Sunday March 27th, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• BBC News – Japan nuclear crisis: Radiation spike report ‘mistaken’
• Denki Shimbun – Fukushima I NPS accident imposes strain on Japan’s electric power industry
• Japan Times – Pregnant women fleeing to Kansai – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Radioactive pools block reactor repairs–1 sievert readings in No. 2 signal fission under way – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Work to restore power, inject fresh coolant into nuke plant continues
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation inside Japan nuclear plant sharply rises
• Mainichi Daily News – Woes deepen over radioactive waters at nuke plant, sea contamination
• Mainichi Daily News – Researcher warned 2 yrs ago of massive tsunami striking nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Hard to tell when Japan’s nuclear crisis would end: Edano
• Mainichi Daily News – Government criticizes nuke plant operator
• Nikkei – Woes Deepen Over Radioactive Water At Nuke Plant, Sea Contamination
• Nikkei – Govt Asks Treatment Plants Not To Take In Rainwater Due To Radiation
• Nikkei – Record High Radiation Levels At Fukushima Nuclear Plant May Hamper Work
• Nikkei – IAEA Chief Warns Japan’s Nuke Crisis ‘Far From The End’: Report
• Nikkei – Tokyo Radiation Levels Continue To Fall Sunday, Government Figures Show
• Nikkei – Govt To Shoulder Almost All Rebuilding Costs In Disaster-Hit Areas
• Nikkei – 58% Do Not Approve of Govt Handling of Nuclear Power Plant Crisis
• Nikkei – 10mn Times Normal Level of Radioactivity Found In Water At No. 2 Reactor At Fukushima Plant-Officials
• AP Google – More obstacles impede crews in Japan nuke crisis
• AP Google – Officials: Big spike at Japan nuke plant an error
• AFP Google – US experts unsure about Fukushima situation – Jean-Louis Santini
• AFP Google – Workers evacuated as radiation soars at Japan reactor
• AsiaOne – The real Samurai: ‘Fukushima 50’ swells to 700
• Bloomberg – Fukushima’s Cooling Efforts Are Delayed by Spilled Water – Mike Lee and Akiko Nishimae
• Bloomberg – Ship Rejected in China Port on ‘Abnormal’ Radiation Heading Back to Japan
• Bloomberg – Status Reports on the Reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant: Table – Kathleen Chu
• Bloomberg – Contamination of Food Chain Set to Rise as Japan Fights Radiation Crisis – Jae Hur
• The Guardian – Japanese nuclear firm admits error on radiation reading – Justin McCurry in Tokyo
• The Guardian – Fukushima crisis: radiation fears grow for low-paid heroes battling disaster – Suzanne Goldenberg
• New York Times – U.N.’s Nuclear Chief Says Japan Is ‘Far From the End’ – William J. Broad and David Jolly
• New York Times – Japanese Rules for Nuclear Plants Relied on Old Science – Norimitsu Onishi and James Glanz
• Reuters – Snapshot-Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Japan activist warns another “nuclear quake” looms – Edmund Klamann
• Reuters – Workers evacuated as radioactivity rises in Japan reactor – Chizu Nomiyama
• Reuters – Radioactivity increases in sea-water off Japan nuclear plant-agency
• UPI – Japan hit by 6.5 quake
• Washington Post – Robots designed to deal with nuclear accidents await duty in Europe while Japan asks: Where are ours? – Brian Vastag
• Washington Post – Radioactivity rises in seawater near Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant – Michael Alison Chandler and Chico Harlan
• Washington Post – Radiation levels at Japan nuclear plant reach new highs as conditions worsen for workers – Chico Harlan and Michael Chandler
• Xinhua News – Level of radioactivity rises at Fukushima nuke plant in Japan
• Asia: AFP Google – China detects low levels of radioactive iodine in air

Saturday March 26th, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation-contaminated water likely came from reactor core
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO safety management at nuclear plants described as lax
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Safety of workers fighting the nuclear crisis must be ensured
• Daily Yomiuri – Radiation doses spread unequally / Experts say govt should give more detail in designating evacuation zones
• Daily Yomiuri – 4 reactors to be cooled by freshwater soon
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO workers not warned of radiation risk
• Daily Yomiuri – Is there any alternative to nuclear power?
