Sunday April 3rd, 2011

• NEI Nuclear Notes – Lessons from Fukushima
• OpEdNews – The UN Cover Up of Ionizing Radiation Health FX – Lynda Williams
• PEJ News – The “Not-Too-Hidden Agenda” of The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at UNCED – Dr F.K. Knelman and Dr. Joan E. Russow
• Xinhua News – Japan’s unfolding crisis adds to long list of world nuclear mishaps – Mark Weisenmiller
• Canada: Calgary Herald – Letter: Nuclear ban – Emil Malak
• Oceania: AFP Google – Japan disaster to cost Australia $2 bln in lost trade – Martin Parry
• Oceania: Hawke’s Bay Today – Bruce Bisset: Nuclear clean myth washed away
• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Asahi Shimbun – Contaminated water leaks from power plant into sea
• Asahi Shimbun – Embattled TEPCO now facing a harsh public backlash
• CNIC – Nuke Info Tokyo No. 141 – (March/April 2011)
• Daiky Yomiuri – Dosimeters, more food secured for N-plant crew
• Japan Times – NISA rebuked by Fukushima over late data
• Japan Times – Kansai region wonders: Could it happen here? – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Effects of the Tohoku disaster and options for Japan’s response – Teruhiko Mano
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t says several months may be required before radiation leaks stop
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima gov. rebukes nuclear agency for late radioactivity data
• Mainichi Daily News – Absorbent used to soak up radioactive water, 2 found dead at nuke plant
• Nikkei – Absorbent Yet To Soak Up Radioactive Water At Fukushima Plant
• Nikkei – Fukushima Gov. Rebukes Nuclear Agency For Late Radioactivity Data
• Nikkei – Govt Says Several Months May Be Required Before Radiation Leaks Stop
• AP Google – Engineers pin hopes on polymer to stop nuke leak
• Bellona – Leak of highly radioactive water at Fukushima Daiichi far from being plugged, and spiking radioactivity suggests yet another core breach – Charles Digges
• Bellona – As core breach nearly confirmed in Japan, radiation panic grips Russian Far East – environmentalists say fears should reach further – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Immelt Offers to Help Tepco Contain Damage at Plant, NHK Says – Akiko Nishimae
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Uses Sawdust in Attempt to Stop Radiation Leaking Into Sea – Shinhye Kang and Jae Hur
• CNN – Status report: Reactor-by-reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant
• The Guardian – Fukushima: the future is unknown, but the present is terrible enough – Jonathan Watts
• The Guardian – The incalculable cost of nuclear power – Thomas Noyes
• The Guardian – Japan PM tells Fukushima nuclear plant workers to hold firm – Justin McCurry
• New York Times – Japan Struggles to Plug Leak as Radioactive Water Seeps Into the Sea – Ken Belson and Hiroko Tabuchi
• Reuters – Japan voters want coalition to handle crisis -poll – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Repeat-Wrapup 6-Japan says it may take months to end radiation leaks – Chizu Nomiyama and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Snapshot: Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Japan says it may take months to end radiation leaks – Chizu Nomiyama and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Radiation worries hit Japan’s farmers hard – David Dolan
• UPI – Another bid to stop radioactive leak fails
• UPI – 2 nuke plant workers’ bodies found
• Xinhua News – Japan’s efforts to soak up contaminated water still unsuccessful
• Xinhua News – Radioactive water still leaking after injection of polymeric powder
• Xinhua News – TEPCO taking measures to seal crack at reactor 2
• Xinhua News – Japan to use special absorbent to soak up radioactive water
• Xinhua News – Japan’s nuclear struggle continues after failed attempt to seal cracked reactor pit
• Taipei Times – Radioactive dust due from Japan poses no risk: AEC
• Asia: Xinhua News – Low levels of radioactive iodine, isotope cesium-137 and -134 detected in Chinese mainland regions

Saturday April 2nd, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Japan Times – Nuclear benefits outweigh risks – Scott Hards
• Japan Times – Worker slams Tepco safety steps
• Japan Times – Analysis: Irradiated water swamps Tepco – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Tepco dumps concrete to plug radiation leak at No. 2 – Masami Ito and Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Radioactive water escaping from No. 2 – Masami Ito
