Sunday, April 29, 2012

• New Zealand Herald – Muttonbirds affected by Fukushima – researcher – Paul Harper
• Enformable – Background Paper on BWR Reactors for non-Nuclear Engineers – Fukushima reactor schematics, containment
• Fukushima Diary – 119 of 132 people positive from sampling survey of radioactive substances in urine in Iwate – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Sakurajima erupted – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – How contaminated a bird is in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Possible underwater eruption in Iojima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reality in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 170,000 Bq/Kg from the soil of storage reservoir in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Local official purged for being against spreading radiation – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Cabinet polling at new record low of 26%

Saturday, April 28, 2012

• IAEA – Fukushima Daiichi Status Report – 27 April 2012 (pdf-693K)
• Bloomberg – Japan to Model Trillion-Yen Tepco Bailout on 2003 Bank Rescue – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Enformable – TEPCO releases plans to restart first nuclear power plant within next 24 months – Lucas W Hixson
• Xinhua News – Companies rush to set up solar plants in western Japan – Atsushi Ebihara
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt takes on heavy burden in nationalizing TEPCO
• Fukushima Diary – 0.44~9.31 µSv/h after explosion of Chemical complex – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 1.9E+9Bq of beta nuclide leaked – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Spectrum measurement of black substance – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Antinuclear mayors want abolition of atomic power included in new basic energy plan
• Japan Times – Burying nuke fuel said cheaper than recycling
• Japan Times – Five nuke operators file stress test data
• Japan Times – Metro government, Tepco’s top investor, demanding sweeping changes at the utility – Ayako Mie
• Japan Times – Officials find Oi split on reactor restarts – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – 5% in Fukushima poll need therapy
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO submits 10-year restructuring plan to gov’t
• Tokyo Times – Utilities warn of blackouts unless reactors are restarted
• Tokyo Times – Nuclear plant may sit on top of active geological fault

Friday, April 27, 2012

• Bloomberg – BlackRock Says Bailout May Keep Tepco Rating Being Cut to BBB+ – Yusuke Miyazawa and Komaki Ito
• Enformable – Atomic Energy Commission finds reprocessing spent nuclear fuel far more expensive than direct disposal – Lucas W Hixson
• Eurasia Review – Japan: Fukushima: Politics Still ‘Trumps’ Safety – OpEd – Jeanine Molloff
• Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for April 24th – April 26th, 2012 – Christine McCann
• Nature blog – Japan environmental plan includes controversial greenhouse gas target – Ananyo Bhattacharya
• Reuters – Tepco submits turnaround plan to trade min – bailout body – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – U.S., Japan unveil revised plan for Okinawa – Paul Eckert
• Daily Yomiuri – Government adopts safety plan for children
• Daily Yomiuri – N-ban leaves bamboo farmers out on a limb
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO submits reform plan to govt
• Daily Yomiuri – Workers with high radiation levels to stay at N-plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Rolling blackouts possible this summer
• Fukushima Diary – Prof. Takeda “3/31/2015 is the last day of Japan” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Video of SFP4 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 4.2 million Bq/Kg of cesium from Black substance and microscope pics – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Plutonium 238 measured in Minamisoma – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Tepco 10-year reform plan submitted
• Japan Times – Restart of Tsuruga nuclear reactors ‘almost impossible’: safety commission chief
• Japan Times – METI official talks up Oi reactor restart in Fukui – Eric Johnston
• JIJI Press – TEPCO Submits Comprehensive Biz Plan for Public Aid
• JIJI Press – TEPCO to Have High-Dose Workers Stay at Fukushima Plant
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to recalculate potential tsunami height near Niigata nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – News Navigator: What is thyroid gland cancer and its relation to radiation?
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayor Hashimoto warns of nuke plant restart if residents can’t save power
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t seeks locals’ consent for restarting Oi nuclear reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – 2 utilities fall into red due to reactor halts, rising fuel costs
• Mainichi Daily News – Hong Kong holds nuclear accident drill
• Mainichi Daily News – Restart of Tsuruga nuclear plant almost impossible: safety panel head

