Sunday, February 10, 2013

• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP (7): Gratitude expressed by Japan’s commander in chief – Hidefumi Nogami
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO botches apology for misleading Diet investigatory panel – Hideaki Kimura
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear crisis info to be put on Web / About 900,000 pages of documents to be digitized, available in about 2 years
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear crisis info to be put on Web / About 900,000 pages of documents to be digitized, available in about 2 years
• ENENews – Report: Many U.S. servicemembers’ kids in Japan developed medical issues after 3/11 — “My son went on a vomiting fit of about 3 months… 15-20 times a day” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Footage of large piece of debris dropping into Fukushima Unit 3 fuel pool during snowstorm (VIDEO)
• ENENews – U.S. Serviceman after Fukushima: “Radiation that high becomes its own source of power… It will actually feed, it will grow” — 60,000cpm helicopter part, “The nuclear guys just kind of went nuts” (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] To live one second longer – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Wild boar meat factory to open in Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – MEXT staff leaked his own WBC data “Thyroid equivalent dose is 5mSv for 8 hours work” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The “broken” thermometer is indicating temperature reaching almost 250? in reactor2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco can’t investigate the state of fuel assemblies of SFP3 due to the stirred water by the dropped mast – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Health problems of doctors in Fukushima jumped up from 5.6% to 20% after 311 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – This is where over 20,000 Bq/Kg was measured in front of Harajuku station, Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – NRA to digitize, put online 900,000 pages of Fukushima crisis documents in 2 years – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Nuclear power and press freedom
• Mainichi Daily News – Combined power generator-water heaters slash power bills
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan proposes nuclear power cooperation to Saudi Arabia
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan’s wind power generation capacity growth slows after disaster

Saturday, February 09, 2013

• Enformable – TEPCO reports problems with debris removal operations at Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO accused of obstruction of Diet investigation into Fukushima Daiichi disaster – Lucas W Hixson
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO needs govt aid to deal with Fukushima compensation
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Nuclear agency should correct operational problems
• Daily Yomiuri – Extension on N-disaster claims eyed
• ENENews – NHK: Residents from outside Fukushima to sue gov’t over radioactive contamination — Compensation for health concerns (VIDEO)
• ENENews – M5.4 near Fukushima — Webcam shows quake hitting nuclear plant (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Russia rejected importing 2 cars from Japan, beta nuclides detected – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Nuclear watchdog execs held 30 illicit meetings with power firms
• Japan Times – METI panel wants utilities monopolies to end by 2020
• TEPCO – TEPCO News Update

Friday, February 08, 2013

• Hoist – Decontamination of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station’s crane awarded
• Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
• Radio Australia – Tepco lied to Fukushima meltdown investigators
• Reuters – Update 2-Record low current account surplus shows Japan’s challenges – Stanley White
• World Nuclear News – Continuing cleanup of Fukushima pool
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO accident causes new problem at Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: New Diet probe into Fukushima disaster called for
• Asahi Shimbun – Monju operator said it checked key equipment, but it hadn’t – Hideki Muroya
• Daily Yomiuri – 350 to sue govt, TEPCO over N-accident
• ENENews – Jazz Musician from Fukushima: “It’s like a different world” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Asahi: Tepco to check for “smashed fuel rods” after large piece of debris fell at Fukushima Unit 3 pool
• ENENews – Tepco: Debris is missing at Unit 3 — May have ‘sunk’ into fuel pool (PHOTOS)
• ENENews – Asahi: Secret cable shows highest-ranking U.S. military officer ‘deeply concerned’ about Fukushima Unit 4 after 3/11 — Fuel pool “might be empty” and needed water from above
• Fukushima Diary – Fallout amount in Fukushima is still in high level – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Pathfinder – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Strange shape of cloud beside Mt. Fuji – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 142,000 Bq/Kg from rockfish in Fukushima plant port, “1420 times much as safety limit” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco dropped the fuel handling machine mast to SFP of reactor3 when removing the debris – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Fukushima survivors to file lawsuit against government and TEPCO – Cherrie Lou Billones
• Japan Times – Evacuee suits target Tepco, government – Mizuho Aoki
• NHK World – Fukushima people to sue govt., TEPCO
• Taiwan Today – Editorial: Non-negotiable nuclear safety

Thursday, February 07, 2013

• Enformable – TEPCO accused of obstruction of Diet investigation into Fukushima Daiichi disaster – Lucas W Hixson
• The Scientist – Japan’s Nuclear Reboot Stalled – Bob Grant
• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP (6): SDF poised for dangerous mission into Fukushima – Hidefumi Nogami
• Daily Yomiuri – Probe at reactor bldg blocked by false info from TEPCO
• Daily Yomiuri – Power supply briefly cut off at Oi N-plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear agency should correct operational problems
• ENENews – Mayor: “We would end up dying, polluted to radiation all over” if we returned to Fukushima (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Video: Japan expert reveals Fukushima coverup — Investigation blocked into whether Reactor 1 was damaged by quake, not tsunami
• ENENews – Kaku on CBS: “This is a game changer… we may have to rewrite all the textbooks” — Concern about monster quake hitting nuclear plant (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Since the beginning of 2013, Russia has already returned 8 imported items to Japan for excessive level of radiation – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Even my 87 y.o grandmother was saying Strontium is the most harmful since 311? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The progress of debris removal from SFP of reactor3 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Strontium-90 detected in the lake of Kashiwa city Chiba “3 times much as 2011? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Former minister of Environment, Hosono had his daughter die of a premature birth, “6 months earlier, weighed 700g” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Sharing the luck – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – No surprise: TEPCO suspected of lying to government’s Fukushima investigation panelBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Wiped out city waits for Tokyo to wake up – Masami Ito
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukui Prefecture looks to replace nuclear plants with natural gas
• NHK World – TEPCO suspected of false account to Diet panel
• TEPCO News – Debris Removal from the Upper Part of Unit 3 Reactor Building at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

