Sunday April 10th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Aftershocks expose risks of emergency power at nuclear facilities
• Daily Yomiuri – N-crisis a battle for workers’ wives
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO details tsunami damage / Waves that hit Fukushima plant exceeded firm’s worst-case projections
• Daily Yomiuri – Thousands protest N-power amid Fukushima plant crisis
• Japan Times – Rising water in trench pumped to storage area
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO tries to enclose high radiation in sea in nuke crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO contractors reject higher radiation dose limit for workers
• Mainichi Daily News – Excessive radioactive cesium found in fish sampled off Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, ASEAN agree to boost cooperation over nuke power safety
• Nikkei – Chronology of Events Surrounding Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Plant
• Nikkei – Kan Regrets Late Notice of Radioactive Water Release Into Sea
• Nikkei – Govt To Make Exclusion Area Around Nuke Plant Off-Limits
• Nikkei – Highly Radioactive Water In Nuke Plant To Be Moved For Storage
• AFP Google – Japanese voting overshadowed by nuclear woes
• Bloomberg – Tsunami That Struck Fukushima Nuclear Plant Was 15 Meters High, Tepco Says – Yuji Okada and Aaron Sheldrick
• Bloomberg – Japan Nuclear Crisis May Slow Nuclear Projects, Accenture Says – Anthony DiPaola
• The Economist blog – Japan’s nuclear crisis – Blemishing “brand Japan”
• New York Times – Lack of Data Heightens Japan’s Nuclear Crisis – Hiroko Tabuchi and Keith Bradsher
• Reuters – Wrapup 1-Japan fails to stop radioactive discharge into ocean – Yoko Kubota and Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Analysis: Tokyo needs quake plan rethink after Japan disaster – Linda Sieg
• CNN – Improvisation, frustration mark Japan’s nuclear crisis at 4 weeks – Matt Smith
• UPI – Japanese rally against nuclear power
• UPI – Nuke plant radioactive water to be stored
• Wall Street Journal – Fukushima’s Radiation Fallout – David J. Brenner
• Washington Post – In Japan, new attention for longtime anti-nuclear activist – Michael Alison Chandler
• Xinhua News – PCC condemns Japan’s action in Pacific Ocean
• Xinhua News – Radioactive water to be moved to storage in Japan’s plant
• Xinhua News – Inside a nuclear ghost town: Minamisoma, Japan
• Xinhua News – Radioactive water to be moved to storage in Japan’s plant
• Xinhua News – Japan revises nuclear safety regulations
• Xinhua News – Radioactive cesium over legal limit found in fish off Japan’s Fukushima
• Asia: Xinhua News – Harmless amounts of radioactive material persist in most Chinese regions

Saturday April 9th, 2011

• AsiaOne – Backup systems protect nuclear plants
• Daily Yomiuri – Disaster victims’ kin to get 350,000 yen
• Daily Yomiuri – New ‘eye in the sky’ to check reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Soil cesium limit set for rice / Some farmers won’t be allowed to plant this season, possibly longer
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima gov. slams TEPCO, govt for ‘betrayal’
• Japan Times – Steady downbeat on clean energy – Michael G. Driver
• Japan Times – Japan’s seismic nerve center – Edan Corkill
• Japan Times – Companies nix higher radiation dose limit
• Japan Times – Workers try to trap water from reactors
• Japan Today – Toshiba proposes decommissioning 4 reactors in 10 years
• Kyodo News – TEPCO tries to enclose high radiation in sea in nuke crisis
• Kyodo News – Japan, ASEAN vow to boost cooperation over nuke power safety – Ko Hirano and Christine T. Tjandraningsih
• Kyodo News – TEPCO contractors reject higher radiation dose limit for workers
• Kyodo News – Status of nuclear facilities after Thursday’s strong aftershock
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayor in Fukushima city calls on gov’t to pour ‘all effort’ into resolving nuke crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Water spilled from fuel pool at Onagawa nuclear plant during aftershock
• Mainichi Daily News – Marine nuclear rescue team stands ready in Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Major aftershock highlights fragility of nuclear power plants
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t, TEPCO ponder 1 million yen payments to nuke crisis evacuees
• Mainichi Daily News – Release of low-level radioactive water from nuke plant almost done: TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Banking industry leader calls for supporting TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – China bans farm imports from 12 areas of Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Some produce near nuclear plant to be cleared for shipment
