Sunday March 20th, 2011

• IAEA – Japanese Earthquake Update (20 March 2011 14:00 UTC)
• Japan Today – No. of dead or missing tops 20,000
• Japan Times – Latest threat: radiation-contaminated food – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Special firetruck hoses down No. 3’s fuel rods – Kanako Takahara and Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Tokyo tap water has trace level of radiation
• Japan Times – Trilateral meet agrees on nuclear safety info, disaster response steps – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Fukushima crisis recalls Three Mile Island – Scott Dixon
• Japan Times – Lowdown on nuclear crisis and potential scenarios – Alex Martin
• Japan Times – Risky venting of reactor 3 considered – Masami Ito And Jun Hongo
• Nikkei – Fukushima No. 5, No. 6 Reactors Stable After Cold Shutdown
• Nikkei – Fukushima Nuclear Plant To Be Decommissioned: Govt
• Nikkei – Tepco: No Need To Release Steam From No. 3 Reactor, Pressure Stabilized
• Nikkei – Japan Nuclear Agency: Pressure Inside No 3 Reactor Containment Vessel Stabilizing
• Nikkei – Japan Suffers Setbacks In Containing Nuclear Plant Crisis
• Nikkei – Tepco Reactors May Have Turned Corner As Some Cooling Functions Apparently Restored
• Nikkei – Japan Self Defense Force Ends Dousing At Reactor No. 4
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan says crippled nuclear plant to be scrapped
• Mainichi Daily News – Progress to contain nuke crisis experience ups and downs
• Mainichi Daily News – HK beefs up 2012 nuke drill after Japan crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – 1st water sprayed at Fukushima’s No. 4 reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – 6 workers exposed to excessive radiation at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan tragedy seared into the world’s imagination
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive iodine beyond limit detected in tap water in Fukushima
• AP Google – Some progress seen in Japan’s nuclear crisis
• AP Google – Radiation discovery fans food fears in Japan
• AFP Google – Japan govt tells quake village to avoid tainted water
• AsiaOne – Tokyo firefighters blast over 60 tons of water on No. 3 reactor
• The Australian – Saving a reactor with car batteries – Michael Sheridan
• Bellona – Electricity lines said to be working to cool Japanese reactors while food contamination and radioactive rain deepen worries – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Courting Chernobyl in Ring of Fire Is Lunacy: William Pesek
• Bloomberg – Worst Is Probably Over in Japan, U.S. Energy Secretary Says – Katarzyna Klimasinska
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Nuclear Plant May Get Power Restored Today, Tokyo Electric Says – Yoshiaki Nohara and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Latest Reactor Status at Japan’s Stricken Fukushima Nuclear Plant: Table – Naoko Fujimura
• Greenpeace International – Update: Call for improved evacuation and radioactivity plans – Jess Miller
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data
• The Guardian – Fukushima workers exposed to high radiation levels – Justin McCurry and Tania Branigan
• The Observer – Embattled Tepco faces its BP moment over Japan nuclear disaster – Terry Macalister
• New York Times – Executives May Have Lost Valuable Time at Damaged Nuclear Plant – Ken Belson, Keith Bradsher and Matthew L. Wald
• Press Association – Japan scraps reactor venting plan
• Reuters – RPT-Where is Japan’s nuclear power CEO? – Yuka Obayahi and Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Snapshot: Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Update 2-IAEA concerned about Fukushima food radiation
• Reuters – Restoring power to Japan plant No.3 and 4 reactors to take days
• Reuters – Wrapup 10-Japan sees some progress in race to cool nuclear reactors – Taiga Uranaka and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Kansai Electric to delay nuclear plant reopenings – Kazunori Takada and Antoni Slodkowski
• Reuters – Radiation and rationing on road to Japan’s quake zone – Jon Herskovitz
• UPI – Japan reports progress to avert meltdown
• Sydney Morning Herald – Measuring the economic fallout – Jeff Sommer
• UCS All Things Nuclear blog – Possible Source of Leaks at Spent Fuel Pools at Fukushima – Dave Lochbaum
• UPI – Japan reports progress, reactors cooling
• Washington Post – Pressure spike in reactor sets back efforts to resolve Japan’s nuclear crisis – Elaine Kurtenbach, Kelly Olsen
• Washington Post – In crisis, Japan’s government struggles to deliver
• Xinhua News – Quake-stricken Japan fights on to keep off nuclear crisis
• Xinhua News – Troubled nuclear plant likely to be scrapped: gov’t official
• Xinhua News – Panorama of Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant
• AP Google – Taiwan finds radiation on imported Japanese beans
• AFP Google – Over 2,000 rally against nuclear plants in Taiwan
• AFP Google – Taiwan finds radiation on fava beans from Japan
• Asia: Xinhua News – No immediate threat to China from radioactive leak in Japan
• East Asia: Korea Herald – Hyundai Heavy to ship packaged power stations to Japan – Choi He-suk

Saturday March 19th, 2011

• IAEA – IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake
• Asahi Shimbun – Workers frantically try to restore power at nuclear plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear crisis forces firms to shift production from quake-hit region
• Nikkei – Water Spraying Goes On, Return of Power Helps Cool Reactor
• Nikkei – Troubled Reactors May Have Turned Corner With Some Cooling
• AP Google – Fukushima water tested above safe limit 2 days ago
• AP Google – Japan cites radiation in milk, spinach near plant
• AFP Google – Radioactive contamination of food risks: experts – Richard Ingham
• AFP Google – Nuclear fears compound misery of Japan survivors – Olivia Hampton
• BBC News – Japan nuclear plant power ‘close’
• BBC – The eerie quiet of Tokyo hides Japan’s shock and anxiety – Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
• Bellona – Power cable connected to cool Fukushima Daiichi’s No 2 reactor as Japanese officials vow more honesty on disaster – Charles Digges
• Bellona – As US over-flights show radiation levels at Japanese nuke plant still contained, frustration mounts over power supply delays and Japan grades higher on INES scale – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Response to Reactor Crisis Delayed by Concern Over Asset Damage – Yuji Okada and Pavel Alpeyev
• Bloomberg – U.S. Begins Airlift as Japan Battles Nuclear Reactor Leaks – Aaron Sheldrick, Terje Langeland and Stuart Biggs
• Bloomberg – Japan Churns Through ‘Heroic’ Workers Hitting Radiation Limits for Humans – Simeon Bennett and Yuriy Humber
• Business Week – Crises in Japan, Gulf, thwart US energy accord – Charles Babington
• Business Week – Japan asks for US help in nuclear crisis – Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi
• Business Week – UN nuclear agency to meet on Japan – George Jahn
• Business Week – UN atomic chief cites clock race in Japan crisis
• Environment News Service – Japanese Nuclear Plant Radiation Danger Zone Not Widening
• Greenpeace International blog – Fukushima update: Race to submerge damaged nuclear fuel – Andrew Davies
• The Guardian – Japan bans food sales after radiation scare
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data
• The Guardian – IAEA: Japan in race against time to control nuclear crisis – Tania Branigan
• istockAnalyst – Status of Fukushima nuclear power plants Sat. morning
• New York Times – Deconstructing the Japanese Nuclear Plant Design – Matthew L. Wald
• Nuclear Engineering – TEPCO restarts unit 5 cooling pump
• Nuclear Engineering – International impact of Fukushima-Daiichi emergency
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan raises effort to halt atom crisis-IAEA head
• Reuters – “Chernobyl burial” no quick fix for Japan: experts – Gleb Bryanski and Alissa de Carbonnel
• Reuters – IAEA: unclear if Japan nuclear pumps will work – Sylvia Westall and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Tokyo water sample shows radioactive iodine: government – Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan raises effort to halt atom crisis-IAEA head – Fredrik Dahl and Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – Wrapup 4-Japan makes some progress in nuclear crisis – Taiga Uranaka and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – IAEA:Japan halts sale of Fukushima area food products – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Quake rocks Japan, near reactor, but no damage reported – Mark Bendeich
• Reuters – Wrapup 13-Japan sees some stabilisation in nuclear crisis – Nathan Layne, Kiyoshi Takenaka and Mayumi Negishi in Tokyo, and Yoko Kubota and Chang-ran Kim
• Reuters – Japan engineers attach power cable to stricken reactor No. 2
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan advised iodine for people near plant – IAEA
• Reuters – Snapshot: Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – U.S. nuclear panel urged to give daily Japan updates – Ayesha Rascoe
• REVE – Japan’s Wind Turbines Unharmed, Healthy
• Yahoo! News – Fire truck sprays water, Fukushima prefecture
• Union of Concerned Scientists – UCS Analysis: Possible Explanation for Hydrogen Leaks and Explosions at Fukushima Daiichi Reactors 1 and 3
• UPI – High radiation levels in some Japan milk
• UPI – Meltdown risk fades, Japan food tainted
• UPI – Cautious optimism in Japan’s nuke crisis
• World Nuclear News – Fuel pond work at Fukushima
• World Nuclear News – Food samples show raised radiation
• World Nuclear News – Insight to Fukushima engineering challenges
• World Nuclear News – Spraying continues at Fukushima Daiichi
• Xinhua News – Japan resumes cooling operations at troubled nuke plant
• Xinhua News – Japan continues efforts to avert nuclear catastrophe
• Xinhua News – Experts busy working at disaster countermeasures unit in Fukushima
• Asia: Reuters UK – China asks Japan for complete info on nuclear crisis – Terril Yue Jones

