Sunday, July 15, 2012
- Bloomberg – Toshiba Hires JPMorgan to Weigh Westinghouse Sale, Express Says – Maria Kolesnikova
- Equities – Nuclear energy hearing disrupted by presence of power company employee
- MarketWatch – New Japan nuke report to contradict Diet: Nikkei – Michael Kitchen
- Asahi Shimbun – Only 9 allowed to speak at public hearing on nuclear power
- Daily Yomiuri – N-plant usage rate fell to 0 in June
- Daily Yomiuri – No. 2 N-plant ‘responded better to crisis’ / Report outline also hits care of patients
- Fukushima Diary – Fatal traffic accident in Fukushima increased by 33.3% – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Deformed stag beetle in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4] Tepco will not announce when to take out the fuel from SFP4 – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Sea contamination] West coast of North American continent will be most contaminated 10 years later – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Kepco is going to restart Ohi unit4 – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Uesugi Takashi] 106.87µSv/h in hazard area, where Tepco said “9.3µSv/h” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai Revolution] Footage of protest 7/13/2012 – Iori Mochizuki
- Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear power plant safety promises sit on shaky ground
Saturday, July 14, 2012
- Truth-Out – Made in Japan? Fukushima Crisis Is Nuclear, Not Cultural – Gregg Levine
- Asahi Shimbun – Anti-nuclear protesters put heat on Noda
- Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO chairman admits Niigata reactor restarts are in trouble
- Fukushima Diary – JNN live camera caught yellow flash on 7/9/2012 – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Gov’s investigation committee gave up identifying the burst of reactor2, “need international help” – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Radiation level spiked all around in Japan from west – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Reactor2] Tepco is having a difficulty to install a new RPV thermometer – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Japan times] Government to conduct radiation tests on rice at 40,000 locations in 2012 – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Kepco stopped 8 thermal power plants for the oversupply of electricity to restart Ohi nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
- Japan Daily Press – Japan moves a step closer to reform energy industry – Masao Hasegawa
- Japan Times – Tepco chief seeks swift rate hike deal
- Japan Times – Aging Village shows the way with switch to solar – Michael Hoffman
- Japan Times – Editorial: Japan’s ‘man-made’ nuclear fiasco
- Japan Times – Public hearings on nuke future decried
- Japan Times – Attrition found in U.S. reactor tubes
- Japan Times – New nuke regulator to ‘voluntarily’ disclose info
Friday, July 13, 2012
- Cutting Edge – Japan Wants Israel Clean Tech Experts to Rebuild Fukushima – Leigh Cuen
- Enformable – TEPCO will conduct trial removal of fuel rods from Reactor 4 Spent Fuel Pool – Lucas W Hixson
- Power Engineering – Japan’s new nuclear regulatory body to disclose info “voluntarily”
- Reuters – Update 1-Japan utilities burn record gas in June as all reactors shut – Risa Maeda
- Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: No Reactors, Fewer Jobs? – Eleanor Warnock
- Asahi Shimbun – Shizuoka group collects 100,000 signatures for nuke plant vote
- Asahi Shimbun – Friday night protests in front of PM’s house gather steam – Louis Templado
- Fukushima Diary – [Japan times] Government to conduct radiation tests on rice at 40,000 locations in 2012 – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Kepco stopped 8 thermal power plants for the oversupply of electricity to restart Ohi nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai Revolution] Protest ended safely with the grotesque barricade of police – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Reactor3] Visual data sent from dead survey robot – Iori Mochizuki
- Japan Times – Goal set to reduce Fukushima radiation in long term
- Jpubb – Revision to the Technical Specification for the Nuclear Reactor Facility at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
- Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: Stepping up warnings in emergencies
Thursday, July 12, 2012
- AFP Google – Japan govt, media colluded on nuclear: Nobel winner
- Enformable – TEPCO releases video of Reactor 3 Torus Room Inspection – Lucas W Hixson
- Las Vegas SUN – Japan powered by nuclear energy again, blamed anew
- Mother Nature Network – Government, media colluded to promote nuclear power in Japan
- NY Times blog – Fukushima vs. Chernobyl: How Have Animals Fared? – Rachel Nuwer
