Sunday May 15th, 2011

• TEPCO – Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 3:00 pm, May 15)
• Asahi Shimbun – Government compiles timetable for dealing with Fukushima accident, evacuees
• Daily Yomiuri – Robot pics show damage in reactor building
• Daily Yomiuri – Can 15% power-saving goal be met?
• Daily Yomiuri – Chubu Electric looking to thermal power
• Daily Yomiuri – Residents leave 2 more Fukushima towns
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt preparing N-crisis road map
• Daily Yomiuri – Heart attack likely killed N-worker
• Japan Times – The new enervated Tepco
• Japan Times – Drawing lessons from Japan’s nuclear disaster – Sandeep Pandey
• Japan Times – Core of reactor 1 melted 16 hours after quake
• Japan Times – Quake ‘hurt reactors before tsunami’
• Japan Times – Two-thirds back Kan over Hamaoka closure
• Japan Times – Trouble hampered cold shutdown at Hamaoka
• Japan Times – Quake hurt reactors before tsunami: data
• Japan Times – Kawamata, Iitate start evacuations
• Mainichi Daily News – Original plan to cool Fukushima nuclear reactor to be scrapped
• Mainichi Daily News – Last active Hamaoka nuke reactor in ‘cold shutdown’
• Nikkei – Govt Officials Cautious On Loan Waivers For Tepco
• PanOrient News – High Radiation Data “Concealed“ by TEPCO
• abc7 – Japan to get huge container for radioactive water
• AFP Google – Japan widens evacuations outside plant zone
• Arirang News – Highly Radioactive Substances Detected in Tokyo
• Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel – Coverup and Denial in Japan – y Stephen Lendman
• Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel – Japan’s Leaking Water Radiation 100,000 Times Above Normal – Stephen Lendman
• Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel – Full Core Meltdown in Japan? – Stephen Lendman
• Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel – Updating Japan’s Nuclear Disaster – Stephen Lendman
• Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel – Bad to Worse in Japan–Now the water bombing by helicopter makes sense. – Stephen Lendman
• BBC News – Japan nuclear: Tepco halts Fukushima cooling plan
• Bloomberg – Japan Government Failing as Response to Disaster Diminishes DPJ – John Brinsley, Sachiko Sakamaki and Takashi Hirokawa
• Bloomberg – Bosworth, U.S. Envoy on North Korea Policy, to Visit South Korea This Week – Sungwoo Park
• The Independent – Radioactive ‘pond’ found at Fukushima
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan readies new tactics for Fukushima after setback – Rie Ishiguro and Kevin Krolicki
• Reuters – Japan officials deny asking for Tepco loan waiver – Rie Ishiguro
• Reuters – Japan govt body detailed tsunami risks before March 11:documents – Rie Ishiguro
• Reuters – Refile-Japan readies new tactics for Fukushima after setback – Rie Ishiguro and Kevin Krolicki
• ScienceBlogs – Japan Nuclear Disaster Update 23: Exposures exposed, the hole in Reactor #1, and the sea around us … – Greg Laden
• Scoop NZ – The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Perspective – Dr Helen Caldicott
• UPI – Japan nuke plant in trouble before tsunami
• Wall Street Journal – Tepco Finance Plan Rattles Markets, Banks – Kosaku Narioka and Toko Sekiguchi
• Xinhua News – Key facilitis in Fukushima plant could have collapsed before tsunami: report

Saturday May 14th, 2011

• TEPCO – Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 3:00 pm, May 14)
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Tokyo, Washington should make use of new proposal to advance Futenma issue
• Japan Times – Author’s fiction turns horribly real – Tomoko Otake
• Japan Times – Hamaoka nuclear plant successfully closed
• Japan Times – Worker at Fukushima nuclear plant dies
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to make more cuts to board member pay: Industry minister
• Mainichi Daily News – Contaminated nuke plant workers going back on job as safety regs go by wayside
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima nuke plant worker tells of heat exhaustion, slipping safety standards
• Mainichi Daily News – Bank chiefs unsettled by Edano’s remarks over TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Top-quality electrical power a source of Japan’s problems and its international edge
• AP Google – Worker dies at Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant
• AFP Google – Japan shuts down atomic plant in quake danger zone – Shigemi Sato