Friday March 18th, 2011

• AFP Google – US checks Japan travelers, finds no harmful radiation
• Bloomberg – Atomic Fuel Stored at U.S. Plants Poses Risks Similar to Japan Facilities – Edward Klump and Mike Lee
• Bloomberg – Nuclear Fallout Sinking Uranium Takeovers 28% Below Offer Prices: Real M&A – Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Rita Nazareth and Tara Lachapelle
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – An explosive mix: Uncertain geologic knowledge and hazardous technologies – Allison Macfarlane
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – After the nuclear renaissance: The age of discovery – Alexander Glaser
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Facing fears with facts and reason: Managing energy risks after Fukushima – Thomas Rosenbaum
• Christian Science Monitor – Nuclear safety: Five recent ‘near miss’ incidents at US nuclear power plants
• Environment News Service – Japan Makes Progress in Cooling Damaged Nuclear Plant
• Envirovideo – Karl Grossman’s Commentary on the Japanese Nuclear Emergency (video)
• IEER – Fact Sheet: Radiation and Human Health (pdf-325K)
• Canada: Toronto Star – Japan nuclear accident could never happen here, Pickering plant VP says – Debra Black
• Oceania: ABC – Nuclear community snubbed reactor safety message: expert – Daniel Miller
• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – Flawed from the outset – Tom Zeller
• IAEA – IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake
• Asahi Shimbun – Relatives say Fukushima workers are toiling in desperate conditions – Satoshi Otani, Ayako Suzuki and Hiroshi Ishida
• AP Google – Scientists lack complete answers on radiation risk
• AP Google – Experts knock notion of burying Japanese reactors
• AP Google – Plutonium in troubled reactors, spent fuel pools
• AP Google – WHO: Radiation risk from Japan remains localized
• AFP Google – Nuclear specialists share Japan radioactivity data
• AFP Google – GE defends nuclear plant design
• AFP Google – Ratings agencies downgrade Japanese nuclear plant operator
• AFP Google – Nissan to monitor vehicles for radioactivity
• BBC News – Japan raises nuclear alert level
• BBC News – Japan hails the heroic ‘Fukushima 50’ – Chris Hogg
• Bellona – Fukushima Daiichi still in dire crisis, but new power line and fresh workers offer hope to ailing cooling systems – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Temperatures Rise in Fukushima Reactor Pools, U.S. Says – Simon Lomax
• Bloomberg – Japan Nuclear Disaster Caps Decades of Faked Reports – Jason Clenfield
• Bloomberg – Radiation From Worst-Case Nuclear Disaster Is Limited Threat – Michelle Fay Cortez and John Lauerman
• Bloomberg – New Japan Nuclear Plants ‘Impossible’ to Consider, Edano Says – Takashi Hirokawa
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Daily update from Japan – Tatsujiro Suzuki
• Business Week – A look at Japan’s history of nuclear power trouble
• Daily Telegraph – Japan nuclear evacuation kills 14 elderly hospital patients – Andy Bloxham
• Detroit Free Press – ‘Everything is a secret’ in Japan’s scandal-ridden nuclear energy industry – Yuri Kageyama
• The Guardian – IAEA: Japan in race against time to control nuclear crisis – Tania Branigan
• Huffington Post – Will We See Nuclear Progress in Japan? – Lee Schneider
• New York Times – Radiation Fears Cloud Japan’s Recovery – Andrew Pollack
• New York Times – With Quest to Cool Fuel Rods Stumbling, U.S. Sees ‘Weeks’ of Struggle – Norimitsu Onishi, David E. Sanger and Matthew L. Wald
• New York Times – Radiation Spread Seen; Frantic Repairs Go On – David E. Sanger and William J. Broad
• New York Times – Radiation Fears and Distrust Push Thousands From Homes – Martin Fackler
• New York Times – Greater Danger Lies in Spent Fuel Than in Reactors – Keith Bradsher and Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Japan Offers Little Response to U.S. Assessment – Norimitsu Onishi
• New York Times – Editorial: Early Questions After Japan
• Platts – Fukushima releases one-tenth of those from Chernobyl: France’s IRSN – Ann MacLachlan
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan nuclear situation not deteriorating-IAEA
• Reuters – Japan crisis may raise French nuclear upgrade cost – Nina Sovich
• Reuters – Japan lays power cable in race to stop radiation – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Japan storage pools big worry: U.S. nuclear expert – Richard Cowan
• Reuters – Japan “fighting a fire we cannot see” at nuclear plant
• Reuters – Japan PM: govt disclosing all info it has on accident – Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters UK – Japan weighs need to bury nuclear plant – Linda Sieg, Nathan Layne, Elaine Lies, Leika Kihara and Chris Gallagher
• Reuters – “Chernobyl solution” may be last resort for Japan reactors – Elaine Lies
• Reuters – IAEA plans special meeting Monday on Japan nuclear plants – Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Japan raises incident level at nuclear site: IAEA – Fredrik Dahl and Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – Factbox: Japan disaster in figures – Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – GE sends nuclear engineers to Japan: report – Sakthi Prasad
• Reuters – Corrected-IAEA chief: Japan nuclear incident “grave and serious” accident – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Japan radiation localized, no immediate threat: WHO – Sui-Lee Wee
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan nuclear operator: not impossible to encase reactors in concrete – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Japan nuke evacuation perimeter appropriate: Edano – Jason Szep
• Sky News – ‘Nuclear Ninja’ Suicide Mission To Save Japan – Rebekah Cavanagh
• UCS All Things Nuclear – Fuel Amounts at Fukushima – David Wright
• UPI – Radiation spikes slow work at reactor
• UPI – Radiation spikes slow work at reactor
• UPI – Evacuees may be moved to other regions
• UPI – Alert level raised at crippled nuke plant
• UPI – U.S. officials: Don’t fear Japan radiation
• Wall Street Journal – French Nuclear Agency: The Situation In Japan Remains Serious – Thomas Varela
• Wall Street Journal blog – Japan Tries Humor With ‘Nuclear Boy’ Fukushima – Kenneth Maxwell and Andrew Joyce
• Washington Post – As Japan takes steps to cool stricken nuclear reactor, U.S. warns of long crisis – Rick Maese and Rob Stein
• Washington Post – Nuclear crisis solutions simple but not easy – Brian Vastag
• Xinhua News – Japan continues efforts to avert nuclear catastrophe
• Xinhua News – Japan’s safety agency upgrades nuke accident seriousness level from 4 to 5
• Xinhua News – IAEA seeking more info amid Japan dealing with nuclear crisis
• Xinhua News – Japan continues to dump water on reactors
• Asia: Bloomberg – China Halts Nuclear Projects Approvals; Asia on Alert for Japan Radiation

