Sunday, April 14, 2013

• Enformable – Former Chairman of Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Reactors Should Be Phased Out – Dr. Gordon Edwards
• RT – 5.2 quake hits near Fukushima, day after destructive 6.3 tremor
• Asian Correspondent – TOKYO (AP) — Their demand: The right to live free of radiation. The plaintiffs who started the legal battle: 14 children.
• Asia One – Taiwan’s Nuke 4 officials invite media to tour facility, guarantee safety – Ann Yu
• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ ‘Shadow units’ (19): Highest alert level ordered for first time since 1995 sarin attack – Hiroyoshi Itabashi
• ENENews – M5 jolts Fukushima — Day after powerful Intensity 6- quake hit Japan — No confirmed damage so far at nuclear plant
• ENENews – M5 jolts Fukushima — Day after powerful Intensity 6- quake hit Japan — No confirmed damage so far at nuclear plant
• Fukushima Diary – [Leakage] Plutonium concentration in the leaking reservoirs not announced – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Leakage] Radiation level outside of reservoir No.1 jumped up 14 times much within 2 days – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 390 aftershocks within 25 hours after the M6.3 near Awaji island – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco, “The pump leakage was caused by the change of air temperature, countermeasure is “patrol” “ – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco postponed transferring contaminated water due to the pump leakage – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – M5.2 quake jolts Fukushima, vicinity
• Japan Times – Tepco postpones transfer of radioactive water in Fukushima
• Japan Times – Tepco clueless on leaking cisterns
• Mainichi Daily News – Transfer of radioactive water to be delayed at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Lawsuit seeks evacuation of Fukushima children
• NHK World – Japan, US call for North’s denuclearization
• Taipei Times – China key to Taiwan energy crisis – John Mathews and Hu Mei-chih

Saturday, April 13, 2013

• AFP Google – Strong 6.3-magnitude quake hits western Japan
• Enformable – Workers investigate Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Torus Chamber – Lucas W Hixson
• Xinhua News – 22 people injured as powerful quake jolts western Japan
• JAIF – News Update
• Japan Times – Net TV expresses views the mainstream ignores – Philip Brasor
• Japan Times – Tepco clueless on leaking cisterns
• JIJI Press – (Update) TEPCO Reports Water Leak to Soil from Fukushima No. 1 Reservoir
• Kyodo News – TEPCO urged to review measures to tackle contaminated water
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO yet to nail down cause of radioactive leaks at Fukushima plant
• NHK World – Strong earthquake hits Awaji Island
• NHK World – IAEA sends experts to damaged Fukushima plant
• Taipei Times – Nuclear plant seeks to reassure media – Loa Iok-sin
• Taiwan News – Taipower reiterates losses if controversial plant halted
• Taiwan News – Premier to inspect fourth nuclear power plant next week – Liu Li-jung and Elizabeth Hsu

Friday, April 12, 2013

• Enformable – More contaminated water leaks at Fukushima Daiichi reported – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Workers investigate Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Torus Chamber – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Fukushima Daiichi still in precarious state says nuclear regulation chairman – Lucas W Hixson
• Huffington Post – Fukushima and the Japanese Coal Myth – Justin Guay
• Asahi Shimbun – Another leak found at Fukushima plant during water transfer
• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ ‘Shadow units’ (18): Brigade commander faced crucial decision before reactor meltdown – Hiroyoshi Itabashi
• ENENews – Study: 150,000 sq. kilometers of Pacific with Fukushima nuclear material – ‘Remarkable’ amount released in ocean
• Fukushima Diary – [Strontium90] 490 Bq/Kg of Strontium-90 measured from the soil of Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Sea contamination] 430,000 Bq/Kg measured from greenling and spotbelly rockfish, “4,300 times much as safety limit” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Spreading leakage] Radiation detected from Southwest side of reservoir No.1 too – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “No major damage was found in torus room of reactor2? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “No radiation detected underground due to the leakage from reservoirs” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Nuke plant utilization rate fell to 3.9% in 2012
• Japan Times – More radioactive water leaks during Tepco transfer effort at Fukushima No. 1
• Japan Times – Leaky cisterns to be emptied ASAP
• Japan Times – Disaster did little to shake up status quo, expert says – Ayako Mie
• Japan Times – Rat, snakes, leaks betray just how frail Fukushima No. 1 is
• Jpubb – Water Leak from the Underground Reservoirs in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Follow-up Information No.43)
• Kyodo News – TEPCO yet to nail down cause of radioactive leaks at Fukushima plant
• Kyodo News – 2 vessels carrying MOX fuel to leave France for Japan
• NHK World – Panel questions govt monitoring of Fukushima plant
• Nikkei – Japan Steel Works Plans Furloughs At Reactor Parts Plant
• Taipei Times – KMT lawmakers break rank in voting – Shih Hsiu-chuan

