Sunday April 17th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Tokyo woefully unprepared for the ‘big one’
• Daily Yomiuri – Seawater radiation checks off N-plant to be widened
• Daily Yomiuri – New N-compensation body in pipeline
• Daily Yomiuri – G-20 unified on coping with Japan risks
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO says stabilization months away
• Daily Yomiuri – Toshiba N-power plan target at risk – Etsuo Kono and Takeshi Kurihara
• Japan Times – Crisis cost and opportunity – Takamitsu Sawa
• Japan Times – Reactor shutdowns nine months away
• Japan Times – Ban lifted on more Fukushima milk shipments
• Japan Today – TEPCO announces it will take 6-9 months to end nuclear crisis
• Japan Times – Reactor shutdowns nine months away–Tepco still struggling to restore cooling systems
• Japan Times – Clinton meets with Matsumoto – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Robots to check reactor buildings
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO aims to achieve ‘cold shutdown’ for reactors in 6-9 months
• Mainichi Daily News – Clinton visits Tokyo in show of support for Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to use robots to examine reactor building conditions
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear crisis could push Japan growth below IMF forecast: official
• Mainichi Daily News – Accumulated radiation tops 17,000 microsieverts in Fukushima’s Namie
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima seawater radioactivity rises inside containment fence
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan nuclear commission fails to send experts to Fukushima
• TEPCO – Roadmap towards Restoration from the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• AP Google – Officials: No nuclear risk to North Pacific fish
• AP Google – Operator airs plan to control Japan nuclear crisis
• AFP Google – TEPCO says radiation controlled within 6-9 months
• AFP Google – Clinton vows full support for disaster-hit Japan – Shaun Tandon
• AFP Google – Japan nuclear firm sees ‘cold shutdown’ in 6-9 mths – Harumi Ozawa
• AFP Google – TEPCO to sell phone firm stake for nuclear payout
• BBC News – Japan nuclear operator crisis plan announced
• BBC News – Japan nuclear crisis ‘over in nine months’
• BBC News – Video: Japan unveils nuclear crisis plan
• Bloomberg – Tepco Expects to Resolve Fukushima Crisis in 6 to 9 Months – Yuji Okada
• Global Research – The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: What Happened on “Day One”? – Yoichi Shimatsu
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear firm aims to end crisis within nine months – Justin McCurry
• New York Times – Nine-Month Plan Is Set for Crippled Japan Nuclear Plant – Ken Belson and Steven Lee Myers
• Reuters – Q+A: Japan’s nuclear owner aims for shutdown of reactors – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Wrapup 4-Clinton pledges Japan support as nuclear owner pledges shutdown – Chisa Fujioka and Matt Spetalnick
• Reuters – Update 3-Japan nuclear operator aims for cold shutdown in 6-9 months – Taiga Uranaka
• UPI – Japan nuke shutdown could take 9 months
• Wall Street Journal – Robot Draws Hazardous Duty in Reactor Building – Nathan Hodge

Saturday April 16th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Government considering plan to dismantle TEPCO – Yasuaki Oshika
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear disaster levels tourist industry
• Daily Yomiuri – New power federation chief vows to ensure nuclear safety
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt must provide info on expanded evacuation
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO ignored tsunami warnings for years
• Daily Yomiuri – U.S. military sent 3 N-teams to offer help
• Daily Yomiuri – N-workers to receive long-term health checks
• Japan Focus – Hubris Punished: Japan as Nuclear State – Gavan McCormack
• Japan Times – Accumulated radiation latest worry for towns
• Japan Times – Tepco compensation irks evacuees
• Japan Times – Spike in iodine levels may signal new leak
• Mainichi Daily News – Anxiety, grim determination rule Fukushima nuke crisis base camp
• Mainichi Daily News – Fears of more radioactive water spilling into ocean as waste tank full at nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuke crisis compensation payments to begin in April: TEPCO chief
• Mainichi Daily News – Researchers develop technique to remove radioactive cesium from contaminated water
• Mainichi Daily News – G-20 expresses solidarity with Japan after deadly quake
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to tackle damages issue with gov’t help: industry chief
