Sunday, September 18, 2011

• BlogCritics – Book Review: The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons by Richard Rhodes – Todd Thompson
• Global Research – Our Nuclear World: Nuclear Accidents Around the Globe
• Al Jazeera – Experts say Fukushima ‘worse’ than Chernobyl – Steve Chao
• Washington Post – Japan trying to repair ties with Washington – Chico Harlan
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO doles out money to greedy municipalities
• Daily Yomiuri – Pet dogs in no-entry zone turning wild
• Daily Yomiuri – Simulation shows core meltdown avoidable
• Japan Times – Tokyo faced evacuation scenario: Kan
• Japan Times – Bavarian opera spooked by radiation
• Mainichi Daily News – Local governments in Fukushima experiment with radiation-removing techniques
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO scraps plan to raise power charges 10-15%
• Mainichi Daily News – 80 Bavarian Opera members refuse to tour in Japan on radiation fears
• PanOrient News – Kan Told “Tokyo Residents May Have to Evacuate Due to Nuclear Crisis“

Saturday, September 17, 2011

• UPI – Damaged nuke plant may lose insurance
• Mainichi Daily News – Former judges say court cases involving nuclear plants were hard to judge
• Mainichi Daily News – Head of nuclear watchdog criticizes TEPCO over blacked-out documents
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to sell 280 properties to raise 200 bil. yen for compensation
• Mainichi Daily News – Anti-nuke cities associated with ‘Mayors for Peace’ top 5,000
• Japan Times – Tepco scraps plan to hike power charges 10 to 15%
• Japan Times – Noda to schmooze with world chiefs at N.Y. meet
• Japan Times – Contamination of Fukushima forests being studied
• Japan Times – Accelerate reconstruction

Friday, September 16, 2011

• Bloomberg – United Nations Criticizes Japan Nuclear Plan: Kyodo – Yuriy Humber
• Bloomberg – Tepco Compensation Rules Outrageous, Fukushima Evacuees Say – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Chisaki Watanabe
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Evacuees to Return to Exclusion Zone to Check Property – Makoto Miyazaki
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan power body: govt must speed up reactor test reviews – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan power body: tight winter supply unless reactors restart – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan power body: govt must speed up reactor test reviews – Risa Maeda
• Asahi Shimbun – World’s leading nuclear power companies adopt principles of conduct
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO sell-off to cover damages
• Daily Yomiuri – Hitachi: No MHI integration / But president implies possibility of tie-ups for specific operations
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO, govt must swiftly provide nuclear accident relief
• Denki Shimbun – High expectations of renewable energy for disaster recovery
• Denki Shimbun – Noda cabinet replaced METI minister after only 9 days
• Japan Times – Edano won’t rush restarts – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation fears, shipment bans, weigh heavily on mushroom pickers, growers
• Mainichi Daily News – Institute probing radioactive contamination of Fukushima forests
• Mainichi Daily News – Excessive cesium found in burned industrial waste in 3 prefs.
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan nuclear agency chief regrets lenient crisis management approach
• Mainichi Daily News – U.N. head hopes Noda will share Fukushima lessons at high-level talks
• Nikkei – Tepco To Sell 280 Properties To Raise Y200bn For Compensation
• Tokyo Times – Radioactive cesium may be brought back by Ocean in 20-30 years
• Focus Taiwan – AEC reiterates safety of 4th nuclear power plant
• Focus Taiwan – Nuclear power plants safe despite report of fault danger: Taipower
• Taipei Times – Northern nuclear power plants are safe – Taipower

