Sunday, June 03, 2012

• Sacramento News – Fukushima still feeds lawmakers’ concerns for West Coast – Paul C. Barton
• Enformable – Japan’s obsession with restarting Ohi reactors lacks “scientific basis” – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japan sets much more stringent limits on radioactivity in swimming spots – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO admits over half of Unit 2 thermometers faulty – Hosono postpones visit to push Ohi restart – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Is the reclassification of evacuation areas around Fukushima Daiichi encouraging reconstruction or discrimination – Lucas W Hixson
• Daily Yomiuri – Toshiba upbeat on N-plant business
• Fukushima Diary – The moment when Edano lied to the people – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Metropolitan Police Department went cautious about guerilla for Tepco – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Safety limit of swimming class is 1µSv/h in Sukagawa city Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 290,000 Bq/Kg at 18km from National Diet – Iori Mochizuki
• Taipei Times – Japan’s plutonium plans stir up alarm

Saturday, June 02, 2012

• Enformable – TEPCO admits over half of Unit 2 thermometers faulty – Hosono postpones visit to push Ohi restart – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Is the reclassification of evacuation areas around Fukushima Daiichi encouraging reconstruction or discrimination – Lucas W Hixson
• Global Research – Fukushima: Pacific Ocean Will Not Dilute Dumped Radioactive Water
• Daily Yomiuri – Oi N-reactors ‘not at full before July7’
• Daily Yomiuri – ‘Accepting’ reactivation disrespectful to Fukui Pref.
• Fukushima Diary – More fasciated dandelions in Nagano – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radioactive particles circulate the world taking 40 days – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium is sinking deeper under riverbed – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco ordered employees to downplay Fukushima accident – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – CNN:Massive protest against gov to stop burning radioactive debris in Kitakyushu – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 20,000 Bq/Kg from school pool – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: Quickstep to restarting reactors – Mt121520208000010147451
• Japan Times – Ministry sees 20-27% emissions cuts by 2030
• Japan Times – Silver lining: Nuke crisis raised food safety awareness
• Japan Times – Tokyo Electric’s ex-president to join Fuji Oil as outside board member
• Mainichi Daily News – JAEC handed nuclear policy meeting docs to pro-nuclear figures at secret meeting
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayor of Fukushima town proposes residents stay away at least 5 years
• Mainichi Daily News – What good is a Cabinet secretary who can’t persuade the PM?

Friday, June 01, 2012

• Enformable – Is the reclassification of evacuation areas around Fukushima Daiichi encouraging reconstruction or discrimination – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japanese protest outside prime ministers office on Friday – More than half of residents near Ohi still opposed to restart – Lucas W Hixson
• Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review (With Video)
• POWERnews – Japan’s Nuclear Infrastructure – Sonal Patel
• Reuters – Japanese protest over planned restart of nuclear reactors – Aaron Sheldrick
• SFGate – Japan making more plutonium despite huge stockpile – Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi
• Washington Post – Japan’s plutonium glut: Plan to make more raises red flag as country reassesses nuclear future
• Denki Shimbun – Discussions on basic policy on utilization of nuclear energy stalled
• Denki Shimbun – Japan’s lower house started deliberations on new nuclear regulatory body
• Denki Shimbun – Discrepancy in testimony before Fukushima accident investigation commission
• Fukushima Diary – Water contamination reached west Kanagawa – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tohoku university measures effectiveness of decontamination by using children – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor 4 lost most of the wall on sea side – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – My Facebook account was disabled – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – NISA eyes emergency bases 5 to 30 km from nuke plants
• Japan Times – 1,200 join suit against Genkai atomic plant
• Japan Times – Fukushima farmers pray for cesium-free rice – Yuri Kageyama
• Mainichi Daily News – Demand for ‘fair compensation’ delays reclassification of Fukushima’s evacuation zones
• Mainichi Daily News – Kansai Electric to set energy saving target at 15% even if Oi reactors restarted
• Mainichi Daily News – Tsukuba tornado wind speeds may have reached 360 kph: research
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Politicians should take the helm in nuclear emergencies
• Mainichi Daily News – Food safety awareness rises after nuclear crisis: gov’t paper

Thursday, May 31, 2012

• Enformable – Group of US students set to depart next week for Fukushima cleanup mission – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Diet panel and TEPCO may square off over plans to abandon Fukushima Daiichi reactors at height of nuclear disaster – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japan hoping to announce restart of Ohi nuclear power plant as soon as next week – Lucas W Hixson
• Huffington Post – Why I Don’t Buy Japan’s Nuclear Restart – Amy Chavez
• MarketWatch – Japan power firms rise on possible nuke restart – Michael Kitchen
• World Nuclear News – Fossil fuels rule Japan
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco raises salary – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Former president of Tepco, Shimizu got the golden parachute – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium fallout increases every 40 days – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima city rents dosimeter to pregnant women (for 1 week) – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Back ground:Incineration of Radioactive and Mixed Waste – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reuters:Alaskan crews gear up to tackle Japan tsunami debris – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 570 Bq/Kg of Iodine 131 was measured in Gunma – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima Daini was submerged – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Japan’s 3/11 quake, tsunami caused atmosphere disturbanceBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Kansai chiefs accept ‘limited’ reactor restart – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – 500 to hire on in ’14; bonuses slated
• Japan Times – Alleged plan to pull No. 1 plant workers returns to haunt Tepco – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Editorial: AEC’s dubious behavior
• Mainichi Daily News – Former TEPCO executive to build ‘solar-agriculture park’ in Fukushima Pref.
• Mainichi Daily News – Former PM aide Mabuchi says command chain confused in nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – 1,200 more people join suit seeking Genkai nuclear plant’s shutdown

