Sunday, October 30, 2011

• Khaleej Times – Thousands rally for Fukushima compensation
• Daily Yomiuri – Many people uneasy about soil disposal plan
• Japan Times – Soil, waste to be stored for 30 years
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive soil to be disposed of 30 yrs after interim storage
• Mainichi Daily News – Excessive cesium detected in greenhouse-grown mushrooms in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, India agree to move talks forward on civilian nuclear pact
• Mainichi Daily News – Determined owner of golf driving range returns to Fukushima to reopen business
• Mainichi Daily News – Japanese food wins back Hong Kong hearts after nuclear fears abate
• Tokyo Reporter – Study says contamination from damaged TEPCO nuclear plant 20 times earlier estimate, NHK says

Saturday, October 29, 2011

• The Guardian – Fukushima released ‘twice as much’ radioactive material as first thought – Justin McCurry
• Reuters – Fukushima towns struggle to store radioactive waste – Yoko Kubota
• RT – Fukushima: Exposure underrated, outcome obscure
• Xinhua News – More than 30 years required to decommission Fukushima nuke plant: gov’t report
• Daily Yomiuri – Reactors’ safety must be confirmed quickly
• Daily Yomiuri – Retiring reactors to take 30 years
• Daily Yomiuri – Still unclear when, if reactors can restart – Masayuki Takata, Hideyuki Ioka and Yusuke Tomiyama
• Japan Times – 80 volunteers help scrub radiation
• Japan Times – Hosono to pitch debris storage plan
• Japan Times – Reactors 1-4 to take 30 years to scrap: panel
• Japan Times – Fallout levels twice estimate: study
• Mainichi Daily News – High levels of radiation detected in Tokyo’s Setagaya, link to Fukushima unlikely
• Mainichi Daily News – Local gov’ts inspect Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t should thoroughly explain health risks from internal radiation exposure through food
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO seeks 900 bil. yen in assistance to pay nuclear crisis damages
• Mainichi Daily News – No. 3 reactor at Oi plant can withstand tsunami of up to 11.4 meters
• Mainichi Daily News – Outer covering complete at Fukushima Daiichi plant’s No. 1 reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – Cesium-137 flow into sea 30 times greater than stated by TEPCO: report
• Mainichi Daily News – Opposition blasts Noda’s policy speech as lacking specific steps
• Tokyo Times – TEPCO to revise proposed compensation for tourism industry

Friday, October 28, 2011

• AFP Google – TEPCO asks for ‘$13bn’ aid for Fukushima
• Bloomberg – Nuclear Promotion Dropped in Japan Energy Policy After Fukushima – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Daily Telegraph blog – Why geothermal energy may be the answer to Japan’s nuclear troubles – Danielle Demetriou
• Global Security Newswire – Nuke Potential Seen Aiding Case for Atomic Power in Japan
• Greenpeace International blog – Women from Fukushima gather to ‘find hope in the despair’ of nuclear disaster – Laura Kenyon
• Reuters – Japan’s Fukushima plant dismantling needs over 30 yrs – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Update 3-Japan’s Kansai Elec first to submit reactor test result – Osamu Tsukimori, Yuko Inoue and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Tepco to ask for $12 billion to help with compensation: sources – Kentaro Hamada and Taiga Uranaka
• Daily Yomiuri – Stress test shows Oi reactor tough enough
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to cap radiation limit / Report recommends lifetime exposure of no more than 100mSv
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO seeks 1 tril. yen for N-compensation
• Daily Yomiuri – Stopgap measures for TEPCO / Utility’s liabilities may exceed assets without government’s help – Kunihiko Yasue and Chiaki Toyoda
• Daily Yomiuri – New food safety criteria must help ease public unrest
• Japan Times – Panel lowers limit of radiation in food – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Hibakusha: Swap reliance on atomic energy for renewables
• Tokyo Reporter – New study: TEPCO plant at Fukushima released double radiation of earlier estimate, AP says
• Tokyo Times – Fukushima radioactive cars sold under disguise
• Denki Shimbun – Japan Atomic Power started feasibility study for nuclear construction in Vietnam
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan’s leaders must face country’s ‘latent’ possession of nuclear weapons
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO eyes 30% cut in pensions to raise funds for nuclear compensation
• PanOrient News – Greenpeace Files FOI Request for Japanese Nuclear Plant Meltdown Scenario
• PanOrient News – Cesium 20 Times More than TEPCO’s Estimate Leaked to Sea: IRSN

Thursday, October 27, 2011

• ABC – Three decades needed to make Fukushima safe
• ABC – Japan ignored nuke safety iodine advice
• AFP Google – Fukushima nuke pollution in sea ‘was world’s worst’
• AP Google – Study: Japan nuke radiation higher than estimated – Malcolm Ritter
• Bloomberg – Tepco to Ask for $12B From Government: Nikkei – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Plant May Have Emitted Double Radiation Than Estimated – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Fox Business – TEPCO Eyes 30% Pension Cut To Fund Nuclear Compensation -Kyodo
• Reuters – Kansai may restart mothballed power unit – report – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Kansai Electric to submit reactor stress test results – Risa Maeda, Yuko Inoue and Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Update 1-Tepco to post $7.6 bln parent net loss in 2011/12 -media – Osamu Tsukimori
• Daily Yomiuri – Kashiwa govt wants help with hotspot – Tadao Baba and Eiji Noyori
• Japan Times – Hibakusha: Swap reliance on atomic energy for renewables
• Mainichi Daily News – Kashiwa city warns citizens of radioactive decontamination fraud
• Mainichi Daily News – Kashiwa city warns citizens of radioactive decontamination fraud
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan-led nuclear abolition resolution passes for 18th straight year
• Mainichi Daily News – A-bomb survivors question world’s reliance on nuclear energy