• Mainichi Daily News – Massive pumps heading to damaged reactors in Japan
• Nikkei – Tepco Plans To Complete Draining of Low-Level Radioactive Water By Sunday
• Nikkei – Japan Bans Planting Rice In Radioactive Soil
• Nikkei – Japan Vows To Help Make Nuclear Power Generation Safer
• Nikkei – TEPCO Begins Building Steel Wall, Fence To Prevent Sea Contamination
• AP Google – End to Japan nuke crisis is years, a fortune away
• AP Google – Marine nuclear rescue team stands ready in Japan
• AFP Google – China expands ban on Japan food
• AFP Google – Toshiba ‘could decommission Japan reactors’
• BBC News – ‘Decade’ to shut down Japan plant
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Nuclear Plant Threatened by Rising Water Before Drainage Starts – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• CNN – Video shows tsunami crashing into Fukushima nuclear site – Brian Walker and Matt Smith
• Cryptome – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Photos 5
• Environment News Service – Japan’s Onagawa Nuclear Plant Loses Power in Latest Quake
• Mathaba – Fukushima: Worse Than Chernobyl
• New York Times – Japanese Workers Braved Radiation for a Temp Job – Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Japan Orders Nuclear Plant Operators to Obtain More Emergency Generators – Andrew Pollack and Matthew L. Wald
• New York Times – Lack of Data Heightens Japan’s Nuclear Crisis – Hiroko Tabuchi and Keith Bradsher
• New York Times – Powerful Aftershock Complicates Japan’s Nuclear Efforts – Hiroko Tabuchi and Andrew Pollack
• Reuters Africa – Japan’s reactor operator apologises for radiation – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Wrapup 5-Japan’s reactor operator apologises for radiation release – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – China to ban imports of farm products from Japan – Lu Jianxin and Jacqueline Wong
• UPI – Workers install devices at nuclear plant
• Xinhua News – TEPCO installs steel wall, fence to stem ocean contamination
• Xinhua News – No abnormalities found at Fukushima plant following aftershock: TEPCO

Friday April 8th, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• TEPCO – Press Releases Update
• Asahi Shimbun – High radiation levels found beyond 30-km radius
• Daily Yomiuri – U.S. Navy ‘sought N-plant water discharge details’
• Daily Yomiuri – Backup systems protect N-plants
• Denki Shimbun – Moving emergency power supplies for nuclear power plants to high ground
• Denki Shimbun – Fukushima I NPS accident likely to have ripple effects on Japan’s energy policy
• Denki Shimbun – Advanced anti-tsunami measures required for NPSs
• Japan Times – Latest jolt tests other nuclear plants, but no leaks – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Toshiba hopes to decommission reactors in 10 years
• Kyodo News – Status of nuclear facilities after Thursday’s strong aftershock
• Kyodo News – Toshiba proposes decommissioning 4 reactors in 10 years
• Kyodo News – Radioactive water spilled at Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi
• Kyodo News – S. Korea, Japan to hold experts’ meeting on nuclear crisis
• Kyodo News – Gov’t task force rewrites Fukushima crisis log
• Japan Times – Contamination spread around hemisphere
• Japan Times – Calls rise for global atomic enforcer – Yuriy Humber
• Japan Times – Latest jolt tests other nuclear plants, but no leaks – Masami Ito
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive water spilled at Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan disaster complicates international moves to clean energy
• Mainichi Daily News – Few signs of life in Japan nuclear evacuation zone
• Mainichi Daily News – Evacuees have mixed reactions to plan to allow them to temporarily go home
• Mainichi Daily News – Old age prevents residents near nuke plant from evacuating
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO won’t take Chernobyl approach to resolving nuclear power plant crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Clear Outlook For Nuclear Crisis Necessary For Residents To Move On With Their Lives
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive materials spread around northern hemisphere in 2 weeks
• AP Google – EU cuts allowable radioactivity in Japanese food
• AFP Google – Japan to ease restrictions on produce from near atomic plant