• Daily Yomiuri – Water-laden U.S. barge heading for Fukushima
• Japan Today – Fears of radioactive seawater grow near nuclear plant despite efforts
• Japan Times – Warning to the wise on nuclear plant risks – Michael Richardson
• Japan Times – Editorial: Tepco’s common sense
• Japan Times – Nuclear workers can quit; few do
• Japan Times – Plan for exposure victims readied
• Japan Times – Q&A–Radioactive water stymies crews
• Japan Times – Level of iodine-131 in seawater off chart – Kanako Takahara And Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Govt may have avoided direct evacuation order to prevent panic
• Mainichi Daily News – 1,250 times legal limit of radioactive iodine found in seawater near stricken power plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Japan must prepare for long battle in Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Experts warn that time is of the essence at stricken power plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Int’l commission recommends Japan temporarily increase radiation limits for public
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t asks people within 20-30 km of nuke plant to leave voluntarily
• Mainichi Daily News – Fresh coolant injected, high-radiation water leaks in nuke crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – China: Japan crisis won’t deter its nuclear growth
• Mainichi Daily News – U.N. chief backs global nuclear safety review
• Nikkei – Work To Restore Power, Inject Fresh Coolant Into Nuke Plant Continues
• Nikkei – Researcher Warned 2 Yrs Ago of Massive Tsunami Striking Nuke Plant
• Nikkei – Some Progress Made, But New Hurdles Emerge At Fukushima Plant
• Nikkei – Fears of Radioactive Seawater Grow Near Nuke Plant Despite Efforts
• Nikkei – Hard To Tell When Nuclear Crisis Would End: Edano
• Nikkei – Levels of Radioactive Materials Soaring In Sea Near Nuke Plant
• PanOrient News – Greenpeace Radiation Monitoring Team Begins “Independent“ Fukushima Assessment
• U.S. 7th Fleet – U.S. Navy Provides 500,000 Gallons of Fresh Water to Fukushima Power Plant – Commander Joe Schmitt
• AP Google – US rushes freshwater to help Japan nuclear plant
• AFP Google – Stricken Japan reactor marks 40th anniversary
• BBC News – Japan nuclear plant: Radioactivity rises in sea nearby
• Bellona – Japanese officials now say core of Fukushima Daiichi’s No 3 reactor may be ruptured as evacuation unofficially expands – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Edano Says Container Pressure Shows Vessel May Be Undamaged – Shunichi Ozasa
• Bloomberg – Radiation Levels Rise at Fukushima as Government Says Situation Is Stable – Yuji Okada, Naoko Fujimura and Mayumi Otsuma
• Bloomberg – Radiation in Water Dumped on Japan’s Damaged Fukushima Plant May Be Rising – Yuji Okada, Naoko Fujimura and Mayumi Otsuma
• Bloomberg – Ex-Transport Chief Mabuchi Named Japan Nuclear Crisis Adviser – Mayumi Otsuma
• Bloomberg – Japan May Expand Evacuation Zone Near Leaking Fukushima Nuclear Reactors – Takashi Hirokawa
• Business Week – Dangerous breach suspected at Japanese nuke plant – Shino Yuasa and Jay Alabaster
• Environment News Service – Japanese Nuclear Reactor Core May Be Leaking Radiation
• The Guardian – Fukushima crisis: radiation fears grow for low-paid heroes battling disaster – Suzanne Goldenberg
• The Guardian – Japan faces new setback in fight to avert disaster at Fukushima plant – Justin McCurry, Suzanne Goldenberg
• New York Times – Japan Shies Away from Predicting End to Nuclear Crisis – David Jolly and Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Radiation + Cable Anchor + Science = ? – Andrew C. Revkin
• Reuters – Radioactivity increases in sea-water off Japan nuclear plant
• Reuters – Factbox: Japan’s disaster in figures
• Reuters – Q+A: Risks at each reactor of Japan’s stricken plant
• Reuters – Wrapup 5-Radiation spikes in seawater by stricken Japan plant – Chizu Nomiyama and Shinichi Saoshiro
• UPI – Japanese put off nuclear fuel shipment
• UPI – Regulator: Radioactive seawater off Japan
• UPI – Radiation fears derail shipping to Japan
• Wall Street Journal – Sorry for the Meltdown – Al Lewis
• AsiaOne – Taiwan nuclear plants ‘hazardous’ facilities: scholar