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

• AsiaOne – Accidents add to expense of N-power
• The Australian – Radioactive second-hand cars dog Japan – Richard Lloyd Parry From: The Times October 26, 2011 10:24AM
• Bloomberg – Kansai Electric May Submit Test Results Oct. 28, NHK Says – Gearoid Reidy and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Japan Atomic Says Water Leaked at Tokai Dai-Ni Nuclear Plant – Yuji Okada and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• FOX News – Radioactive Used Cars Being Sold Illegally in Japan
• Global Security Newswire – Radioactive Contamination Found in Japanese Children
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Op-Ed: Radiation Reporting: Blind, Idiotic, Corrupt — or All Three – John LaForge
• Popular Science – Fukushima Fallout Was Almost Twice as Bad as Official Estimates, New Study Says – Rebecca Boyle
• Xinhua News – Radioactive water leaks from nuke plant in north of Tokyo
• Daily Yomiuri – Fish peddler, 72, starts over after evacuation – Koichiro Takano
• Japan Times – Tepco manuals point to critical safety lapses – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Tokyo to accept rubble from Nov. 2
• Japan Times – Tepco staff on front lines feel victims’ anger – Chico Harlan
• Japan Times – Tokai No. 2 leaks 22 tons of water
• Japan Today – 5.2 quake jolts Fukushima Prefecture
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo to accept rubble from quake-hit Iwate Pref. from Nov. 2
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO revises compensation criteria for tourism businesses
• Mainichi Daily News – Vietnam to stick with plan to introduce Japanese nuclear technology: deputy PM
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokai No. 2 plant reports radioactive water leakage
• Mainichi Daily News – High levels of radiation detected at 2 schools in Chiba Prefecture
• Mainichi Daily News – Hiroshima Univ., Red Cross to cooperate in radiation, disaster fields
• Tokyo Times – Recent study finds active faults under a nuclear plant in Aomori Prefecture

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

• AP Google – Second day of US-NKorea nuclear talks delayed – John Heilprin
• Nature – Fallout forensics hike radiation toll–Global data on Fukushima challenge Japanese estimates – Geoff Brumfiel
• Reuters – U.S.-North Korea talks resume after delay
• Reuters – North Korea’s Kim calls for nuclear talks, doubts on uranium
• Xinhua News – Radioactive emissions clearing work continues in Fukushima City
• Daily Yomiuri – Accidents add to expense of N-power / Damage may cost 1.1 yen per kilowatt-hour
• Denki Shimbun – Electric industry top executive underscores importance of nuclear power
• Denki Shimbun – Credit downgrades and political remarks impeding issuance of utility bonds
• Denki Shimbun – Power storage systems spreading in post-disaster Japan
• Japan Times – Tepco manuals point to critical safety lapses – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Tepco manuals point to critical safety lapses – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Decontamination experts outline the basics – Kazuaki Nagata
• Tokyo Times – Japan’s forests to be used as storage sites for contaminated soil and rice straw
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation research suggested as way to keep released livestock near nuclear plant alive
• Mainichi Daily News – Unedited Fukushima accident manual released, loss of power sources not envisioned
• Mainichi Daily News – Diplomats to visit quake-, nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima Pref
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear plant accidents threaten relations between food producers and consumers
• Mainichi Daily News – Active faults exist under nuclear plant in Aomori: study
• Mainichi Daily News – Kyushu Electric top executives adamant on e-mail campaign scandal
• Mainichi Daily News – Noda asks German president for cooperation on Japan-EU FTA talks
• Nikkei – World Nuclear Capacity To Rise At Least 28% By 2035: Think Tank
• PanOrient News – Radiation Detected in Used Vehicle for Exports in Kawasaki
• Tokyo Times – Japan asks Tepco for $33 bn. cost cuts

Monday, October 24, 2011

• ABC – Concentrated radiation found in Tokyo
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan trade min: wants Tepco to cut at least $33 bln in costs – Kentaro Hamada
• Reuters – Refile-Tokyo Electric says no plans to sell all uranium stakes – Osamu Tsukimori
• UPI – Japanese village reconsiders nuclear power
• Daily Yomiuri – Utility mulling sale of overseas uranium holdings
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan, France must heighten cooperation on nuclear safety
• Japan Times – Tsunami steps saved Tokai from meltdown
• Japan Times – Kashiwa’s hot spot just one of many to come, expert says – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Kashiwa hot spot linked to Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Municipalities reluctant to host storage facilities for contaminated waste
• Mainichi Daily News – Local gov’ts struggle to secure radioactive waste sites amid residential opposition; survey
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive soil traced to contaminated rainwater due to broken ditch
• Mainichi Daily News – Residents to file suit seeking halt of Tsuruga reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan logs biggest trade deficit for 1st-half of fiscal year
• Mainichi Daily News – Journalists must empower those who have to stay near Fukushima plant (Part 4)
• Mainichi Daily News – Use of own eyes, ears and legs important to see truth amid disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – New levee prevents total power loss at nuclear plant in Ibaraki
• Tokyo Times – Japan considers new nuclear evacuation measures
• Tokyo Times – Japan considers new nuclear evacuation measures