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive water found leaking into sea from Fukushima plant, workers to attempt seal
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan and U.S. join forces to deal with radiation leaks from crippled nuclear reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Emergency worker relates his experience at radioactive Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA to send 2 reactor experts to Japan
• Mainichi Daily News – Quake intensity beyond projection hit 3 Fukushima reactors: data
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO data credibility suffers on serious groundwater contamination
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan disaster boosts interest in atomic tourism
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric Tries to Halt Radioactive Water Leaking Into Sea Near Plant – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Nikkei – Japanese, German Ministers Meet To Talk Cooperation Over Nuke Crisis
• Nikkei – Source of Toxic Leaks Found At Japan Nuclear Plant
• Nikkei – Kan Visits Fukushima Nuclear Operation Base, Tsunami-Hit Area
• Nikkei – Efforts To Remove Tainted Water Continue At Nuke Plant
• ABC News – Officials Unable to Plug Radioactive Leak Found at Japan’s Nuclear Plant – Kevin Dolak, Neal Karlinsky, Wendy Brundige and Leezel Tanglao
• ABS CBN News – Japan PM tells nuclear workers ‘you can’t lose this battle’
• All Things Nuclear – 3-Week Update on Japan’s Nuclear Crisis – David Wright
• BBC News – Radioactive water from Japan nuclear plant leaks in sea
• Daily Telegraph – Japan nuclear crisis: entire town nearest to stricken plant is moved to new ‘temporary’ quarters
• The Guardian – Radioactive water from Japan’s Fukushima plant is leaking into sea – David Batty
• The Economist blog – Japan’s nuclear clean-up–Jimmy Carter and Fukushima
• Los Angeles Times – Concrete fails to plug leak at Fukushima nuclear plant – Julie Makinen
• Newser – Japan Plant Offers ‘Jumpers’ $5K a Day for Hazard Duty – John Johnson
• New York Times – Japanese Nuclear Disaster Severs a Town’s Lifeline – Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Reactor Pit Found Leaking Radioactive Water Into Sea – Ken Belson And Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – Regulator Says Radioactive Water Leaking Into Ocean From Japanese Nuclear Plant – Ken Belson and Hiroko Tabuchi
• Reuters – Wrapup 5-Leak found in reactor pit, Japan PM tours disaster zone
• Reuters – Snapshot: Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Sunday Observer – Fukushima ‘much bigger than Chernobyl’-expert
• UPI – TEPCO trying to plug nuclear plant leak
• UPI – Crack found at Japanese nuclear site
• UPI – U.N. says global radiation danger minimal
• Washington Post – As Fukushima fallout circles the globe, nuclear sleuths sift it for clues – Brian Vastag
• Washington Post – Japan’s recovery from earthquake, tsumani may stretch its finances – Howard Schneider
• Xinhua News – Japan nuclear crisis not yet over:IAEA chief
• Xinhua News – Contaminated water seeping from Japan’s nuclear plant into sea
• Taipei Times – Wu seeks to calm Fourth Nuclear Power Plant fears – Shih Hsiu-chuan
• Asia: Washington Post – China expanding nuclear power but lacks emergency planning – Keith B. Richburg

Friday April 1st, 2011

• Daily Yomiuri – Govt should welcome French nuclear help
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO failures multiply / Compounding of missteps exacerbated nuclear crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Tsunami washed away 23 JR stations
• Daily Yomiuri – N-reactor builders fret about loss of business
• Daily Yomiuri – Distrust grows among N-crisis players
• Japan Times – Iodine 131 found in groundwater – Masami Ito
• Mainichi Daily News – Not all workers at Fukushima plant had rad meters; supplying them expected to bring delays
• Mainichi Daily News – Government to buy part of TEPCO because of nuclear disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – Emergency workers caught in bind over response to overheated Fukushima reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan seeks French, US expertise in nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan eyes thorough review of gov’t plan to build more nuclear plants
• Nikkei – Tepco May Use Floating Island To Hold Tainted Water
• AFP Google – Japan may inject tax money into TEPCO: reports
• Asia-Pacific Journal – What Caused the High Cl-38 Radioactivity in the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor #1? – F. Dalnoki-Veress, (pdf-360K)