• Bellona – Technicians race to avert another explosion Fukushima Daiichi as world ponders role of nuclear at UN climate meeting in Bangkok – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Tepco to Finish Draining Radioactive Waste Into Sea Tomorrow – Ichiro Suzuki and Keiko Ujikane
• New York Times – Worries Grow as Experts Argue About Nuclear Dangers at Japan Plant – Hiroko Tabuchi and Keith Bradsher
• New York Times – Powerful Aftershock Complicates Japan’s Nuclear Efforts – Hiroko Tabuchiand Andrew Pollack
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• Reuters – Japan to stop pumping radioactive water into sea – Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – China to ban imports of farm products from Japan – Xinhua – Jacqueline Wong
• Reuters – Wrapup 1-Japan to stop pumping radioactive water into sea – Yoko Kubota and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – China concerned at Japan’s prolonged nuclear crisis – Yoko Kubota and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Analysis: A month on, Japan nuclear crisis still scarring – Scott DiSavino
• Reuters – Hokkaido Elec to delay commercial ops at No.3 reactor – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan anti-nuclear movement gains traction as crisis drags on – Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Update 2-Water leaks at Japan’s Onagawa nuclear plant – Mayumi Negishi, Yoko Nishikawa and Risa Maeda
• UPI – Plan submitted for Japanese reactors
• UPI – Temblor minor for Japan’s reactors
• UPI – Quake hits region, nuclear plant OK
• UPI – Nuclear crisis may be easing
• Xinhua News – Toshiba proposes to scrap 4 nuke reactors at Fukushima plant
• Xinhua News – No abnormalities found at Fukushima plant following aftershock: TEPCO
• Xinhua News – Magnitude of Thursday’s Miyagi aftershock revised down to 7.1 from 7.4
• Xinhua News – TEPCO detects radioactive seawater 5.8 times the legal limit
• Xinhua News – Radioactive water leaks found at Onagawa nuke plant after Thursday’s quake
• Asia: Reuters – China finds 10 cases of abnormal radiation from Japan – Sabrina Mao, Sally Huang, Ruby Lian and Ben Blanchard

Thursday April 7th, 2011

• TEPCO – Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• Asahi Shimbun – Hitachi to cut back on new nuclear power projects – Satoshi Daiguji
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO entertaining no hopes of quick fix
• Daily Yomiuri – New cooling options being explored
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO sees more power / Utility expects to secure nearly 50 mil. kilowatts in summer
• Daily Yomiuri – Nations fret over plant’s water dump / Dissatisfaction aired at confab on N-safety – Tetsuya Suetsugu
• Japan Times – Tokai mayor slams Tepco, government
• Japan Times – Tepco pumps nitrogen into reactor 1 – Minoru Matsutani and Masami Ito
• Mainichi Daily News – Another strong quake strikes off tsunami-hit Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Heat removal systems must be restored to halt water injection in nuke reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive contamination rumors proving deadly to Fukushima farms
• Mainichi Daily News – Hitachi president says it will take at least a year to cool down Fukushima nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Restoration of cooling systems, disposal of radioactive water top priorities for TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – 70 percent of fuel rods in reactor core at Fukushima nuke plant damaged
• Mainichi Daily News – Employee at troubled nuke plant mum about own radiation exposure
• Mainichi Daily News – Tsunami-hit towns forgot warnings from ancestors
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Gov’t, TEPCO should release more information on radiation contamination
• NHK – NHK World
• Nikkei – Clinton To Assess Nuke Crisis, Offer Quake Relief During Visit
• Nikkei – Nitrogen, Coolant Water Injection Unaffected By Miyagi Quake
• Nikkei – Tokyo Seeks Objective Reporting of Nuclear Crisis
• Nikkei – Nitrogen Smoothly Injected Into Fukushima No. 1 Reactor
• AP Google – Strong aftershock rattles disaster-weary Japan
• AFP Google – Japan considers wider nuclear evacuation zone
• BBC News – Doctor warns of ’emotional fallout’ after Japan disaster
• Bloomberg – Earthquake of 7.1 Strength Shakes Japan; Nuclear Plants Lose Outside Power – Brian K. Sullivan and Greg Chang
• Bloomberg – Japan Banking Lobby Urges Kan to Unveil Tepco Rescue Plan – Shigeru Sato and Takako Taniguchi
• Bloomberg – Tohoku Electric Says Tsunami at Onagawa Plant Was 13 Meters – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Daily update from Japan – Tatsujiro Suzuki