• Mainichi Daily News – Panel eyes outlining radiation redress guidelines in July
• All Things Nuclear – Cleanup Lessons from TMI for Fukushima? – Dave Lochbaum
• AFP Google – Smoke at another Japan nuclear plant
• AP Google – Radioactivity rises in sea off Japan nuclear plant
• AP Google – Japan vows prompt sharing of info on nuke crisis
• AFP Google – Japan’s TEPCO tips radiation-sucking mineral in sea
• AFP Google – Strong quake shakes buildings in Tokyo
• BBC News – Nuclear concerns after Japan earthquake – Deborah McGurran
• Bloomberg – Japan May Need to Restructure Nuclear Controls After Quake, Lawmaker Says – Kana Nishizawa and Takashi Hirokawa
• CNN – Nuclear crisis could last 2 to 3 more months, expert says – Matt Smith and Yoko Wakatsuki
• Environment News Service – Tokyo Electric Will Pay Damages to Nuclear Crisis Evacuees
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• New York Times – Nuclear Cleanup Plans Hinge on Unknowns – Hiroko Tabuchi
• UPI – Evacuation zone around nuke plant grows
• Washington Post – Japan’s officials try to take a bite out of radiation fears about Fukushima vegetables – Chico Harlan
• Washington Post – Japan’s road to recovery and rebirth – Naoto Kan
• Asia: Xinhua News – No obvious change monitored in radiation levels in China

Friday April 15th, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Asahi Shimbun – Government considering plan to dismantle TEPCO – Yasuaki Oshika
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear disaster levels tourist industry
• Daily Yomiuri – World critical of Japan’s failure to disclose info
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO to sell 100 bil. yen in assets
• Daily Yomiuri – N-fuel in ‘cooling state’
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt must offer world accurate nuclear info
• Denki Shimbun – TEPCO President holds press conference on Fukushima I accident
• Japan Times – Scholars eye extensive study on nuclear crisis
• Japan Times – One month on, debris fields barely dented
• Japan Times – Fuel rod fragments at bottom of vessels – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Special nuclear confab to address Fukushima
• Japan Times – Fuel rod fragments at bottom of vessels – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Tepco told to pay provisional compensation – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Today – 531,000 foreigners left Japan since quake; 244,000 in first week
• Mainichi Daily News – Local governments reluctant to scrap nuclear power generation despite Fukushima crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Melted nuclear fuel likely settled at bottom of crippled reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. lets embassy staff families to return to Japan after evacuation
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to pay 1 mil. yen per household in provisional damages
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan gov’t not ruling out possibility of reconstruction tax
• Mainichi Daily News – Toshiba to revise nuclear power business plan to FY 2015
• Mainichi Daily News – No difficulty for Japan to finance quake-relief efforts: BOJ chief
• Mainichi Daily News – Farmers urge TEPCO to compensate them for nuke-induced damage
• Mainichi Daily News – Groundwater radiation level at nuke plant rises: TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Experts: Store blood cells from Japan nuke workers
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t vows better info sharing with locals over Fukushima crisis
• Nikkei – Tepco Continues Desperate Struggle To Block Contamination – Daily Yomiuri
• Nikkei – Japan Discloses Data On Radioactive Water Release
• Nikkei – Tokyo Electric Will Have To Sell Assets To Pay Compensation
• Nikkei – Tepco: Hope To Pay Preliminary Compensation To Evacuees Before April 29
• AP Google – Japan nuke plant operator to compensate evacuees
• AFP Google – Japan orders nuclear firm to compensate families – Hiroshi Hiyama
• Bloomberg – Japan Radiation Risks Ease as Nuclear Plant Cools, U.S. State Dept. Says – Michio Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Pavel Alpeyev
• Bloomberg – Tepco Plans Initial $600 Million Payment to Evacuees of Nuclear Disaster – Michio Nakayama and Pavel Alpeyev
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Radiation Leaks Will Continue Through June, Tokyo Electric Says – Jason Clenfield
• Business Week – Spent fuel rods add to trouble at Japan nuke plant – Mari Yamaguchi and Shino Yuasa
• The Guardian – The half-life of disaster – Brian Massumi
• Nature blog – Fukushima stable, but radioactive water problem continues – Geoff Brumfiel
