Sunday, May 19, 2013
- Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (13): Farmer offers flowers, apology to slain cattle – Misuzu Tsukue
- Asahi Shimbun – Industry ministry behind private panel’s push for reactor restarts – Shin Matsuura
- Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Kansai Electric Power should end resistance to tougher nuclear safety standards
- ENENews – Rice planted 10 miles from Fukushima Daiichi — Residents can’t stay in town overnight — “Intended for sale”
- Japan Times – Rice planted in former no-go zone
- Mainichi Daily News – IAEA inspector backs pumping Fukushima groundwater into sea
- AFP Google – Thousands in Taiwan rally against nuclear power
- NHK World – Taiwan rally calls for scrapping nuclear plant
- Xinhua News – Thousands in Taiwan protest nuclear power project
Saturday, May 18, 2013
- Reuters – Update 1-Northeast Japan jolted by M5.9 quake, no tsunami warning
- Salon – The nuclear waste in that tuna roll – Brad Jacobson
- Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Kansai Electric Power should end resistance to tougher nuclear safety standards
- ENENews – Japan Times: Radiation level in Fukushima town 400 times higher than in Tokyo
- ENENews – Strong M6 quake hits near Fukushima nuclear plant — Intensity 5+ on JMA scale — Officials: “No reports of damage so far”
- Fukushima Diary – Remote-control heavy equipment leaked flammable oil on debris removal of reactor3, Tepco “Far enough from SFP” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – M5.9 caused further overflow of contaminated water, Tepco “The tank was full since yesterday” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – M5.9 hit Fukushima offshore at 14:48 5/18/2013 (JST) – Iori Mochizuki
- Japan Times – Fukushima photos focus on what can’t be seen – Ken Kawashima
- Japan Times – JAEA head quits over Monju ills
- Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: Speaking out about a painful memory
- Mainichi Daily News – M6.0 quake jolts northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
- Yomiuri Shimbun – Head of JAEA quits over Monju inspection flaws
- Yomiuri Shimbun – NRA deems Higashidori faults active
- Radio Taiwan International – No nuclear waste on aboriginal land: NGOs
- Focus Taiwan – Taiwan urges North Korea to maintain regional peace
- Taipei Times – Anti-nuclear activists signal their intent – Lee I-chia
- Taiwan News – Taiwan prepares for May 19 anti-nuclear protest
Friday, May 17, 2013
- Bloomberg – Mitsui, Mitsubishi and NYK to Invest in $10 Billion LNG Project – Masumi Suga
- YouTube – 2013.05.16 01:00-02:00 / (Live Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cam)
- Asahi Shimbun – Local governments ignore cesium detection in Tokyo river eels – Yusuke Fukui
- Asahi Shimbun – JAEA president resigns over insufficient safety at Monju reactor
- Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO: Less water than initially thought leaked from nuke plant tanks
- Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (12): Farmer finds it impossible to oppose killing of cattle – Misuzu Tsukue
- Asahi Shimbun – High school students to be tour guides in quake-recovering Iwaki – Takuro Negishi
- Asahi Shimbun – INSIGHT: NRA finding puts Japan Atomic Power on cusp of crisis
- Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Tsuruga should be model for breaking free of nuclear energy
- ENENews – Study: Concentrated Fukushima radioactive plume staying on narrow path toward U.S. – Moving with surface water along 40 N – Same latitude as Northern California (MAP)
- ENENews – ZDF Bureau Chief: Very high radioactive dose of 65 microsieverts per hour in Fukushima City – “Informed officials 3 month ago, nothing happened until today!” – Many children pass by everyday (PHOTO)
- Fukushima Diary – Marine soil contamination outside of 20km area hasn’t decreased since last September – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Honorary director of Hokkaido cancer center “Primary radiology will no longer be developed in JP” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – 27.5 m3 of contaminated water overflowed from tank of reactor5&6, “Forgot to switch the tanks” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Reactor1 temperature rised after nitrogen gas injection – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Radiation level jumped over 7 times much around multiple nuclide removing system 6 weeks after test operation – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Mysterious reactor2] Tepco couldn’t purge hydrogen gas from suppression chamber – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Endlessly increasing contaminated water] Tepco “Please give us a good idea” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – 336 Bq/Kg from vacuum cleaner dust in Sendai Miyagi – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Cesium-134/137 from 89.29% of Fukushima burley and native leaf tabacco in 2012 – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Photo] Tied-sales of Kumamoto vegetables and Fukushima vegetables – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Fukushima board of education ordered schools not to make students decontaminate the facilities – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Japan Meteorological Agency skipped reporting M4.1 off the coast of Sanriku at 17:03 of 5/16/2013 – Iori Mochizuki