• Focus Taiwan – Taiwan’s 4 nuclear plants can withstand strong quakes: Taipower
• Focus Taiwan – DPP chair demands KMT strategy on `nuclear-free homeland’
• Radio Taiwan – Safety of nuclear power plants is critical: Ma
• Taipei Times – Wu downplays nuclear safety fears – Shih Hsiu-chuan and Ko Shu-ling

Friday March 25th, 2011

• UN: Economic Times – Exhibition of over 1 million antinuke signatures starts at UN
• Canada: Brantford Expositor – What about our nuclear reactors? – Paul Mckay
• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Asahi Shimbun – Workers exposed to radiation in water 10,000 times normal level
• Asahi Shimbun – Cold shutdown still far away as workers struggle to control No. 1 reactor
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation from Fukushima exceeds Three Mile Island
• Asahi Shimbun – Plans to build more nuclear reactors put on hold
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Radioactive iodine in water is a cause for alarm
• Daily Yomiuri – Experts unsure on source of radiation leak
• Daily Yomiuri – Safety team neglects risk
• Daily Yomiuri – Plant water highly radioactive / 3 emergency workers suffered exposure levels near 1-year limit
• Denki Shimbun – Fukushima I accident would affect nuclear power plant construction plans
• Denki Shimbun – Waste management issues for Fukushima I NPS
• Japan Times – Fukushima plant’s fallout to go around globe
• Japan Times – MOX shipment to leave in April
• Japan Times – ‘Voluntary’ evacuation set for 20 to 30 km – Masami Ito
• Japan Today – High-level radiation suspected to be leaking from No. 3 reactor’s core
• Nikkei – Japan Injecting Freshwater Into Reactors
• Nikkei – Kan Gives No Answer About When Japan’s Nuclear Crisis May End
• Nikkei – Natural Disaster Exemption Not To Apply To Tokyo Electric: Edano
• Nikkei – PM Kan: Must Stay Alert On Nuclear Plant, Still Grave and Serious
• Nikkei – High-Level Radiation Suspected To Be Leaking From No. 3 Reactor’s Core
• Nikkei – Radiation-Exposed Workers To Be Treated At Chiba Hospital
• Nikkei – Bridge Financing Eyed For Farmers Affected By Nuclear Crisis
• Nikkei – Radiation Levels In Tokyo Tap Water Decline Further
• Nikkei – Govt To Set Standards For Resuming Nuclear Reactors Now Under Checks
• Nikkei – Popular Tokyo Hotel To Shelter Nuclear Evacuees Before Demolition
• Nikkei – Nuclear Plant Recovery Taking Longer as Radiation Hampers Work
• Mainichi Daily News – Workers at Fukushima plant exposed to radiation 10,000 times normal levels
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan nuclear plant remains precarious, but not as serious as Chernobyl: experts
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO subcontractor calls for better site safety after radiation accident at plant
• Mainichi Daily News – More engineers, workers dispatched to ailing Fukushima nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t eyes higher tax on utility providers to offset nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Kyushu Electric defers booting up 2 nuclear reactors
• PanOrient News – U.S. Military to Pump Water to Cool Fukushima Nuclear Plant
• AP Google – Breach in reactor suspected at Japanese nuke plant
• AFP Google – Tokyo fish market reeling after nuclear food scare – Karyn Poupee
• BBC News – Japan PM: Nuclear situation ‘grave and serious’
• BBC News – Japan investigation into nuclear plant radiation leak
• BBC News – Japan begins to question future of nuclear power
• Bellona – Fukushima reactor designer turned whistleblower says he knew reactor No 4 has been unsound for 40 years – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Reactor Core May Be Breached at Damaged Fukushima Plant – Go Onomitsu and Takashi Hirokawa
• Bloomberg – Tsunami Risk Well Known to Nuclear Engineers, Regulators Who Failed to Act – Jason Clenfield, Yuriy Humber and Shigeru Sato
• Bloomberg – Japan Nuclear Agency Orders Tepco to Improve Radiation Checks at Fukushima – Go Onomitsu
• Bloomberg – Japan Cows Barred From Grazing as Damaged Plant Leaks Radiation – Aya Takada
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Daily update from Japan – Tatsujiro Suzuki
• CounterPunch – What They’re Covering Up at Fukushima – Hirose Takashi
