Sunday, October 23, 2011

• Global Research – Fukushima and the Fall of the Nuclear Priesthood – Arnie Gundersen
• Canada: Sault Star – Wawa fits bill for nuclear fuel waste dump: initial screen – Shirley Mills
• AFP Google – TEPCO to raise $262 mln for nuclear payouts
• Pacific Free Press – Nelle’s Last Fukushima Meltdown Update Oct. 23, 2011 – Nelle Maxey\
• Ria Novosti – Japan, France to take joint nuclear safety measures – Yoshikazu Tsuno
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to check Fukushima pollen / Cedar pollen may carry cesium on the wind, but at ‘harmless’ levels
• Daily Yomiuri – Forests to be used to store radioactive soil / Agency to let local govts open temporary sites
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO to sell shares in wind power firm
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayor of Japan’s home of nuclear power hoping to make village a different kind of ‘first’
• Mainichi Daily News – High-level radioactive cesium detected in soil in Kashiwa
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, France agree to boost cooperation on nuclear safety
• Mainichi Daily News – New algae a better radioactive absorber than currently used mineral, researchers say
• Japan Times – Kashiwa hot spot linked to Fukushima
• Japan Times – Clearing up cost of plant closure – Andy Dawson
• Japan Times – Post-Fukushima, ‘they’ can no longer be trusted — if ever they could – Roger Pulvers
• Japan Times – Nuclear heroes claim Spanish award
• Japan Times – Cost-cutting unit locks sights on Monju reactor
• Japan Times – Citizens’ forum queries nuclear ‘experts’ – Tomoko Otake
• Japan Times – Jordan urges Diet to ratify nuclear pact
• Tokyo Times – TEPCO will need 1 trillion yen from the govt for compensation of disaster victims

Saturday, October 22, 2011

• ABC – A bigger threat than radiation in Fukushima – Mark Willacy
• PEJ News – What are officials hiding about Fukushima?
• UPI – Japan eyes bigger nuclear emergency zones
• Daily Yomiuri – Strategy council must serve as control tower
• Daily Yomiuri – Fillon to back global growth plan
• Mainichi Daily News – Chiba Pref. city finds major radioactive hot spot on public land
• Mainichi Daily News – News Navigator: What kinds of dosimeters are out there, and can I buy one?
• Mainichi Daily News – Journalists keep close eye on Fukushima nuclear worker radiation exposure (Part 3)
• Mainichi Daily News – Hokuriku Elec. ups damages in suit vs. Hitachi over 2006 reactor trouble
• Mainichi Daily News – 3 major Japanese banks lend 80 bil. yen to Kyushu Electric
• Mainichi Daily News – Chinese nuclear industry confident of safety despite Fukushima crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t cost-cutting unit to study Monju reactor’s abolition
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to make efforts to avoid capital injection: Nishizawa
• Mainichi Daily News – Number of foreign travelers to Japan down 24.9% in September
• Japan Times – Fukushima OKs petition to decommission reactors
• Japan Times – Fukushima cedar pollen to be tested
• Japan Times – Cabinet OKs ¥12.1 trillion third extra budget to fund reconstruction work
• Japan Times – Two boys found with high internal radiation exposure
• Japan Times – Breakdown of spending package
• PanOrient News – High-Level Radioactive Cesium Detected in Kashiwa, Near Tokyo
• Taipei Times – Interview: Former member of nuclear plant committee speaks out – Tang Chia-ling

Friday, October 21, 2011

• AP Google – Japan Cabinet OKs $158B extra budget for tsunami
• AFP Google – Japan cabinet approves $156 bln recovery budget
• Bloomberg – Japan to Sell $10.4 Billion More Debt to Pay for Earthquake Reconstruction – Yumi Ikeda
• Global Security Newswire – Fukushima Cleanup to Cost Minimum of $13B
• Greenpeace International blog – Japan’s radioactive seafood problem
• Reuters – Japanese nuclear plant survived tsunami, offers clues on safety – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Seven months on, Japan yet to finalise nuclear evacuation plans – Yoko Kubota
• Daily Yomiuri – Many in Fukushima jobless / Nearly 70% of those in temporary housing unable to find work
• Daily Yomiuri – Natl debt likely to top 1 yen quadrillion in FY11
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt likely to expand compensation for farmers
• Daily Yomiuri – Wider areas to brace for N-accidents / Proposal adds zones 30 km from N-plants
• Daily Yomiuri – Panel drafts farm revival policy / Measures factor in possibility of joining TPP economic pact
• Denki Shimbun – Proposed use of decontamination debris for power generation
• Mainichi Daily News – Cabinet OKs 2 tril. yen policy package to ease impact of rising yen
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima salmon fishermen look ahead to uncertain future
• Mainichi Daily News – City assembly members find radiation hotspot in Chiba, call for better monitoring
• Mainichi Daily News – Local gov’ts facing widened evacuation perimeter against nuclear reactor restarts
• Mainichi Daily News – Journalists strived to get truth about nuclear fallout to public (Part 2)
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima assembly adopts petition for decommissioning local reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – 2 boys in Fukushima Pref. internally exposed to radiation
• Japan Times – Cabinet OKs ¥12.1 trillion third extra budget to fund reconstruction work