Thursday, April 11, 2013

• AFP Google – Fukushima plant springs another radioactive leak
• AP Google – Water, rats, outages: Japan nuke plant precarious – Mari Yamaguchi
• Bloomberg – Tepco Faces Decision to Dump Radioactive Water in Pacific Ocean – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• New York Times – Mishaps Underscore Weaknesses of Japanese Nuclear Plant – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Reuters – Leaks spur Japan’s crippled nuclear plant to expand storage – Mari Saito
• Asahi Shimbun – New NRA rules impose costly roadblocks to restart idle reactors – Jin Nishikawa
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO to stop using underground tanks at Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Study: No radioactive cesium in 99% of Fukushima, Ibaraki residents – Fumikazu Asai
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO plans for storing radioactive water dealt heavy blow
• ENENews – New highly radioactive leak from pipe at Fukushima plant – Expert: Nuclear material may be flowing from “damaged pipes or drains” into Pacific
• ENENews – Bloomberg: Radioactive water from Fukushima reactors to be dumped in Pacific? “It’s obvious they can’t keep storing it forever”
• ENENews – AP: Water situation “on verge of collapse” at Fukushima Daiichi – “Highly vulnerable… Extremely unstable” – “Doubts about whether plant can stay intact” – 8 incidents in last 3 weeks
• ENENews – NYTimes: Fukushima plant unstable says official, concern another accident can’t be prevented — “Vulnerable… Very dangerous”
• Fukushima Diary – [Leakage] 28 mSv/h even after removing the soil that absorbed contaminated water – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Before Fukushima Diary – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Leaking reservoir No.1 won’t be fix for one month – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cherry blossoms blooming in Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Hidden leakage ?] The “Safe” reservoir No.6 lost 13 m3 of contaminated water within an hour – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Can’t stop leaking] 6.4 billion Bq leaked from the pump on transferring to the safer reservoir – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – New NRA safety standards may impact reactor restarts
• Japan Times – Radioactive cesium not detectable in 99% of Fukushima residents: study
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO president apologizes for radioactive water leaks at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Radiation monitoring system must protect residents near nuke plants
• Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: Expert needed to judge if TEPCO’s clean-up efforts good enough
• NHK World – TEPCO reports another water leak
• Yomiuri Shimbun – Editorial: NRA should not get caught up in myth of completely ‘risk-free’ reactors