• Environment News Service – Japan: Nitrogen Injected to Avert Another Nuclear Plant Explosion
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• New York Times – Core of Stricken Reactor Probably Leaked, U.S. Says – Matthew L. Wald and Andrew Pollack
• New York Times – Chemistry 201: Why Is Fukushima So Gassy? – Matthew L. Wald
• Nuclear Engineering – TEPCO continues work to contain radioactivity
• Reuters – Snapshot: Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Update 2-Some power lost at Japan atom plants after quake-IAEA – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Update 1-IAEA sees some progress at Japan’s nuclear plant – Sylvia Westall and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – No irregularities at Japan Atomic’s Ibaraki plant: NHK – Chizu Nomiyama
• Reuters – Cool down efforts stable, continuing at Fukushima Daiichi’s reactors 1, 2, 3-NHK – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Japan’s neighbours take fright over radiation threat from nuclear plant – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Japan nuclear operator head out of hospital, working – Yoko Nishikawa, Kiyoshi Takenaka
• UPI – Disposal of radioactive water next issue
• UPI – Nitrogen injected to avert explosion
• Xinhua News – Japan: Nitrogen injected to prevent explosion
• Xinhua News – Scientists search for Japan’s nuclear water in central Pacific Ocean
• Xinhua News – Radiation level in Fukushima is 2.24 micro sievert per hour
• Focus Taiwan News – Civic groups to hold anti-nuclear rallies – Hsu Chi-wei and Alex Jiang

Wednesday April 6th, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Asahi Shimbun – Government sets iodine standards for seafood
• Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima No. 1 plant designed on ‘trial-and-error’ basis
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Kan owes world explanation for pumping radioactive water in sea
• Daily Yomiuri – Restore cooling function to stop nuclear plant leaks
• Japan Times – Bankers urge aid for Tepco – Shigeru Sato and Takako Taniguchi
• Japan Times – Ex-governor blasts Tepco’s cozy ties – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Tepco succeeds in plugging leak – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Editorial: Overcoming the nuclear crisis
• Japan Times – Fallout of nuclear and financial meltdowns – Georg Zachmann
• Japan Times – Radiation exposure limits to be tightened
• Japan Times – Long-term power loss not foreseen in nuclear guidelines – Setsuko Kamiya
• Japan Times – Tepco stems leak of highly radioactive water
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan set to integrate two nuclear units into one powerful regulatory body
• Mainichi Daily News – Sea radiation is another blow to Japan’s fishermen
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation in fish caught off Ibaraki hits local fishing industry
• Mainichi Daily News – No. of foreign visitors to Japan tumbles due to quake, nuke emergency
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan tells local chiefs gov’t to take ultimate responsibility in crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Highly radioactive water leaking into sea stops: TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation-shielding sheets to be installed in Sept. at earliest
• NHK – IAEA reports high radiation outside exclusion zone
• NHK – Nitrogen gas injection begins at Fukushima plant
• NHK – Radiation levels in seawater remain high
• NHK – Plutonium detected again in Fukushima plant soil
• NHK – Nuclear agency criticized for lack of explanation
• Nikkei – Nitrogen Injection Planned At Reactor To Prevent Risk of Explosion
• PanOrient News – Greenpeace Team Identifies “High Contamination Levels“ in Minamisoma Vegetables
• AP Google – UN expert: Fukushima not as bad as Chernobyl
• AP Google – Worried about a radioactive ocean? A reality check
• AFP Google – TEPCO shares close at new record low
• AFP Google – Ghost city symbolises cost of nuclear disaster – Richard Ingham
• AFP Google – Japan nuclear scare boosts renewables lobby – Martin Abbugao
• AFP Google – Japan farmers brave radiation to feed livestock – Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura
• BBC News – Japan earthquake: Radioactive leak plugged at reactor
• Bellona – Leak at Fukushima Daiichi’s reactor No 2 appears plugged, but water dumps continue as radioactivity levels in fish rise and California rainwater rise – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – NRC Thinks Japan Unit Pressure Vessel Damaged, Markey Says – Jim Snyder and Jim Efstathiou Jr.