Thursday, October 20, 2011

• AFP Google – Greenpeace criticises Japan radiation screening
• Bloomberg – Tepco’s ‘Deal With Devil’ Signals End to Japan’s Postwar Era
• Bloomberg – Japan to Open Hotlines to Allay Public Concerns Over Radiation – Chisaki Watanabe
• PBS NewsHour – While Rebuilding After Tsunami, Japan Seeks to Prevent Future Disasters – Jenny Marder
• Reuters – Japan to spend at least $13 bln for decontamination
• Reuters – Japan eyes renewable energy deregulation: report – Yoko Kubota
• Daily Yomiuri – Wider areas to brace for N-accidents / Proposal adds zones 30 km from N-plants
• Daily Yomiuri – Analysis / N-accident preparation zone plan poses myriad challenges – Hiroyuki Oyama
• Daily Yomiuri – Companies inflating decontamination costs
• Mainichi Daily News – Cheesemaker robbed of customers by Fukushima nuclear disaster to end business
• Mainichi Daily News – Panel proposes widening nuclear disaster planning zone to 30 km
• Mainichi Daily News – Most detailed radioactive contamination maps yet published online
• Mainichi Daily News – Only 3 companies to make quick return to industrial area near nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Journalists’ responsibilities heavy in face of unprecedented crisis (Part 1)
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan to draw up 12 tril. yen 3rd extra budget for quake relief
• Mainichi Daily News – Funding body urges TEPCO to make thorough cost-cutting efforts
• Japan Times – Greenpeace pushes for better fish radiation disclosure – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Japan asks Turkey to proceed with talks on nuclear power plant deal
• Japan Times – Saga governor rules out resignation over nuclear restart email scandal
• Japan Times – New foreign firms tax exempt in quake zone
• Tokyo Times – How a Japanese nuclear plant became a “good example” of safety
• PanOrient News – Gaps in Japanese Seafood Contamination Monitoring: Greenpeace

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

• Earth Island Journal – Fukushima Is Forever–We’ll be grappling with radiation danger for years to come – Gar Smith
• Reuters – Japanese nuclear plant survived tsunami, offers clues – Risa Maeda
• UPI – Tepco to seek trillions in Japanese aid
• Mainichi Daily News – Discovery of radiation ‘hot spots’ in Tokyo sparks calls for decontamination standards
• Mainichi Daily News – Disgruntled elderly woman in temporary evacuee housing grills prime minister
• Mainichi Daily News – Environmental associations detect high radiation in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward
• Mainichi Daily News – Kyushu Electric to revise report on misrepresentation of public opinion
• Japan Times – Radiation map gives close-up fallout readings – Takahiro Fukada
• Japan Times – Tepco ignored higher probability of tsunami
• Japan Times – Hokkaido utility axes plutonium plan
• Japan Times – Utilities have monopoly on power – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Letters: Have Your Say
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan asks Turkey to proceed with talks on nuclear plant deal