- Japan Times – JAEA head quits over Monju ills
- Japan Times – Editorial: Shut Monju down permanently
- Japan Times – Nuke foes start hunger strike at METI
- Japan Times – Monju reactor unlikely to resume operations by next March: JAEA
- Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Lay the groundwork for decommissioning Tsuruga No. 2 reactor
- Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: No choice but to decommission prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju
- Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: Nuclear industry in a state of ‘learned helplessness’
- Mainichi Daily News – Head of operator of trouble-plagued fast-breeder reactor resigns
- NHK World – Head of operator of Monju reactor to resign
- Yomiuri Shimbun – Head of JAEA quits over Monju inspection flaws
- Yomiuri Shimbun – NRA deems Higashidori faults active
- Yomiuri Shimbun – NRA, plant operators face unclear future / Faults’ status, safety issues put N-policy in question
- Yomiuri Shimbun – NRA: Fault under Tsuruga No. 2 reactor found active
Thursday, May 16, 2013
- Bloomberg – Tepco Lowers Estimate of Fukushima Water Leak to Bucket Size – Tsuyoshi Inajima & Yuji Okada
- Asahi Shimbun – INSIGHT: NRA finding puts Japan Atomic Power on cusp of crisis
- Japan Daily Press – NRA panel says fault under Tsuruga reactor is active – Ida Torres
- Japan Times – Monju reactor unlikely to resume operations by next March: JAEA
- Japan Times – Nuke foes start hunger strike at METI
- Japan Times – Japan Atomic Power calls NRA determination of active fault unfair – Kazuaki Nagata
- Japan Times – Fault under reactor at Tsuruga active: NRA – Kazuaki Nagata
- Mainichi Daily News – Troubled Tsuruga reactor could force utilities to shoulder enormous financial burdens
- Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: No choice but to decommission prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju
- Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: Nuclear industry in a state of ‘learned helplessness’
- Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: A-bomb survivor laments lack of understanding toward microcephaly
- Yomiuri Shimbun – NRA to suspend Monju work
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- Enformable – Tsuruga nuclear power plant sitting on active fault says Japanese regulator – Lucas W Hixson
- NCBI – Distribution of radioactive cesium in edible parts of cattle. – Okada K, Sato I, Deguchi Y, Morita S, Yasue T, Yayota M, Takeda Ki, Sato S., Faculty Of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka.
- New York Times – Japanese Reactor Is Said to Stand on Fault Line – Hiroko Tabuchi
- Reuters – Japan takes first step to a permanent reactor shutdown after Fukushima – Risa Maeda and Aaron Sheldrick
- Washington Post – Japan’s nuke watchdog to stop troubled plutonium-burning test reactor over safety violations
- World Nuclear News – New cover for fuel removal at Fukushima Daiichi 1
- Asahi Shimbun – NRA: Active fault lies below Tsuruga nuke reactor–decommissioning likely
- Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (11): Farmers told not to kill cattle – Misuzu Tsukue
- ENENews – Top Talk Show: You ever seen those Geiger counter videos from Japan? Fascinating stuff – “Really dangerous levels and all these people are living there” (VIDEO)
- ENENews – Watch: Mystery black substance detected in Japan with extreme radioactivity levels — Over 170,000 CPM (VIDEO)
- ENENews – Scientist: Nuclear material “continuing to come from the reactor area” at Fukushima Daiichi — First researchers to test within 5 km of plant (VIDEO)
- Fukushima Diary – [Express] “No butterflies, no bees this year in Nikko city Tochigi” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Radiation level in leakage detector hole water of reservoir No.3 jumped up 5 times much – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Reactor1 reaching 49?, increased by 3? within 24 hours – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Reactor2] Air pressure of Suppression Chamber was lower than Dry Well, “can’t purge hydrogen gas” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Former Fukushima Worker, “Skilled workers would go to foreign plants to cause the shortage of Fukushima workers” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Former Fukushima worker, “Fukushima decommissioning cost may be beyond 100 trillion yen” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Special Advisor to JP Cabinet, Iijima visited N. Korea, “The purpose is concealed” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Over 1µSv/h at 5 locations beside the major river in Kashiwa Chiba, “All blockaded” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – 3 thermometers indicating the rapid increase of temperature in reactor1 – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Radioactivity density in reactor1 sub-drain has been stably high since late Feb 2013 – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Notice, please view cherry blossoms from inside of the car because the radiation level is too high” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Elementary school to dump decontamination waste in playground” – Iori Mochizuki