• BBC News – Viewpoint: Japan plant – who is in charge? – Yuki Tatsumi
• BBC News – Japan nuclear evacuation ‘will be long-term’
• Bellona – As core breach nearly confirmed in Japan, radiation panic grips Russian Far East – environmentalists say fears should reach further – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Turning Point May Put an End to Secrecy of Nuclear Safety Group – Jonathan Tirone
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• New York Times – Radioactive Iodine Detected in Ocean, Despite Gains at Japanese Plant – David Jolly
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• NOVA – Japan’s Killer Quake
• Reuters – GE’s Immelt to meet with Tepco officials in Japan – Scott Malone
• Reuters – Radiation eases in Japan village near no-go zone-IAEA – Fredrik Dahl and Michael Shields
• Reuters – Factbox: Japan’s disaster in figures
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan PM says wants TEPCO to remain private company – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Japan nuclear operator says not heard nationalisation plan – Yoko Kubota
• UPI – Nuclear cleanup crews ‘committed to die’
• UPI – Cleanup of contaminated areas next issue
• UPI – Groundwater contamination detected
• Washington Post – Japan’s recovery may stretch its finances – Howard Schneider
• World Nuclear News – Tepco’s plans for water issues
• Xinhua News – Low levels of radioactive iodine detected across Chinese mainland
• Xinhua News – Japanese PM gears up for long-term battle to overcome nuclear crisis
• Xinhua News – China’s diplomatic staff on the frontline of evacuation effort in Japan
• Xinhua News – U.S. response team heads to Japan
• Xinhua News – Sarkozy visits Japan for nuke issue
• Xinhua News – Fears over radiation affect Japan economy
• Asia: All Things Nuclear – China Reacts to Fukushima – Gregory Kulacki
• Asia: Bloomberg – China to Cut Nuclear Goal After Japan Reactor Crisis
• South Asia: AFP Google – Top Indian scientist calls for nuclear moratorium

Thursday March 31st, 2011

• IAEA – Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO testing new ways to stop radioactive pollution from Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – World rallies around Japan to resolve Fukushima nuclear crisis
• Asahi Shimbun – Financial woes escalate for embattled TEPCO
• Asahi Shimbun – Reactor operators accelerate anti-tsunami defenses
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO needs solid leadership to handle nuclear crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Farmers in dilemma over flooded land – Akihito Teramura
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO faces massive costs over disaster / Compensation likely to add to burden – Tamaki Aikyo and Chiaki Toyoda
• Daily Yomiuri – Checkups for residents mulled
• Daily Yomiuri – Iodine-131 4,385 times limit found near N-plant
• Daily Yomiuri – N-plant has long road ahead / Experts: Decommissioning Fukushima reactors to take decades
• istockAnalyst – Update2: Groundwater at nuclear plant ‘highly’ radiation-contaminated: TEPCO
• Japan Times – IAEA warns of further leaks
• Japan Times – Tepco investors may be wiped out
• Japan Times – High radiation found outside no-go zone – Kanako Takahara and Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Hundreds of corpses believed irradiated, inaccessible
• Japan Times – Kan looking to split NISA, METI
• Japan Times – High radiation found outside no-go zone – Kanako Takahara And Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan, Sarkozy agree to craft new int’l nuclear safety standards
• Mainichi Daily News – Residents near nuclear plant show mixed reactions to plan to scrap four reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear fuel may have leaked from damaged pressure vessel housing Japan reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima plant disaster reveals shortcomings with Japan’s nuclear energy
• Mainichi Daily News – Shares in Japan nuclear power company plunge again
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. luxury liner’s tours to and from Japan cancelled on nuclear concerns
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Government needs to take targeted responses to Fukushima plant, radiation leaks
• Mainichi Daily News – High radiation outside Japan’s exclusion zone
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. to learn lessons from Japan disaster in building new nuke plants