• Bloomberg – Fishing Halted in Japan’s Ibaraki After Radioactive Water Contaminates Sea – Aya Takada
• Bloomberg – Japan Radiation Evacuees Left in Dark About Life After Shelters – Makiko Kitamura and Maki Shiraki
• Business Standard – ‘Japan cannot ignore Geothermal energy after Fukushima’
• CNN – Town near nuclear plant rejects Japanese utility’s ‘token’ offer – Whitney Hurst
• Environment News Service – Radiation From Japan’s Damaged Nuclear Plant Off the Charts
• Los Angeles Times – Cleaning up Japan’s radioactive water could take decades – Julie Makinen and Ralph Vartabedian
• Nature – Water leak stops at Fukushima, but big problems remain
• New Scientist blog – Fukushima leak is plugged, TEPCO in more hot water – Andy Coghlan
• New York Times – Japan Nuclear Plant Operator Prepares to Inject Nitrogen – Andrew Pollack
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• Reuters – * Nitrogen pumped into reactor to prevent hydrogen explosion – Chizu Nomiyama and Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters Africa – NRC says not clear that Japan reactor has melted vessel
• Reuters – Wrapup 2-Japan focuses on hydrogen buildup after nuclear leak – Chizu Nomiyama and Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – U.N. expert sees no serious Fukushima health impact – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Hitachi president says to review nuclear target -Kyodo – David Dolan
• Press TV – ‘Japan nuclear crisis preventable!’ – Interview with Behrad Nakhai
• UPI – Japan reviews radiation exposure levels
• UPI – Nuclear plant guidelines criticized
• UPI – More threats to plant not ruled out
• Washington Post – Amid nuclear crisis, Japan’s Tepco planned new reactors – Andrew Higgins
• Xinhua News – Outflow of highly radioactive water into Pacific stopped: nuke operator
• East Asia: AFP Google – N. Korea will never admit ship sinking: scholar
• East Asia: Dong-A Ilbo – Does Japan`s radioactive dumping violate int`l law?

Tuesday April 5th, 2011

• Japan Times – Radioactivity in sea up 7.5 million times – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Tepco starts to pay partial compensation
• Asahi Shimbun – IAEA becomes minor player in nuclear crisis – Toru Tamakawa
• Asahi Shimbun – Japan struggled in getting disaster reports out to world – Minoru Tsukishima
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO starts dumping radioactive water into ocean
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation fallout from Fukushima plant will take “months” to stop
• Daily Yomiuri – Radioactive substances’ path through sea tracked
• Daily Yomiuri – Panel suspends work on revising nuclear energy guidelines
• Daily Yomiuri – Lack of foresight backed TEPCO against wall
• Daily Yomiuri – Fishermen fight water dump / Fear seawater contamination could hobble local industry for good
• Daily Yomiuri – Energy policies face review
• Denki Shimbun – Areva Chairman: “We will backup Japan as if this were our own crisis”
• Denki Shimbun – TEPCO working for swift graduation from stopgap measures at Fukushima I
• Mainichi Daily News – Residents taking risks to enter off-limits zones near troubled nuclear power plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Ex-Fukushima gov. blames headstrong energy policy for nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Experts support TEPCO decision to discharge radioactive water into sea
• Mainichi Daily News – Weather agency ordered to reveal data on projected radiation spread
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to offer provisional damages to people hit by nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – UN nuke chief: Japan crisis a ‘major challenge
• Mainichi Daily News – 25 economies restrict food imports from Japan over radiation fears
• Mainichi Daily News – GE, Hitachi vow long-term support to tackle Fukushima nuclear crisis
• Nikkei – Outflow of Highly Radioactive Water Into Sea Stops: TEPCO
• Nikkei – Leak Of Highly Radioactive Water Decreasing: Tepco
• Nikkei – Tepco To Offer Provisional Damages To People Hit By Nuclear Crisis
• Nikkei – Radioactive Materials Found In Fish Near Stricken Japan Nuclear Plant
• Nikkei – Workers Begin Complex Process To Remove Radioactive Water From Japan Reactor
• Nikkei – Panel To Suspend Work To Revise Japan’s Atomic Energy Platform
• Nikkei – Removal of 60,000 Tons of Radioactive Water Eyed At Fukushima Plant
• Nikkei – Edano: Release of Low-Level Radioactive Water Was Least Bad Option
• PanOrient News – Radioactive Fish Found in Eastern Japan, Ban is considered on Certain Shipments
• AP Google – Sea radiation is another blow to Japan’s fishermen
• AFP Google – Asia shares mixed, Japan hit by contamination fear – Danny McCord
• The Australian – South Korea raises radioactive alarm – Rick Wallace
• BBC News – Japan earthquake: Radioactive leak into ocean ‘stopped’
• BBC News – Japan earthquake: Radiation tests in Fukushima schools