• Arab News – Lessons from Japan’s nuclear mishap – Sandeep Pandey
• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• New York Times – Nuclear Energy — Crisis in Japan
• PEJ News – (video) TEPCO Fukushima Hazzard Worsens
• Reuters – Interview-Gymnastics-Japan blasts radiation ‘progaganda’ – Alastair Himmer
• Reuters – Third worker dies at Japan’s troubled nuclear plant – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• YouTube – Kaku: ‘This is a ticking time bomb’
• Xinhua News – Japan’s Hamaoka nuke plant completely shut down over safety concerns

Friday May 13th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Government OKs TEPCO compensation framework
• Asahi Shimbun – Accurate data destroys optimistic TEPCO assessment, hampers cooling plan
• Asahi Shimbun – Consumers, not TEPCO shareholders, to cover huge compensation bill
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO drowning in dealing with tons of radioactive water
• Asahi Shimbun – More radioactive water leaks into sea near stricken plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation-contaminated area spans 800 square km, new map shows
• Asahi Shimbun – Kan slams nuclear energy, goes green
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO releases 1st video of fuel rod storage pool – Hidenori Tsuboya
• Asahi Shimbun – North Korea dismisses Seoul nuclear summit as ridiculous
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Kan needs to deliver on green energy plan
• Daily Yomiuri – N-redress plan 1st step on long path – aki Toyoda and Yutaka Ito
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt OK’s nuclear crisis redress plan / 9 utilities may aid TEPCO’s compensation
• Daily Yomiuri – Robot finds high radiation at No. 3 reactor bldg
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima kids ‘get 10 mSv of radiation a yr’
• Japan Times – Chubu Electric halts No. 4
• Japan Times – ‘Hula girls’ dance for evacuees
• Japan Times – Renewable’s time is now, expert says – Eriko Arita
• Japan Times – Tepco, state strike compensation deal – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Chubu Electric halts No. 4 Hamaoka No. 4 reactor to halt
• Japan Times – Holes in reactor 1 mean road map needs major overhaul – Minoru Matsutani
• Mainichi Daily News – Melted nuclear fuel casts doubt on credibility of TEPCO data
• Mainichi Daily News – Melted nuclear fuel casts doubt on credibility of TEPCO data
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima schoolchildren’s radiation exposure estimated at half of upper limit
• Mainichi Daily News – Evacuees get top accommodation at defunct hotel but worry about future
• Mainichi Daily News – Sewage plants in Fukushima perplexed over how to dispose of highly radioactive sludge
• Mainichi Daily News – Q&A: How gov’t plans to help TEPCO pay nuke compensations
• Nikkei – PM Kan: Nuclear Safety Standards Likely To Change In Future
• Mainichi Daily News – Tohoku Electric plunges into red on disaster
• Nikkei – Tepco Bailout Won’t Fly Without Bank Help: Edano
• Nikkei – Megabanks Fall On Possible Tepco Debt Waiver
• AP Google – Japan sets up compensation plan for nuclear plant
• AFP Google – US made billion-dollar move to support yen
• AFP Google – Japan decides on TEPCO compensation scheme
• AFP Google – Japan to help TEPCO pay nuclear victims – Harumi Ozawa
• BBC News – Japan’s government approves Tepco compensation scheme
• Bloomberg – Nuclear Fear Snags Loan Push by Fukushima Banks as Clients Flee Radiation – Shigeru Sato and Shingo Kawamoto
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Shikata Interview on Nuclear Crisis
• Bloomberg – Japan to Help Tepco Pay Nuclear Claims; Banks May Have to Write Off Debt – Takashi Hirokawa and Sachiko Sakamaki
• Bloomberg – Radiation ‘Bias’ in Japan Threatens Fukushima Manufacturers Recovery – Masatsugu Horie
• Environment News Service – Nuclear Fuel Meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Confirmed
• Global Research – Tepco “Compensation” for Fukushima Nuclear Crisis is a Political Fraud – Yoichi Shimatsu
• Global Security Newswire – Japan Reactor Leaks Will Force Cooling Delays: Experts
• Greenpeace blog – Core on the Floor at Fukushima’s Nuclear Meltdown? – Jim Riccio
• The Guardian – Plan to flood Fukushima reactor could cause new blast, experts warn – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Is Japan really winding back on nuclear? – Martin Dusinberre