Thursday March 17th, 2011

• UN: IAEA – Technical Briefing of nuclear safety aspects of the situation in Japan – James E. Lyons
• South America: BBC News – Hugo Chavez calls off Venezuela’s nuclear energy plans
• Canada: AFP Google – Pickering nuclear plant ‘leaked radioactive water’
• Canada: UPI – Toronto-area nuke plant reports small leak
• Canada: CTV Toronto – Group questions nuclear safety after Pickering leak
• Canada: Saskatoon StarPhoenix – Reject waste site – Jack Jensen
• Asahi Shimbun – Japan’s nuclear power policy at a crossroads
• Daily Yomiuri – Terror at N-plant during quake – Naoko Kagemoto
• Japan Times – Seoul to send boron in bid to cool reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t must provide accurate information on nuclear disaster risks
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation fears hamper delivery of goods to areas near troubled nuclear plant
• NIKKEI – New Power Line Installed At Fukushima Daiichi Plant: Govt
• DOE:EIA – Japan depends significantly on nuclear power to meet its electricity needs
• IAEA – IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – The lessons of Fukushima – Hugh Gusterson
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Earthquake 9.0: What this magnitude might mean for Japan’s future – Jeffrey Park
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – What government transparency could mean for Japan’s nuclear disaster – Jennifer Sims
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – The need for a resilient energy policy in Japan – Charles D. Ferguson
• AP Google – Officials: Crisis may last weeks, no danger to US
• AP Google – IAEA says Japan situation serious but stable
• AP Google – Risks from radiation low in Japan but panic high
• AP Google – Bungling, cover-ups define Japanese nuclear power
• AP Google – Japan sprays more cash over jittery markets
• AFP Google – Japan rejected early US help on nuclear disaster: report
• AFP Google – Reactor design at Japanese plant raises questions – Paul Handley
• AFP Google – Japan quake: live report – Andrew Newby
• AFP Google – TEPCO workers offer to go to stricken atomic plant
• AFP Google – IAEA warned Japan over nuclear quake risk: WikiLeaks
• AFP Google – Japan crisis spotlights China nuclear concerns – Robert Saiget
• BBC News – Japan steps up cooling operation
• Bellona – Technicians battle to infuse water in Fukushima Daiichi’s No 3 reactor, while helicopters dump water on spent fuel ponds – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Northrop Drone Flies Over Japan Reactor to Record Data – Tony Capaccio
• Bloomberg – Latest Table of Radiation Levels in 3 Cities in Ibaraki, North of Tokyo – Minh Bui
• Bloomberg – Japan Almost Doubles Nuclear Workers as Radiation Exposure Reaches Limits – Simeon Bennett and Yuriy Humber
• Bloomberg – Westinghouse Seeks Japan Nuclear Fuel Plants Restart, Sky Told – Blanche Gatt
• Daily Telegraph – Japan nuclear plant: exposed to the elements – nuclear fuel in meltdown – Gordon Rayner
• Christian Science Monitor – Reports: Lax oversight, ‘greed’ preceded Japan nuclear crisis – Stephen Kurczy
• Environment News Service – Struggle to Control Japanese Reactors Intensifies
• The Guardian – Japanese helicopters drop water on nuclear reactor – video
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear crisis and tsunami aftermath – live updates
• The Hankyoreh – Editorial: Japanese government should reveal the truth
• New York Times – Status of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant
• New York Times – Nuclear Energy — Crisis in Japan
• New York Times – U.S. Calls Radiation ‘Extremely High,’ Sees Japan Nuclear Crisis Worsening – David E. Sanger, Matthew L. Wald and Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Nuclear Agency Tells Congress U.S. Industry Remains Safe – Matthew L. Wald
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• Platts – Japan Faces Nuclear Crisis: Impact on Japan’s nuclear power sector will be profound
• Platts – Japan Faces Nuclear Crisis: Complex technical issues
• Platts – Japan Faces Nuclear Crisis: Affected nuclear plants
• Platts – Japan Faces Nuclear Crisis: Replacing nuclear generation
• Platts – Japan Faces Nuclear Crisis: Japanese earthquake impact
• Platts – Japan Crisis: Global Impact
• Platts – Japan situation looks ‘more serious’ than Three Mile Island: DOE’s Chu – Herman Wang
• Reuters – Japan nuclear safety agency says aware of “Chernobyl solution”
• Reuters – Japan nuclear plant op: to bring power to Nos. 1,2 reactor buildings – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Smoke or steam at crippled Japan reactor could be explosion
• Reuters – Japan aims to restore power to avert catastrophe – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Junko Fujita
• Reuters – Worry over Japanese IAEA safety head in 2009: Wiki – Tom Miles
• Reuters – Japan aims to restore power to avert catastrophe – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Junko Fujita
• Reuters – Japan dumps water on reactor; tries to reconnect power – Chisa Fujioka and Jon Herskovitz
• Reuters – Japan nuclear situation reasonably stable: IAEA – Fredrik Dahl and Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – Japan dumps water on overheating reactor – Chisa Fujioka and Jon Herskovitz
• Reuters – Water cannon withdrawn from Japan nuclear plant: report – Mark Bendeich
• Reuters UK – Japan to continue water-bombing nuclear pl – Mark Bendeich
• Reuters UK – Pool at Fukushima No.4 reactor ‘serious concern’-agency – Jon Herskovitz
• Reuters UK – Copy: Japan nuke plant operator begins operation to connect power
• Reuters – Q+A-Risks at each reactor of Japan’s stricken plant explained
• Reuters UK – Radiation found on Japan passengers to Taiwan, S.Korea – Jack Kim and Rachel Lee
• Reuters UK – Wiki-Cables voiced concern about IAEA’s Japanese safety chief in 2009 – Tom Miles
• Reuters – Low radioactivity seen heading towards N.America – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Fukushima reactors 1,5,6 stable – Japan safety agency
• Reuters UK – Resource-poor Japan has little option but nuclear power – Chikako Mogi and Risa Maeda
• Union of Concerned Scientists – UCS Spotlight: Nuclear Reactor Crisis in Japan
• UPI – Massive blackout possible for Tokyo
• Asia: UPI – China suspends new nuclear plant approvals
• Asia: Washington Post – China suspends all new nuclear plants, orders safety review; U.S. plans unchanged – Keith B. Richburg
• East Asia: AP Google – SKorea rejects NKorea’s offer to rejoin talks
• East Asia: Reuters – S.Korea rejects North’s offer to discuss uranium at talks – Jack Kim
• East Asia: Yonhap News – Making reactors more quake-proof to cost 100 bln won more – 100 bln won
• East Asia: Yonhap News – China denies reports of N. Korean heir’s imminent visit
• East Asia: Yonhap News – FM rejects N. Korea’s suggestion to unconditionally return to nuclear talks
• Southeast Asia: ABS CBN News – Bataan nuke safer than Fukushima plant: UP-NIGS chief – David Dizon
• Southeast Asia: AFP Google – Malaysia seizes ‘possible’ nuclear weapons parts
• Southeast Asia: Philippine Star – End of a renaissance? – Ana Marie Pamintuan
• Southeast Asia: Sun Daily – Better a nuclear-free Malaysia – Yap Mun Chin
• Southwest Asia: Reuters – Greenpeace: Quake-prone Turkey should drop nuclear – Ayla Jean Yackley
• South Asia: AFP Google – Piles of cash to bribe Indian MPs: WikiLeaks
• South Asia: New York Times – Leaked Cable on Bribes for Nuclear Deal Sets Off Furor in India – Jim Yardley and Lydia Polgreen
• South Asia: Economic Times – Narora Atomic plant can withstand quakes: NPCIL
• South Asia: The Hindu – No change in India’s nuclear doctrine: Krishna – Vinay Kumar
• South Asia: IBNLive – Jaitapur project may be scrapped: Ramesh – Bahar Dutt
• Europe: BBC News – Japan crisis: UK nuclear review to report in two months
• Europe: Reuters UK – Oldbury 2 nuclear unit shuts after electrical problem – Karolin Schaps
• Europe: BBC News – Japan crisis: Chris Huhne and nuclear officials to meet
• Europe: AFP Google – Germany’s Merkel vows ‘measured’ nuclear exit – Richard Carter

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

• Oceania: ABC – Local expert says nuclear power past use-by date – Jo Joyce