• Reuters – Japan says 28 plant workers got high radiation doses – Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – Japan eyes state-backed insurer to save TEPCO: report – Tim Kelly and David Dolan
• Reuters – Update 6-Japan eyes state-backed insurer to save TEPCO -Nikkei – Tim Kelly and David Dolan
• Reuters – Japan power indus head: now is not time to consider support for TEPCO – Risa Maeda
• RIA Novosti – Japan should have sought immediate help from Russia with Fukushima – ecologist
• RIA Novosti – Russian experts to study Sea of Japan nuclear contamination
• Sydney Morning Herald – Nation’s nuclear Cassandra finally finds an audience – Michael Alison Chandler
• UPI – IEA weighs lessons from Fukushima
• UPI – Japanese utility to make damage payments
• UPI – Melted nuclear fuel becomes granular
• World Nuclear News – Aftershocks prompt precautions at Fukushima
• Focus Taiwan News – Activists protest nuclear power at ministry’s doorstep
• Asia: Xinhua News – Radiation concerns shrink seafood appetites in east China

Thursday April 14th, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Asahi Shimbun – Analysis: Defensive TEPCO fears ballooning compensation to evacuees
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO considers plan to remove spent fuel rods from crippled Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Event level hike underscores seriousness of Fukushima problems
• Asahi Shimbun – Aftershocks delay work to restore cooling mechanism at Fukushima plant
• CNIC – Nuke Info Tokyo (pdf-590K)
• Daily Yomiuri – 70% of Tohoku hospitals affected / 1 month on, survey finds nearly 20 percent still not back to normal
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO ‘solution’ caused problems of its own
• Daily Yomiuri – 1st search for victims within 10 km of N-plant
• Daily Yomiuri – More police assigned to quake zone
• Daily Yomiuri – Heavy price for nuclear crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Devising restoration programs No. 1 priority for government
• Japan Times – Nuke plant escalation fails to dent rebound expectations – Aki Ito and Mayumi Otsuma
• Japan Times – Hitachi, Boehringer face evac closures
• Japan Times – Fish near Fukushima have cesium
• Japan Times – Disaster left U.S. impact in some regions: Beige Book
• Japan Times – Onagawa nuke plant jolted beyond specs
• Japan Times – Rays risked to save stranded dogs
• Japan Times – Military flexes relief might, gains newfound esteem – Alex Martin
• Japan Times – Further BOJ easing needed: IMF’s Shinohara – Keiko Ujikane
• Japan Times – Task force starts to draw up ways to revive Tohoku – Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Times – Readers in Council: Don’t second-guess Russian aid – Sergey Shaldybin
• Japan Times – Readers in Council: Connect with alternative energy – Eddie Landsberg
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan continues to struggle to remove highly toxic water at plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Half of evacuees have no means to support themselves
• Mainichi Daily News – Evacuees ask for support, full disclosure of info on nuke crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Spent fuel rods add to trouble at Japan nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation in Tokyo returns to pre-disaster level
• Mainichi Daily News – Concrete compensation plans absent at TEPCO news conference on nuclear disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO confirms damage to part of No. 4 unit’s spent nuke fuel
• Mainichi Daily News – Edano aware in March that nuke crisis could be raised to worst level
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t panel agrees on tax-relief measures for quake victims
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO may resume operations of No. 3 reactor in Niigata
• Mainichi Daily News – Excessive radioactive cesium found in fish caught off Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo Univ. professor calls on Japan to stop predicting quakes
• Nikkei – S Korea, China, Taiwan Banning Food Imports From Japan
• Nikkei – Nuclear Will Remain Core Business At Toshiba: President
• Nikkei – Fujitsu’s Fukushima PC Unit Returning To Normal Monday
• AFP Google – Nuclear workers face radiation limit, but fight on – Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura
• All Things Nuclear – What Happened at Fukushima Dai-Ichi? – Dave Lochbaum
• Bellona – Rosatom chief says Fukushima emergency inflated for financial reasons as environmentalists counter his ‘cynical’ remarks – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Tepco Said to Plan for Three Months of Cooling at Fukushima – Jason Clenfield
