Sunday, May 26, 2013

• ABC – Nuclear Farming – Mark Willacy
• FOX News – UN expert urges help for Japan’s nuclear victims
• GlobalPost – 30 people exposed to leaked radiation in nuclear lab accident: gov’t
• GlobalPost – UN expert says Japan government, nuclear plant operator evading responsibility for disaster
• GlobalPost – Abe to pledge nuclear plant restart in growth strategy
• New York Times – Japanese Lab Workers Exposed to Low Levels of Radiation – Martin Fackler
• Newsroom America – Report Says Japan Still Has Issues Before Deactivating Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Local officials inspect nuclear physics lab that exposed 30 to radiation
• Asahi Shimbun – U.N. expert urges help for Japan’s nuclear victims
• Japan Times – Nuclear exposure toll hits 30 in J-PARC lab accident
• Japan Times – Expand health survey beyond Fukushima: U.N.
• Japan Times – J-PARC leak signals poor sense of crisis
• Japan Times – Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility
• Japan Times – Mr. Abe: Bag the nukes and heed the Keeling Curve – Stephen Hesse
• Japan Times – J-PARC leak signals poor sense of crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Abe to pledge nuclear plant restart in growth strategy
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation leak reported day after incident at Ibaraki laboratory
• Mainichi Daily News – UN expert urges help for Japan’s nuclear victims
• NHK World – Initial reaction to radioactive leak in question
• NHK World – Singh keen to sign nuclear pact with Japan
• AFP Google – Hundreds rally against Taiwan nuclear referendum

Saturday, May 25, 2013

• Enformable – TEPCO to begin measuring groundwater inflow into Fukushima Daiichi reactors
• Reuters – At least four exposed to radiation after Japan laboratory leak: agency – Yoko Kubota
• UPI Asia – Radiation leak at Japanese nuclear lab
• Washington Post – Japanese research lab reports radiation leak, but no injuries or emissions outside facility
• Xinhua News – Radioactive substances leak at lab after incident in Japan
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear physics lab continued experiment even after radioactive leak
• Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima Prefecture’s population grows for first time since nuclear accident
• Asahi Shimbun – Strict radiation reference levels shunned to stem Fukushima exodus – Shinichi Sekine
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Japan should ask India to join NPT first – Patriot Ledger?
• Fukushima Diary – (Not radiation effect) [Express] “Radiation level jumped up beside the deformed dandelion” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cs-134/137 detected from all the samples of first-grade tea in Ibaraki – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “Multiple nuclide removing system of contaminated water is not functioning as designed” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “Tepco may ask IAEA or WHO for help to discharge contaminated water to the sea – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “Tepco needs to fill PCV with water to remove molten fuel but it’s leaking from somewhere unknown” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 5.3 µSv/h in Hitachi city Ibaraki – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Is it safe? Ruling party pushes nuclear village agenda – Jeff Kingston
• Japan Times – Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility
• Japan Times – NRA forges new trail in judging reactor risk – Miya Tanaka
• Kyodo News – Radiation leak reported day after incident at Ibaraki laboratory
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation leak reported day after incident at Ibaraki laboratory
• Taipei Times – Annette Lu moots another nuclear referendum bid – Chris Wang
• Taipei Times – Ma reiterates commitment to use of ‘green’ power – Mo Yan-chih

Friday, May 24, 2013

• Common Dreams – Radioactive Cesium Recorded at 10 Spots in Pacific Ocean After Fukushima – Andrea Germanos
• Asahi Shimbun – Democratic rights or illegal squatting? Court holds first hearing on anti-nuclear tents
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “40 tones of decontamination waste remain in house area in Fukushima” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “74,000 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 from the soil of a park in Da-te city Fukushima” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Special Rapporteur of Human Rights Council UN “Urine and blood test for internal exposure should be conducted” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco doesn’t know where ground water flows into, “try to dump water gauge in” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Mystery] Atmospheric dose of far north part of Fukushima nuclear plant area is significantly high – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – M8.3 hit Sakhalin 12 hours after M7.4 hit Fiji – Iori Mochizuki
• Kyodo News – Japan has 70% chance of M8-9 quake in Nankai Trough within 30 yrs
• Mainichi Daily News – U.N. urges Japan to boost checks for internal radiation exposure from Fukushima disaster
• NHK World – Nuclear Watch: Studying Waters off Fukushima
• NHK World – Water decontamination device to be used in fall