• The Guardian – Fukushima radiation fails to deter dairy farmers – video – Jonathan Watts
• New York Times – Japanese Reactor Damage Is Worse Than Expected – Hiroko Tabuchi and Matthew L. Wald
• Reuters – Radiation found in seaweed near crippled Japan plant – Mari Saito
• Reuters – Wrapup 2-Japan approves Tepco nuclear claims plan, reactor leaks – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Japan approves Tepco nuclear claims plan, reactor leaks – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Factbox: Plan for Tepco nuclear compensation – Taiga Uranaka
• Wall Street Journal – Giant Polyester Sheets To Cover Nuclear Reactor Buildings – Mitsuru Obe
• Xinhua News – TEPCO to build shield to cover Fukushima nuke plant reactor
• Xinhua News – Japanese officials detect radioactive incinerator ashes in Tokyo, other prefectures
• Focus Taiwan – Nuclear plants will be closed permanently if big quake hits: MOEA

Thursday May 12th, 2011

• TEPCO – Press Release (May 12,2011)–Status of TEPCO’s Facilities and its services after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake
• TEPCO – Press Release (May 12,2011)– Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• Asahi Shimbun – Local concerns could delay nuclear operations throughout Japan
• Asahi Shimbun – BITTER RETURN: Residents find more misery upon return to village in no-entry zone – Atsushi Matsukawa
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt must take on its share of N-compensation
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear fuel rods may have mostly melted
• Daily Yomiuri – 66% of mayors unsure about return to normal
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt drops document for returnees
• Daily Yomiuri – Compensation framework ambiguous / Govt, TEPCO must overcome hurdles to ensure payments to victims, utility’s survival – Tamaki Aikyo and Tatsuya Watanabe
• Japan Times – Reactor 1 in worse shape than thought – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Kan orders slaughter of all livestock in 20-km hot zone – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Melting of reactor 1 fuel ‘no surprise’ – Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Fukushima village on way to becoming ghost town – David McNeill
• Japan Times – Probe into nuke crisis to take about a year
• Japan Times – Plant springs new radioactive leak
• Japan Times – Talks delayed on Tepco redress body
• Japan Times – Kan delays plan for redress entity
• Japan Times – Reactor 1 fuel rods melted, sank to bottom – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Compensation plan should address responsibility for Fukushima nuke plant fiasco
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation forces students to stay indoors while practicing for sports day
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO finds highly radioactive water leaked into Pacific Ocean
• Mainichi Daily News – Removing contaminated soil reduces radiation levels on school playgrounds
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear crisis investigation committee to tap foreign experts
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. Embassy issues statement denying Mongolian nuclear fuel disposal plans
• Mainichi Daily News – Work to halt Hamaoka reactors to start early Friday: Chubu Electric
• Mainichi Daily News – Compensation plan should address responsibility for Fukushima nuke plant fiasco
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan’s probe into nuclear crisis to take about 1 year
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan to set up govt-backed nuke compensation plan
• Metropolis Magazine – Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center–Working towards a nuclear-free world – Jessica Ocheltree
• Nikkei – Water Leak Hinders Effort To Bring No. 1 Reactor Under Control
• Nikkei – U.S. Ready To Support Fukushima Effort ‘For Years’: Roos
• Nikkei – US Official: Japan Nuclear Plant Data Reliability Is A Concern
• Nikkei – Govt Fails To Agree On Tepco Aid Plan
• Nikkei – Tepco: No. 1 Reactor Condition Can Be Defined As Partial Meltdown
• Nikkei – Japan Govt Fails To Agree On Tepco Aid Plan
• Nikkei – Tepco: No. 1 Reactor Condition Can Be Defined As Partial Meltdown
• AP Google – Greater than expected damage seen at Japan reactor
• AP Google – Experts: Early warnings mitigated Japan disaster
• AFP Google – New water leaks at Japan nuclear plant