• Bloomberg – Tsunami Risk Prompts Tepco to Move Fukushima Backup Power to Higher Ground – Jason Clenfield and Michio Nakayama
• Bloomberg – Nuclear Regulators Delay Study of Fukushima Lessons Until 2012 – Jonathan Tirone
• Bloomberg – Tepco Seeks to Start Reactor Idled in 2007 as Crews Battle Fukushima Leaks – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Aftershocks Threaten More Damage to Crippled Japan Nuclear Power Station – Shigeru Sato and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Unlikely to Be Nationalized, Goldman Sachs Says – Takahiko Hyuga
• Business Week – Tepco’s Plan Said to Extend Nuclear-Leak Risk Through June – Jason Clenfield
• Greenpeace International blog – Daily News: Confirmation of Fukushima spent nuclear fuel rods damage, and Greenpeace sets a world record
• Huffington Post – Fukushima Daiichi Is a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ – Michio Kaku
• Los Angeles Times – A wary drive up to the gate of Fukushima – John M. Glionna
• Nature – Water goes out but comes in faster at Fukushima – April 14, 2011
• New York Times – Nuclear Cleanup Plans Hinge on Unknowns – Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Search for Bodies Edges Closer to Crippled Nuclear Plant – Kevin Drew
• Reuters – Japan says Tokyo Electric won’t be nationalised-Jiji – Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Banking stem cells could save Japan nuclear workers – Julie Steenhuysen
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan plans state-backed insurer to save Tepco – Nikkei – Rachana Khanzode
• Reuters – Q+A-Risks at each reactor of Japan’s stricken plant – Mayumi Negishi and Chizu Nomiyama
• Reuters – Burial of Japan reactors trickier than Chernobyl: pump firm – Josie Cox
• Reuters – Japan nuclear watchdog says may need other option to cool reactor – Mayumi Negishi
• Sydney Morning Herald – Nuclear firm says it has no blueprint to resolve crisis – Danielle Demetriou
• UPI – New quake reported off Honshu
• Xinhua News – Japan battles to remove radioactive water at troubled nuke plant
• Xinhua News – Temperature, radiation levels increase at Fukushima nuclear plant
• Taipei Times – Nuclear inspection to end in October – Chen Hsiao-yi

Wednesday April 13th, 2011

• Daily Yomiuri – Disassembly of N-reactors a joint effort? / Toshiba seeks cooperation of rival Hitachi
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Nuclear accident’s rating of 7 demands calm response
• Daily Yomiuri – One crisis after another harried TEPCO’s response
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt may have other utilities share TEPCO’s compensation burden
• Daily Yomiuri – Huge radiation release led to severity hike
• Japan Times – Almost as bad as Chernobyl
• Japan Times – Wen wants more info on reactors
• Japan Times – Radiation surges above 4’s fuel pool – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Hurt firms seek over ¥7.5 trillion in loans
• Japan Times – Tepco chief vows to stay at helm – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Why so many aftershocks? Why so large? – Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Fisheries hit by safety fears – Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Times – World right to slam nuke program mismanagement: expert – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Radiation surges above 4’s fuel pool – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Tsunami hit more than 100 designated evacuation sites
• Japan Times – East Fukushima shiitake banned – Kanako Takahara
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t bans shipments of some shiitake mushrooms near nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuke plant workers fear water poured on reactors could overflow and leak radiation
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear-themed movies to be shown in Tokyo for Chernobyl anniversary
• Mainichi Daily News – Debris, challenges pile up in Japan 1 month later
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Japan must prevent another Level 7 nuclear plant crisis by all means
• Mainichi Daily News – China concerned by release of radioactive water from nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan informed diplomats of Fukushima severity level upgrade in advance
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive strontium detected more than 30 km from Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Severity level up to 7, rise in radioactive release unlikely
• Mainichi Daily News – Questions and answers: Japan, Chernobyl disasters
