Sunday, September 11, 2011

• Business Week – Post-tsunami Japan sticking with nuclear power – Yuri Kageyama
• Reuters – Japan anti-nuclear protests mark 6 months since quake – Olivier Fabre
• SNL Financial – Former NRC member says Fukushima ‘wake-up call’ in danger of going unheeded – Jonathan Crawford
• UPI – Japan atomic leak 3 times first estimate
• UPI – Quake radiation, politics, worry Japanese
• Wall Street Journal blog – Six Months: Counting the Cost – Yoree Koh
• Japan Times – Not enough whole body counters to go around – Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Plugging leaks will end crisis, not cold shutdown: analysts – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Evacuees take Hachiro’s exit as inevitable, opposition to grill Noda

Saturday, September 10, 2011

• AFP Google – Japan to mark six months since March earthquake
• AP Google – Reports: Japan trade minister resigns after 8 days
• AP Google – Post-tsunami Japan sticking with nuclear power – Yuri Kageyama
• AFP Google – Japan minister ‘resigns over Fukushima comments’
• BBC News – Japan trade minister Hachiro quits over nuclear gaffe
• The Guardian – Fukushima disaster: it’s not over yet – Jonathan Watts
• IBNLive – TEPCO builds frames for cover over Fukushima reactor
• Reuters – Japan trade minister resigns after gaffe -Jiji – Edmund Klamann
• Asahi Shimbun – Noda ducks radioactive soil issue in visit to Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – Populations shrinking in Tohoku coastal cities – Seiichiro Utano
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation, power fears lead to population decrease in Tokyo
• Daily Yomiuri – Hachiro’s radioactive gaffe / Mock contamination leads to calls for resignation or dismissal
• Japan Times – Tepco builds frame of cover for reactor No. 1
• Japan Times – METI chief quits after eight days
• Japan Times – Effect of contaminated soil on food chain sparks fears – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Noda visits disaster-hit Miyagi areas
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima governor blasts TEPCO for not understanding residents’ feelings about crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Six months later: The Fukushima nuclear disaster in retrospect
• Mainichi Daily News – 17-year-old boy worked in restricted radiation zone at Fukushima No. 2 plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Minister Hachiro sorry for calling Fukushima plant area ‘ghost town’
• Mainichi Daily News – Safety checks begin on 2 nuclear reactors in Niigata
• Nikkei – Hachiro Tenders Resignation Over Gaffes On Fukushima Crisis
• PanOrient News – Yokosuka Port Location Above Seismic Focal Zone “Poses Risks to US Nuclear Ships
• Tokyo Times – Utilities research finds 14 fault lines near Japan’s nuclear plants

Friday, September 09, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Transparency in access to the grid crucial for promotion of renewable energy
• Daily Yomiuri – Sea radiation ‘3 times higher than thought’
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt eyes reconstruction fund
• Daily Yomiuri – Consumer agency warns of faulty radiation meters
• Daily Yomiuri – Hachiro: Towns of death around N-plant
• Denki Shimbun – New method being developed to significantly reduce radioactive cesium in soil
• Denki Shimbun – New METI chief does not foresee NPS expansions or additions
• Japan Times – Decon plan may cost ¥220 billion
• Japan Times – Radiation gag backfires on trade minister
• Japan Times – ¥220 billion to clean neighborhoods
• Japan Times – Two Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors to start safety tests
• Japan Times – Kepco’s massive solar plant up and running
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan-Vietnam talks on nuclear reactor exports resume after hiatus
• Mainichi Daily News – Family with young children chooses to stay in radiation ‘hot spot’ district
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation expert says outcome of nuke crisis hard to predict, warns of further dangers
• Mainichi Daily News – Cheap radiation detectors give inaccurate results, consumer watchdog reports
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive waste disposal conundrum slowing recovery efforts
• Nikkei – Tepco To Begin Accepting Nuclear Compensation Claims
• Nikkei – Govt May Raise Tepco Compensation Bond Cap To Y5tln
• Tokyo Times – Japan’s report on the nuclear disaster hopes to gain trust from international community
• Tokyo Times – Fake nuclear e-mails, ordered by gov’t official – inquiry
• AP Google – Japan minister slammed for gaffe over nuke crisis – Mari Yamaguchi
• AFP Google – Japan’s minister slapped for ‘ghost town’ slur
• AFP Google – Former Japan PM ‘prevented nuclear plant pullout’
• The Guardian – Fukushima disaster: it’s not over yet – Jonathan Watts
• Greenpeace International blog – Nuclear dirty tricks and the consequences of Fukushima – Justin McKeating
• PSR – Remembering 3/11: 6 months after Fukushima, nuclear experts say critical lessons going unlearned (pdf)
• Reuters – Sea radiation from Fukushima seen triple Tepco estimate – Yuko Takeo