• AsiaOne – Greenpeace says high radiation in Japan seaweed
• Bellona – Fuel melts nearly certain in Fukushima Daiichi’s No 1 reactor as more radioactive water leaks into the ocean – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Tepco: Fukushima Fuel Rods Are Fully Exposed – Michio Nakayama and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• CNN – Low reactor water level may have caused fuel rods to melt – Kyung Lah, Noriaki Kawai and Yoko Wakatsuki
• Cryptome – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Photos 15
• Daily Telegraph – Nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant – Julian Ryall
• Environment News Service – Japan Rethinks Nuclear Energy Future, Mourns Dead and Missing
• The Guardian – How nuclear disaster forced Japan to be frugal with energy – Jonathan Watts
• The Guardian – Editorial: Japan: Seeking higher ground
• RenewableEnergyWorld – Japan’s Geothermal Resouces Get a Closer Look – Robert Crowe
• Reuters – Update 1-Fukushima reactor water leak risks delaying crisis plan – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Japan delays unveiling of Tepco compensation plan: PM – Taiga Uranaka and Yoko Nishikawa
• UPI – Utility says nuclear rods likely melted
• Xinhua News – Nuclear fuel melted as rods fully exposed: TEPCO

Wednesday May 11th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Tsunami not the only safety concern for Hamaoka plant
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO accepts govt conditions
• Daily Yomiuri – Visits to homes in no-entry zone exhausting – Naotaka Kobayashi and Tomoko Numajiri
• Japan Times – Good time to mull future course – Yoshihiro Akabane
• Japan Times – Masks, sleeves in at Fukushima schools as radiation looms
• Japan Times – Cold shutdown of Hamaoka due this week
• Japan Times – Key economic gauge takes worst drop ever
• Japan Times – Tepco to accept aid with strings attached
• Japan Times – U.N. forum takes up nuke accidents
• Japan Times – Nuclear energy at a crossroads – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Government eyes opening trilateral summit in Fukushima
• Japan Today – TEPCO to sell over Y500 bil of assets to cover compensation
• Japan Times – Tepco to accept aid with strings attached – Utility To Place No Advance Limits On Compensation
• Japan Times – Cold shutdown of Hamaoka due this week
• Mainichi Daily News – Chubu Electric to start work around Thurs. on halting Hamaoka reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan to review plan to raise nuclear energy level to 50 percent
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear crisis to increase Japan’s short-term reliance on thermal power
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation in soil near troubled Japan nuclear plant exceeds Chernobyl evacuation level
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t, TEPCO in uphill battle to contain Fukushima reactors, set to review roadmap
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima residents make temporary home visits in no-entry zone but challenges remain
• Mainichi Daily News – Suspension of Hamaoka nuke plant sparks battle between common sense and outdated thinking
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO accepts conditions for state support over nuke compensation
• Mainichi Daily News – Workers adjust gauges to flood Fukushima No. 1 reactor with water
• Nikkei – Sharing Tepco Payout Burden Is Fair: Chubu Elec Boss
• AP Google – Japan to set up govt-backed nuke compensation plan
• AFP Google – Japan’s TEPCO accepts conditions for state aid
• BBC News – Japan crisis: Tepco agrees conditions for state aid
• Bellona – Reversing earlier remarks, Japan halts new nuclear reactor construction and is poised to emphasise alternative energy – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Japan to Monitor Tepco on Financial Aid to Ensure Compensation for Victims – Toru Fujioka and Taku Kato
• CNN – Japan nuclear crisis under review at 2-month mark – Matt Smith
• Daily Telegraph – Underwater robot captures Fukushima wreckage
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear power expansion plans abandoned – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Editorial: Japan: Seeking higher ground–Tepco may apologise profusely, but the nuclear industry has lost the stranglehold it once had over the energy debate
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear power expansion plans abandoned – Justin McCurry in Tokyo