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA defends late Japan nuclear severity upgrade
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear crisis easing step by step, Kan says
• AlterNet – Expert: Fukushima Reactors Are a “Ticking Time Bomb,” Japanese Govt in Denial – Amy Goodman
• AP Google – Evacuees slam Japan nuclear plant operator
• AFP Google – WHO eyes 20 year nuclear health watch in Japan
• AFP Google – Japan’s seismologists blinded to March 11 quake: journal
• AFP Google – TEPCO shares surge on compensation share report
• AFP Google – Japan’s nuclear evacuees shunned over health fears – Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura
• Bloomberg – Japan Nuclear Evacuation May Force Hitachi, Boehringer to Abandon Plants – Chris Cooper
• Bloomberg – Hitachi, GE Submit Proposal to Dismantle Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Plant – Mariko Yasu and Maki Shiraki
• Bloomberg – Japan Hit by Aftershocks as Jaczko Says Nuclear Crisis Is Yet to Stabilize – Michio Nakayama and Simon Lomax
• Bloomberg – Areva Sends 20 Specialists to Help Tepco With Reactor Crisis – Jim Snyder
• Business Week – Tepco Chief Seeks to Restart Idled Reactor as Crews Battle Leaks – Tsuyoshi Inajima, Yuji Okada and Michio Nakayama
• CounterCurrents – Fukushima and The Plutonium Mystery – Mary Hamer, M.D
• Forbes – Japan’s Other Nuclear Disaster – Yas Idei
• The Guardian – Flawed earthquake predictions gave Fukushima a false sense of security – Ian Sample and Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Fukushima evacuees demand compensation – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• istockAnalyst – Workers continue to remove toxic water, cool spent nuke fuel pools
• Nature – Shake-up time for Japanese seismology – Robert J. Geller
• New York Times – Japan’s Reactors Still ‘Not Stable,’ U.S. Regulator Says – Matthew L. Wald
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• Reuters – Wrapup 1-Japan’s nuclear crisis continues to hit economy – Shinichi Saoshiro and Izumi Nakagawa
• Reuters Africa – Russia’s nuclear chief says Japan exaggerating nuclear crisis – Alexei Anishchuk
• Reuters Africa – Tokyo Elec aims for Kashiwazaki reactor revamp by year-end – Yoko Nishikawa and Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – TEPCO still working on plan to end Japan nuclear crisis – Taiga Uranaka and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters Africa – Scenarios-Tokyo Electric struggles to meet swelling nuclear costs – Rie Ishiguro and Taro Fuse
• Reuters – Q+A: What’s going on at Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant? – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Japan nuclear plant operator says preparing compensation plans – Taiga Uranaka, Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – TEPCO:Not aware of plan to share compensation with other utilities – Taiga Uranaka and Chisa Fujioka
• UPI – Some spent rods from No. 4 reactor tainted
• UPI – Radioactive water removal starts
• Washington Post – Amid mixed signals, Japan rates nuclear crisis at highest severity level – Chico Harlan
• Xinhua News – TEPCO Chief apologizes again following nuke emergency’s upgrading
• Xinhua News – IAEA says Japan nuclear crisis “totally different” from Chernobyl accident
• Bloomberg – Taiwan Halts Plans to Add Atomic Reactors After Japan Crisis – Yu-huay Sun
• Straits Times – Taiwan to upgrade nuclear plants after Japan quake
• Asia: Reuters Africa – China could ban second-generation nuke projects -official – David Stanway
• Asia: Reuters Africa – China may freeze nuclear approvals until 2012 – paper – Don Durfee and Sally Huang

Tuesday April 12th, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Daily Yomiuri – Absent TEPCO execs slowed crucial action
• Daily Yomiuri – N-crisis upgraded to ‘7’ / Fukushima accident boosted to top level of global scale
• Daily Yomiuri – Evacuation area around N-plant expanded
• Daily Yomiuri – Evacuation plans baffle residents
• The Diplomat – How Bad Is Fukushima Crisis? – Alexander Sich
• Denki Shimbun – Problems confronting utilities one month after the great earthquake
• AFP Google – Japan upgrades nuclear emergency to highest level
• Japan Times – Nuclear disaster’s impact
• Japan Times – Japan to Argentina: transparency
• Japan Times – Fukushima crisis now at Chernobyl level – Kanako Takahara, Kazuaki Nagata and Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Kyushu Electric shelves plan to build third reactor
• Japan Times – Nuclear disaster’s impact – Michael Richardson
• Japan Times – G-20 to be briefed on accident
• Japan Times – Nuke crisis ‘static’ but not stable: U.S.