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

• AFP Google – Fukushima plant abandoning leaky underground pools
• AP Google – Precarious Japan nuke plant raises safety concerns – Mari Yamaguchi
• AP Google – Precarious Japan nuke plant raises safety concerns
• Asia One – Only Fukushima food banned – Chong Yee Lim
• The Atomic Age – Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl via Japan Focus – Anders Pape Møller and Timothy A. Mousseau
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Boosts Coal Capacity to Cut Need for Costly Oil – Jacob Adelman
• Common Dreams – Fukushima Disaster Continues: Third Radioactive Water Leak Found – Andrea Germanos
• Deutsche Welle – New problems underline scale of Fukushima crisis
• Enformable – Japan adopts new set of nuclear safety rules
• ENS – Radioactive Water Leaks From Japan’s Damaged Nuclear Plant
• New York Times – Nuclear Plant in Japan Has Leak in Other Tank – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Power Engineering – TEPCO sent employees to 2005 public hearing on nuclear power.
• RT – Three of seven Fukushima tanks leaking radioactive water
• Xinhua News – Fukushima may delay world nuclear energy growth by ten years: IAEA expert
• Akio Matsumura – Dr. Gordon Edwards, a well respected nuclear expert, explains the background of Chairman Jaczko’s decision: Former Chairman of Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Reactors Should Be Phased Out
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Disheartening management decisions by utilities amid rate hikes
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO plans for storing radioactive water dealt heavy blow
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Disheartening management decisions by utilities amid rate hikes
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: More government involvement needed to address safety at stricken plant
• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ ‘Shadow units’ (17): SDF ‘suicide mission’ considered for dealing with nuclear accident – Hiroyoshi Itabashi
• ENENews – Video: Catastrophic disaster to happen in front of our eyes after Fukushima – How can gov’t stand by and do nothing? Must evacuate all children (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Tepco: “Losing faith” in leaking Fukushima tanks — But we don’t have anywhere else to put the radioactive water
• Fukushima Diary – [Spectrum] Pu-240 detected from soil in Takahagi city Ibaraki – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [The only countermeasure] Tepco pumping up leaked water to return to the crippled reservoirs – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Concealment?] 940,000 Bq/m3 of ß measured from outside of reservoir5, official data says “The reservoir is empty” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Major leakage can’t be fixed until early June – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 2Sv/h detected on the 1st floor of reactor1 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Express “Potential missile attack would make Fukushima contamination nothing” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Today – Gov’t, Naraha mayor in talks to allow radioactive waste storage facility
• Japan Times – Stop using reservoirs at Fukushima: Motegi
• Japan Times – New NRA safety standards may impact reactor restarts
• JapanToday – IAEA team to inspect Fukushima plant next week – Power Engineering
• JIJI Press – Radiation Detected in Soil around Fukushima N-Plant Pool
• Kyodo News – Underground tanks should not be used at Fukushima plant: Motegi
• Kyodo News – SNAPSHOT: Decommission work at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – LDP Fukushima chapter at odds with headquarters over nuclear policy
• Mainichi Daily News – Water leaks at Fukushima plant raise questions over plan to store radioactive water
• NHK World – Nuclear regulator approves new guidelines
• NHK World – Ohi plant will fall under new safety rules
• Yomiuri Shimbun – New N-safety rules mandate stronger countermeasures
• Yomiuri Shimbun – IAEA team to check Fukushima N-plant
• Yomiuri Shimbun – NRA to boost Fukushima plant staff over water leaks

Tuesday, April 09, 2013

• AFP Google – New radioactive water leak feared at Japan’s Fukushima
• AP Google – More radioactive water leaking at Japan nuke plant – Mari Yamaguchi
• Bloomberg – Japan to Have Surplus Power in Summer Without Additional Nuclear – Tsuyoshi Inajima & Yuji Okada
• Enformable – TEPCO admits contaminated water leaking from multiple temporary storage pits at Fukushima Daiichi
• New York Times – Another Tank Leaks Water at Japanese Nuclear Plant – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Noodls – IAEA Experts to Visit Fukushima Daiichi Site, Review Japan’s Decommissioning Plans
• Noodls – Media Advisory: IAEA Experts to Visit Fukushima Daiichi Site, Review Japan’s Decommissioning Plans
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan’s quake-crippled nuclear plant “losing faith” in leaking water pits – Osamu Tsukimori, Risa Maeda and Mari Saito
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear watchdog: third storage tank likely leaking at Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Activists protest government suit to have anti-nuke tents removed
• Asahi Shimbun – Criticism, doubts greet new Diet panel on nuclear issues
• ENENews – ‘Tremendous Worry’: Emergency operation halted at Fukushima plant — Contaminated water from leaking tank put into another leaking tank
• Fukushima Diary – Nuclear regulatory agency “The reason of the leakage is not verified yet” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco concealing all the radiation data about water reservoir leakage – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 260 tones of contaminated water leaked from reservoir No.1 ? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Out of control] Tepco admitted the possibility reservoir No.1 also leaking – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – TEPCO ordered to address radioactive water leaks at Fukushima plant
• House of Japan – Ex-head of Diet panel probe says nuclear disaster still not under control
• Japan Times – Fukushima springs new cistern leak
• Japan Times – Power-saving targets may be axed for first time since 3/11
• JIJI Press – (Update) Transferred Tainted Water Leaks at Fukushima N-Plant
• JIJI Press – Transferred Tainted Water Leaks at Fukushima N-Plant
• JIJI Press – Survey Begins for Tainted Soil Facility in Fukushima Town
• Jpubb – Unit 3 spent fuel pool water temperature at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Follow-up report 3)
• Mainichi Shimbun – Yoroku: Expert needed to judge if TEPCO’s clean-up efforts good enough
• NewsonJapan – TEPCO suspects water leak at another storage tank at Fukushima plant
• Taiwan News – Taiwan premier promises haste on nuclear waste