• Bellona – Fukushima Daiichi techs dumping 11,500 tons of radioactive water into the sea – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Tepco Stops Leak From No. 2 Reactor at Nuclear Station – Michio Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Ichiro Suzuki
• Bloomberg – Radioactivity Found in Fish as Tepco Purges Nuclear Plant – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Kari Lundgren
• Business Week – Search for radiation leak turns desperate in Japan – Mari Yamaguchi and Yuri Kageyama
• CNN – Town near nuclear plant rejects Japanese utility’s ‘token’ offer – Whitney Hurst
• Greenpeace International blog – Ocean dumping: Fukushima far from under control – Jess Miller
• The Guardian – Fukushima radioactivity hit 7.5m times legal limit – Jonathan Watts
• Mother Jones – Japan’s Radioactive Ocean – Julia Whitty
• Nature – Japan’s nuclear disaster: live Q&A on 6 April – April 04, 2011
• NEI – Information on the Japan Earthquake and Reactors in That Region
• New York Times – U.S. Sees New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant – James Glanz and William J. Broad
• New York Times – ‘Disaster Memory’ and the Flooding of Fukushima – Andrew C. Revkin
• New York Times – Measuring Radioactive Elements and Their Effects on Human Cells – Denise Grady
• New York Times – Japan Sets Radiation Standards for Fish – Andrew Pollack, Ken Belson and Kevin Drew
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• Platts – Japan exempts Tepco from environment impact studies for new power plants – Takeo Kumagai
• Reuters – Wrapup 3-Japan stops leaks from nuclear plant – facility operator – Chizu Nomiyama and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Japan stops radioactive leaks into sea from crippled nuclear plant – Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Radioactive water at 5 million times limit found at Japan plant – Mayumi Negishi and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – UK nuclear review to delay reactor approvals – Daniel Fineren
• Reuters – Japan to dump 11,500 tons low-radioactive water – Sylvia Westall and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – EU to further tighten radiation limits on Japan food – Charlie Dunmore
• Reuters – Wrapup 1-Japan nuclear plant operator says may have slowed radioactive leak – Linda Sieg, Leika Kihara, Tetsushi Kajimoto, Chikako Mogi and Ratnayjyoti Dutta
• Reuters – Snapshot-Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – TEPCO gives up new reactors at stricken plant-media – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – TEPCO: to compensate local govts on radiation, evacuation – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Tokyo Electric delays earnings results amid nuclear crisis – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters AlertNet – A man burns a rice field in preparation for planting near Fukushima, northern Japan
• UPI – Japan says radioactive water leak stopped
• UPI – Energy commission puts off revision work
• UPI – Minister apologizes for sea contamination
• Washington Post – Peace of mind, livelihood gone as Japanese city withers in shadow of nuclear plant – Andrew Higgins
• Washington Post – Japan utility dumps radioactive water into Pacific to ease storage woes – David Nakamura
• Washington Post – Japan nuclear crisis a challenge with enormous implications for nuclear power, says IAEA
• Xinhua News – Outflow of highly radioactive water into Pacific stopped: nuke operator
• Xinhua News – TEPCO detects radioactive seawater 7.5 mln times the legal limit
• Xinhua News – Japan to venture not to dump more radioactive water into Pacific
• Xinhua News – Fukushima situation remains very serious: IAEA chief
• Asia: Xinhua News – Radioactive cesium detected in more Chinese regions amid Japan nuclear crisis

Monday April 4th, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation fallout from Fukushima plant will take “months” to stop
• Asahi Shimbun – Point of View/ Hiroshi Komiyama: Investigation, discussions required on future use of nuclear energy
• Asahi Shimbun – Worker safety takes back seat in dealing with nuclear crisis
• Asahi Shimbun – Quake, tsunami leave deep wounds to Japan’s economy
• Daily Yomiuri – Public wants united govt to address quake issues
• Japan Times – Agency told to reveal projections
• Japan Times – Radiation-free ‘certificates’ coveted
• Japan Times – Tepco dumps toxic water into sea – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Tepco set to dump toxic water into sea – Kanako Takahara
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayor in Fukushima town reflects on costly trade-off of living near nuclear power plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan crisis overshadows nuclear safety meeting
• Mainichi Daily News – Containment of radiation from Fukushima plant expected to take several months: aide to PM
• Mainichi Daily News – Illegal levels of radioactive substances found in Fukushima mushrooms