• Nikkei – Groundwater At Nuclear Plant ‘Highly’ Radiation-Contaminated: Tepco
• Nikkei – Moody’s Cuts Tepco Credit Rating; Cites Costs, Untallied Liabilities
• Nikkei – Kan and Sarkozy: Upcoming G-8 Meeting To Discuss Nuclear Safety
• Nikkei – Japan Doesn’t Plan To Widen Nuclear Evacuation Zone Despite IAEA Findings
• ABC – Crews ‘facing 100-year battle’ at Fukushima – David Mark, Mark Willacy
• AFP Google – France’s Areva to expand Japan nuclear help
• AFP Google – Low-level Japan radiation spreads to most of China
• AFP Google – Japan nuclear refugees feel ‘betrayed’ – Shingo Ito
• All Things Nuclear – IAEA Confirms Very High Levels of Contamination Far From Reactors – Ed Lyman
• BBC News – Japan nuclear crisis: Pressure to widen evacuation zone
• Bloomberg – Tepco Downfall to Shatter ‘Myth’ of Safe Toshiba, Hitachi Nuclear Reactors – Makiko Kitamura and Maki Shiraki
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Workers Threatened by Heat Bursts; Sea Radiation Rises – Jonathan Tirone, Sachiko Sakamaki and Yuriy Humber
• Bloomberg – Sarkozy Pledges Japan Aid, Calls for Stronger Nuclear Safety – Sachiko Sakamaki and Takashi Hirokawa
• Bloomberg – Tepco Defends Reactor Response as Shimizu Hospitalized Over Blood Pressure – Michio Nakayama and Go Onomitsu
• Business Week – Setbacks mount in Japan at leaking nuclear plant – Mari Yamaguchi
• Environment News Service – Japan to Decommission Four Damaged Nuclear Reactors
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• The Guardian – Japan says battle to save nuclear reactors has failed – Justin McCurry in Tokyo
• Nature – Fukushima update: local contamination of power plant area under scrutiny – March 31, 2011
• New York Times – Radiation Levels Rise Again at Nuclear Plant – David Jolly and Matthew L. Wald
• New York Times – Dangerous Levels of Radioactive Isotope Found 25 Miles From Nuclear Plant – Matthew L. Wald and David Jolly
• New York Times – Workers Give Glimpse of Japan’s Nuclear Crisis – Ken Belson
• NPR – Timeline: A Nuclear Crisis Unfolds In Japan
• Reuters – Japan trade min says govt yet to debate TEPCO nationalisation-Kyodo – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Snapshot-Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Japan to take control of Tokyo Electric: report – Kazunori Takada and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Japan to take control of Tokyo Electric Power: report – Yoko Nishikawa, Kazunori Takada and Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Japan under pressure to expand nuclear evacuation – Chizu Nomiyama and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Update 1-J-Power halts construction work on Ohma nuclear plant – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan PM: need to scrap quake-hit nuclear plant: report – Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Areva: want to work with GE to resolve Japan nuke plant woes – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Radiation in seawater around Japan plant 4,385 times over legal limit – John Chalmers
• Reuters – Analysis: Japan’s nuclear nightmare set to run and run – Scott DiSavino and Eileen O’Grady
• Reuters – Tokyo Electric claims could top $130 billion on Japan – James Topham
• UPI – Radiation in Ocean waters rises
• UPI – Report reveals inadequate disaster plan
• Wall Street Journal – Japanese Plant Had Barebones Risk Plan – Phred Dvorak and Peter Landers
• Washington Post – Radiation slows Japan’s recovery of dead near troubled nuclear plant; contamination spreads
• Washington Post – Japan pressed to expand evacuation zone; new safety questions for workers at plant – Michael Alison Chandler
• Washington Post – Four of six Daiichi reactors can’t be fixed; Tokyo Electric president hospitalized – Michael Alison Chandler
• Xinhua News – U.S. military team on radiation control to visit Japan: Kyodo
• Xinhua News – Anti-nuclear protesters march in Tokyo
• Xinhua News – IAEA: Japan leak remains serious
• AsiaOne – Taipei mayor catches error in nuclear emergency drill
• Focus Taiwan – Lawmaker calls for Taiwan’s IAEA participation
• Asia: National Journal – Mongolia May Store Region’s Spent Nuclear Fuel, Senior U.S. Official Says – Elaine M. Grossman

Wednesday March 30th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Stricken nuclear plant faces staffing difficulties
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Water leaks raise concerns about pressure vessels
• Asahi Shimbun – Analysis: How long will radioactive water leak from crippled reactors?