• Japan Times – Kan adviser Hosono may become minister for nuclear crisis
• Japan Times – Fukushima crisis now at Chernobyl level – Kanako Takahara, Kazuaki Nagata and Masami Ito
• Japan Today – Gov’t apologizes after raising nuclear crisis level to highest
• Mainichi Daily News – Kyushu Electric shelves plan to build 3rd nuke reactor in Kagoshima
• Mainichi Daily News – New evacuation order may force Fukushima farmer to abandon beloved cows
• Mainichi Daily News – Evacuation order expanded around crippled nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan expands evacuation areas around crippled nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan ups nuke crisis severity to match Chernobyl
• Mainichi Daily News – Strong quakes jolt eastern, central Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan’s nuclear refugees confused by policy shifts
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation leakage may eventually exceed that of Chernobyl: TEPCO
• Nikkei – Japan Disaster To Cost Insurers $21bn-$34bn: RMS
• PanOrient News – Japan’s Rating of Fukushima Accident as INES 7 is “Woefully Late“: Greenpeace
• AFP Google – Japan nuclear crisis upgrade ‘woefully late’: Greenpeace
• BBC News – Fukushima: As bad as Chernobyl? – Richard Black
• Bellona – Japan raises Fukushima Daiichi accident to highest rating on international scale, equaling Chernobyl – Charles Digges
• Bellona – Aftershocks rock Fukushima Daiichi, stopping cooling temporarily, as evacuation zone expands. – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Kyoto Univ.’s Takahashi Says Radiation Data Within Estimates
• Environment News Service – Aftershocks, Radiation Torment Japan One Month After Disaster
• Fairewinds Associates – Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen demonstrates How Fukushima’s Fuel Rods Melted and Shattered
• The Guardian – Nuclear crises: How do Fukushima and Chernobyl compare? – Mark Tran
• New York Times – Japan Rates Disaster as Chernobyl-Scale – Hiroko Tabuchi, Keith Bradsher and Andrew Pollack
• AP Google – Questions and answers: Japan, Chernobyl disasters
• Reuters – Update 1-Hitachi submits plan to decommission Fukushima reactors -Nikkei – Abhiram Nandakumar
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan nuclear accident no worse – WHO/IAEA – Stephanie Nebehay and Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – Fukushima and Chernobyl very different: IAEA – Sylvia Westall and Michael Shields
• Reuters – Japan nuclear accident health risk still small-WHO – Stephanie Nebehay and Andrew Callus
• Reuters – Cumulative radiation from Japan plant sparks health worries – Tan Ee Lyn
• Reuters – Japan PM:TEPCO to soon give outlook for controlling nuclear crisis – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan mulls spinning off part of nuclear operator-Jiji – Yoko Kubota and Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – Cumulative radiation from Japan plant sparks health worries – Tan Ee Lyn
• Reuters – Q+A-How does Fukushima differ from Chernobyl? – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Japan PM:TEPCO to soon give outlook for controlling nuclear crisis – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Japan to avoid more debt for $4 trillion budget on quake: draft – Tetsushi Kajimoto
• Reuters – Wrapup 2-Japan quake’s economic impact worse than first feared – Rie Ishiguro and Shinji Kitamura
• Reuters – Wrapup 11-Japan raises nuclear crisis to same level as Chernobyl – Shinichi Saoshiro and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Radiation from Fukushima 10 pct that of Chernobyl-Japan official – Yoko Nishikawa
• UPI – Japan nuke accident ranks with Chernobyl
• Washington Post – Strain from Japan earthquake may lead to more seismic trouble, scientists say – Joel Achenbach
• Xinhua News – Japan to widen nuclear evacuation zone
• Xinhua News – Magnitude 6.3 quake jolts NE Japan
• Xinhua News – Japanese PM says nuclear power plant stabilizing
• Bloomberg – Taiwan Halts Plans to Build Atomic Reactors After Japan Crisis – Yu-huay Sun

Monday April 11th, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation evacuation zone to be extended beyond 20 km
• Asahi Shimbun – Heroes and realists found among the brave “Fukushima 700”
• Daily Yomiuri – U.S. ‘frustrated’ over Japan’s lack of N-info
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO tardy on N-plant emergency
• Japan Times – Experts urge external cooling system – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – High radiation well past no-go zone: Greenpeace – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Nation’s unpreparedness ahead of disaster is blasted – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Evac zone to widen as exposure fears grow
• Japan Times – National crisis helps Ishihara stay at helm – Tomoyuki Tachikawa
• Japan Times – Offshore windmills weather crisis – Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Month marked since tragedy struck hard