Thursday, April 26, 2012

• Daily Yomiuri – Japan logs trade deficit of 455 bil. yen in early April
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt panel: Power utilities’ supply capacity has hit limit
• Enformable – Cesium contamination found in Tone River Crucian Carp over 180 km from Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Fukushima Diary – Decrease of population accelerates in Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Student’s physical strength is decreasing in Miyagi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Member of Nuclear Safety Commission was arrested for molestation – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – JP gov is shifting from decontamination to evacuation – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium emission from reactor 2 increased 700% – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Lights out as last nuke reactor in operation prepares to go offline May 5: Hokkaido Electric
• Japan Times – Creating true nuclear watchdog exacts toll in time, trust – Ayako Mie
• Mainichi Daily News – Evacuated Fukushima town sets up whole-body dosimeter at temporary housing complex
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima governor apologizes for deletion of data about predicted spread of radiation
• Mainichi Daily News – Work on leakage-prevention wall at Fukushima plant fully in progress
• PanOrient News – Japanese Activists Continue Chain Hunger Strike at “NO N

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

• AlterNet – How a Group of Japanese Mothers Are Saying No to Nuclear Power
• Bloomberg – Japan’s ‘Great Tohoku’ Quakes Have Recurred, Data Show – Jonathan Tirone
• Democratic Underground – Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen: Fukushima Meltdown Could Result in 1 Million Cases of Cancer
• Enformable – Fish and shellfish within 5 km radius of Fukushima Daiichi found contaminated by Cesium up to 12 times national standards – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Earthquake woes continue to obfuscate restart of nuclear reactors – Lucas W Hixson
• environmentalresearchweb blog – EGU2012: tracking Fukushima’s radioactive dust
• OpEdNews – Fukushima poses ongoing danger – John Peebles
• Reuters – TEPCO to sell energy unit for over 10 bln yen: NIKKEI – Jochelle Mendonca
• Reuters – Japan fears nuclear plant sits atop active geological fault – Osamu Tsukimori
• Xinhua News – Osaka Mayor opposes resumption of Oi nuclear power plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Hashimoto giving central government jitters / Osaka mayor criticizes process toward restart of Oi reactors with eye on next lower house election – Yuichi Suzuki, Yoshifumi Sugita and Kotaro Nishiyama
• Daily Yomiuri – DPJ to ‘ignore’ unreasonable demands
• Daily Yomiuri – Fault under nuclear plant feared active / Doubt cast on reactivation of Tsuruga plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Confusion reigns over beef limits / Agriculture ministry issues conflicting instructions on cesium standards
• Fukushima Diary – 14,210 Bq/Kg of cesium beside school in Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – More and more mutated dandelions in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Farm gets full of mutated dandelions in Saitama – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima citizen seppuku-ed to protest against Tepco – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Tsuruga plant may sit atop active fault – Mizuho Aoki
• Mainichi Daily News – With clean-up around Chernobyl abandoned, what can Japan learn from 1986 disaster?
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Preparing for summer without nuclear power
• Mainichi Daily News – Pressure builds for decommissioning of Tsuruga nuclear plant after fault zone report
• Mainichi Daily News – OECD urges Japan to resume operations of nuclear power plants
• Mainichi Daily News – Troubled TEPCO to submit restructuring plan to gov’t on Fri.
• Mainichi Daily News – Nagasaki mayor to urge nuke abolition at NPT-related meeting
• Tokyo Times – Radiation will plague Fukushima area for at least a decade
• Tokyo Times – Tepco sells more buildings to finance compensations