• Daily Yomiuri – Many countries helping Japan tame N-plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Taisei set to introduce robots for N-cleanup
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO to scrap 4 damaged reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt may spray resin on N-plant / Sticky material should keep down radiation
• Japan Times – Kaieda orders nuke safety rethink – Kanako Takahara
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactive water obstructing Fukushima cooling operation
• Japan Times – Kaieda orders nuke safety rethink – Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – NGO finds high levels in safe area – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Nuke crisis scares foreign buyers off seafood
• Japan Times – U.S. sending radiation-hardened robots to assist at plant
• Japan Times – Ideas floated to stanch leak of radiation – Kazuaki Nagata and Kanako Takahara
• Japan Times – Reactors may take three decades to decommission
• Japan Times – Fukushima No. 1’s scary shadow – David Mcneill
• Japan Times – NGO finds high levels beyond no-go zone – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Chubu Electric stages reactor drill
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t considers shielding, robots, remote operation for Fukushima nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Discovery of plutonium on nuke plant grounds suggests fuel rods badly damaged
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo Electric stock hits 47-yr-low amid nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan must not overlook mental health of children in disaster zone
• Mainichi Daily News – US sending robots to Japan to help nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO to improve tough working conditions at Fukushima nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, Not enough safeguards to protect nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Plutonium detected near nuke plant ‘not significant’: U.S. official
• Nikkei – Farm Ministry To Draw Up Soil Radiation Standards
• Nikkei – Kan Looks At Separating Nuclear Safety Agency From Industry Ministry
• Nikkei – No Saving Damaged Reactors: Tepco Chairman
• Nikkei – Hokkaido Electric To Stick With Pluthermal Nuclear Project
• Nikkei – Smoke Briefly Detected At Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant
• Nikkei – Tepco To Scrap 4 Reactors At Crippled Nuclear Plant
• Nikkei – Fixing Nuke Plant To Take More Than Few Weeks
• Nikkei – Kan Eyes Separating Nuclear Safety Agency, METI
• Nikkei – Tepco President Admitted To Hospital On Tuesday Evening
• Nikkei – Agency: Iodine Levels 3355 Times Legal Limit Found In Seawater Near Plant
• Nikkei – Edano Suggests Scrapping of All Reactors At Fukushima Daiichi Plant
• AP Google – UN: High radiation outside Japan’s exclusion zone
• AFP Google – IAEA worried about radiation in Japan village
• AFP Google – Greenpeace says Japan evacuation zone too small
• BBC News – Japan to scrap stricken nuclear reactors
• BBC News – Japan nuclear: Fukushima seawater radioactivity rises
• Bloomberg – Japan Weighs Entombing Nuclear Plant in Bid to Halt Radiation – Go Onomitsu and Sachiko Sakamaki
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric’s Damaged Reactors May Take 30 Years, $12 Billion to Scrap – Shigeru Sato
• Bloomberg – Japan Tests Farmland Soil Samples for Radioactivity Near Fukushima Plant – Aya Takada
• CNN – Power company says smoke spotted at another Japanese nuclear plant
• Environment News Service – Radioactive Water a New Worry at Japan’s Nuclear Plant
• The Guardian – Radiation rises in seawater near Fukushima plant – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Japan confirms radiation levels higher but plays down danger – video
• The Guardian – Onagawa: Japanese tsunami town where nuclear plant is the safest place
• The Guardian – Japanese officials consider cell transplants for nuclear workers – Ian Sample
• The Guardian – Fukushima disaster causes fallout for nuclear industry worldwide – Allegra Stratton
• New York Times – High Radiation Levels Found in Seawater Near Nuclear Plant – David Jolly
• Reuters – High radiation outside Japan exclusion zone: IAEA – Sylvia Westall and Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Germany offers Japan robots for nuclear clean-up
• Reuters – Japan nuclear situation very serious – IAEA chief
• Reuters – IAEA concerned about radiation in Japan village
• Reuters – Japan orders immediate safety upgrade at nuclear plants
• Reuters – Japan orders immediate safety upgrade at nuclear plants – Yoko Kubota and Chisa Fujioka
• Reuters – Analysis: Nuclear crisis carries big risks for Japan economy – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Areva CEO arrives in Japan to help with nuclear crisis – Sybille de La Hamaide
• Reuters – Smoke at second Fukushima plant finished – nuclear safety agency – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Tokyo Elec: difficult to proceed with Texas project – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Taiga Uranaka
• Reuters – Scenarios: Tokyo Electric struggles to meet nuclear costs – Rie Ishiguro and Taro Fuse
• Reuters – Kyushu to start Sendai No.3 reactor ops as planned in 2019 – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan METI upgrades safety standard for nuclear plants – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan may require back-up emergency power at nuke – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Tokyo Elec: unsure how seawater near plant became radioactive – Chisa Fujioka, Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Japan’s Edano:Can’t say when nuclear plant will be under control – Yoko Kubota
• UPI – U.S. nuke experts assisting Japanese
• UPI – Fukushima a threat to Pacific people?
