Sunday, March 04, 2012

• BBC News – Daunting challenge of Fukushima clean-upBy Julian Siddle
• Reuters – Tepco to seek 10% hike in household charges-Nikkei – Tim Kelly
• Washington Post – Prime Minister Noda says tax hike essential for Japan’s sustainability – Chico Harlan
• Xinhua News – Over 80% Japan’s municipalities unwilling to accept quake debris: survey
• Xinhua News – China keeps close eye on Japan nuclear leak: official
• Fukushima Diary – French journalist prosecuted summary for entering 20km area – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Potassium iodide was given to Tepco employees – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – 86% of municipalities leery of taking debris
• Japan Times – Meet the atomic bomb survivors – Masamichi Yabuki
• Mainichi Daily News – 86% of municipalities reluctant to accept debris from March disasters
• Mainichi Daily News – Anti-nuclear activist sees commonalities between Minamata and Fukushima
• Tokyo Times – Japan leader points to disaster response failures

Saturday, March 03, 2012

• AFP Google – Japan PM: No individual to blame for Fukushima – Huw Griffith
• Kenny Side show – Fukushima Reactor 6 has lost 7 tons of water. Reactor 4 water pipes burst from being frozen
• New York Times – Japan’s Premier Says Government Shares Blame for Fukushima Disaster – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Xinhua News – Japan to spend more than 12.23 bln USD on decontamination: Noda
• Xinhua News – Local governments in western Japan reach deal with utility on nuclear safety
• Daily Yomiuri – Disposal sites refuse to accept 140,000 tons of tainted waste
• Fukushima Diary – Propaganda site is taking too long to finish – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radioactive sewage sludge and incinerated ash stocked 100,000 tones in 12 prefectures – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco abandoned another heating gauge of reactor 2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Contamination level is increasing in Tokyo Bay – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 30 million Bq/m3 measured in Ohkuma machi – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Actor in the spotlight of Japan’s antinuke movement – Eriko Arita
• Japan Times – Food must be cleansed, Chernobyl expert warns
• Japan Times – Ministry hid data on fallout from public
• Japan Today – TEPCO’s liability to Japan – Stack Jones
• Mainichi Daily News – From broken temp sensors to leaky pipes, Fukushima nuke plant plagued with problems
• Mainichi Daily News – Interior of Fukushima No. 1 plant’s emergency center shown to reporters
• Mainichi Daily News – Local gov’ts, farmers struggle with hundreds of tons of radiation-tainted rice straw
• Mainichi Daily News – From broken temp sensors to leaky pipes, Fukushima nuke plant plagued with problems
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Lessons learned 1 year after March 2011 disasters
• Mainichi Daily News – Interior of Fukushima No. 1 plant’s emergency center shown to reporters
• Mainichi Daily News – FOCUS: PM Noda’s fate dim after 6 months at helm, snap election in focus
• Mainichi Daily News – Fidel Castro calls on Japanese to tell nuclear experience to world
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan PM to attend nuclear summit in Seoul in late March
• Mainichi Daily News – Ministry leaders decided to hold nuclear data after Fukushima crisis

Friday, March 02, 2012

• Bloomberg – Japan Without Nuclear a ‘Disaster,’ Says Former IEA Chief Tanaka – Jacob Adelman
• Forbes – Radioactive Rice and Sudden Acceleration? How About Over-Reaction and Irresponsibility? – Stephen Harner
• Reuters – Japan govt to take majority stake in Tepco -Asahi – Miki Kayaoka and Yoko Kubota
• Asahi Shimbun – Scientists: Far more cesium released than previously believed – Akiko Okazaki
• Daily Yomiuri – One Year after the Disaster / Quake-hit areas still struggling with debris
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO eyes 3-year hike limit / Believes charges could be lowered upon restarting of reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to pay 250 billion yen in first round of relief cash
• Denki Shimbun – Robots surveying Fukushima accident site
• Denki Shimbun – Criticism over excessive intervention by prime minister’s office in Fukushima accident
• Fukushima Diary – 7µSv/h in Yokohama may be from air conditioner filter – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Tepco wants six-year 10% hike, then 5% cut
• Japan Times – ¥3 trillion in cost cuts over 10 years
• Japan Times – Nuke crisis response fell short: Kan
• Japan Times – Castro to hibakusha on Peace Boat: Relate nuclear experience to world
• Japan Times – Tokyo now taking Onagawa debris
• Mainichi Daily News – Reforms spark generational battle within TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Defiant Nuclear Safety Commission chief says he will quit post
• Mainichi Daily News – Mass media under scrutiny on 1st anniversary of 3/11 disasters
• Mainichi Daily News – Town near Fukushima nuclear plant returns functions back home
• Mainichi Daily News – Daido Steel certified as nuclear plant material supplier
• Taiwan Today – Activists call for referendums on Taiwan’s nuclear plants – June Tsai