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

• CounterPunch – Why Fukushima is a Greater Disaster Than Chernobyl – Robert Alvarez
• Enformable – Group of hunger strikers camped outside of Ministry of Economy in Tokyo for over a week in protest of Ohi restart – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO used “quake-prone” circuit breakers at Fukushima Daiichi for decades despite warnings – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO plans to divert 1,000 tons of contaminated water per day flooding Fukushima Daiichi reactors into the Pacific Ocean – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Inspector General Audit of EPA RadNet system during Fukushima disaster highlights weaknesses of key national asset – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japanese officials push for complete rewrite of national nuclear safety standards – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – NISA admits risk of major earthquakes over quake-proofing standards increased – Lucas W Hixson
• Simplyinfo – 84% of Japan Businesses Do Not Support Reactor Restarts
• UPI – Wells to be built near damaged reactors
• World Nuclear News – Inspection sheds light on Fukushima torus
• Daily Yomiuri – Osaka govts call for review of Oi restart
• Daily Yomiuri – Utilities strive to boost power supply capacity – Tadaaki Inoue
• Daily Yomiuri – 3 of 9 utilities may fail to meet demand / Power curbs seen likely this summer
• Denki Shimbun – Japan, Ukraine agreed on cooperation in nuclear accident response
• Fukushima Diary – Actual Fukushima worker suspects USA is pressuring Japan to restart nuclear plants – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Yamashita banned recording findings suggestive of thyroid tumor – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Day wage of Fukushima worker is 2000~3000 yen – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Possible melt-out in Fukushima Daini – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – It’s what Oi reactor tests don’t cover that worries – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – More Japanese flock to Southeast Asia
• Japan Times – If reactors are deemed safe, restart them, OECD head urges
• Japan Times – Land water flooding reactors to be diverted
• Japan Times – Utilities may not meet August power demand
• Japan Times – Osaka mayor weighs in against Oi restarts
• JAIF – Environmental impact caused by the nuclear power accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station – As of April 19 (pdf)
• Mainichi Daily News – Keidanren chief renews call for restart of nuclear plants
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO seeks to reduce groundwater flowing into reactor buildings
• Mainichi Daily News – People file suit opposing reactivation of Niigata nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Bigger jolts than projected could hit Tomari, Tsuruga nuke plants
• NHK – Edano: some can’t return even after 10 years
• Focus Taiwan – Taipower rebuts accusations of reckless spending

Monday, April 23, 2012

• OpEdNews – The Latest Nuclear Issue In Japan&Article The MSM Is Refusing To Report When Millions of Lives At StakeChemical-Comple – William Cormier
• Reuters – Tepco accepts govt plan to take majority stake-media – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan headed for summer power shortage -Jiji – Yoshiyuki Osada
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan’s Kansai Elec sees summer shortfall without reactors – Osamu Tsukimori and Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – TABLE-Support for Japan PM slides on nuclear policies – Rie Ishiguro’
• UPI – Report tells of future Fukushima radiation
• Daily Yomiuri – High radiation ‘to persist in parts of Fukushima for at least 10 years’
• Daily Yomiuri – Govs still cautious on reactors / Official asks Shiga, Kyoto leaders for understanding on Oi reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Breakwater work seen at Hamaoka plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Ozawa signals effort to reclaim DPJ power
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco started soil improvement work under reactor4 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Itochu corporation sent 110 new employees to Fukushima for training – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco plans to pump up groundwater and discharge it to the sea – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima prefectural government resists moving in over 50µSv/h – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Tomari, Tsuruga nuke plants at risk of stronger than expected quakes
• Japan Times – Amid restart protests, Kansai leaders offer fuel storage – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – WEF warns of break with nuclear
• Japan Times – Officials weigh restart of Shikoku Electric reactor
• Japan Times – Plant used bad breaker for decades
• Japan Times – Vice minister makes case for reactor restart
• Japan Times – Fukushima air to stay radioactive in 2022
• Japan Times – Group fails to report plans for plutonium
• Japan Times – Noda confirms nuclear progress with Vietnam
• Japan Times – Editorial: Neglect of nuclear regulation
• Mainichi Daily News – No evacuation plans for 4.42 million residents near nuclear plants
• Mainichi Daily News – Edano’s take on restarting nuclear power plants in Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Projections released for radiation hot spots in Fukushima through 2032
• Mainichi Daily News – World Economic Forum warns Japan about shift from nuclear power
• Mainichi Daily News – Vice minister seeks support of Shiga gov’t to restart Oi reactors
• AsiaOne – Chernobyl anniversary spurs anti-nuclear calls
• Focus Taiwan – Taipower admits to paying hefty price for replacing defective bolts – Liu Li-jung and Lilian Wu