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

• Bloomberg – Japanese Nuclear Plant Has Ventilation Malfunction, NISA Says – Chisaki Watanabe
• Reuters – Tepco eyes 15 pct fee hike for 3 years-Asahi – Yoko Kubota
• Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima cesium contamination widespread but less than Chernobyl – Hiroshi Ishizuka
• Daily Yomiuri – Most cesium in forests found ‘on fallen leaves’
• Daily Yomiuri – UAVs, robots to join response to N-disasters
• Daily Yomiuri – Banks oppose TEPCO waiver / Edano’s comments have creditors concerned over financial burden
• Japan Times – Cesium in sea may return in 20 to 30 years
• Japan Times – Editorial: Tasks set for Mr. Noda
• Japan Times – Tepco to raise power charges up to 15% for three years
• Japan Times – Editorial: Denuclearize despite the gaffes
• Japan Times – METI aims to wean nation off nuclear power: Edano – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Fukushima man opts to be guinea pig – Rob Gilhooly
• Japan Times – American’s Fukushima legacy lives on – Eiichi Asami
• Tokyo Times – Japan eyes offshore wind power industry

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

• AP Google – New PM: Japan should aim to reduce nuclear power
• AFP Google – Japan PM pledges to reduce atomic power use
• BBC News – New Japan PM Noda in nuclear restart call
• BBC News – Inside Japan’s nuclear ghost zone – David Shukman
• Reuters – Japan plans floating wind power for Fukushima coast – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Japan reactors to restart when safety assured: trade minister – Risa Maeda and Chikako Mogi
• UPI – Japan to reduce reliance on nuclear power?
• World Nuclear News – Amano: New nuclear remains on the agenda
• World Nuclear News – Noda promises reactor restarts
• Asahi Shimbun – Noda chooses experienced Edano as industry minister
• Daily Yomiuri – Edano must act on TPP, nuclear issues
• Denki Shimbun – Areva can take spent fuel from Fukushima, said company CEO
• Denki Shimbun – Start of in-depth study for extraction of spent fuel from Fukushima I NPS
• Denki Shimbun – Fukushima nuclear accident moving toward stabilization 6 months after onset
• Japan Times – Japan gets vital chance to rethink energy policy
• Japan Times – Nation could get 43% of power from renewable energy by ’20, report says – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Tepco sends applications for crisis damages
• Japan Times – Nation marks six months since earthquake, tsunami
• Japan Times – Noda taps Edano for trade minister – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Editorial: Quake jolts corporate practices
• Japan Times – Hosono to reshape nuclear policy – Setsuko Kamiya
• Mainichi Daily News – Spent nuclear fuel holds key to restart of Hamaoka nuclear plant: Shizuoka governor
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO submits more redacted Fukushima nuke plant manuals to Diet committee
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t eyes tax hikes for reconstruction for up to 10 yrs from FY 2012
• Nikkei – August Power Output Falls 12.1%, Record-Low Nuke Power

Monday, September 12, 2011

• Bloomberg – Noda’s Nuclear Revival Plans Set Back as Minister Forced Out Over Comments – Mariko Yasu
• CBC News – Six months into Japan’s cleanup, radiation a major worry – Craig Dale
• Reuters – Fukushima reactors now “stable,” IAEA says – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Softbank’s Son eyes wind power, geothermal – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Japan city on border of nuclear no-go zone fights for survival – Antoni Slodkowski
• Reuters – Table-Japan nuclear plant ops (Onagawa No.1, 3 undergo maintenance) – Osamu Tsukimori, Risa Maeda and Chikako Mogi
• Japan Times – Noda taps Edano for trade minister – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Japan may create nuclear safety training institute
• Mainichi Daily News – Plans to sell Fukushima produce in Fukuoka mall abandoned over criticism
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO starts sending out application forms for nuclear crisis damages
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan marks 6 months since earthquake, tsunami
• Mainichi Daily News – 2 out of 3 municipalities opposed to more nuclear plants: survey
• Nikkei – Edano Supports Bringing Idled Nuclear Reactors Back Online
• PanOrient News – Permanent Nuclear Shutdown in Japan Possible by 2012: Report
• Tokyo Times – Japan mourns its disaster victims six months after
• Tokyo Times – Many Japanese opposed to more nuclear plants, dissatisfied with govt
• Tokyo Times – Radiation at Fukushima was three times initial estimates
• East Asia: Yonhap News – Seoul to ask foreign countries this week not to invest in Mt. Kumgang