- Yahoo!7 News – Fukushima kids cop ‘lifetime’ radiation dose – Mark Willacy
- Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO to pay 1 trillion yen in decontamination costs – Toru Nakagawa
- Asahi Shimbun – Western media: Don’t blame Fukushima on ‘culture’ – Daisuke Nakai
- Daily Yomiuri – Govt starts inspection of Tomari N-plant
- Daily Yomiuri – REVITALIZING JAPAN — Living on an island arc / All-out effort needed to get Fukushima fighting fit again
- Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4] Debris removal was finished, fuel will be taken out soon. – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Fasciated evening primrose in Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – AJISAI revolution / La révolution des hortensias -Japanese having revolution – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Reactor3] Latest pictures from crawler crane – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – Survey robot died in reactor3 – Iori Mochizuki
- Fukushima Diary – [Asahi] Gov concealed radiation exposure data of Fukushima children “not to cause fear” – Iori Mochizuki
- Japan Daily Press – KEPCO announces Japan’s second reactor to restart on July 18 – Adam Westlake
- Japan Daily Press – Doctor Shuntaro Hida says symptoms of Fukushima patients is similar to the A-bomb era – Radhika Seth
- Japan Times – Tepco told to air footage of Kan’s nuke crisis rage
- Japan Times – Ukraine and Japan’s radioactive bond – Edan Corkill
- Japan Times – Nuke watchdog to be launched in fall
- Japan Times – With record of flips, the risk of a flop – Jun Hongo and Natsuko Fukue
- Japan Times – A-bomb doctor warns of further Fukushima woes – Megumi Iizuka
- Japan Times – Oi reactor 4 to begin restart July 18
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
- CounterPunch – Fukushima as Manufactured Disaster – Chris Williams
- Enformable – Is the root cause of the Fukushima disaster really “Made in Japan?” – Karl Grossman
- Enformable – TEPCO completes debris removal operations at Reactor 4 and releases new photos of operating floor of Reactor 3
- RTT News – Fuel Rod Containers At Japanese Nuke Plant Found Damaged
- World Nuclear News – Picture record of tsunami arrival
- Asahi Shimbun – No well-trodden path for radiation literacy classes in Fukushima schools
- Asahi Shimbun – Study finds lifetime thyroid doses of radiation in Fukushima children
- Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO to release teleconference videos after all
- Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima business subsidies increased
- Fukushima Diary – Mutated slug in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
- Mainichi Daily News – With fishing suspended, Fukushima fishermen return to sea to catch disaster debris
- Mainichi Daily News – Futaba mayor lashes gov’t over radiation cover-up after nuke disaster
- Mainichi Daily News – Lawyer plans legal action over gov’t leak of nuclear policy meeting agenda
- Mainichi Daily News – Local gov’ts call for extension of nursing-care subsidies for disaster victims
- Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: Japan’s energy future too important to be left to experimental polling method
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
- eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, July 9, 2012 .
- Enformable – In Japan being too interested in nuclear affairs may warrant a background check – Lucas W Hixson
- Enformable – TEPCO releases new photos of tsunami which hit Fukushima Daiichi on March 11th, 2011
- Enformable – In-Focus Japan: More than a decade of AEC closed-door meetings undocumented – Ohi restart further delayed by jellyfish problem
- Eurasia Review – Japan: Nuclear Industry Entrepreneur Seeks Massive Damages From Freelancer
- Reuters – Update 1-Japan aims for $628 bln green energy market to boost economy – Takaya Yamaguchi
- Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO releases more photos of tsunami damage at Fukushima nuclear plant
- Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Fukushima reactor costs should be excluded from power-rate calculations
- Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO releases 33 more tsunami pictures
- Daily Yomiuri – Central Japan rocked by powerful quake
- Denki Shimbun – Ohi unit 3 resumed power generation
- Japan Daily Press – GPS Geiger counter from U.S.’s Safecast creates Fukushima radiation databaseBy Adam Westlake
Monday, July 09, 2012
- Bloomberg – Search for Truth Finds a Disaster Made in Japan – William Pesek
- House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 9 Jul 2012
- Japan Times – Restarted Oi reactor generating at full capacity
- Japan Times – Atomic Energy Commission held undocumented, closed-door meetings for more than a decade