• Denki Shimbun – Temperatures in Spent Fuel Pools of Fukushima Dai-ichi Power Station Rise
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Second chances: Containment of a reactor meltdown – Frank von Hippel
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Guarding against disaster: As Japan’s tragedy becomes more serious, so does the need to learn from it – Joshua Pollack
• IAEA – IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake
• IEER – Post-Tsunami Situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan: Facts, Analysis, and Some Potential Outcomes – Arjun Makhijani (pdf-370KK)
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• UCS All Things Nuclear – Spent Fuel Pools at Fukushima
• AP Google – Chile keeps to nuclear script despite Japan crisis
• AFP Google – US warns citizens near Japan nuclear plant to leave
• Reuters – Japan nuclear workers prepare to spray water at reactor No.3 – Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Radiation level falls at Japan Fukushima plant: agency – Terril Jones
• Reuters – Wrapup 3-Japan scrambles to avert nuclear disaster, global fears mount
• Reuters – U.S. forces kept away from Japan nuclear plant area
• AP Google – Helicopters dump water to cool reactor in Japan
• AP Google – NRC: No water in spent fuel pool of Japan plant
• AP Google – Elite Japan nuclear workers race to stop meltdown
• AP Google – Feds deploy more radiation monitors in western US
• AP Google – Russians fear radiation from Japan
• AP Google – Rebuilding northeast Japan to take years, billions
• AP Google – Japan crisis could slow US nuclear industry
• AP Google – Japan’s nuclear crisis stirs German politics
• AP Google – Japan’s woes prompt Venezuela to halt nuclear plan
• AP Google – Japan prepares to restart work at nuclear plant
• AFP Google – Japan helicopters dump water on nuclear plant
• AFP Google – US high-pressure pumps go to ailing Japan reactor
• AFP Google – Japan grateful to hero workers at nuclear plant – Harumi Ozawa
• AFP Google – Thailand to give iodine pills to Japan-bound flyers
• AFP Google – Japan’s spent nuclear fuel-rods ‘a major concern’
• AFP Google – US experts to help battle Japan’s nuclear crisis
• AFP Google – White smoke coming from stricken Japan nuclear plant
• BBC News – Japan Updates
• Bellona – Second containment vessel rupture apparent as remaining technicians struggle with ever-worsening radiation conditions at Fukushima Daiichi – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Helicopters Dump Water on Japan Nuclear Plant Fuel Rods – Shigeru Sato and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – ‘Worst Case’ Nuclear Disaster in Japan Hangs on String of Unlikely Events – Mehul Srivastava and Adi Narayan
• Bloomberg – Japan Reactor Loses Cooling Water for Spent Fuel, Jaczko Says – Simon Lomax
• Bloomberg – Chernobyl 25 Years Later Turns Into Lesson for Japan on Nuclear Meltdown – James M. Gomez and Daryna Krasnolutska
• Bloomberg – Japan Nuclear Crisis Deepens on Suspected Reactor Breach – Shigeru Sato and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Reactor Risk Foretold 20 Years Ago in U.S. Nuclear Agency’s Report – Makiko Kitamura and Maki Shiraki
• Channel News Asia – IAEA warned Japan over nuclear quake risk: WikiLeaks
• Environment News Service – All Workers Evacuated from Damaged Nuclear Plant
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear crisis and tsunami aftermath – live updates
• The Guardian – Calling time on the nuclear age – Amy Goodman
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear crisis: fire in fuel pools ‘would raise radiation exposure’ – Suzanne Goldenberg
• The Guardian – Japan’s emperor expresses fears over nuclear situation – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Radiation spike forces evacuations at Fukushima nuclear power station – Justin McCurry
• New York Times – Japan Says 2nd Reactor May Have Ruptured With Radioactive Release – Hiroko Tabuchi and Keith Bradsher
• New York Times – Last Defense at Troubled Reactors: 50 Japanese Workers – Keith Bradsher and Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Experts Had Long Criticized Potential Weakness in Design of Stricken Reactor – Tom Zeller Jr.
• New York Times – Wind and Rain Steer Radiation’s Reach – Henry Fountain
• New York Times – Precautions Should Limit Health Problems From Nuclear Plant’s Radiation – Denise Grady
• Platts – Japan Crisis: World nuclear operators’ organization aids Tepco – Ann MacLachlan
• Reuters – Japan scrambles to pull nuclear plant back from brink – Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – U.S. warns Japan spent fuel pool may have run dry – Tom Doggett
• Reuters – Snap Analysis: Japan nuclear crisis reaches new danger level – Scott DiSavino
• Reuters – Timeline: Japan’s unfolding nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Japan scrambles to pull nuclear plant back from brink – Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Analysis: Worst case nuclear cloud seen limited to Japan – Alister Doyle
• Reuters – Workers briefly abandon Japan nuclear plant as crisis worsens – Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Japan puts top priority on nuclear plant’s No.3 reactor – Osamu Tsukimori and Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Major damage unlikely at Japan nuke plant’s No.3 reactor – Kyodo – Mark Bendeich
• Reuters – Q+A: Risks at each reactor of Japan’s stricken plant explained
• Reuters – Water cannon truck to tackle spent nuclear fuel pool – Elaine Lies
• Reuters – IAEA: Japan reactor building fire seen for 30 minutes – Fredrik Dahl
• TIME – Fukushima Reactor Flaws Were Predicted – 35 Years Ago – Nick Carbone
• UPI – U.S. official: Japan nuke situation worse
• UPI – Iran says environment damaged by Gulf War
• UPI – Moscow lends Minsk cash for nuclear plant
• UPI – Reactor container damage feared
• UPI – Emperor speaks to nation
• World Nuclear News – Problems for units 3 and 4
• Xinhua News – IAEA chief says situation in Japan’s nuclear power plant “very serious”
• Xinhua News – Earthquake, ensuing disasters in Japan a lesson for all
• Xinhua News – Disquietude grows in Tokyo as nuclear threat rises, shocks rumble on
• Asia: AFP Google – China steps up radiation vigilance amid Japan crisis
• Asia: Bloomberg – China Halts Approval of New Nuclear Projects Amid Checks After Japan Leaks
• Asia: UPI – China puts hold on nuclear power approvals
• Asia: Xinhua News – China suspends approvals for new nuclear plants
• East Asia: Yonhap News – N. Korea not as unstable as feared to be: S. Korean minister
• East Asia: Yonhap News – N. Korean defector testifies to horrors at concentration camp
• Southeast Asia: Bangkok Post – Thailand ‘must scrap nuclear projects’
• Southeast Asia: Reuters – Indonesia to continue planning for nuclear power plants – Telly Nathalia and Aditya Suharmoko
• Central Asia: Reuters – Refile-Kazakhstan sticks with nuclear plan after Japan – Raushan Nurshayeva
• Southwest Asia: Hurriyet Daily News – Turkish nuclear plant will be exemplary, PM says
• Southwest Asia: Messenger.ge – Regional concern over Armenian nuclear power station
• South Asia: Daily News & Analysis – Our nuclear-reactors not dangerous: Shiv Shankar Menon – Suman Sharma
• South Asia: The Hindu – “No change in India’s nuclear doctrine” – Vinay Kumar
• Europe: Bloomberg – EDF Says Nuclear Industry in ‘Difficult’ Position After Japan – Tara Patel
• Europe: Reuters UK – Nuclear industry will survive Japanese crisis – EDF
• Europe: The Guardian – Letters: Nuclear risks and the renewable alternatives
• Europe: Reuters UK – Germany says no promise from nuclear firms on damages – Stephen Brown and Brian Rohan
• Europe: Reuters – German green industries say can fill nuclear gaps – Vera Eckert
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Billion-euro nuclear shutdown in Germany
• Europe: Xinhua News – Germany to shut down pre-1980 nuclear plants
• Europe: AFP Google – French watchdogs alarmed over fuel-rod pools – Laurent Banguet and Annie Hautefeuille
• Europe: Xinhua News – Spain to inspect all nuclear power plants in country
• North Europe: AFP Google – Swedish firm applies to bury nuclear waste amid protests