• Greenpeace International – Beyond Nuclear: The Triple Challenge facing Japanese Utilities
• Nature – Quake fears rise at Japan’s reactors – David Cyranoski
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Japan: economic prowess challenged as nuclear plants stay offline – Peter Taberner
• ENENews – Photos: ‘Protection’ to be installed over No. 3 fuel pool at Fukushima – Concern over more debris falling in
• ENENews – Study: Radioactive silver found inside all 47 cows tested from Fukushima evacuation zone
• ENENews – Former Fukushima Worker: I’m doing penance for the rest of my life by trying to clean up nuclear contamination – I feel responsibility as an engineer (VIDEO)
• ENENews – NHK: “Massive fallout spread over large areas and still coats the ground” – Resident: “The rise was unexpectedly fast… I’m shocked, I didn’t think it could get this high” (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – 3 prisoners died in Abashiri prison only within a month, MOJ “Very unusual” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fallout level in Fukushima became highest since May. 2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Power goes out for minute at Oi nuclear plant
• NHK World – Human error briefly stops Ohi plant power supply
• NHK World – NRA to set toughest nuclear plant safety rules
• Nikkei – Regulators To Change Rules To Improve Organization’s Transparency

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

• Power Engineering – Japan’s new nuclear watchdog already under fire for collusion
• Power Engineering – Washington: Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for January 29th to January 31st, 2013 – Greenpeace International
• SBS – Japan ‘can’t afford to leave nuclear power switched off’ – Vlado Vivoda
• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP (5): Tears from an old Japan hand at the State Department – Hiroyoshi Itabashi
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO turnaround plan faces review as reactor restarts remain elusive – Kentaro Uechi
• ENENews – Asahi: Secret US report called Japan’s Fukushima response “FUBAR, or F—– Up Beyond All Recognition” – Top official had tears in his eyes
• ENENews – SOS from Fukushima Mothers: “Desperate, hopeless situation… Please help” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Study: Fukushima plutonium in Pacific Ocean from ‘liquid direct releases’?
• ENENews – CNN – American at Fukushima Daiichi: “It was fantastic… I was amazed”
• ENENews – Japanese Judge: Already signs of major health hazard in Fukushima — Kids may end up like those around Chernobyl — Urgent need for evacuation (VIDEO)
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO releases 2,145 new photos of Fukushima taken immediately after meltdown – Cherrie Lou Billones
• Japan Daily Press – Dramatic new video footage shows panic as March 11 earthquake hits Japan – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Reconstruction Agency under reform a year on
• Japan Times – Editorial: Don’t gut nuclear safety standards

Monday, February 04, 2013

• ABC – Japan’s new nuclear watchdog already under fire for collusion – Mark Willacy
• AFP Google – New Fukushima pictures show wreckage of plant
• Reuters – Tepco gets approval for $7.5 bln more compensation funds
• ENENews – NHK: Fukushima spent fuel to go in “pool built above ground” (PHOTO)
• ENENews – Study: Fukushima plutonium in Pacific Ocean from ‘liquid direct releases’?
• ENENews – Video: ‘Most important’ source of radioactive releases into Pacific at Fukushima is Reactor 2
• ENENews – Fukushima plant’s ex-chief “in worse shape” — Almost impossible to question him, says Tepco — Suffering from cancer and stroke since 3/11
• Fukushima Diary – The supercomputer of the Meteorological Agency suddenly disordered, no prospect of restoration – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 25,000 households got blackout in Tokyo and Kanagawa for unknown reason – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “I and my daughter got thyroid problems though we left Tokyo on 3/16/2011? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Minor debris removed from SFP of reactor3 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fallout in Fukushima spiked again – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Senior nuclear watchdog official leaked draft report to Tsuruga plant operator – Ida Torres
• Japan Daily Press – Former Fukushima nuclear plant chief’s testimony siezed by criminal prosecutors – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Tepco exec’s interview records seized in probe
• Japan Today – Gov’t approves TEPCO request for extra Y697 bil in public funds
• Kyodo News – Japan to seek U.S. experts’ help over Fukushima decontamination
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima disaster renews interest in documentary on 1954 incident
• NHK World – Prosecutors question former nuclear safety chief
• NHK World – Japan on alert for N.Korean nuclear test
• TEPCO – TEPCO News Press Releases