• Environment News Service – Japanese Nuclear Reactor Core May Be Leaking Radiation
• Environment News Service – Radioactivity Contaminates Tokyo Vegetable, Water in Six Prefectures
• Greenpeace International blog – Fukushima update: “Situation does not warrant optimism” – Brian Fitzgerald
• The Guardian – Japan faces new setback in fight to avert disaster at Fukushima plant – Justin McCurry and Suzanne Goldenberg
• The Guardian – Japanese nuclear officials fear crack in reactor core – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear plant workers in hospital after radiation exposure – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Nuclear boy: explaining Fukushima with a cartoon – Simon Jeffery
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear plant emergency: week two – in pictures
• The Guardian – Visualising radiation leaks from the Fukushima nuclear power plant – Ian Sample
• New York Times – Japan Quietly Evacuating a Wider Radius From Reactors – David Jolly, Hiroko Tabuchi and Keith Bradsher
• Platts – NISA says Fukushima-1 No. 3 reactor may be damaged
• Reuters – Injured Japan atom workers to be released soon – Michael Shields and Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – High radiation levels at Japanese plant raise new worry – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Nuclear Costs to Soar Post Japan Disaster – Katie Fehrenbacher
• Reuters – TEPCO injects fresh water into Daiichi nuclear reactors – Scott DiSavino
• Reuters – Wrapup 11-Radiation fears mount again in Japan after plant workers hurt – Mayumi Negishi and Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – Radiation fears mount again in Japan after plant workers injured – Mayumi Negishi and Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – Tokyo Electric likely liable for nuclear accident-Japan gov’t – Junko Fujita and Sumio Ito
• Reuters – Japan’s “Fukushima heroes” battle nuclear crisis in anonymity – Elaine Lies
• Reuters – Radiation in Fukushima reactor water could have been from core – Chizu Nomiyama
• Reuters – Source of radiation in crippled Japan reactor No. 3 not clear -operator
• Reuters – Update 4-Japan seeks to ease radiation fears in shipping community – Randy Fabi and Chikako Mogi
• Reuters – Update 2-TEPCO sees power shortage despite restart of some units – Osamu Tsukimori
• UPI – Evacuation zone expanded at nuke plant
• UPI – 3 radiation-exposed workers monitored
• Wall Street Journal – Slow Pace of Progress Stokes Nuclear Fears – Mitsuru Obe and Andrew Morse
• Washington Post – Japan’s leader calls situation ‘grave’ at nuclear plant where dangerous breach suspected
• Xinhua News – Japanese PM calls for solidarity to overcome quake disaster despite severe nuke crisis

Thursday March 24th, 2011

• The Guardian – Fukushima fears chill Obama’s atomic ambition – Eric Augenbraun
• Huffington Post – Trace Radiation Isn’t the Only Global Fallout From Fukushima – Mason Inman
• New York Times – Report Faults Tracking of Nuclear Equipment Failures in U.S. – Elizabeth A. Harris And Kim Severson
• Platts – US NRC OKs plan to review lessons to learn from events in Japan – Steven Dolley
• Reuters – Closing old atom plants poses safety challenge: IAEA – Fredrik Dahl
• Japan Times – No. 3 cooling pump test-run readied – Alex Martin
• Mainichi Daily News – Restoration work resumed at nuke plant, but 3 exposed to radiation
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive contamination tarnishes safe image of Japanese foods abroad
• Mainichi Daily News – Unsure future for city in shadow of nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan nuclear safety body announces level of radiation exposure near crippled plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Iodine detected in Tokyo tap water no major cause for concern: experts
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan farmers face consumer confidence crisis over radioactive contamination fears
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan disaster likely to be world’s costliest
• Mainichi Daily News – Chubu Electric delays new reactor project at Hamaoka plant until 2016
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear disaster hinders search for missing in Fukushima Pref.