Tuesday March 15th, 2011

• Yahoo! AP – Japan abandons stricken nuke plant over radiation – Eric Talmadge and Shino Yuasa
• IAEA – Japanese Earthquake Update (15 March 02:35 UTC)
• UCS All Things Nuclear – Fukushima Radiation Release Exceeds NRC Design-Basis Limit – Ed Lyman
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• AP Google – Radiation level soars after Japan nuke plant fire
• AP Google – Japan’s nuke crisis raises radiation fears
• AP Google – Health risks of radiation depend on dose, duration
• AP Google – Stocks plunge as Japan nuclear crisis worsens
• AP Google – Japan crisis spikes demand for radiation pills
• AP Google – More US relief crews exposed to radiation in Japan
• AP Google – US expert: Breach possible at Japan nuclear plant
• AP Google – US expert: Breach possible at Japan nuclear plant
• AFP Google – Health watchdog ready to aid Japan in nuclear alert
• AFP Google – Tokyo shares dive as nuclear crisis escalates – David Watkins
• AFP Google – White smoke coming from stricken Japan nuclear plant
• AFP Google – Blasts, new fire escalate Japan’s nuclear crisis – Hiroshi Hiyama
• AFP Google – Fresh fire at Japan nuclear reactor: operator
• AFP Google – ‘Rigged’ cooling may fail at Japan nuke plant: US scientist
• AFP Google – Fukushima triggers new look at mega-quake threat – Marlowe Hood
• AFP Google – Where the winds blow: Experts ponder fallout risks – Anthony Lucas
• AFP Google – Fukushima ‘upgraded on nuclear accident scale’
• AFP Google – Asia’s nuclear drive on despite Japan crisis – Karl Malakunas
• AFP Google – Asian markets extend losses amid nuclear crisis – Danny McCord
• BBC News – New fire hits Japan nuclear plant
• BBC News – Radiation fears after Japan blast
• Bellona – Workers evacuate Fukushima Daiichi’s imperiled reactors — all six of the plant’s units suffering coolant failures as radiation levels rise and spread – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Japan Reactor Fires, Temblors Hamper Rescuers, Meltdown Battle – John Brinsley and Sachiko Sakamaki
• Bloomberg – Japanese Nuclear Plant Radiation Recedes as Engineers Restore Water Level – Tsuyoshi Inajima, Michio Nakayama and Shigeru Sato
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Nuclear Reactors Difficult to Control, Timmers Says – Rebecca Keenan
• Bloomberg – Japan Nuclear Reactor Different to Chernobyl, Olander Says – Rebecca Keenan
• Bloomberg – Japan Nuclear Safety Plan Foresaw Quake, Underestimated Impact of Tsunami – Jonathan Tirone
• Bloomberg – Nuclear Standards in Japan Should Have Been Higher, Grae Says – Yuriy Humber
• The Guardian – Japanese nuclear plant hit by fire and third explosion – Jonathan Watts in Ishinomaki and Tania Branigan in Beijing
• The Guardian – Japan’s PM warns of radiation leaks after Fukushima explosions – video
• The Guardian – Japan’s nuclear emergency prompts panic buying in Tokyo – Justin McCurry in Osaka
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear crisis and tsunami – live updates
• The Guardian – Japan rocked by fresh blast at Fukushima nuclear plant – Justin McCurry in Tokyo, Tania Branigan in Beijing and Ian Sample
• The Guardian – Nuclear power: After the flood
• New York Times – Last Defense at Troubled Reactors: 50 Japanese Workers – Keith Bradsher and Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Japan Says 2nd Reactor May Have Ruptured With Radioactive Release – Hiroko Tabuchi and Keith Bradsher
• New York Times – Workers Strain to Retake Control After Blast and Fire at Japan Plant – Hiroko Tabuchi, David E. Sanger and Keith Bradsher
• New York Times – In Fuel-Cooling Pools, a Danger for the Longer Term – William J. Broad and Hiroko Tabuchi
• Reuters Africa – Fuel pool heating may have produced steam at Fukushima Daiichi No.3 plant-TEPCO – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Japan min:no fire confirmed at No.4 unit as of 6:15 a.m. – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters Africa – White smoke seen billowing from Japan power plant
• Reuters – Analysis: Japan nuclear crisis passes Three Mile – Ben Berkowitz
• Reuters UK – Japan reactor design caused GE engineer to quit – Jonathan Stempel and Lewis Krauskopf
• Reuters – IEA urges patience in judging nuclear risks – Gwladys Fouche
• Reuters – Fire breaks out at quake-crippled Japan nuclear reactor – Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Wind over Japan nuclear plant toward sea on Wednesday – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe – Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Tokyo Electric may be held liable for nuclear plant explosions – Junko Fujita and Rachel Armstrong
• Reuters – Japan says Hamaoka plant safe after new quake: IAEA
• Reuters – Russia says Japan may face meltdown at six reactors – Darya Korsunskaya
• Reuters – Snapshot: Developments after major Japan earthquake
• Reuters – Japan government orders water injection into No.4 reactor: Kyodo – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – IEA urges patience in judging nuclear risks – Gwladys Fouche
• Reuters – Analysis: Spent reactor fuel opens new risks in Japan crisis – Scott DiSavino
• Reuters – Japan’s nuclear crisis: eyes turn to No. 4 reactor – Elaine Lies
• Reuters – Update 1-French nuclear agency now rates Japan accident at 6
• Reuters – Radiation seen falling at Japan nuclear site–IAEA – Sylvia Westall and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Radiation hits dangerous levels at Japan plant control room – Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters UK – Tokyo radiation level “10 times normal” but “no threat to health”
• Reuters – Factbox: Potassium iodide use after radiation exposure – Bill Berkrot in New York and Susan Kelly
• Reuters – Winds blowing Japan radioactivity over ocean–WMO – Stephanie Nebehay
• Reuters – Timeline: Japan’s unfolding nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Japan agency: holes found in nuclear reactor building wall – Taro Fuse
• Reuters Africa – Update 1-Japan crisis may impact S.Africa nuclear plans – Wendell Roelf
• Reuters – Update 1-Key Points-Official update on Japan nuclear crisis – Shinichi Saoshiro and Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan govt gives no update on status of reactor container
• Reuters – Radiation levels fall at stricken Japan nuclear plant
• Reuters – Japan puts out nuclear plant fire – IAEA – Sylvia Westall
• Reuters – Japanese utility suspends work on new nuclear plant – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan radioactivity leaking “directly” into atmosphere: IAEA – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Japan Atomic Power: Tokai Daini reactor cooled down – James Topham
• Reuters – Winds over stricken nuke plant blowing towards Tokyo – Junko Fujita
• Reuters – Japan PM: Risk of nuclear leak rising
• SBS – New Japan reactor fire ‘puts itself out’
• UPI – Another fire reported at Japan nuke plant
• UPI – Design of Japan’s nuclear plants faulted
• UPI – Japan’s nuclear power crisis escalates
• UPI – 6.4 quake rocks Tokyo area
• UPI – Japanese radiation levels rise
• UPI – 3rd hydrogen blast at nuclear plant
• UPI – Children, unborn most at radiation risk – Reuters India
• Washington Post – Japan spokesman says workers unable to continue efforts at nuclear plant due to radiation risk
• Washington Post – Latest nuclear plant explosion in Japan raises radiation fears – Brian Vastag
• Xinhua News – Situation after quake and tsunami in Miyagi, Japan
• Xinhua News – Japanese PM slams nuke plant operator’s handling of growing crisis, SDF switch to relief from rescue
• Xinhua News – Fire at spent fuel storage pond of Japan’s nuclear plant extinguished: IAEA
• Xinhua News – New explosion, higher radiation at crippled Japanese nuclear plant
• Xinhua News – Japan tries to avert nuclear meltdown
• Xinhua News – Japan imposes fly ban within 30-km radius of Fukushima nuke plant
• Xinhua News – Container of Fukushima No.2 reactor damaged, radiation leak feared: TEPCO
• Xinhua News – High radiation monitored at Fukushima No.1 nuke plant: TEPCO
• Xinhua News – Japanese gov’t says troubled reactor still unstable
• Asia: Xinhua News – China’s east coast closely monitors nuke leaks from quake-hit Japan
• East Asia: AFP Google – N. Korea ready to discuss uranium programme
• East Asia: BBC News – North Korea ‘ready to discuss nuclear enrichment’
• East Asia: Xinhua News – DPRK says to take part in six-party talks unconditionally: KCNA
• East Asia: Yonhap News – N. Korea rejects S. Korean letter of complaint over jamming signals
• East Asia: Yonhap News – N. Korea not opposed to discussing uranium enrichment in six-party talks – Sam Kim
• East Asia: Yonhap News – N. Korea agrees to partial repatriation of its nationals from S. Korea – Sam Kim
• East Asia: Yonhap News – S. Korea’s deputy nuclear envoy visits Moscow for talks on N.K. uranium
• Southeast Asia: Philippine Star – DOST secretary bats for use of Bataan nuke plant
• South Asia: AFP Google – Concern over India’s coastal nuclear plans – Ammu Kannampilly
• South Asia: Reuters India – India nuclear plans on track despite Japan crisis – Krittivas Mukherjee
• South Asia: Xinhua News – India nuke plants face threat from terror groups: minister
• Europe: AP Google – EU to consider nuclear stress tests
• Europe: AFP Google – EU to mull ‘stress tests’ for nuclear plants
• Europe: AFP Google – European shares plunge on Japan nuclear fears
• Europe: New York Times – Nuclear Plants in Europe Are Delayed – Judy Dempsey
• Europe: Reuters – EU must consider nuclear-free future -Oettinger – Brian Rohan
• Europe: BBC News – The fear of nuclear – Jon Kelly
• Europe: The Guardian – Fukushima blast shows nuclear is not the answer – Brahma Chellaney
• Europe: The Guardian – Letter: Another rod to beat the nuclear industry – Alexis Rowell
• Europe: AFP Google – Germany shuts down seven reactors
• Europe: Bloomberg – Germany Halts All Pre-1980 Nuclear Power Plants to Conduct Safety Reviews – Tony Czuczka and Nicholas Comfort
• Europe: New York Times – Germany Shuts 7 Reactors for 3-Month ReviewBy JUDY DEMPSEY
• Europe: AFP Google – Germany shuts down seven reactors
• Europe: Reuters – Update 1-Germany to shut down pre-1980 nuclear plants – Brian Rohan, Gernot Heller and Thomas Seythal
• Europe: Bloomberg – Areva Says Japan Nuclear Fallout Shows Need for Complex Plants – Francois de Beaupuy
• Europe: Reuters – Italy’s Enel to press ahead with nuclear plans – Stephen Jewkes
• East Europe: Focus News – AFP: New Belarus nuclear plant safer than Japanese ones, says Putin
• East Europe: Reuters – Chernobyl clean-up expert slams Japan, IAEA – Michael Shields
• Russia: Bellona – Comment: Official Russia downplays nuclear power’s dangers as Fukushima’s ongoing crisis proves otherwise – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Russia: Reuters – Putin orders review of Russian nuclear plans – Darya Korsunskaya