• UPI – Seawater tests high for radioactive iodine
• Washington Post – 4 of 6 Daiichi reactors can’t be fixed; Tokyo Electric president hospitalized – Michael Alison Chandler
• Washington Post – Leadership vacuum at Japanese utility as radiation levels rise outside leaking nuclear plant
• Washington Post – For one Japanese neighborhood, a tsunami and radiation end a way of life – Michael Alison Chandler
• World Nuclear News – Tsunami likely filled trenches
• World Nuclear News – Trench water under investigation
• Xinhua News – Aerial view of crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant
• Xinhua News – Japan’s quake victims near stricken nuke plant evacuated
• Xinhua News – Smoke spotted in turbine building of Japanese nuclear plant
• Xinhua News – Japan likely to scrap all reactors at contaminated Fukushima nuke plant
• Xinhua News – New 6.4M quake strick coast of Fukushima, no damage reported
• Taipei Times – SEF cleared to discuss nuclear safety – Ko Shu-ling

Tuesday March 29th, 2011

• AFP Google – Nuclear fears spark rush for radiation detectors – Paul Handley
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – The road not taken: Can Fukushima put us on a path toward nuclear transparency? – Kennette Benedict
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Daily update from Japan – Tatsujiro Suzuki
• Business Today – A nuclear accident anywhere is an accident everywhere: ElBaradei – Somnath Dasgupta & Anika Gupta
• Business Week – Appeals court upholds US whistleblower law secrecy – Larry O’Dell
• Huffington Post – Japan, Nuclear Power, and a Sense of Shame – Rev. Anne Howard
• Huffington Post – Nuclear Waste Next Door: Japan Crisis Spotlights America’s Radioactive Waste Dilemma – Chris Kirkham
• Keene Sentinel – Editorial: A U.S. House panel looks at nuclear power
• New York Times – Lessons From Fukushima Are Taught on Capitol Hill – Matthew L. Wald
• New York Times – Japanese Nuclear Reactors, U.S. Safety to Take Center Stage on Capitol Hill This Week – Hannah Northey
• Daily Yomiuri – Balancing act at reactors / Water vital for cooling, but drainage poses new set of problems
• Daily Yomiuri – Workers face incredible risk with little food
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan, U.S. coordinate efforts on nuclear crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt buyout of TEPCO pitched / Public-funded takeover could help utility survive huge damages bill
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan’s crisis will affect N-power worldwide
• Daily Yomiuri – Plutonium detected in soil at N-plant
• Japan Times – Lessons of the nuclear crisis – Michael Richardson
• Japan Times – Plutonium traces point to core leak – Minoru Matsutani
• Denki Shimbun – Off-site center malfunctioned after earthquake disaster
• Japan Times – Analysis–Latest find sounds scary but risk is limited – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Plutonium traces point to core leak–Heavy fuel rod damage feared; trenches fill up with toxic water – Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Tepco comes under fire for issuing erroneous info
• Mainichi Daily News – Police suspend effort to remove corpse near troubled nuclear plant due to radiation
• Mainichi Daily News – Q&A: How dangerous is the plutonium found at Fukushima power plant?
• Mainichi Daily News – No confirmation of radioactive water overflowing into sea: agency
• Mainichi Daily News – WikiLeaks Nuclear plant not prepared for accident
• Mainichi Daily News – Contamination of water, sea raises long-term environmental fears around nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Emergency workers struggle under harsh conditions to control crippled nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA chief says Japan’s nuke plant needs some time to stabilize
• Nikkei – Plutonium Detected In Fukushima ‘Not Significant’: U.S. Official
• Nikkei – No Confirmation of Radioactive Water Overflowing Into Sea: Agency
• Nikkei – Discovery of Plutonium Complicates Japan Nuclear Plant Recovery Efforts
• Nikkei – Govt ‘Not Considering’ Nationalizing Tepco: Edano
• AP Google – Amid Japan crisis, hunt for better radiation care
• AP Google – US sending robots to Japan to help nuclear plant
• AP Google – Japan: Not enough safeguards to protect nuke plant
• AP Google – Japan: Not enough safeguards to protect nuke plant
• AFP Google – Fukushima: Sea contamination likely to be local – scientists – Richard Ingham
• AFP Google – Japan plant in ‘slow recovery’: US officials
• AFP Google – TEPCO nationalisation ‘an option’, says Japan
• AFP Google – Japan’s farmers battle nuclear scare – Huw Griffith
• BBC News – Daily struggle at Japan nuclear plantBy Jonathan Amos
• Bellona – Soaring radiation spikes in water at and around Fukushima Daiichi hindering progress to cool reactors – Charles Digges
• Environment News Service – Japan: 28,500 Dead or Missing; Power, Water, Fuel in Short Supply
• Environment News Service – UN Nuclear Agency Calls High-level Meeting on Japanese Crisis
• Global Research – How Dangerous is the Plutonium from the Japanese Nuclear Plant?