- Japan Daily Press – Japanese municipalities near Hamaoka nuclear plant oppose reactivation – John Hofilena
- Japan Times – Fault under reactor at Tsuruga active: NRA – Kazuaki Nagata
- Japan Times – LDP lawmakers form group to push for restart of nuclear reactors
- Japan Times – Tsuruga mayor to NRA: Don’t rush to judgment on fault under reactor
- Mainichi Daily News – Panel concludes Tsuruga nuclear reactor sits above active fault
- NHK World – Monju ordered not to prepare for reactor restart
- NHK World – Experts say reactor sits on active fault
- Taipei Times – Anti-nuclear rally to be held on Sunday: group – Lee I-Chia
- Taiwan Today – Ma reiterates Taiwan’s nuclear energy policy – Meg Chang
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
- World Nuclear News – New cover for fuel removal at Fukushima Daiichi 1
- World Nuclear News – Futaba access restrictions relaxed
- Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima fishermen’s distrust leads to rejection of TEPCO groundwater plan
- Asahi Shimbun – Fisheries officials uneasy at TEPCO plan to release groundwater
- Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Monju fast-breeder reactor program should be terminated
- Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Monju fast-breeder reactor program should be terminated
- ENENews – ‘Absurd’: Intentionally dumping Fukushima nuclear material into ocean from land “is not considered dumping” – Allowed under international law?
- ENENews – Scientist: Nuclear material “continuing to come from the reactor area” at Fukushima Daiichi – First researchers to test within 5 km of plant (VIDEO)
- Fukushima Diary – Decontamination contractor got the car hit and kidnapped by possible Yakuza members, “Money problems” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Tepco to start nitrogen gas injection into reactor2 for the first time, “Not knowing the hydrogen gas concentration” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Fukushima fisheries associations turned down Tepco’s discharging ground water – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – 140,000 CPM from black substance – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Female guides of a resort club in Iwaki city performed rice planting, 55km from Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Children play soccer in the park of Koriyama, 0.83µSv/h after decontamination” – Iori Mochizuki
- House of Japan – Gov to explain TEPCO groundwater release plan
- Japan Times – Tsuruga mayor to NRA: Don’t rush to judgment on fault under reactor
- Japan Times – Monju: Generating only misfortune – Jun Hongo
- Japan Times – Woman seeks to be top nuke physicist
- Japan Times – LDP lawmakers form group to push for restart of nuclear reactors
- Japan Times – NRA wants Monju to remain shut down
- Japan Times – Tepco seeks fishermen’s OK for groundwater dump
- Japan Times – Editorial: Export of nuclear technology
- Mainichi Daily News – Mayors of municipalities near idled Hamaoka nuke plant oppose reactivation
- Yomiuri Shimbun – Abe to push N-plant sales in E. Europe
- Yomiuri Shimbun – Fisheries mull TEPCO water release
- Yomiuri Shimbun – A-bomb dome gets quake-resistance check
- Yomiuri Shimbun – Halt restarts, Monju N-reactor to be told
- AFP Google – Fukushima disaster could not happen in Taiwan: officials
- China Post – New Taipei should be granted a say on Nuke 4: former VP Lu – Katherine We
- Taipei Times – Ma continues referendum push – Mo Yan-Chih
- East Asia: Arirang News – Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, U.S. to meet in Seoul
Monday, May 13, 2013
- Wall Street Journal blog – How Fukushima Contamination May Have Spread via Waterways – Yuko Takeo
- Asahi Shimbun – Fisheries officials uneasy at TEPCO plan to release groundwater
- Asahi Shimbun – Fisheries officials uneasy at TEPCO plan to release groundwater
- Asahi Shimbun – Monju reactor faces long-term suspension over lax safety system – Hideki Muroya
- Asahi Shimbun – Fisheries officials uneasy at TEPCO plan to release groundwater
- Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (10): Cooperation between government, volunteers ended quietly – Misuzu Tsukue
- Asahi Shimbun – Monju reactor faces long-term suspension over lax safety system – Hideki Muroya
- Japan Daily Press – TEPCO seeks fishermen’s approval for dumping groundwater off Fukushima plant – John Hofilena
- Japan Times – NRA wants Monju to remain shut down
- JAIF – News Update
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO seeks approval over dumping groundwater from Fukushima plant
- NHK World – Nuclear authority may order halt of ‘Monju’
- TEPCO – TEPCO News Update
- China Post – Government lacks ability to handle nuclear waste: DPP – Katherine Wei