Monday March 14th, 2011

• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – Nuclear power not needed in Aust – PM
• Oceania: West Australian – MP backs nukes for Australia – Andrew Tillett
• IEER – Post-Tsunami Situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan: Facts, Analysis, and Some Potential Outcomes – Arjun Makhijani (pdf-365K)
• ProPublica – Status of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Question at Crippled Japanese Power Plant – John Sullivan
• Beyond Nuclear – Japan Update
• NIRS – Fact sheet on Fukushima reactors and aftermath of Japan earthquake (pdf-147K)
• CNIC – VIDEO:CNIC press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan
• Daily Yomiuri – 2nd reactor hit by blasts / TEPCO official hints meltdown may be under way
• Daily Yomiuri – High radiation detected after decontamination
• Japan Times – Reactor fuel rods fully exposed–Coolant failure now reported in No. 2 unit – Kanako Takahara
• NIKKEI – Water Level Remains Low At Fukushima No. 2 Reactor
• AP Google – Meltdown threat rises at Japanese nuclear plant
• AP Google – Analyst: Japan insurance losses could hit $35 bln
• AP Google – Stricken Japan nuclear plant rocked by 2nd blast
• AP Google – Japan utility: Nuke fuel rods were fully exposed
• AFP Google – Part of troubled reactor container appears damaged: Japan
• AFP Google – Japan quake setback to global nuclear industry – Paul Handley
• AFP Google – Blast at Japan nuclear plant, reactor ‘safe’: TEPCO
• BBC News – Meltdown alert at Japan reactor
• Bloomberg – Japan Battles Nuclear Meltdown as Millions Without Power, Water – Stuart Biggs, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Aaron Sheldrick
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Battles Cooling System Failures at 3 Reactors Hit by Quake – Tsuyoshi Inajima, Yuji Okada and Shigeru Sato
• Bloomberg – Japan Adds $183 Billion to Stabilize Markets After Quake – Lily Nonomiya and Mayumi Otsuma
• Bloomberg – Nuclear Renaissance Threatened as Japan’s Reactor Struggles – Jim Polson, Kim Chipman and Mark Chediak
• Bloomberg – Understanding Risk of Radiation Poisoning in Japan: Questions and Answers – Simeon Bennett
• Bloomberg – Kelley Interview on Damage at Japanese Nuclear Plant
• CBS News – New explosion reported at Japan nuclear plant
• CBS News – How bad could Japan’s nuclear crisis get? A refresher on Chernobyl
• MSNBC – Q&A on Japan’s at-risk nuke plants – Physicist James M. Acton
• New York Times – Radiation Exposure Could Curtail Workers’ Efforts – Henry Fountain
• New York Times (blog – Japan’s Long Nuclear Disaster Film – Peter Wynn Kirby
• New York Times – Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say – David E. Sanger and Matt Wald
• New York Times – Second Explosion at Reactor as Technicians Try to Contain Damage – Hiroko Tabuchi and Matthew L. Wald
• Reuters UK – France: low-level radioactive wind may reach Tokyo in 10hrs
• Reuters UK – Analysis: Japan accident shows dilemma over atom plant sites – Alister Doyle
• Reuters UK – New hydrogen explosion rocks stricken Japan reactor – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Analysis: Nuclear plant’s steel shell faces unprecedented test – Elaine Lies and Scott DiSavino
• Reuters – Japan nuclear crisis unlike Chernobyl: U.N. atom chief – Fredrik Dahl and Michael Shields
• Reuters – What will Japanese near reactors face long-term? – Brendan Borrell
• Reuters UK – Japan reactor vessels remain intact–UN atom chief – Fredrik Dahl, Michael Shields
• Reuters UK – Japan asks US for help cooling nuclear reactors – Ayesha Rascoe, Phil Stewart
• Reuters – Japan crisis should not deter Iowa nuclear plants: official – Kay Henderson
• Reuters – Japan nuke policies exclude quake, tsunami: source – Ben Berkowitz
• Reuters – Tokyo Elec resumes work to pump water into No.2 reactor-Kyodo – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters UK – Update 2-French nuclear agency rates Japan accident 5 or 6 – Mathile Cru
• Reuters – Contagion risk for US nuclear generation operators-Moody’s – Lynn Adler
• Reuters – No signs Japan nuclear fuel melting at present: IAEA – Fredrik Dahl and Michael Shields
• Reuters – Analysis: Japan disaster costs seen at least $180 billion – Natsuko Waki
• Reuters – Japan nuclear crisis unlike Chernobyl: U.N. atom chief – Fredrik Dahl and Michael Shields
• Reuters – Analysis – Japan accident shows dilemma over atom plant sites – Alister Doyle
• Reuters UK – Japan distributes iodine to evacuation centers: IAEA – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Japan nuclear disaster risk seen receding fast – Gerard Wynn
• Reuters – Steel walls all that stand between Japan and nuclear crisis – Elaine Lies
• Reuters – Japan grapples with nuclear crisis after tsunami – Taiga Uranaka and Ki Joon Kwon
• Reuters – Tokyo Electric sees rise in radiation at Fukushima Daini plant – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters UK – Japan crisis hits global nuclear sector; may boost green power – David Fogarty and Leonora Walet
• Reuters – Nuclear fuel rods fully exposed at Japan reactor: Jiji
• Reuters – Water level near empty at Japan nuclear reactor: owner
• Reuters – Corrected – Update 1-Tohoku Elec’s Onagawa nuclear plant halted after quake – Risa Maeda and Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Update 1-Westinghouse shuts two Japan nuclear fuel plants – Peter Dinkloh and Daniel Fineren
• Reuters UK – GE offers help to Japan, defends nuclear power industry – Paul de Bendern
• Reuters UK – Timeline: Japan’s unfolding nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Wind near quake-hit Japan plant forecast to blow inland – Junko Fujita
• Reuters – Japan Atomic Power expects quake-hit plant cooled by Tues – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan earthquake LIVE 17410 watchers
• Reuters – Westinghouse shuts two Japan nuclear fuel plants – Peter Dinkloh
• Reuters – Factbox: What is happening inside Japan’s nuclear reactors?
• Reuters UK – Snap analysis: Protective walls critical to averting crisis – Elaine Lies
• Reuters – Japan says Chernobyl-type disaster is impossible: Jiji
• Reuters – Two reactors at Japan’s Daini plant cooled down – Jiji – Mark Bendeich
• Reuters UK – Fear finally takes hold among Japan’s nuclear faithful – Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Update 1-Nuclear insurer Chaucer sees no big Japan hit – Myles Neligan
• Reuters – Japan says blast did not damage plant vessel-IAEA – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Japan says large radiation leak unlikely after explosion – Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – TEPCO says 11 injured at nuclear reactor explosion
• UPI – 3rd hydrogen blast at nuclear plant
• UPI – Japan toll soars, radiation threatens
• UPI – 17 Americans treated for radiation
• UPI – Hydrogen blast at damaged nuclear plant
• UPI – Understatement of the Week: Glenn McCullough – Anthony Hall
• UPI – Japan’s nuclear power plant crisis worsens
• UPI – Reactor sea-water cooling a last resort
• Washington Post – As Japan’s nuclear problems expand, questions are plenty, but answers are not – Richard T. Pienciak
• Xinhua News – No nuclear radiation detected in East China Sea after Japan quake
• Xinhua News – One worker exposed to radiation following blast at Fukushima nuke reactor — TEPOC
• Xinhua News – Japan’s nuclear leakage will not affect China: expert
• Xinhua News – Reactor container not damaged in Japan’s nuke plant blast: IAEA
• Xinhua News – People with high radiation levels isolated in Japan
• Xinhua News – Second blast occurs at Japan’s nuclear plant as death toll rises
• Xinhua News – Hydrogen explosion after earthquake in Japan
• Xinhua News – U.S. sends nuclear reactor experts to Japan
• Xinhua News – Radioactivity levels normal at Onagawa nuclear plant: IAEA
• WOOD-TV – Radiation forces US Navy ships to move – NBC San Diego
• NBC Sandiego – Air Crew Exposed to Radiation, USS Reagan Diverted – R. Stickney
• New York Times – 17 in U.S. Navy Treated for Contamination – Thom Shanker
• Focus Taiwan – DPP urges government to review nuclear policy
• Reuters – Taiwan studies plan to cut nuclear power output – Rachel Lee
• Xinhua News – Taiwan remains unaffected in Japan’s leakage of radioactive material
• Asia: BBC News – Japan nuclear risks could hurt industry growth in Asia – Saira Syed
• Asia: ISN – China’s Spent Nuclear Fuel Management – Shaun Bevan
• Asia: Reuters – China to learn Japan nuke lessons, then go ahead – Jim Bai and Lucy Hornby
• East Asia: Xinhua News – S. Korean activists mourn in anti-nuclear demonstration
• East Asia: UPI – Russia prods North Korea on nuclear talks
• East Asia: RIA Novosti – N. Korea should return to nuclear talks, allow IAEA inspectors – Russian ministry – Philippe Lopez
• East Asia: Xinhua News – DPRK senior official meets Russian vice foreign minister
• East Asia: The Hankyoreh – Experts divided over safety of nuclear plants – Lee Keun-young
• East Asia: The Hankyoreh – Editorial: The dangers of a ‘nuclear power renaissance’
• East Asia: Korea Herald – Seoul gauges impact of Fukushima nuclear plant blasts – Kim So-hyun
• Southeast Asia: Xinhua News – Malaysia urged to reconsider plan for nuke plant
• Xinhua News – Kazakhstan to conduct safety assessment of planned nuclear power plant
• Southwest Asia: Hurriyet Daily News – From the Bosphorus Straight – Time to tap nuclear brakes
• Southwest Asia: Reuters – Turkish Energy Min-determined to build nuclear plants
• South Asia: AFP Google – Indian PM orders safety checks on nuclear plants
• South Asia: The Hindu – Indian nuclear plants ‘safe’ but no room for complacency: NPCIL – Sujay Mehdudia
• South Asia: Times of India – Tough days ahead for N-plant at Mithivirdi after Japan disaster – Vijaysinh Parmar
• South Asia: Xinhua News – U.S. GE still bullish on Indian nuclear market despite catastrophe in Japan
• South Asia: Xinhua News – India reviews safety system of all nuclear plants: PM
• South Asia: Xinhua News – India-Japan nuclear deal becomes uncertain: report
• Europe: Edie – Pro-nuclear report launch put back after Japan tragedy
• Europe: Energy Business Review – UK needs to learn from Japanese nuclear crisis – Chris Hhune
• Europe: The Guardian – Editorial: Nuclear power: After the flood
• Europe: Financial Times – Nuclear power halted in its tracks – Nick Butler