• Japan Times – Long-term health risk may widen evac zone
• Japan Times – M7.0 aftershock briefly halts cooling at Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Many residents reluctant to leave makeshift evacuation shelters near nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation rumors plague fishermen near troubled nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation leaks threaten village’s promotion of eco-friendly lifestyles, farming
• Mainichi Daily News – Turkey allows delay in nuclear plant talks with Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Risk of massive radiation leaks ‘considerably smaller’: Edano
• Mainichi Daily News – 14,000 still missing 1 month after quake-tsunami
• Mainichi Daily News – Chronology of events surrounding crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – 17,500 gather for Tokyo rallies against nuclear plants
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO president to visit Fukushima Monday afternoon
• Nikkei – Noda: To Explain Nuclear Reactor Problems To G-20
• Nikkei – Japan To Raise Nuke Accident Severity Level To Highest 7
• Nikkei – New Quake Disrupts Repairs At Fukushima Plant
• Nikkei – Water Injection To Troubled Reactors Temporarily Stops
• Nikkei – Japan May Raise Nuke Accident Severity Level To Highest 7 From 5
• Nikkei – Progress Slow In Restoring Fukushima Plant Amid Pools of Toxic Water
• Nikkei – Fukushima Governor Refuses To Meet Tepco President
• PanOrient News – Greenpeace Fukushima Radiation Monitoring Teams Call for Further Evacuation
• AP Google – NRC: Japan nuke crisis ‘static’ but not yet stable
• AP Google – Small fire near reactor building at crippled nuclear plant; extinguished quickly
• AP Google – Japan shaken by quake after more evacuations urged
• AFP Google – Japan to raise nuclear severity level to maximum
• AFP Google – Worst over, but dangers persist at Japan plant – Harumi Ozawa
• AFP Google – New 7.1 quake hits Japan as evacuation zone widens – Hiroshi Hiyama
• AFP Google – TEPCO boss to visit nuclear disaster zone
• Bellona – Aftershocks rock Fukushima Daiichi, stopping cooling temporarily, as evacuation zone expands. – Charles Digges, 11/04-2011
• Bellona – After several failed efforts, TEPCO says it will stop dumping radioactive water into the sea Monday, but officials admit further plans murky – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Japan May Raise Nuclear Accident Rating as Radiation Increases – Michio Nakayama and Aaron Sheldrick
• Bloomberg – Tepco Says Hydrogen Explosion at Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Unit Is Unlikely – Michio Nakayama
• Eric Margolis – Why Japan Chose it’s Nuclear Godzilla
• Eurasia Review – Radiation Risks From Fukushima ‘No Longer Negligible’ – French Research Group
• Global Research – Extremely High Radiation Levels in Japan: University Researchers Challenge Official Data
• Nature – Fukushima set for epic clean-up–Latest data suggest a Chernobyl-like effort will be needed – Geoff Brumfiel
• New York Times – Physicist Reviews Nuclear Meltdowns – Matthew L. Wald
• NPR – Cleaning Up Fukushima: A Challenge To The Core – Richard Harris
• Reuters – Japan to make announcement on nuclear accident severity level – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Fire at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant, more aftershocks – Shinichi Saoshiro and Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – Wrapup 2-Japan nuclear crisis may be on par with Chernobyl – Yoko Kubota and Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – Japan expands nuclear evacuation zone, new quake hits – Yoko Kubota and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Japan ends dumping of nuclear plant’s radioactive water into sea – Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – Japan orders extra nuclear safety step as aftershocks jolt – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Tepco may face $23.6 bln compensation costs: JP Morgan – Antoni Slodkowski
• Reuters – Wrapup 7-Japan expands nuclear evacuation zone, new quake hits – Yoko Kubota and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Pumping at Japan reactors stopped for about 50 minutes-nuclear safety agency – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Tohoku Elec: no irregularities at Onagawa nuclear plant – Risa Maeda and Kentaro Hamada
• Reuters – Japan to expand evacuation zone around stricken nuclear plant
• Slate Magazine – Fukushima’s Bio-Robots – William Saletan
• UPI – Quake rocks Japan’s quake-damaged region
• Washington Post – In Japan, new attention for longtime anti-nuclear activist – Michael Alison Chandler
• Xinhua News – Japan to evacuate locals outside 20km radius of crippled nuke plant
• Xinhua News – S. Korean nuclear experts to visit Japan over nuclear crisis
• Xinhua News – Pumping of contaminated water to end
• Asia: Xinhua News – Fears over radioactive contamination cool Japanese food market in China