• The Guardian – The dairy farmers who returned to Fukushima’s fallout path – Jonathan Watts in Namie
• NPR – Japan Backs Off Of Nuclear Power After Public Outcry – Brian Naylor
• PBS NewsHour – Slideshow: The Japan Crisis, 2 Months Later – Talea Miller and Vanessa Dennis
• Reuters – Update 6-Japan to inject $62 bln into Tepco compensation fund – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan nuclear operator seals radioactive water leak – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Japan nuclear operator seals radioactive water leak – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Japan to inject $62 billion into Tepco compensation fund – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Refile-Hitachi says still sees nuclear sector as growth area – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Japan trade minister wants TEPCO compensation decision this week – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Japan Atomic’s Tokai Daini plant in maintenance from May 21 – Chikako Mogi
• Reuters – Japan says nuclear policy must be reviewed from scratch – Chikako Mogi and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters India – Two months after Japan quake, neediest victims still await aid – Yoko Kubota
• UPI – Japan shelves nuclear power expansion
• UPI – Progress reported at Japan nuclear plant
• UPI – Japan shuts down another nuclear plant
• World Nuclear News – Tepco investigates new Fukushima leak
• World Nuclear News – Japan to reconsider energy policy
• World Nuclear News – First look in unit 3’s pond
• Asia: Reuters – Mongolia denies talks on taking US,Japan nuke waste – Fredrik Dahl

Tuesday May 10th, 2011

• UN: AFP Google – UN chief warns of big gaps in world nuclear safety
• Daily Yomiuri – Locals mixed on Hamaoka N-plant suspension
• Daily Yomiuri – Chubu Electric: We’ll do our best
• Daily Yomiuri – Evacuees enter no-entry zone / Given 2 hours, 1 plastic bag, residents grab supplies for uncertain future
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan, ROK, China to up N-disaster info sharing
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO seeks public funds to help pay damages bill
• Daily Yomiuri – N-suspension worries makers – Takanori Yamamoto and Hiroko Nakamura
• Daily Yomiuri – Kan’s Hamaoka request abrupt, poorly explained
• Japan Times – Opposition rejects Kan’s recovery efforts
• Japan Times – Analysis: Hamaoka impact will be far-flung – Kanako Takahara and Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Government was hours late with radiation map
• Japan Times – Toshiba, U.S. firm lift ties on thermal power
• Japan Times – ‘No plan to dump N-waste overseas’
• Japan Times – Mayor to approve Onagawa restart
• Japan Times – Tepco turns to government for cash – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Analysis: Hamaoka impact will be far-flung – Kanako Takahara and Jun Hongo
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear crisis evacuees briefly return to homes in no-go zone
• Mainichi Daily News – Keidanren head raps Kan for urging Hamaoka plant suspension
• Mainichi Daily News – Hamaoka nuclear plant’s shutdown may impact nationwide power supply
• AP Google – Japan to scrap plan to boost nuke energy to 50 pct
• AFP Google – Japan PM declines pay until nuclear crisis ends – Shigemi Sato
• AFP Google – TEPCO submits compensation aid request to govt – Miwa Suzuki
• AFP Google – Japanese nuclear evacuees to visit home – Hiroshi Hiyama
• AFP Google – Japan may take equity stake in TEPCO: report
• BBC News – Japan ‘to review energy policy’ over nuclear crisis
• Business Week – Central Japan nuclear plant to temporarily close – Tomoko A. Hosaka
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• New York Times – Japan Scraps Plan for New Nuclear Plants – Martin Fackler
• New York Times – Fukushima in America – Nassrine Azimi
• Reuters – Update 1-Tepco may report net loss of $12.46 bln for FY2010 – Nikkei – Krishna N Das
• Reuters – Update 3-Japan says nuclear policy must be reviewed from scratch – Chikako Mogi and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Update 4-Japan govt: Tepco faces unlimited liability for crisis – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Japan PM Kan: nuclear to keep role in energy policy – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters Africa – Update 4-Japan govt: Tepco faces unlimited liability for crisis – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters India – Japan nuclear evacuees face stark reality, unsure future – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – RPT-Japan govt to ask TEPCO to keep support requests to minimum – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• UPI – Japan to abandon new reactor plans