Thursday, March 01, 2012

• Bloomberg – Reactor-Safety Rule Tied to Japan Backed by Two U.S. NRC Members – Brian Wingfield
• Reuters – Update 1-U.S. NRC to issue first post-Fukushima safety rules – Eileen O’Grady
• Scientific American – It’s Not Just Fukushima: Mass Disaster Evacuations Challenge Planners – David Biello
• Bloomberg – Japan Meltdown Moves From Reactors to Rice Bowls: Paul Blustein – Paul Blustein
• PRI – Journalists allowed up-close look at efforts to dismantle Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan Feb nuclear plant usage at record low 6.1 pct – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan says possible all reactors shut this summer – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Slate Magazine – The Fukushima Question–How close did Japan really get to a widespread nuclear disaster? – Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger
• Der Spiegel – What Future Does Nuclear Power Have in Japan? – Wieland Wagner
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt must learn lessons from its N-crisis missteps
• Daily Yomiuri – Gemba: Japan, N. Korea unlikely to resume talks soon
• Daily Yomiuri – Health ministry to make new guideline for workers near Fukushima nuclear plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt of evacuated town moves back to old offices
• Daily Yomiuri – Diet OK’s bill to reduce salaries / Government employee wage cuts to free 580 bil. yen for reconstruction
• Fukushima Diary – CTBT measured 10 times higher radiation level than average – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Thick smoke from Fukushima plants again – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Most of the thyroid preparations are produced in Iwaki Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fuel storage pool of reactor 3 collapsed most of the part – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – A member of atomic energy society of Japan found dead on the street – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tama river fish contaminated – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima gov will use contaminated wood for building materials – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 220 mSv/h in reactor2. Human can’t work – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco hasn’t filtered Strontium – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – After 3/11, short-film director has one message: Don’t forget – Tomoko Otake
• Japan Times – No cesium detected in milk at 116 firms
• Japan Times – Evacuated town prepares for residents’ return – Jun Hongo
• Mainichi Daily News – Problem at nuclear fuel reprocessing plant throws construction schedule into doubt
• Mainichi Daily News – 57 percent of local gov’ts near nuke plants favor conditional reactor restarts: survey
• Mainichi Daily News – Worries continue over cesium-tainted rice as gov’t softens contamination cap
• Focus Taiwan – Nuclear safety review near completion: AEC – Lu Hsin-hui, Zoe Wei and Y.F. Low
• Focus Taiwan – Nuclear waste threatens our survival: Lanyu natives – Christie Chen
• Taipei Times – Nuclear safety review to be completed next month
• Taipei Times – Tao protest against nuclear waste – Loa Iok-sin

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

• BBC News – BBC’s Roland Buerk goes inside Fukushima nuclear plant
• Bloomberg – Japan Meltdown Moves From Reactors to Rice: Paul Blustein
• PBS – FRONTLINE Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown
• Daily Yomiuri – 70% of companies ‘can’t pass along TEPCO rate hikes’
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO ups payout for some evacuees
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda: Okinawa plan needs time / Details of handover of U.S. military facilities will take months to finalize
• Japan Times – Scale of deception beyond belief – J.T. Cassidy
• Japan Times – EU extends food import restrictions
• Japan Today – When the safety and political conditions are met and some reactors are restarted … we still have another high hurdle to clear. That is storage space for spent fuel is running out.
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan tsunami debris spreading across Pacific
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t tells utility to consider more active faults to check Tomari plant’s quake resistance
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayor of nuclear reactor city used taxpayers’ money on gifts for nuclear disaster minister
• Mainichi Daily News – EU extends restrictions on Japanese food imports until October
• Mainichi Daily News – Britain eyes Japanese participation in plans to reuse plutonium stocks
• Mainichi Daily News – Robot detects high radiation levels at Fukushima Daiichi plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Farmer in no-go zone around Fukushima plant pleads for support
• Mainichi Daily News – Rice planting to be conditionally allowed in cesium-tainted areas
• Tokyo Times – Plant chief: Fukushima nuke plant still vulnerable