Thursday, May 23, 2013

• Bellona – Mayor of Fukushima-devastated town: Say no to nuclear energy – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Deutsche Welle – Row rages over safety of Japanese nuclear plant
• IAEA – IAEA Delivers Final Report to Japan After Initial Review of Plans to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi
• New York Times – Japan Cites Active Fault at a Reactor
• Peak Oil – Study: Fukushima Radiation Has Already Killed 14,000 Americans
• Asahi Shimbun – Stricken Fukushima nuke plant struggles to keep staff
• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (15): The veterinarian thought, ‘They are stray cats, aren’t they?’ – Misuzu Tsukue
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “The radiation monitoring post is turned off at Fukushima station” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “My friend in early 40s hospitalized for cerebral infarction, this kind of story’s frequently heard” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [New Normal] NHK “Thyroid problem is a people’s disease in Japan. Papillary thyroid cancer is a gentle cancer” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 56,000 Bq/m3 of Strontium-90 measured from sub-drain of reactor2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Strontium-90 detected at 2 locations in 3km offshore Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Plutonium-239/240 detected from 2 discharge channels and 3km offshore of Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – NRA backs Tsuruga active fault finding
• Japan Times – Cesium levels in water, plankton baffle scientists – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Monju research role to be drawn up
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear watchdog to officially prohibit restart of Monju
• NHK World – Robot for nuclear decommissioning
• Yomiuri Shimbun – NRA: Tsuruga reactor built on active fault

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

• AFP Google – Farmers plant rice near crippled Fukushima site
• Bloomberg – Japan Atomic Blasts Regulator on Ruling That Keeps Reactor Shut – Tsuyoshi Inajima & Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg Businessweek – Japan watchdog: Nuclear plant sits on active fault – Mari Yamaguchi
• Enformable – Fukushima compensation scheme accused of denying hundreds of claims
• GlobalPost – Nuclear regulators acknowledge fault below Tsuruga reactor is active
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Acquaintance died of subarachnoid hemorrhage, a nurse suddenly died in Fukushima” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Recently I often see people falling down on the street in Tokyo” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cs-134/137 detected from zooplankton and seawater at over 10 locations of the Pacific, “Even from 2100km” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cs-134:137 ratio of reactor3 sub-drain is 91.3% on 5/20/2013 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Underground penetration] All ß detected from 2 more observation holes of reservoir No.2, “Max as 380,000 Bq/m3? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Major leakage] Tritium detected from 13 of 14 observation holes, “To be discharged to the sea” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Cesium levels in water, plankton baffle scientists – Mizuho Aoki
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear regulators acknowledge fault below Tsuruga reactor is active
• NHK World – NRA: Tsuruga nuclear plant built on active fault
• Yomiuri Shimbun – Japan, India to resume nuclear pact negotiations