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan finds radioactive contamination in more vegetables, water
• Nikkei – Radioactive Iodine 146.9 Times Higher In Seawater Near Nuke Plant
• Nikkei – Govt Eyes Higher Tax On Utility Providers To Offset Nuclear Crisis
• Nikkei – Japan Hit By Radiation-Tainted Water, But Tokyo Conditions Improve
• Nikkei – People May Be Urged To Move Further From Nuclear Plant For Convenience
• Nikkei – Foreign Airlines Mixed In Responses To Japan Disaster
• Nikkei – 3 Workers Exposed To High Radiation, 2 Sustain Possible Burns
• AP Google – Anxiety in Japan over radiation in tap water
• AFP Google – Two workers at Japan plant taken to hospital
• BBC News – Tepco: worries grow over cost and nuclear future
• BBC News – Fukushima workers in hospital after radiation exposure
• Bellona – Comment: In Japan, the IAEA abandons ship, shows its helplessness, but continues to carry a PR torch for the nuclear industry – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Bloomberg – Politics, Radiation to Decide Fate of Land Near Japan’s Fukushima Reactor – Steve Featherstone
• Bloomberg – U.S. Aircraft Carrier Moved From Yokosuka Port to Avoid Radiation Traces – Tony Capaccio
• Bloomberg – Nuclear Warriors Recuperate on Japanese Vessel in Fight to Avert Meltdown – Takahiko Hyuga, Pavel Alpeyev and Peter Langan
• Bloomberg – Tepco, Japan Utilities Halt Nuclear Expansion Plans After Reactor Accident – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Two Fukushima Workers Taken to Hospital After Being Exposed to Radiation – Gearoid Reidy
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Daily update from Japan – Tatsujiro Suzuki
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – Japan’s Coming Nuclear Reassessment – Mark Hibbs
• Daily Telegraph – Aerial footage of Fukushima just after earthquake and tsunami hit
• The Guardian – Fukushima shows us the real cost of nuclear power – Craig Bennett
• Gulf Times – Hot air: Can geothermal help Japan in crisis? – Leonora Walet and Tessa Dunlop
• The Independent – Murky past of Japan’s troubled nuclear industry revealed
• New York Times – Japan Tries to Ease Fears About Safety of Its Tap Water – David Jolly and Denise Grady
• New York Times – OpEd: A Nuclear Third Way – Julian Hunt and Graham O’connor
• Platts – Japan’s nuclear renaissance is over: analyst report – Claire-Louise Isted
• Reuters – Update 1-UN climate chief watchful of Japan nuclear mishap – Patrick Rucker
• Reuters – Japan detects radioactivity 30 km off coast: IAEA – Fredrik Dahl and Michael Shields
• Reuters – Wrapup 4-Radiation injuries slow work at Japan’s nuclear plant – Yoko Kubota and Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – Can Geothermal Help Japan in Crisis? – Leonora Walet and Tessa Dunlop
• Reuters blog – Tokyo nuclear firm protected, but not shareholders – John Foley
• Reuters – UPDATE 1-Japan detects radioactivity 30 km off coast-IAEA – Fredrik Dahl and Michael Shields
• Reuters – Wrapup 7-Japan says must review nuclear power policy as crisis persists – Linda Sieg and Sumio Ito
• Reuters – Two workers at Japan nuke plant sent to hospital – Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – Snapshot of Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Tokyo water radiation levels back under safety limit for infants -Kyodo
• Reuters – Higher radiation found in water outside Tokyo: report – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters AlertNet – Temperature climbs at Japan nuclear plant’s reactor No.1
• UCS All Things Nuclear – Japan: Squandering the Chance for Orderly Evacuation – Ed Lyman
• UPI – Two workers exposed to high radiation
• UPI – More cases of radiation in water reported
• Washington Post – Japanese nuclear plant’s safety analysts brushed off risk of tsunami – David Nakamura and Chico Harlan
• Washington Post – How we can reduce the risk of another Fukushima – Matthew Bunn
• Xinhua News – Workers exposed to radiation 10,000 times normal level at damaged Fukushima nuke plant
• Xinhua News – Japan resumes efforts to restore power to nuclear plant
• Xinhua News – Japan’s radioactive water crisis spreads, panic-buying depletes bottled water supplies
• Xinhua News – Smoke sighted over Fukushima reactor
• World Nuclear News – Fukushima faced 14-metre tsunami
• Taipei Times – Ma should phase out nuclear power: forum – Ko Shu-ling

Wednesday March 23rd, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Daily Yomiuri – Control room power restored / Revived panel warns of high temperatures; pumps turn to fresh water
• Daily Yomiuri – Evacuee obeys call to help out at N-plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to pay compensation for radiation damage