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

• Asian Scientist Magazine – WHO Estimates Radiation Dose From Fukushima Accident
• Daily Beast – Radioactive Tuna Won’t Kill You—but Should We Be Concerned About Mercury?
• Enformable – New lawsuit filed against Sendai nuclear power plant – More than 100 Namie residents died during Fukushima evacuations – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Fukushima Radiation found in Tuna caught near San Diego only 5 months after Fukushima disaster – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japanese cell phone to be equipped with gamma radiation detector and GPS mapping software – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japan halts review of national nuclear policy after draft report scandal – Lucas W Hixson
• Nature – Fukushima has positive fallout for marine science – Alice Lighton
• Platts – TEPCO facing a challenge of rising fuel prices – Atsuko Kawasaki
• Reuters – Japan ministers to meet on reactor restarts – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Japan PM Noda: must restart reactors that are confirmed safe – Kentaro Hamada
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Kan must reflect on harm done by his ‘no nuclear’ remarks
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO expected to defer rate hike for households
• Daily Yomiuri – Hosono: Safety will be ensured for Oi restart
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima gov. slams evacuation instructions / Sato calls central govt disorganization ‘regrettable,’ admits flaws in prefecture’s own disaster response
• Fukushima Diary – Thermometers of reactor 2 indicate abnormal transition of temperature – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Double-headed dandelion again – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Possible recriticality in reactor2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker hunting from overseas – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Tokyo researchers develop cloth to absorb cesium out of toxic water – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Tokai mayor at front of antinuclear drive – Keiji Hirano
• Japan Times – Panel likely to delay start of 10% price hike by Tepco – Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Areas with nuclear plants may be exempt from rolling blackouts
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t mulling having vice minister stationed at Oi nuke plant: Hosono
• Mainichi Daily News – No expansion of Hiroshima ‘black rain’ medical assistance areas
• Mainichi Daily News – Panel discussing Japan’s nuclear policy to be reviewed over misstep
• Mainichi Daily News – Hosono regrets not having admitted nuclear meltdowns immediately
• Mainichi Daily News – Hokuriku Electric to check fault near Shika nuclear plant
• Tokyo Times – Japan closer to deciding its nuclear future

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

• Bloomberg – Japan Says Tuna Radiation Levels May Need Global Monitoring – Takashi Hirokawa
• Enformable – Japan halts review of national nuclear policy after draft report scandal – Lucas W Hixson
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Fukushima Daiichi: The Truth and the Future – Maggie and Arnie Gundersen
• Green Times – Forty million Japanese in ‘extreme danger’
• The Guardian – Fukushima inquiry: I felt helpless, says former PM – Justin McCurry
• Reuters – Japan starts atomic watchdog debate, reactor decision nears – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Softbank unveils post-Fukushima radiation smartphone – Mari Saito
• World Nuclear News – Level heads at Fukushima Daiichi 4
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: How much N-power do we need? ‘None’ is the wrong answer
• Daily Yomiuri – Panel unveils 4 options for N-dependency
• Daily Yomiuri – Diet starts talks on nuclear regulatory body
• Daily Yomiuri – Kan emphasizes importance of N-plant visit
• Daily Yomiuri – Low-level cesium found in tuna off U.S.
• Daily Yomiuri – Kan defends his response to Fukushima crisis / Denies responsibility for suspension of seawater injections, stresses his actions were ‘adequate’
• Denki Shimbun – Radiation measurement using optical fiber
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor4 still remains frail for Tsunami – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Nature:The total amounts of radioactively contaminated materials in forests in Fukushima, Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco is planning the first endoscope operation to reactor1 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco is going to attach a freezing machine to water circulation system – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium from tuna fished in west coast of America – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima Diani blackout because of lighting strike – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Japanese government begins debate over atomic watchdog groupBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Daily Press – Kansai Electric urges Prime Minister Noda to restart reactors – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Four energy mix plans offered
• Japan Times – Four energy mix plans offered
• Mainichi Daily News – Ex-PM Kan apologizes for not preventing Fukushima disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – University of Tokyo develops light, highly efficient ‘decontamination cloth’
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Diet panel’s questioning on gov’t response to nuclear accident lacked focus
• Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: Leading with a level-headed response
• Mainichi Daily News – MEXT not releasing nuke accident prediction info to Shiga Pref.
• Mainichi Daily News – Edano reluctant to temporarily restart Oi reactors to meet peak demand
• Mainichi Daily News – Softbank unveils smartphone capable of measuring radiation
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive cesium from Fukushima found in tuna caught off U.S.

Monday, May 28, 2012

• BBC News – Japan ex-PM Naoto Kan says state to blame for Fukushima
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Kan Says He Acted to Prevent Fukushima Plant Evacuation – Jacob Adelman, Monami Yui and Peter Langan
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Preliminary Dose Estimation from the Nuclear Accident after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
• The Independent – Scrap nuclear power, says Japan’s Kan – David McNeill
• OpEdNews – Fukushima Denial/Awareness – Carol Wolman, MD
• San Francisco Chronicle – Japan farmers plant, pray for radiation-free rice – Yuri Kageyama
• Yahoo!7 News – Japan power firm urges PM to OK nuclear plant restart
• Yahoo!7 News – Japan govt bears most blame for Fukushima: ex-PM
• Xinhua News – Japan gov’t bears major responsibility for Fukushima: ex-PM
• Daily Yomiuri – Kan: Govt mostly to blame in N-crisis
• Japan Times – Kan tells nuke probe: 3/11 overwhelmed us – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Butcher arrested in Fukushima beef ploy
• Mainichi Daily News – Ex-prime minister Kan begins testimony at nuclear inquiry panel
• Taiwan News – Nuclear waste dump site on isolated island ‘impossible’: councilor