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear plant emergency: week three – in pictures
• The Guardian – Japan mulls nationalising Fukushima nuclear plant company – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Fukushima soil contains plutonium traces, according to Japanese officials – Justin McCurry and Suzanne Goldenberg
• The Independent – ‘Suicide squads’ paid huge sums amid fresh fears for nuclear site – David McNeill
• The Independent – Hamish McRae: The Fukushima effect, globally, will be colossal
• New York Times – Contaminated Water Escaping Nuclear Plant, Japanese Regulator Warns – Hiroko Tabuchi And Ken Belson
• New York Times – Marine Life Faces Threat From Runoff – Elisabeth Rosenthal and William J. Broad
• Pacific Free Press – Dwarfing Chernobyl: When the Meltdown Hits Groundwater – Dr. Tom Burnett
• Reuters – No unfair nuclear-linked export bans, Japan pleads – Andrew Callus
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan says plutonium at plant not harmful levels – Terril Jones
• Reuters – Japan: high possibility of leakage from containment vessels – Terril Jones
• Reuters – Update 1-France’s Sarkozy, nuclear experts, head to Japan – Mathilde Cru
• Reuters – “Betrayed” Japanese communities might never go home – Elaine Lies
• Reuters – Japan: high possibility of leakage from containment vessels – Terril Jones
• Reuters – Q+A-What is going on at Japan’s damaged nuclear reactor? – Mayumi Negishi
• Swissinfo – Special Report – How Japan lost calculated nuclear risk – Kevin Krolicki, Scott DiSavino and Taro Fuse
• TIME – Toxic Plutonium Seeps Out Japan Nuke Plant – Yuri Kageyama and Shino Yuasa
• UPI – Radioactive water still in plant trenches
• UPI – Plant workers face grueling schedule
• UPI – Plant restoration faces new challenge
• Washington Post – Japan’s nuclear emergency
• Washington Post – Vanishing act by Japanese executive during nuclear crisis raises questions – Andrew Higgins
• Washington Post – Japan Tsunami: Katrina times 10 – Joel Achenbach
• World Nuclear News – Trench water under investigation
• Xinhua News – Japan’s nuke agency says radioactive water not overflowing into Pacific
• Xinhua News – Cooling down reactors remains top priority: Japan’s nuke safety agency
• Xinhua News – Plutonium detected in soil at 5 locations at Fukushima plant
• Focus Taiwan – President wants priority for nuclear safety in cross-strait talks
• Taipei Times – Weak will blocks nuclear phase-out: Tsai – Vincent Y. Chao
• BBC News – ‘Fukushima nuclear’ plant radiation detected in Glasgow

Monday March 28th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear crisis hampers search for missing
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation in reactor puddle was 1,000 millisieverts
• Asahi Shimbun – Point of View/ Heita Kawakatsu: Wean Japan from dependence on nuclear power
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO says damage possible to reactor pressure containers
• Daily Yomiuri – ‘Hot’ water removal going slowly / Flooded steam condensers in reactors hamper workers’ efforts
• Japan Times – Radioactive water keeps workers out–Turbine room floods linked to sea – KAZUAKI NAGATA and KANAKO TAKAHARA
• Japan Times – Q&ALong-life cesium top threat to seafood – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Rainwater banned at water plants
• Japan Times – Handling of nuclear crisis hit
• Japan Times – Radioactive water keeps workers out–Top priority: turbine room floods – Kazuaki Nagata and Kanako Takahara
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO retracts false report on nuclear radiation 9.5 hours after releasing it
• Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive water at Fukushima nuclear plant can’t be drained as condensers full
• Mainichi Daily News – More obstacles impede crews in Japan nuke crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan trying to remove highly radioactive water at troubled nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO president fell sick amid troubles at its nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA chief warns Japan’s nuke crisis ‘far from the end’: report