• Daily Yomiuri – Radioactivity readings can be accessed online
• Japan Times – Defect concealed in Fukushima No. 4 reactor: engineer
• Japan Times – Nuclear meltdowns and Japanese culture – Gregory Clark
• Japan Times – Radiation rises in Tokyo water – Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Tepco puts focus on reactivating cooling pumps at reactors 3, 4 – Alex Martin
• Japan Today – Chubu Electric delays new reactor project at Hamaoka plant until 2016
• Nikkei – Progress In Restoring Nuclear Plant Controls, Fallout Concerns Spread
• Nikkei – Restoration At Nuke Plant Disrupted, Radiation Fears Spread To Tokyo
• PanOrient News – Excessive Radiation Exposure Discovered Outside Fukushima 30-Kilometer Zone
• BBC News – Tokyo water ‘unfit for babies’ due to high radiation
• BBC News – Difficulty in finding cause of damaged reactor smoke
• BBC News – Japan nuclear: Life in the exclusion zone
• Bloomberg – UN Watchdog Mimics Japanese Nuclear Lobbyists to Communicate Information – Jonathan Tirone
• Bloomberg – Atomic Cleanup Cost Goes to Japan’s Taxpayers, May Spur Liability Shift – Natalie Obiko Pearson and Carolyn Bandel
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Engineer Says He Helped Cover Up Flaw at Dai-Ichi Reactor No. 4 – Jason Clenfield
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Japan’s nuclear crisis: The fine line between security and insecurity – Miles A. Pomper
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Daily update from Japan – Tatsujiro Suzuki
• FOX News – Unsure future for city in shadow of nuclear plant
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• The Guardian – Tokyo water unsafe for infants after high radiation levels detected – Justin McCurry
• Herald Sun – Nuclear fears shut 25 embassies in Tokyo
• Huffington Post – Fukushima: Where Do Aliens Store Their Spent Fuel Rods? – Russ Wellen
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• Platts – Tepco works to restore power, cooling systems at Fukushima-1 – Christine Forster, Thomas Hogue
• Platts – JAPAN CRISIS: Shipping activities can continue, say UN agencies – Pradeep Rajan, Atsuko Kawasaki
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan atom plant worker received high radiation-IAEA – Fredrik Dahl and Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – Japan’s nuclear crisis: policy implications for clean energy – Marie C. Baca
• Reuters – Japan nuclear crisis still a serious concern – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan’s Chubu Elec delays nuclear reactor construction
• Reuters – Japan iodine release lower than Chernobyl: expert – Fredrik Dahl and Alister Doyle
• Reuters – Smoke from Fukushima No.3 reactor not serious–govt official – Raju Gopalakrishnan
• Reuters – Japan’s TEPCO seeking large loan from banks-Jiji – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Two workers at Japan nuclear plant injured: report
• Reuters – Japan quake costliest ever – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Kubota
• UPI – Nuclear plant utility may get huge loans
• UPI – Quake cost estimated up to $310B
• Washington Post – Japan issues radiation warning on tap water, 11 vegetables – David Nakamura
• Xinhua News – IAEA says crippled Japanese nuclear plant shows positive signs, serious concern remains
• Xinhua News – More Fukushima vegetables found over radioactive safety standards
• Xinhua News – Contamination high in seawater near Fukushima plant
• Xinhua News – Chinese heavy machinery on way to Japan

Tuesday March 22nd, 2011

• Oceania: New Zealand Herald – Kiwi nuclear attitudes could change in wake of Japan
• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• IAEA – IAEA Board Discusses Fukushima Nuclear Accident
• Asahi Shimbun – Plant workers say disaster shattered nuclear safety myth
• Daily Yomiuri – Questions about radiation’s effect on food
• Japan Times – Most reactors get outside power link – Alex Martin
• Japan Times – Nearby seawater radioactive – Masami Ito
• Mainichi Daily News – Ship offers one night rest, reprieve for Japan nuclear plant workers
• Mainichi Daily News – Troubled nuclear reactors remain unstable, threaten to leak more radiation
• Mainichi Daily News – Greater levels of radioactive materials found due to rain
• Nikkei – Over-Limit Radioactive Materials Found In 11 Fukushima Vegetables
• Nikkei – Japan Nuclear Agency: Reactor No. 4 Reconnected To Grid
• Nikkei – Radiation 1,600 Times Normal Level 20 Km From Fukushima Plant: IAEA
• AFP Google – Work resumes at Japan nuclear plant after smoke scare
• AFP Google – Battle to restore cooling systems at Japan plant – John Saeki
• BBC News – Stop-start work at Japan reactors