Sunday March 13th, 2011

• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – OpEd: Anyone still favour nuclear options for Australia?
• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – Future of nuclear power faces intense scrutiny – Barry FitzGerald
• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – Reactor crisis heats up nuclear debate – Tim Dick
• The Diplomat blog – Nuclear Crisis in Perspective – Manpreet Sethi
• The Diplomat – Japan: No Need for Nuclear Panic – Andy Sharp
• The Diplomat – Japan Earthquake Upgraded to 9.0
• Daily Yomiuri – Cooling system fails in second reactor
• Japan Times – Water injected into Fukushima reactor
• Japan Times – Analysis: No signs yet of a Chernobyl-type catastrophe – Jun Hongo and Kazuaki Nagata
• istockAnalyst – Update1: Cooling system pump stops at Tokai nuclear power plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Victims top 2,000 in Japan quake-tsunami, nuclear crisis continues
• Mainichi Daily News – Water injected into troubled nuclear power plant to avert disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – Anxiety, fatigue grow among evacuated citizens near nuclear plant
• NIKKEI – Radiation Exceeds Legal Limit In Fukushima Plant Premises
• NIKKEI – Edano: No. 3 Reactor Stabilization Continuing; Radiation Levels Rise
• AP Google – Japan quake-tsunami death toll likely over 10,000
• AP Google – Amid nuke crisis, French urged to leave Tokyo
• ABC News – Fear in Fukushima: What Are the Health Risks of Radiation? – Katie Moisse
• AFP Google – Nuclear contamination: The options – Anne Chaon
• AFP Google – Japan says quake impact on economy ‘considerable’
• AFP Google – Mud-strewn wastelands replace Japanese towns – Hiroshi Hiyama
• AFP Google – Meltdowns may have occurred in two reactors: Japan
• AFP Google – Meltdowns may have occurred in two reactors: Japan
• Bellona – Mixed plutonium-uranium reactor in Japan loses coolant system as government evacuates 210,000 from area or quake-stricken nuke plant – Charles Digges
• BBC News – Japan crisis ‘worst since WWII’
• Bloomberg – Latest Figures on Casualties Resulting From Japan Tsunami Disaster: Table – Takahiko Hyuga
• Bloomberg – Japan ‘Big One’ May Raise Quake Risk for Years, Scientists Say – Jonathan Tirone
• Bloomberg – Japan Stricken Reactor Just Completed Inspection for Next Decade of Power – Jason Clenfield and Yuriy Humber
• Bloomberg – Japan Nuclear Accident May Hamper India’s Atomic Energy Plans – Archana Chaudhary
• CBS News – The nuclear threat facing Japan
• Energy Collective – Fukushima Nuclear Accident – a simple and accurate explanation – Barry Brook
• Energy Collective – Nuclear Reactor Safety, Cooling, and Failure Explained – Keeping the Japanese Event in Perspective – Nathan Temple
• Environment News Service – ‘Possible’ Partial Meltdown At Quake-Hit Japanese Nuclear Plant
• Financial Times – Radiation fears trigger Tokyo exodus – Gwen Robinson
• Global Research – Emergency Special Report: Japan’s Earthquake, Hidden Nuclear Crisis – Yoichi Shimatsu
• The Guardian – Japan: the crisis mounts
• The Guardian – Japan’s nuclear crisis: the causes and the risks – Ian Sample
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear plant faces new threat – Justin McCurry
• Greenpeace International (blog – Serious concerns remain for safety in Fukushima – Andrew Davies
• The Independent – Cooling system must be brought under control to prevent meltdown
• Melbourne Herald Sun – Second state of emergency declared after radiation recorded at Onagawa plant
• Nature – Fukushima crisis: Anatomy of a meltdown – March 13, 2011 – Geoff Brumfiel
• New York Times – Japanese Scramble to Avert Meltdowns as Nuclear Crisis Deepens After Quake – HIROKO TABUCHI and MATTHEW L. WALD
• New York Times – Nuclear Emergency Is Worst in Decades – Anahad O’connor
• NPR – Japanese Engineers Struggle With Nuclear Cliffhanger
• OpEdNews – Get Ready for The Nuclear Energy Spin Assault – Rob Kall
• Sydney Morning Herald – Meltdown fears spark ‘turning point for world’ – Adam Morton and Tim Dick
• Reuters – Update 1-Radiation level up at Japan Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Japan nuclear woes cast shadow over U.S. energy policy – Jeff Mason and Will Dunham
• Reuters – Southerly winds expected near radiation-leaking Japan nuke plant – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters UK – Analysis: Seawater helps but Japan nuclear crisis is not over – Scott DiSavino and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters Canada – Japan nuclear situation not a health risk to Canada – Allan Dowd
• Reuters – Japan says Onagawa radioactive level now normal: IAEA – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Wrapup 3-Japan fights to avert nuclear meltdown after quake – Taiga Uranaka and Ki Joon Kwon
• Reuters – Factbox: Experts on explosion at Japan nuclear plant
• Reuters – Factbox: Timeline of Japan’s unfolding nuclear crisis
• Reuters Africa – TEPCO prepares sea water injection in 3rd reactor-Jiji – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters UK – No danger of major Japan radiation leak: UK expert – Gerard Wynn
• Reuters UK – Aid offers to Japan pour in as nuclear concerns mount – Stephanie Nebehay
• Reuters UK – Partial nuclear meltdown “no disaster,” expert says – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters UK – Stricken Japan nuke reactor past due date – Tim Kelly
• Reuters – Japan says explosion possible at another nuclear building – Chisa Fujioka and Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan’s TEPCO says air release starts at No.3 reactor – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Scientific American blog – Failure of imagination can be deadly: Fukushima is a warning – Rita J. King
• The Scotsman – Japan facing four atomic timebombs – Jane Bradley
• U.S. News & World Report – Crisis Worsens at Crippled Nuke Plant in Japan: Reports – Steven Reinberg
• UPI – Reactor sea-water cooling a last resort
• UPI – Nuclear accident already one of worst ever
• Washington Post – Nuclear power industry watches warily as Japan’s aging reactor is hit hard – Joel Achenbach
• Xinhua News – Radiation level passes legal limit in quake-hit Fukushima nuke plant: Kyodo
• Xinhua News – Japan spares no effort to prevent nuclear disaster
• Xinhua News – Backgrounder: Major nuclear accidents around the world
• Xinhua News – Latest developments in wake of Japan’s devastating earthquake
• Xinhua News – Japan copes with radiation amid escalating nuclear threat
• Xinhua News – Nuclear worries escalating in Japan-quake areas
• Xinhua News – Pressure released at No.3 reactor of Fukushima nuke plant: Sankei Shimbun
• Xinhua News – 19 more people exposed to radiation at Fukushima No. 1 nuke plant
• Xinhua News – 6th reactor at Fukushima Nuke plant loses cooling functions: TEPOC
• Xinhua News – Taiwan remains unaffected in Japan’s leakage of radioactive material
• Asia: Bloomberg – Japan Nuclear Meltdown Forces China Review as India Sees Safety Backlash

Saturday March 12th, 2011

• Christian Science Monitor – Japan’s radiation leak: Shades of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl? – Mark Clayton, Staff writer / March 12, 2011
• Greenpeace USA – The Myth of Nuclear Containment – Jim Riccio
• NPR – Japan Quake Shakes Loose Memories of U.S. Disasters – Linda Wertheimer
• RedOrbit – Japan Quake Reveals US Nuclear Vulnerabilities
• Reuters – Japan radiation leak evokes Three Mile Island – Gerard Wynn
• Reuters – Factbox-U.S. nuclear plants similar to Japan plant in peril – Scott DiSavino and Bernie Woodall
• Union of Concerned Scientists – Nuclear Crisis in Japan: What We Know
• UN: IAEA – Japan Earthquake Update
• UN: IAEA – IAEA update on Japan Earthquake
• Canada: Toronto Star – Canada’s nuclear power under scrutiny amid Japan meltdown fears
• Canada: Vancouver Sun – Greenpeace questions readiness of Canadian reactors – Carmen Chai
• Asahi Shimbun – Commentary/ Can quake-prone Japan really coexist with nuclear power plants? – Keiji Takeuchi
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Swift response needed for victims of devastating earthquake
• Asahi Shimbun – Explosion hits Fukushima nuclear plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Reactor meltdown feared / Quake disabled Fukushima N-plants’ cooling systems
• Kyodo News – Damage from mega quake increasing, death toll feared to top 1,700
• Japan Times – Basic nuclear policy questioned – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Fukushima reactor cover blows up
• Japan Times – Fukushima reactor has explosion–Four Injured; Meltdown Feared As Nuclear Plant Spews Radiation
• Japan Times – Tepco warns of blackouts, urges energy cut
• Mainichi Daily News – Blast did not involve reactor: Japan spokesman
• Mainichi Daily News – Explosion at Japan nuke plant, disaster toll rises
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan inspects quake-hit nuclear plant in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Smoke pours out of Fukushima nuclear plant after quake damages cooling system
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan quake causes emergencies at 5 nuke reactors
• NIKKEI – Edano: Pressure, Radiation Levels Not Worsening At Damaged Nuclear Plant
• NIKKEI – Radioactive Material Leak Confirmed At Quake-Hit Fukushima Plant
• TEPCO – News Updates
• AP – Explosion at Japan nuke plant, disaster toll rises – Eric Talmadge and Yuri Kageyama
• AP Google – In Japan plant, frantic efforts to avoid meltdown
• AP Google – Explosion at Japan nuke plant, disaster toll rises
• AFP Google – US deploys two nuclear experts to Japan
• BBC News – Huge blast at Japan nuclear power plant – Richard Black
• Bellona – Explosion and meltdown possibility at Japanese nuclear power plant may mean worst scenario since Chernobyl – Charles Digges, 12/03-2011
• Bloomberg – Radiation Levels, Pressure Rise at Japanese Reactors Damaged in Earthquake – Takashi Hirokawa, Mark Chediak and Jim Polson
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Tries to Cool Unstable Reactors, Avert ‘Three Mile Island’ – Yuji Okada, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuriy Humber
• Bloomberg – Japan Reactor Fuel Rods May Have Begun to Melt, Atomic Safety Agency Says – Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Explosion Destroys Walls of Japanese Nuclear Reactor Building, 4 Injured – Yuji Okada, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuriy Humber
• Drudge Report – Earthquake Update
• Environment News Service – Pressure Soars at Japanese Nuclear Reactor in Aftermath of Killer Quake
• The Guardian – Japan’s tsunami, nuclear plant blast and recovery – video
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear plant blast puts Japan on high alert
• Huffington Post – Nuclear Emergency in Japan – Karl Grossman
• International Business Times – Exclusive footage of Japan nuclear reactor explosion (VIDEO)
• New York Times – Explosion Rocks Japan Nuclear Plant After Quake – Martin Fackler And Matthew L. Wald
• The Guardian – Japan earthquake: the nuclear crisis is not over yet – Julian Borger
• Reuters – Wrapup 3-Quake-hit Japan nuclear plant faces fresh threat – Chris Meyers and Kim Kyung-hoon
• Reuters – Japan’s TEPCO: air release starts at No.3 reactor – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Japan’s Edano: Work under way to control reactor – Shinichi Saoshiro and Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Japan’s TEPCO preparing to release radiation from second reactor – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Up to 160 may have radiation exposure in Japan nuclear accident – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan Fukushima nuclear plant faces new reactor problem – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Analysis: How bad is the nuclear accident in Japan? – Scott DiSavino
• Reuters – Odd nature of Japan quake complicates insurance – Ben Berkowitz
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan may hand out iodine near nuclear plants-IAEA – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Japan to fill leaking nuke reactor with sea water – Leika Kihara, Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Update 1-Desperation, panic grip Japan after quake, nuclear emergency
• Reuters – Update 2-Factbox-Experts on explosion at Japan nuclear plant
• Reuters UK – Wind blows south-to-north at quake-hit Japan nuclear plant – Risa Maeda
• Reuters UK – SNAPSHOT-Developments after major Japan earthquake
• Reuters – WRAPUP 15-Radiation leaking from Japan’s quake-hit nuclear plant
• Reuters – Factbox: Japan’s increasing reliance on nuclear power
• Reuters – Hydrogen may have caused Japan atom blast-industry – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Japan expands evacuation around nuclear power plant – Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Japan’s nuclear power operator has chequered past – Jonathan Thatcher
• Reuters – IAEA “urgently” seeking info on Japan blast report – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Japan confirms explosion, leakage at nuke plant – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters UK – WRAPUP 9-Japan warns of nuclear fuel melting after quake damage – Chris Meyers and Kim Kyung-hoon
• Reuters UK – Update 5-Japan battles crisis at quake-hit nuclear plants
• Reuters UK – Analysis – Nuclear power growth at risk if Japan plant leaks – Gerard Wynn and Bernie Woodall
• Reuters – Japan nuclear authorities: pressure relieved at Fukushima No.1 – Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Nuclear plant fuel rods may have melted – Jiji – Mayumi Negishi, Edwina Gibbs
• UPI – Thousands leave after Japan near meltdown
• UPI – Major explosion at Japanese nuclear plant
• UPI – U.S. experts offer quake analysis
• Washington Post – Japan quake: With two natural disasters and a nuclear emergency, recovery begins – Chico Harlan
• Washington Post – Explosion rocks Japanese nuclear power plant; 5 reactors in peril – Steven Mufson
• Xinhua News – Japan’s tragic earthquake causes huge losses, all-out rescues mobilized
• Xinhua News – Another Japanese reactor facing cooling problem amid moderate aftershocks
• Xinhua News – In pictures: Over 1,000 people killed after Japan earthquake
• Xinhua News – Japanese gov’t confirms no blast occurs at troubled Fukushima reactor
• Xinhua News – Ceiling collapse injures 4 at Fukushima No. 1 nuke plant: NHK
• Xinhua News – Radioactive cesium detected at Fukushima No. 1 nuke plant
• Xinhua News – Backgrounder: Major nuclear leakage accidents in Japan
• Focus Taiwan – Agency forecasts 10% chance of radioactive fallout hitting Taiwan