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t eyes use of huge sheet to contain radioactive substances
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan nuclear crisis to impact climate change talks: EU
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t aware of possibility of reactor core’s meltdown before quake
• Nikkei – Tepco To Drop Plan To Add 2 Reactors At Fukushima Nuclear Plant
• Nikkei – Hitachi, GE Turn To Nuke Plant Specialists For Help In Crisis
• Nikkei – Ocean Release Of Radioactive Water Meant To Ward Off Larger Crisis
• Nikkei – TEPCO May Release Radioactive Water Into Pacific From Tues
• AP Google – Japan nuke plant dumps radioactive water into sea
• AP Google – UN nuke chief: Japan crisis a ‘major challenge’
• AFP Google – Japan may review climate goals over nuclear crisis
• AFP Google – Japan to dump radioactive water into sea
• AFP Google – No nuclear ‘business as usual’ after Fukishima: IAEA – Simon Morgan
• AFP Google – Japan crisis fuels India nuclear safety concerns – Penny MacRae
• AFP Google – Japan uses colour dye to trace nuclear leak – Shingo Ito
• BBC News – Managing water is Fukushima priority – Jonathan Amos
• BBC News – Japan nuclear plant releases radioactive water into sea
• Bellona – Leak of highly radioactive water at Fukushima Daiichi far from being plugged, and spiking radioactivity suggests yet another core breach – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Japanese Stocks Decline as Tokyo Electric Dumps Radioactive Water Into Sea – Anna Kitanaka and Satoshi Kawano
• Bloomberg – China Stops Orders for Japan Scrap Steel on Radiation Concern, Umetal Says
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Worse for Atomic Power Than Chernobyl, UBS Says – James Paton
• Bloomberg – Fukushima May Shut 30 of World’s Oldest Nuclear Plants, UBS Says – Kari Lundgren
• Bloomberg – Tepco Dumps Radioactive Water Into Sea, Citing Safety Concerns – Ichiro Suzuki and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Worse for Atomic Power Than Chernobyl, UBS Says – James Paton
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Forces Nuclear Regulators Into ‘Unprecedented’ Industry Review – Jonathan Tirone
• Bloomberg – GE to Give $10 Million Aid to Support Fukushima, Kyodo Says – Gearoid Reidy
• CNN – Japan dumps thousands of tons of radioactive water into sea
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear plant to release radioactive water into sea – Jonathan Watts
• Reuters – Tokyo Elec: No decision about compensation payout – James Topham
• Reuters – Wrapup 3-Japan seeks Russian help to end nuclear crisis – Chizu Nomiyama and Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Snapshot: Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – RPT-Japan nuclear crisis to trigger huge civil damages claims – Rachel Armstrong
• Reuters – Japan says not expanding nuclear zone for now – Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – Japan to dump 11,500 metric tons of radioactive water – Sylvia Westall and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Japan says not expanding nuclear zone for now – Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – Japan to dump 11,500 metric tons of radioactive water – Sylvia Westall and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – TEPCO to start compensation before damages assessed -Yomiuri – Chizu Nomiyama
• Reuters – Q+A-What’s going on at Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant? – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Action needed to address nuclear fears: IAEA chief – Sylvia Westall and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Japan nuclear crisis to trigger huge civil damages claims – Rachel Armstrong
• Reuters – Factbox: Japan’s disaster in figures
• Sin Chew Jit Poh – Greenpeace widens tests near Japan nuclear plant
• UPI – Lower-level radioactive water released
• YouTube – Full meltdown in full swing? Japan maximum nuclear alert – RussiaToday
• Washington Post – Japan nuclear plant could continue to release dangerous radiation for several months – David Nakamura
• Washington Post – In Japan, evacuees direct anger at nuclear-plant owner Tokyo Electric Power Co. – Andrew Higgins
• World Nuclear News – Leakage traced to crack in Fukushima shaft
• Xinhua News – Japan’s troubled plant to discharge contaminated water into Pacific
• Xinhua News – Japan: It may take months to stop radiation
• Xinhua News – TEPCO to study wrapping nuke reactors in sheeting as airborne radiation soars
• Asia: Xinhua News – Radioactive cesium detected in more Chinese regions amid Japan nuclear crisis
• Asia: Xinhua News – Radioactive isotopes detected in 31 provinces in China
• East Asia: Chosun Ilbo – Japan Keeps Korea in the Dark Over Radioactive Discharge
• Southwest Asia: News.AZ – Independent newspaper says Metsamor nuke plant ‘outdated’
• Europe: ECRR – 2010 Recommendations of the European Committee on Radiation Risk (pdf-1.32M)