• Bellona – Fukushima Daiichi’s reactor No 1 was granted 10-year operational extension despite warnings of its frailties: 120,000 imperilled by radiation poisoning – Charles Digges
• Bellona – Fukushima spent fuel crisis: What exactly are the risks — and will Russia heed the lesson? – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Bloomberg – Bulgaria to Start Nuclear Stress Test in Kozloduy Power Plant – Elizabeth Konstantinova
• Bloomberg – Power Restored to Japan’s Nuclear Reactors; Radiation Detected – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Jeremy van Loon
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Reflections on Fukushima: A time to mourn, to learn, and to teach – Robert Socolow
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Daily update from Japan – Tatsujiro Suzuki
• CNN – Seawater damage to reactors worse than thought, official says
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear firm admits missing safety checks at disaster-hit plant – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• IBTimes – Fukushima: Where It Stops, Nobody Knows – Richard T. Stuebi
• The Independent – Nuclear plant was storing too much spent fuel as tsunami hit – David McNeill and Andrew Buncombe
• New York Times – U.N. Atomic Chief Addresses Japan Crisis – Matthew Saltmarsh
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• Reuters – Japan banks mulling 100 bln yen financing for TEPCO after quake-Jiji – Isabel Reynolds
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan banks eye $12 bln in loans for troubled nuke operator-sources – Taro Fuse
• Reuters – Wrapup 11-Japan battles crippled nuclear plant, radiation fears grow
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan site leaks radiation, source unclear – IAEA – Michael Shields
• Reuters – IAEA concerned, lacking info on Japan nuclear plant – Fredrik Dahl and Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – U.S. military monitoring Japan radiation: Gates – Phil Stewart
• Reuters – One spent fuel pond at Japan plant filled with water: official – Chris Gallagher
• Reuters – Tiny amount of radioactive particles reach Iceland – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Experts pore over contaminants in Japan’s radioactive spill – Tan Ee Lyn
• Reuters – Japan nuclear operator:more water needed for units 1,2, and 3 – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Spent fuel pool causing steam over Japan reactor – Jason Szep
• Reuters – Toshiba, Hitachi send engineers to stricken nuclear plant – Isabel Reynolds
• UPI – 3 shocks near epicenter of Japan quake
• UPI – Reactor containment effort resumes
• Wall Street Journal blog – Radiation Numbers in Damaged Japan Plant – Carl Bialik
• Washington Post – Japanese refugees struggle for normalcy; electricity restored to part of Daiichi plant – David Nakamura and Michael Alison Chandler
• Waste Management World – Nuclear Waste Storage: Lessons from Japan
• Xinhua News – Power lines ready for all six reactors
• Xinhua News – External power connected to 6 reactors at troubled Fukushima plant: media
• Xinhua News – China-made pump being shipped to Japan’s troubled nuke plant

Monday March 21st, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Work continues to restore external power to Fukushima nuclear plant
• Asahi Shimbun – High levels of radiation found in vegetables
• ABC – Whistleblower slams Japan nuclear regulation – Quentin McDermott
• AP Google – So far, risk low from radiation in food in Japan
• AP Google – No quick fix seen at Japan’s nuclear plant
• AP Google – Japan nuke plant operator missed inspections
• AP Google – World Bank: Japan reconstruction may take 5 years
• AFP Google – Smoke, steam rise from Japan nuclear plant: Kyodo
• AFP Google – Radioactive substances in seawater near Japan nuke plant
• AFP Google – UN atomic watchdog says Japan crisis will be overcome – Simon Morgan
• AFP Google – Smoke slows race to cool Japan nuclear plant
• AFP Google – US to offer potassium iodide to US govt workers in Japan
• AFP Google – Smoke at Japan nuclear plant, workers evacuated: operator
• AFP Google – S. Korea president seeks to ease radiation fears
• BBC News – Tokyo Electric Power to pay farmers for radiation loss
• BBC News – Japan nuclear progress as toll up
• Bellona – Fukushima spent fuel crisis: What exactly are the risks — and will Russia heed the lesson? – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Beyond Nuclear – French Lab Finds High Levels of Food Contamination in Japan
• BigPond News – Decades of contamination at nuke plant