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

• Canada: Edmonton Journal – Hundreds outside Fukushima affected by Japanese nuclear disaster seek compensation – Mari Yamaguchi
• Bloomberg – Tepco Surges a Fourth Day on Reactor Restart Speculation – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for May 17th to May 20th, 2013 – Christine McCann
• PRI’s The World – In Japan, Citizen Radiation-Tracking Project Goes Big Time – Catherine Winter
• Reuters – Japan’s nuclear tsunami wall
• New Straits Times – Hundreds seek damages in Japan nuclear crisis
• Asahi Shimbun – Japan’s feed-in-tariff system for clean energy mired in regulations
• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (14): What about the happiness of dogs and cats? – Misuzu Tsukue
• Asahi Shimbun – Industry ministry behind private panel’s push for reactor restarts – Shin Matsuura
• Asahi Shimbun – Residents just outside Fukushima seek damages in nuclear crisis
• Asahi Shimbun – Fishermen net fish in Fukushima waters to measure radiation levels – Hiroshi Kawai
• ENENews – Kyodo: Highest levels of Fukushima contamination in plankton already EAST of Hawaii? (MAPS)
• ENENews – AP: Radiation levels OUTSIDE Fukushima “exceeded the annual limit for nuclear workers” — Residents now demanding help
• ENENews – AP: Radiation levels OUTSIDE Fukushima “exceeded the annual limit for nuclear workers” — Residents now demanding help
• ENENews – Tepco: M6 quake caused leak at Fukushima Daiichi — Water coming from pipe of Units 5, 6
• ENENews – Japan Times: Discharges of Fukushima nuclear material into Pacific “have effectively contaminated the sea” — Melted reactor cores will burn again if water not perpetually poured in — “Tepco proposing some of it be dumped into ocean”
• Fukushima Diary – Meteorological Research Institute, “Cs-134/137 going deeper under ocean due to the subduction of winter” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Sr-90 detected 6 times much as safety limit from seawater of water intake – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Major leakage] All ß nuclide detected in 1.5 m from reservoir No.2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Sr-90 in Fukushima nuclear plant significantly increasing, Max as 127 times much within 8 months in 2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Plutonium in Fukushima nuclear plant significantly increasing ,Max as 632% within 8 months of 2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radioactive debris of Fukushima nuclear plant to start overflowing the storage by 2015, Tepco has no detailed plan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radioactivity density in seawater of reactor3 reached the highest reading since 2/1/2013, 5 times much as reactor2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco had subcontract workers manually wipe out the leaking oil by rag beside reactor3 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The highly exposed man in Ibaraki died – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Bill approved to file suits against TEPCO after 3-yr limit runs out
• Japan Times – Researchers find high cesium in some Pacific plankton
• Japan Times – IAEA team to help Fukushima decontamination
• Japan Times – Japan looks to resume nuclear energy talks with India
• JIJI Press – Japan to Exclude Disaster-Prone Areas from N-Waste Sites
• Mainichi Daily News – New floodgate designed to close automatically when hit by tsunami waves
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA to support radioactive decontamination in Fukushima from July
• Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: Rituals and myths have no chance against active faults
• Yomiuri Shimbun – Keidanren chief to visit stricken N-plant
• Taipei Times – Officials seeking to enrich selves: DPP lawmakers – Chris Wang and Shih Hsiu-chuan
• Taipei Times – Demonstrations continue at legislature – Lee I-chia

Monday, May 20, 2013

• AFP Google – Goldman Sachs to invest in Japan green energy
• Bloomberg – Tepco Nuclear Restart Depends on Safety Call as Shares Surge – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – JA Solar Surges as Shipments Exceed Forecast on Japan Demand – Christopher Martin
• Fish Info – Cesium findings in eel coverup reported – Natalia Real
• Peak Oil – Crushed By Soaring Energy Costs, Japan Prepares To Reactivate Its Nuclear Power Plants
• World Nuclear News – JAEA head resigns following Monju lapses
• Asahi Shimbun – Fishermen net fish in Fukushima waters to measure radiation levels – Hiroshi Kawai
• Asahi Shimbun – Japan, India set to resume talks on nuclear energy agreement
• JAIF – News Update
• Japan Times – Japan looks to resume nuclear energy talks with India
• Japan Times – Fukushima No. 1 can’t keep its head above tainted water – Reiji Yoshida
• Japan Times – IAEA inspector backs pumping Fukushima groundwater into sea
• Japan Times – Rice planted in former no-go zone
• TEPCO – TEPCO News Update
• Yomiuri Shimbun – TEPCO seeks reactor restart / Resuming Niigata plant seen key to stable power supply
• Yomiuri Shimbun – TEPCO rushing application for reactor restarts
• Enformable – 30,000 protestors demonstrate against nuclear power in Taiwan – Lucas W Hixson
• Taipei Times – Thousands rally against nuclear power – Lee I-chia