Thursday, September 08, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Japan hopes IAEA report will dispel distrust abroad
• Asahi Shimbun – In Fukushima, students face up to realities of nuclear disaster
• Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima logs suspect in mushroom radiation contamination – Satoshi Otani
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda should ditch denuclearization policy
• Japan Times – ‘Countdown to Zero’ The inconvenient truths behind a nuclear world – Giovanni Fazio
• Japan Times – Noda lauds emergency staff on Fukushima visit
• Japan Times – Seifuku Kojo Iinkai ditch the idol prattle for an antinuke message – Daisuke Kikuchi
• Japan Times – Aggravating our radiation fears – Yasuko Okayama
• Japan Times – Safety check begins on 13 idled reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Above-the-limit cesium found in Iwate beef, 1st since shipments OK’d
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO submits heavily redacted copy of Fukushima nuke accident manual
• Mainichi Daily News – Rising radioactive cesium levels detected in Fukushima child’s urine
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear experts: Radiation-contaminated areas in Fukushima disaster only one-tenth of Chernobyl’s
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t must learn lessons from nuclear crisis response to avoid repeating mistakes
• Mainichi Daily News – 54% of evacuees from disaster-hit prefectures eye settling elsewhere permanently
• Mainichi Daily News – Spain honors Japanese nuclear first-responders
• Tokyo Times – Fukushima Daiichi Mystery Man Steps Forward
• Tokyo Times – Fukushima research team to visit Chernobyl
• AFP Google – Japan’s new PM in crisis-hit Fukushima
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Governor Asks Japan Premier to Set Up Recovery Fund – Yuji Okada
• BBC News – Japan quake evacuees: Starting again
• BBC News – New Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear disaster: PM at the time feared Japan would collapse – Justin McCurry
• New York Times – Japan Official Ordered Nuclear E-Mails, Inquiry Finds – Martin Fackler
• New York Times – Fukushima’s Long Link to a Dark Nuclear Past – Martin Fackler
• Reuters – Q+A: What’s going on at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant? – Shinichi Saoshiro

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Kan: I couldn’t let TEPCO withdraw from Fukushima disaster
• Japan Times – Safety check begins on 13 idled reactors
• Japan Times – Hachiro hints at reactor restarts – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Toshiba to buy Westinghouse stake
• Japan Times – Nuke holdout resolved to stay put – Eric Talmadge
• Mainichi Daily News – Kyushu Electric repaying Genkai Fishery Co-op’s 700 million yen debt
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to put 2.38 bil. yen into Fukushima compensation body
• Mainichi Daily News – Panel raises question on TEPCO’s cost predictions over past 10 years
• Mainichi Daily News – Saga assembly panel chief resigns over Kyushu Electric donations
• Mainichi Daily News – 13 idled reactors enter 1st stage of safety evaluation process
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima residents need apt nuke crisis info to make decisions about future
• Nikkei – Tepco To Contribute Y2.37bn To Compensation Body
• Nikkei – Toshiba To Buy Westinghouse Stake From Shaw
• AP Google – Ex-PM feared for Japan’s survival in nuke crisis
• AFP Google – Japan firm creates radiation-detecting plastic
• Nature blog – Video: Fukushima nuclear crisis, six months later – September 07, 2011
• Nature blog – Directly comparing Fukushima to Chernobyl – September 07, 2011
• Nuclear Engineering – Hot salty water causes leak
• Scientific American – Fukushima’s Reactor Cores Still Too Hot to Open – Geoff Brumfiel
• Scientific American – Fukushima Crisis Is Still Hazy – David Cyranoski, Geoff Brumfiel
• UPI – Kan calls Fukushima ‘manmade disaster’
• UPI – Japan to decrease nuclear power?

