Silence – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Strontium-90 measured from sea offshore Fukushima and Ibaraki – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 86 Bq/Kg of Iodine-131 measured from sewage sludge in Miyagi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from small dried sardine in Kagawa prefecture in 2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Silence – Iori Mochizuki
• NHK World – Police seek more funds to guard nuclear plants
• NHK World – Kishida, Shin agree to work closely on N.Korea
• Focus Taiwan News – Continuous improvement, transparency key to nuclear safety: expert – Lee Hsin-Yin
• Focus Taiwan News – Taiwan borrows wisdom from France’s nuclear safety measures – Lee Hsin-Yin
• Taipei Times – Periodic nuclear facility checks are needed expert says

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

• Bloomberg – Westinghouse CEO Expects Japan to Restart Most Nuclear Reactors – Ladka Bauerova
• Bloomberg – Japanese Ministry to Double Budget for Clean Energy Development – Chisaki Watanabe
• Enformable – Japan may have to change decontamination efforts after labor shortages – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Tsuruga nuclear power plant likely on active fault says NRA report
• Asahi Shimbun – New NRA rules tough on tsunami, could delay reactor restarts – Ryuta Koike
• Asahi Shimbun – Watchdog to rule fault line beneath nuclear plant is active – Ryuta Koike
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima Pref. heads population-outflow list
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima decontamination faces severe labor shortages
• ENENews – Asahi: U.S. gov’t concluded Fukushima disaster “could spread to a global scale”
• ENENews – Fukushima disaster manga in Japan – ‘The Nuclear Man’ by DC Comics in U.S. – Kids play with reactor toy set (PHOTOS)
• ENENews – Jiji: “Severe labor shortages” for Fukushima decontamination – “Fears over radiation exposure”
• ENENews – Tepco working on pumping Fukushima groundwater into ocean – Drilling wells just outside reactor buildings (PHOTOS)
• ENENews – Police arrest animal rescuers inside Fukushima evacuation zone — “They cannot be contacted and are being charged with crimes”
• ENENews – Fukushima workers drill new hole in Unit 2 torus — Tepco to check for melted nuclear fuel (PHOTO)
• Fukushima Diary – Abiko city conducted thyroid test for pre-elementary school students, “Only visual examination and palpation” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Convulsion cases spiked up after 311 in Miyagi, Doctor “It’s due to the stress.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima medical university “The only health problem caused by Chernobyl was thyroid cancer” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Kepco to pay OBs 1,500,000$ by raising power rates – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Tepco report] Progress and schedule of the groundwater bypass construction – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Suspension of reactor3 gas control system – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Amateur doctor – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Fault line under Tsuruga nuclear plant almost certainly active, facility most likely to be scrapped – Cherrie Lou Billones
• Mainichi Daily News – March 11 destruction still scars Fukushima nuke plant – Asahi Shimbun
• NHK World – Police seek more funds to guard nuclear plants
• NHK World – Nuclear safety board draws up new guidelines

Monday, January 28, 2013

• Bloomberg – Japan Atomic’s Tsuruga Nuclear Plant May Be on Active Fault – Tsuyoshi Inajima & Yuji Okada
• Enformable – Workers at Fukushima Daiichi drill new hole in torus of Unit 2 for survey
• Enformable – April 3rd, 2011- NRC PMT – Surface radioactivity screening levels
• Fukushima Diary – [Unanticipated] Tepco failed in investigating the torus room of reactor2 “Different from the map” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima prefectural gov doesn’t publish the latest thyroid test result – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to discharge 2,000 ~ 3,000 Bq/ml of tritium to the sea, “50 times much as legal limit” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Ocean – Iori Mochizuki
• Daily Yomiuri – Extra 6 trillion yen eyed for reconstruction spending
• ENENews – Fukushima workers drill new hole in Unit 2 torus – Tepco to check for melted nuclear fuel (PHOTO)
• ENENews – Paper: “U.S. military is still keeping quiet about” it — Women and children ordered to evacuate base 300 kilometers from Fukushima when radiation alarms went off after 3/11
• noodls – Vitrification Testing at Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant shows Stable Operation – JAIF – Japan Atomic Industrial Forum Inc.
• Asahi Shimbun – Dosimeter for the blind still in demand a year later – Teruhiko Nose
• Japan Times – Fukushima kids’ thyroids said safe
• Japan Times – Active fault to scuttle Tsuruga plant – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Over 500 Fukushima residents to file damage suit against gov’t, TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Abe administration must not backtrack on electricity reforms
• Mainichi Daily News – NPO calls for institutionalized retreats for Fukushima children – Asahi Shimbun
• Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: A doctor’s dream for recovery
• NHK World – Nuclear panel to give assessment on fault
• NHK World – Fault under Tsuruga reactor could be active
• NHK World – Japan working to stop N.Korean nuclear test
• Taipei Times – Atomic energy needs discussion – Yang Yung-nane