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

• AFP Google – Fukushima city begins decontamination of homes – Hiroshi Hiyama
• AFP Google – TEPCO asks for $9 bln in Fukushima aid: reports
• BBC News – Japan’s nuclear industry tries to clean up its image
• Bellona – Comment: Hit by a $1 billion liability verdict in Japan, Hitachi negotiates new reactor deal with Lithuania – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Submits Three-Year Plan for Keeping Fukushima Plant Stable – Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Tepco to Ask Government for $9.1 Billion for Fukushima Payout, Nikkei Says – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• CNN – Fukushima reactors may be shut down ahead of schedule – Matt Smith
• Global Research – Over 20 Radioactive Hotspots Found in Tokyo … Despite Government and Media Attempt to Cover Up Spread of Radiation
• Nuclear Engineering – Progress at unit 1
• Reuters – Japan still considering total nuclear power pullout – Marie Maitre
• Reuters – Q+A-What’s going on at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant? – Shinichi Saoshiro
• World Nuclear News – Fukushima units on target for cold shutdown
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO to seek 1 trillion yen in government aid
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda keen on TPP participation / Prime minister also committed to prompt resolution of Futenma issue
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima city begins full-scale decontamination efforts
• Daily Yomiuri – Kyushu Electric must resubmit report on soliciting e-mails
• Daily Yomiuri – High radiation detected at Tokyo school
• Daily Yomiuri – Sending kids to school becomes heartwrenching decision – Naoki Taruta
• Daily Yomiuri – High radiation detected at Tokyo school
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima city begins full-scale decontamination efforts
• Denki Shimbun – IAEA investigation team inspected decontamination status in Fukushima
• Denki Shimbun – Easier procedures for filing Fukushima claims
• Japan Times – Farmers stuck with radioactive rice straw – Takahiro Fukada
• Mainichi Daily News – Noda vows to make efforts to clean up radiation-tainted areas
• Mainichi Daily News – A reporter’s determination to convey quake victims’ feelings to all of Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Decontamination work underway in Fukushima, but many choosing not to return
• Mainichi Daily News – PM hints at approval for some nuclear reactors under construction
• Mainichi Daily News – Soccer: Japan’s World Cup qualifier vs N. Korea to be held in Pyongyang
• Mainichi Daily News – Noda vows to make efforts to clean up radiation-tainted areas
• Mainichi Daily News – Criteria for ‘cold shutdown’ of Fukushima nuclear plant remain vague and ambiguous
• Mainichi Daily News – Hokkaido Electric freezes plutonium-thermal generation project
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima nuclear evacuees to undergo mental health checks
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to ask gov’t for 700 bil. yen to meet compensation needs
• Mainichi Daily News – Saga gov. said in Aug. he may have to quit over nuclear scandal: lawyer
• Mainichi Daily News – Exhibition on A-bombs to begin at U.N. Geneva headquarters in Nov.
• Nikkei – Interview: Japan To Help Citizens Find Radiation “Hot Spots”
• Tokyo Times – Radioactive ash piles up in Japanese cities

Monday, October 17, 2011

• ABC – Japanese nuclear company twists public opinion – Mark Willacy
• AFP Google – Radiation from Fukushima reactor ‘falling’
• Bellona – Comment: Hit by a $1 billion liability verdict in Japan, Hitachi negotiates new reactor deal with Lithuania – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Radiation Release Falls to 100 Million Becquerels/Hour – Yuji Okada
• Reuters – Feature-Fukushima victims:homeless,desperate and angry – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Factbox: Compensation for Fukushima crisis victims – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Update 1-Tepco to seek $9.12 bln in aid for payouts – Nikkei
• Reuters – Tepco: radiation from Fukushima plant declines further – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters UK – Japan cities face growing radioactive ash, troubles ahead – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Mainichi Daily News – Facing the reality of radioactive decontamination
• Mainichi Daily News – Residents’ feelings mixed over discovery of radioactive strontium in Yokohama
• Mainichi Daily News – Photos released by TEPCO show huge piles of used radioactive gear
• Mainichi Daily News – International nuclear decontamination symposium agrees on importance of locals’ opinion
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t and TEPCO to aim for ‘cold shutdown’ of Fukushima reactors by year-end
• Mainichi Daily News – Award-winning novelist evacuated from Tokyo over radiation fears for children
• Japan Focus – The Atomic Bomb and Hiroshima on the Silver Screen: Two New Documentaries – Robert Jacobs
• Mainichi Daily News – Hospital raided over high doses of radioactive agent to children
• Japan Times – Noda, tear down this ‘nuclear village’ – Chris Rowthorn
• Japan Times – Cold shutdown in sight for yearend: road map
• Japan Times – Utilities will barely meet power demand this winter: expert
• Japan Times – Aftershocks threatened No. 4 fuel pool
• Tokyo Times – $14 billion budget for cleaning up Fukushima
• Asia: EastDay – Japan cargo banned due to levels of radiation