March 11th 2011

• UN: IAEA – Earthquake and Tsunami Update
• UN: IAEA – Board of Governors Closes March Deliberations
• Canada: Northumberland Today – Public concerns valid in generator recycling plan
• Canada: Vancouver Sun – Canada’s nuclear reactors constructed to withstand worst-case scenario – Carmen Chai
• Japan Times – Killer Tohoku temblor tops scale
• Japan Today – More than 1,200 dead or unaccounted for in megaquake
• AP Google – 32 killed in major tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake
• AP Google – Japan to evacuate residents near nuke plant
• AFP Google – Greenpeace: Japan nuke crisis could be ‘devastating’
• AFP Google – Japan declares atomic power emergency
• AFP Google – Fire breaks out at Japanese nuclear plant: Kyodo
• AFP Google – Japan shuts four nuclear plants after quake: IAEA
• AFP Google – Massive quake unleashes tsunami on Japan – Miwa Suzuki
• Arirang News – Radiation Level ins Fukushima Nuclear Plant Unusally High But Not Health-threatening
• BBC News – Japan declares nuclear emergency
• BBC News – Japan warns of small radiation leak at nuclear plant
• BBC News – Tsunami hits Japan after massive quake
• Bellona – Update: Thousands evacuated from nuclear plant city after Japan quake as reactor refuses to cool after shutdown – Charles Digges, 11/03-2011
• Bloomberg – Radiation Levels, Pressure Rise at Japanese Reactors Damaged in Earthquake – Takashi Hirokawa, Mark Chediak and Jim Polson
• Bloomberg – Grae Says Japan Reactor Failures Shouldn’t Have Happened: Video
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Starts Venting Reactor Gas to Relieve Atomic Plant Pressure – Michio Nakayama and Keiko Ujikane
• Bloomberg – IAEA Seeks More Details on Japan Atomic Plants After Quake – Stephen Voss
• Bloomberg – Obama Says No Sign Yet of Nuclear Leak in Japan After Earthquake, Tsunami – Hans Nichols and Roger Runningen
• Bloomberg – Tepco Says It Lost Control of Pressure at Fukushima Reactors – Go Onomitsu and Michio Nakayama
• Bloomberg – Japan Reactor Damaged in Quake May Need to Vent Radiation, Official Says – Takashi Hirokawa and Michio Nakayama
• Bloomberg – Japanese Quake Forces Evacuation Near Nuclear Reactor; Oil Refinery Burns – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Japan Hit by Biggest Quake on Record as Tsunami Engulfs North Coast Towns – Stuart Biggs and Aaron Sheldrick
• CBS News – Radiation spikes as Japan nuke plants damaged – Nancy Cordes .
• CounterPunch – First the Quake, Then the Lies–Don’t Worry, It’s Just a Little Radiation – Karl Grossman
• Energy Collective – Japan Quake: Fukushima Reactor Must Be Shut Down, Core Cooled – Nathan Temple
• The Guardian – Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant under state of emergency after quake – Justin McCurry in Osaka
• Los Angeles Times – Japan nuclear plant conditions worsening, local media reports – Rong-Gong Lin II
• Los Angeles Times – Q&A: What’s happening at Japanese nuclear plants? – Thomas H. Maugh II
• New York Times – Japan Expands Evacuation Around Nuclear Plant – Matthew L. Wald
• NIKKEI – Cooling System Fails At Fukushima No. 2 Plant
• Nuclear Engineering – Japan initiates emergency protocol after earthquake
• Platts – Massive Japan earthquake shuts refineries, power plants, ports
• Platts – Japan’s Tepco shuts seven nuclear units after earthquake – Jonty Rushforth, Takeo Kumagai
• Reuters – Analysis: Nuclear power growth at risk if Japan plant leaks – Gerard Wynn and Bernie Woodall
• Reuters – TEPCO: some fuel may have been damaged at reactor – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan battles to contain nuclear crisis after huge quake – Chris Meyers and Kim Kyung-hoon
• Reuters – TEPCO releasing pressure at one Fukushima reactor: minister – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Update 4-Japan warns of radiation leak from quake-hit plants – Risa Maeda, Kiyoshi Takenaka, Chikako Mogi and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – RPT-TEPCO releasing pressure at one Fukushima reactor-trade min – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Snap analysis: Japan may have hours to prevent nuclear meltdown – Scott DiSavino
• Reuters – Japan warns of radiation leak from quake-hit plants – Osamu Tsukimori and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – TEPCO: loses control of pressure at 2nd nuclear plant – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – TEPCO: loses control of pressure at 2nd nuclear plant – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters India – Fukushima reactor pressure may have hit 2.1 times capacity – METI – Risa Maeda, Edmund Klamann
• Reuters UK – Industry, greens differ on Japan nuclear impact – Gerard Wynn
• Reuters – TEPCO: loses control of pressure at 2nd nuclear plant – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters AlertNet – Heightened state of alert at Japan atom plant-IAEA – Fredrik Dahl and Michael Shields
• Reuters AlertNet – US delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant -Clinton – Doug Palmer
• Reuters AlertNet – Japan warns of small radiation leak from quake-hit plant – Osamu Tsukimori and Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Update 1-US did not deliver coolant to Japan nuclear reactor – Arshad Mohammed
• Reuters – Factbox: What happens when a reactor loses coolant
• Reuters – New power on site at stricken Japan nuclear plant: WNA – Karolin Schaps
• Reuters – TEPCO’s biggest nuke plant continue operations after quake – Risa Maeda and Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Huge tsunami slams Japan, sweeps across Pacific basin – Chisa Fujioka and Elaine Lies
• Reuters UK – Update 2-Japan declares emergency at nuke plant, no radiation leak now – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Factbox: Japan quake tears through commodity, energy sectors
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan trying to fix nuclear plant cooling problem – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Nuclear plants near Japan quake safely shut–IAEA – Fredrik Dahl and Michael Shields
• Reuters – Fire at Tohoku Elec Onagawa nuclear plant -Kyodo – Chikako Mogi and Risa Maeda
• Science Daily – Radiation Expert Discusses Japan Nuclear Power Plant Concerns
• Stanford Review – Nuclear meltdown in Japan? Not so fast.
• UCS All Things Nuclear – Containment at Fukushima – Dave Lochbaum
• UPI – U.S. experts offer quake analysis
• UPI – Area around Japan nuclear plant evacuated – Reuters AlertNet
• UPI – Report: Quake death toll at least 50
• Wall Street Journal – Tepco: Temperatures Rising At Fukushima Daini No.1, No.2 Reactors – Mari Iwata
• Washington Post – Japan quake kills hundreds; Hawaii, U.S. West Coast brace for tsunami – Chico Harlan
• World Nuclear News – Battle to stabilise earthquake reactors
• World Nuclear News – Massive earthquake hits Japan
• Xinhua News – Radioactive substances could have already leaked at quake-hit Japan nuclear plant: Kyodo
• Xinhua News – Japanese PM declares atomic power emergency
• Xinhua News – Massive quake rocks Japan
• Xinhua News – 8.8-magnitude quake shakes Japan with tsunami warnings
• Xinhua News – Heightened state of alert declared at nuclear plant in Japan
• Xinhua News – Flash: Japanese Defense Force’s Chemical Corps Dispatched to Nuclear Plant — Kyodo
• Xinhua News – “Abnormality state” reported at Fukushima nuclear plant: Kyodo