• UPI – Report faults Japanese gov’t for delay
• Xinhua News – Nuke power central to future energy policy: Japanese PM

Monday May 9th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Chubu Electric agrees to shut down Hamaoka reactors
• Asahi Shimbun – Cables show U.S. criticized anti-terror measures at Japan’s nuclear plants
• Daily Yomiuri – Cooling work inside reactor building possible
• Daily Yomiuri – Onagawa N-plant restart has local mayor’s support
• The Diplomat – Does Japan Need Nuclear Power? – Hiroki Ogawa
• Japan Today – Renewable energy could meet 77% of global supply by 2050: U.N. panel
• Japan Today – Gov’t to scale back 100,000-strong SDF disaster relief operations
• Japan Times – Nuke plant terrorism worried U.S.: cable
• Japan Times – Chubu Electric OKs Hamaoka shutdown
• Japan Times – More Fukushima veggies banned
• Japan Times – After the deluge, universities face foreign exodus – David McNeill
• Japan Times – Nuclear regulators leave Kan to fill in the blanks – J.T. Cassidy
• Japan Times – Tepco drowns media in data tsunami – Yuri Kageyama
• Japan Times – Osaka day laborer duped into reactor cleanup – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Tepco, nine other utilities skip April bond issue
• Japan Times – Radiation to restrict work on No. 1
• Japan Times – Osaka day laborer duped into reactor cleanup – Eric Johnston
• Mainichi Daily News – Chubu Electric agrees to shut Hamaoka nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Man made to work at Fukushima plant for 2 weeks without prior knowledge
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, U.S. negotiating construction of nuclear waste facility in Mongolia
• Mainichi Daily News – Workers measure large radiation drop after replacing surface soil with deeper dirt
• Nikkei – Chubu Electric Bites The Bullet With Nuclear Shutdown
• Nikkei – Workers Survey Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Building To Prepare For Repair Work
• AP Google – Japan nuclear plant closing while seawall is built
• AFP Google – Japan’s Hamaoka nuclear plant to halt operations – Shigemi Sato
• Arirang News – Strontium-90 Detected in Waters Near Fukushima Power Plant
• Daily Telegraph – Japan to close ‘most dangerous nuclear plant in the world’ – Julian Ryall
• Global Security Newswire – Japan Plant to Get More Powerful Coolant Pump
• The Guardian – Japanese nuclear plant to shut down temporarily – Justin McCurry in Osaka
• MIT Technology Review blog – Chain Reactions Reignited At Fukushima After Tsunami, Says New Study
• New York Times – Plant Accident Upends Japan’s Nuclear Ambitions – Andrew Pollack
• New York Times – Japan Reaffirms Nuclear Energy Use – Martin Fackler
• Reuters – Japan Yosano: Hamaoka closure could lead to summer power shortage – Stanley White
• Reuters – Update 1- Tepco to seek govt aid for paying compensation- Nikkei – Aniket Basu
• Reuters – Update 1- Tepco to seek govt aid for paying compensation- Nikkei – Aniket Basu
• Reuters – Table-Japan nuclear plant operations (Chubu agrees to shut Hamaoka) – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan nuclear plant shutdown adds new risk to economy, auto industry – Stanley White and Chang-Ran Kim
• Reuters – Analysis: Plant halt may boost unpopular PM, but how much? – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Japan to shut nuclear plant on quake fears – Chikako Mogi and Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Tiny radiation leakage from Japan Atomic’s plant – Chikako Mogi, Kiyoshi Takenaka, Mari Saito
• Reuters – Concern mounts near Japan nuclear plant targeted for closure – Kevin Krolicki
• Reuters – Chubu decides to halt operations at Hamaoka nuclear plant – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan, U.S. plan nuclear waste storage in Mongolia -paper – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• UPI – 2nd Japanese reactor to be shut down
• UPI – Plant workers measure radiation levels
• Xinhua News – Japan’s Hamaoka nuke plant closed over quake fears
• Xinhua News – Japan detects radiation up to 700 milliserverts at Fukushima nuke plant