Monday, April 08, 2013

• AP Google – Japan experts say new nuclear safety plan too lax – Mari Yamaguchi
• Bellona – Fukushima irradiated water storage tank springs gaping leak – Charles Digges
• Bellona – Rat hunt leads to another power blackout to Fukushima cooling pond – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Tepco Says More Water May Escape Fukushima as Smaller Leak Found – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Fairewinds Energy Education – sam’s blog: Fairewinds Responds to Power Failure at Fukushima Daiichi
• Firedoglake – Fukushima Two Years Later: Many Questions, One Clear Answer – Gregg Levine
• IAEA – IAEA Mission Report: IAEA Mission to Onagawa Nuclear Power Station to Examine The Performance of Systems, Structures and Components Following The Great East Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami (pdf-2.09M)
• New York Times – Small Leak Is Reported at Fukushima Nuclear Plant – Martin Fackler
• POWERnews – Rats, Radioactive Water Leaks, Equipment Malfunctions Plague Fukushima Plant – Gail Reitenbach
• Reuters – Japan’s Tepco may run out of space for radioactive water – Mari Saito and Antoni Slodkowski
• Asahi Shimbun – INSIGHT: Problems at Fukushima plant stem from TEPCO’s rickety equipment
• Asahi Shimbun – Defect could affect all radioactive water storage tanks at Fukushima plant – Shunsuke Kimura
• ENENews – Asahi: ALL radioactive water storage tanks at Fukushima Daiichi leaking? “We are giving priority to the No. 2 tank, whose conditions are worse”
• ENENews – NYT: New leak at Fukushima Daiichi — Tepco accused of cover-up
• Fukushima Diary – [Video] Am-241 measured in the atmosphere in Hitachi city Ibaraki, 100 km from Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 67 Tera Bq/km2 of Te-129 measured from rainwater in Gunma on 3/16/2011 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Takizawa woodland path in Mt. Fuji having the serious ground fissure – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fallout in Fukushima city spiked up in the storm – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Beta nuclide detected from 4 more contaminated water reservoirs – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Silt fence within Fukushima nuclear plant port disconnected, highly contaminated fish discharged – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “It was 0.3 ~ 3L that leaked from reservoir No.3? – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Rosy Fukushima health report faulted by experts – Brian A. Victoria
• Japan Today – TEPCO may run out of space for radioactive water
• Kyodo News – Gov’t files suit seeking removal of antinuclear activists’ tents
• Kyodo News – TEPCO ordered to address radioactive water leaks at Fukushima plant
• JAIF – News Update
• JIJI Press – Japan Govt Sues Antinuclear Activists
• JIJI Press – Fukushima N-Accident Not Yet Resolved: Expert
• JIJI Press – Japan Govt Orders TEPCO to Prevent Water Leaks
• JIJI Press – Flat Feet Kids Up 2.5-Fold at Fukushima Nursery
• NewsOnJapan – Japan govt orders TEPCO to prevent water leaks
• NewsOnJapan – Fukushima N-accident not yet resolved: expert
• NHK World – Nuclear regulator instructs TEPCO over water leaks
• TEPCO – TEPCO News Update
• Taiwan Today – Jiang vows to remove Orchid Island nuclear waste – Grace Kuo