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Evacuated town’s officials call for early start to decontamination – Yoichiro Kodera
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Government should keep promoting power conservation
• Daily Yomiuri – Kan: Nuclear crisis ‘man-made’ / Ex-PM says poor flow of info hindered N-plant accident response
• Denki Shimbun – Resumption of talks with Vietnam on nuclear plant export
• Denki Shimbun – Large-scale nuclear emergency drill held involving 16,000 utility employees
• Japan Times – Shared regional interests draw Japan and India closer – Jeffery J. Hornung
• Japan Times – IAEA to call for nuclear crisis team
• Japan Times – Noda ties atomic power to recovery
• Japan Times – Editorial: Preparing for the next catastrophe
• Mainichi Daily News – No. of Japan’s nuclear plants to be zero in future: Hachiro
• Mainichi Daily News – Nobel winner urges Japan to abandon nuclear power
• Mainichi Daily News – IHI to produce steam generators for nuclear plants at Yokohama factory
• Mainichi Daily News – Hachiro hopes to resume halted reactors soon if local gov’ts approve
• Nikkei – 60% of Tohoku Food Firms Feeling Impact of Nuclear Disaster: Poll
• Nikkei – PM Noda To Visit Fukushima On Thursday
• Nikkei – Toshiba Mulls Buying Shaw Group’s Westinghouse Stake
• Tokyo Times – The first results of nuclear stress-tests, expected this month
• Tokyo Times – No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima nuke lowers temperature, signals progress – Japan Times
• Tokyo Times – Japan tunes in to anti-nuclear songs
• AP Google – Nobel winner urges Japan to abandon nuclear power – Mari Yamaguchi
• NPR – After Nuclear Mishap, Japan Debates Energy Future – Frank Langfitt
• World Nuclear News – Fukushima third reactor temperature down

Monday, September 05, 2011

• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Fukushima on REACTS’ agenda in Miami – Frank Munger
• Beyond Nuclear – Fukushima Eye-Witnesses from Japan Visit New York–Will Challenge UN to Stop its Promotion of Nuclear Power – Kevin Kamps and Linda Gunter. (pdf-187K)
• Daily Yomiuri – N-crisis causes vacant posts at German Embassy – Norihide Miyoshi
• Japan Focus – Contamination Outside Fukushima – Matthew Penney
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear troubleshooter Hosono cites need for temporary storage facility at Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Making Tohoku region final repository site for all nuclear waste simply not fair
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear minister eyes standards for reactors’ lifespan
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima Pref. shows how it tests rice for radioactive matter
• Tokyo Times – Nuclear power is good, argues new PM
• Tokyo Times – All of Japan should take in Fukushima toxic waste – minister
• Bloomberg – Noda Tells Wary Japanese Nuclear Power Is Needed to Save Economy – Chisaki Watanabe
• CNN – Official: Japanese nuclear plant stabilization ahead of schedule – Pamela Boykoff and Yoko Wakatsuki
• IPS – Fukushima Blows Lid Off Exploited Labour – Suvendrini Kakuchi
• Reuters – Table-Japan nuclear plant ops (Ikata No.1 shut for maintenance) – Osamu Tsukimori, Risa Maeda and Chikako Mogi
• Focus Taiwan – Taiwan completes first phase of nuclear safety review: AEC