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

• Bennington Banner – Fukushima radioactivity discovered in samples taken in Bennington – Bob Audette
• PBS – Frontline: Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown
• AP Google – Plant chief: Fukushima nuke plant still vulnerable – Mari Yamaguchi
• Atlantic Wire – Fukushima Managers Should’ve Cleaned Up Before Letting in Reporters
• Bloomberg – Nuclear-Free Summer Looms Over Japan’s West in Risk to Growth – Andy Sharp and Toru Fujioka
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Kan Gets Mixed Assessment on Fukushima Disaster Response – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Greenpeace International blog – Lessons from Fukushima: new Greenpeace report a warning on nuclear risks – Jan Beranek
• The Guardian – Editorial: Japan’s nuclear disaster: a long half-life
• The Guardian – Fukushima visit: I wanted to rip my full-face mask off more than once – Justin McCurry
• Monsters and Critics – Radiation in food, drink sets off alarms for Japan parents – Takehiko Kambayashi
• Reuters – Fukushima: Japan leaders feared “devil’s chain reaction” – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Wall Street Journal – Japan Struggles With Tainted Reactor Water? The Key to Cooling Damaged Nuclear Plants Now Poses Major Radioactive Worry, Storage Challenge – Phred Dvorak
• Denki Shimbun – Experts from abroad offer advice on Fukushima accident
• Denki Shimbun – DPJ launched discussions on TEPCO reform
• Japan Times – Fukushima farmer presses Tepco to look after abandoned animals
• Japan Times – Panel lays bare Fukushima recipe for disaster – Jun Hongo
• Mainichi Daily News – METI to introduce equipment to remove most radioactive materials at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Report takes former PM Kan to task over Fukushima nuke disaster handling
• Mainichi Daily News – ‘Lonely death’ in evacuee community prompts renewed look at safety check system
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan’s response to Fukushima crisis only created chaos: panel
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima farmer asks TEPCO to take steps for animals in evacuation zone
• Mainichi Daily News – Gist of private-sector panel report on Fukushima crisis
• Tokyo Times – Three major cities step up pressure against nuclear industry
• China Post – Anti-nuke organization demonstrates in Taipei

Monday, February 27, 2012

• CBS News – Report: Gov’t “collapsed” during Japan nuke crisis – Lucy Craft
• Kenny Side show – 5th Hearing of the NAIIC Investigation of Fukushima I Nuke Plant Accident
• Reuters – Japan cities press utility to switch from nuclear – Risa Maeda
• UC Berkeley blog – Fukushima nuclear crisis: A disaster deemed ‘inconceivable’ – Dan Farber
• Wall Street Journal – Japan Planned for ‘Worst-Case’ Nuclear Options – Yuka Hayashi
• Daily Yomiuri – Futaba mayor declares distrust of govt / Boycotts meeting over report of planned purchase for Fukushima waste sites
• Daily Yomiuri – Photos from jet show devastated N-plant – Tatsuo Nakajima
• Daily Yomiuri – Bulletin details Fukushima life – Motoshi Sakata
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima city welcomes return of last four schools after evacuation
• Mainichi Daily News – Almost one year on: Aerial photos from near Fukushima nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Fertilizer mixed with potassium helps cut down amount of cesium in brown rice
• Mainichi Daily News – 700 form human chain calling for decommissioning of Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Kansai Electric to log its largest-ever net loss
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO must be proactive in nuke crisis compensation negotiations
• Mainichi Daily News – 3 Fukushima mayors boycott meeting with gov’t ministers
• Mainichi Daily News – 3 major Kansai cities aim to break dependence on nuclear power
• Mainichi Daily News – Many hospitals in quake-hit areas ill-equipped to meet patients’ needs