• Nikkei – Highly Radioactive Water Found At Fukushima Plant
• Nikkei – Plutonium Detected In Soil At Fukushima Nuclear Plant
• Nikkei – Nikkei Treads Water On Nuclear Fears
• Nikkei – Japan Trying To Remove Highly Radioactive Water At Troubled Nuke Plant
• ABC – Spectre of Chernobyl takes form in Fukushima – Eleanor Hall
• AP Google – More radioactive water spills at Japan nuke plant
• AFP Google – TEPCO shares plunge amid nuclear crisis
• All Things Nuclear – How Much Does Japan Know About the Status of its Reactors? – Dave Lochbaum
• BBC News – Radiation leak found outside Japan nuclear reactor
• Bloomberg – Fatal Radiation Detected Outside Damaged Japanese Reactor – Michio Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuriy Humber
• Bloomberg – Edano Says Japan Nuclear Policy Must Be Reviewed After Crisis – Takashi Hirokawa and Go Onomitsu
• Bloomberg – UN Watchdog Mimics Japan Nuclear Lobbyists on Data – Jonathan Tirone
• Environment News Service – UN Nuclear Agency Calls High-level Meeting on Japanese Crisis
• The Examiner – Nuclear whistleblowers: Stop lying about Fukushima – Deborah Dupre
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear plant says partial meltdown caused water contamination – Justin McCurry and Suzanne Goldenberg
• The Guardian – Japanese nuclear firm admits error on radiation reading – Justin McCurry
• International Business Times – Japan’s nuclear crisis isn’t over yet
• Platts – Plutonium confirmed in soil around damaged Fukushima plants – Jim Ostroff
• Reuters – Snapshot-Japan’s nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Update 1-Plan to nationalise TEPCO being floated within Japan govt-media – Mariko Katsumura
• Reuters – Plan to nationalise TEPCO being floated within Japan govt-media – Mariko Katsumura
• Reuters – Wrapup 4-Japan finds plutonium at stricken nuclear plant – Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Chugoku Elec says may delay March 2012 reactor launch – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Greenpeace urges Japan to expand evacuation zone around nuclear
• Reuters – Japan asks French nuclear sector for help – Benjamin Mallet
• Reuters – U.S. nuclear regulator meets with Japanese officials – Roberta Rampton
• Reuters – Japan rejects Greenpeace argument for expanding evacuation zone
• Reuters – Greenpeace urges Japan to expand evacuation zone around nuclear plant
• Reuters – Wrapup 4-Japan says high radiation due to partial meltdown after quake
• Reuters – Japan’s Edano: reactor fuel rods melt, contaminate water – Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Japanese worker inside stricken reactor recalls quake – Terril Jones
• UPI – Plutonium found on nuke plant grounds
• UPI – Quake hits as nuclear plant problems rise
• Wall Street Journal – Debate Begins on Tepco’s Future – Brad Frischkorn and Yuka Hayashi
• Washington Post – Contaminated water found in underground tunnels at Japan nuclear plant – Michael Alison Chandler
• Washington Post – Hundreds living near Japan’s crippled nuclear reactor sent for radiation testing – David Nakamura
• Washington Post – Radiation levels at Japan nuclear plant reach new highs – Chico Harlan and Brian Vastag
• Washington Post – Robots designed to deal with nuclear accidents await duty in Europe while Japan asks: Where are ours? – Brian Vastag
• Xinhua News – Preventing tainted water at troubled plant’s unit from leaking a big concern: Japan’s NSC
• Xinhua News – Japan gov’t rebukes nuke plant operator for misinformation, locals told to stay out of evacuation zone
• Xinhua News – Japan says to review nuke power supply policy
• Xinhua News – High radioactive water at No. 2 reactor due to partial meltdown: Edano
• Xinhua News – TEPCO apologizes for radiation spike false
• Xinhua News – China sends pump trucks to damaged Japan reactors
• Xinhua News – Radioactive iodine-131 1,150 times normal level in sea north of Japan’s nuke plant