• Bloomberg – Nuclear Plant’s Fuel Rods Damaged, Leaking Into Sea – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Japan Atomic Crisis Eases as U.S. Says Worst May Be Over – Yoshiaki Nohara and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Latest Reactor Status at Japan’s Stricken Fukushima Nuclear Plant: Table – Naoko Fujimura
• Bloomberg – Japan Radiation Release Long-Term Problem, France’s ASN Says – Tara Patel
• Bloomberg – UN Atomic Agency Deflects Criticism of Response to Japan’s Reactor Crisis – Jonathan Tirone
• Bloomberg – Assessing Japanese Nuclear Fallout May Take Six Months, EEA Says – Mathew Carr
• Bloomberg – Latest Reactor Status at Japan’s Stricken Fukushima Nuclear Plant: Table – Naoko Fujimura
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Atomic Crisis is Easing, Nuclear Consultant Price Says – Ben Sharples
• Bloomberg – Atomic Agency Meets on Fukushima, Scrutinizes Watchdog’s Crisis Response – Jonathan Tirone
• Bloomberg – Tepco Says Smoke Rising From Fukushima’s Reactor 3; Workers Are Evacuated – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Fukushima Plant Had Problems Before Earthquake, WSJ Says – Mike Millard
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – In this nuclear world, what is the meaning of ‘safe’? – Barbara Rose Johnston
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Fukushima and the Seoul 2012 Nuclear Security Summit – Duyeon Kim
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Daily update from Japan – Tatsujiro Suzuki
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Japan in focus: A collection of the Bulletin’s coverage
• Epoch Times – Nuclear Energy Time-Out – Alice Slater
• Environment News Service – Vernal Equinox Dawns in Japan With 21,000 Dead and Missing
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data
• Irish Times – Enticed by long-odds Fukushima gamble
• Los Angeles Times – Fukushima nuclear plant’s owner is slammed for lacking candor – Scott Reckard, Yuriko Nagano and Don Lee
• MSN India – Longest Chinese snorkel on way to Fukushima nuke plant
• New York Times – Japan Extended Reactor’s Life, Despite Warning – Hiroko Tabuchi, Norimitsu Onishi and Ken Belson
• New York Times – Blindsided by Ferocity Unleashed by a Fault – Kenneth Chang
• New York Times – Japan Makes Progress at Nuclear Reactors, but Contamination Spreads – Hiroko Tabuchi and Norimitsu Onishi
• New York Times – New Repairs Delay Work at Crippled Nuclear Plant – Ken Belson, Hiroko Tabuchi and Norimitsu Onishi
• New York Times – Was Tokyo Electric Singing Hesitation Blues? – Andrew C. Revkin
• Nuclear Engineering – Power recovery operations continue
• Platts Energy Week – Japan Nuclear Disaster – Bill Loveless
• Radio Netherlands – Fukushima: did money or safety come first? – Erik Klooster
• Reuters – TEPCO says resumed work on reactors, steam not problematic – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – TEPCO says No 1 reactor able to receive power from grid: report
• Reuters – Snapshot: Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Japan says hard to say nuclear situation is improving – Kyodo – Kazunori Takada
• Reuters – US panel says Japan nuclear crisis stabilizing
• Reuters Africa – Smoke no longer rising from Japan reactor No. 3 – Kyodo
• Reuters Africa – Cause of smoke over Japan nuclear reactors unknown – operator – Mark Bendeich, Brian Rhoads
• Reuters – No doubt Japan will overcome crisis: IAEA chief – Sylvia Westall and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – U.S. makes potassium iodide available in Japan – Arshad Mohammed
• Reuters – Progress at Japan nuclear plant but not turning point: experts – Raju Gopalakrishnan
• Reuters – Japan orders halt to spinach & milk shipments from around nuclear plant – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Power cables hooked up to all reactors at Japan nuclear plant – operator – Mark Bendeich
• Reuters – Snapshot-Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Japan nuclear watchdog: unaware of inspection lapses at plant – Mark Bendeich
• UPI – Daiichi plant historically problem-prone
• UPI – Nuclear chief hopeful about Japan crisis
• UPI – Smoke suspends work on Japan reactor
• UPI – Gray smoke seen rising from reactor
• WHO – FAQs: Japan nuclear concerns
• WHO – Update on Japan nuclear energy plant event
• Xinhua News – Smoke seen billowing from Japan’s Fukushima No. 3 nuclear reactor building – Kyodo
• Xinhua News – Radioactive substances detected in tap water in Japan’s 9 prefectures
• Xinhua News – China to monitor food imported from Japan for radiation
• Asia: Bloomberg – Guangdong Nuclear, CLP Say Japan Crisis Spurring Safety Reviews, Checks
• Asia: Xinhua News – China confirms no immediate threat from radioactive leaks in Japan