Sunday May 29th, 2011

• TEPCO – Status of TEPCO’s Facilities and its services after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake(as of 4:00 PM, May 29)
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Seawater injection snafu underscores lack of cooperation in nuclear crisis
• Asahi Shimbun – Potatoes may be more dangerous than other vegetables
• Asahi Shimbun – G-8 leaders call for stronger nuclear regulation, fiscal caution
• Asahi Shimbun – Plan drafted to provide compensation for radiation rumors
• Daily Yomiuri – Typhoon precautions
• Daily Yomiuri – Limits sketched for farmer compensation
• Japan Times – Changing Japan’s system to handle the ‘unexpected’ – Hiromi Murakami
• Japan Times – Stabilizing reactors by year’s end may be impossible: Tepco
• Japan Times – Pump failure nearly brings No. 5 to a boil – Reiji Yoshida
• Japan Times – Water pump breaks down at reactor 5 – Reiji Yoshida
• Mainichi Daily News – Cooling system pumps stop at Fukushima plant’s No. 5 unit
• Mainichi Daily News – China, S. Korea concerned about radiation impact on travelers to Japan
• Bloomberg – Tepco May Not Meet Deadline for Stabilizing Reactors, Kyodo News Reports – Steven McPherson
• environmentalresearchweb blog – What happened at Fukushima? – Dave Elliott
• PEJ News – Fukushima DAI-INI barely averted a catastrophe as well! – Kevin Kamps
• Reuters – Update 1-Cooling system restored at Tepco’s No.5 plant – Chikafumi Hodo
• Reuters – Cooling facility stops at Fukushima No. 5 nuclear reactor – Chikafumi Hodo
• Washington Post – In Japan, the same old problems
• Xinhua News – Cooling system stops at No.5 reactor in Fukushima

Saturday May 28th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Softbank CEO Son morphs into advocate of nuclear phaseout – Yasuaki Oshika
• Daily Yomiuri – G-8 nations bullish on Kan’s N-safety proposal
• Daily Yomiuri – 53.1 billion yen needed to clean water
• Daily Yomiuri – Use Fukushima lessons to boost global nuclear safety
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt, TEPCO should closely share information
• Japan Times – As nuke workers wait, tainted water climbs – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Power outages, downed communication lines knocked out most radiation monitoring systems in disaster areas
• Japan Times – G-8 differ in reactions to Fukushima – Alex Martin
• Japan Times – Memo emblematic of disaster plan flaws
• Japan Times – As nuke workers wait, tainted water climbs – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Doubts deepen over TEPCO truthfulness after president’s sightseeing trip uncovered
• Mainichi Daily News – Actor leaves management agency due to anti-nuke activities
• Mainichi Daily News – Steps to ensure safety of nuclear plant must be taken quickly
• Mainichi Daily News – Kaieda to check cause of TEPCO’s ‘false’ report on water injection
• Mainichi Daily News – Crippled nuke plant not prepared for heavy rain, wind
• Mainichi Daily News – G-8 leaders agree on need for better int’l nuclear standards
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima pref. gov’t to conduct health checks on all residents
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA expert team inspects crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
• Tokyo Times – TEPCO dishonest on toxic leaks info, experts believe
• AFP Google – EU, Japan join forces to improve nuclear safety
• AFP Google – Japan detects high radiation levels off coast: report
• BBC News – Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan ‘unready for typhoon’
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• Global Research – Tepco Failed to Disclose Scale of Fukushima Radiation Leaks, Academics Say – Stuart Biggs and Yuriy Humber
• Earthfiles – Where is Plutonium-MOX Nuclear Reactor Fuel Ejected from Fukushima Unit 3? – Linda Moulton Howe
• HouseofFoust – Fukushima Daiichi Photo site
• Scientific American – Wildlife Suffering Around Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant – Quirin Schiermeier

Friday May 27th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Nuke plant manager ignores bosses, pumps in seawater after order to halt
• Denki Shimbun – IAEA fact-finding team visiting Japan to probe into Fukushima I NPS accident
• Daily Yomiuri – Flip-flopping government shoots self in foot – Nobutaka Kuribayashi
• Daily Yomiuri – N-plant chief made ‘right decision’
• Daily Yomiuri – Kan unveils N-safety proposal – Tetsushi Onoda and Mina Mitsui
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Renewable energy is important but can’t replace nuclear power
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima Pref. teachers get dosimeters
• Japan Times – Banks’ losses on Tepco: ¥400 billion
• Japan Times – Tainted water ills ‘massive’
• Japan Times – Fukushima school limit: 1 millisievert – Mizuho Aoki and Reiji Yoshida
• Japan Times – Tepco disclosure said lacking from get-go
• Japan Times – Experts: Leave radiation checks to us – Minoru Matsutani
• Japan Times – Fukushima kids’ limit: 1 millisievert – Mizuho Aoki and Reiji Yoshida
• Japan Today – High radiation found on seabed in 300-km stretch off Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Cabinet’s nuclear safety chief totally confused after TEPCO reversal on water injection
• Mainichi Daily News – G8 leaders to call for strengthening of nuclear plant safety treaty
• Mainichi Daily News – Residents outside evacuation zones stuck between radiation fears and financial straits
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. regulator saw serious Fukushima fuel damage soon after disaster
• Mainichi Daily News – Labor group Rengo freezes nuclear power promotion policy
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t displeased with TEPCO’s flip-flop on seawater injection
• YokosoNews – 311 Disaster Update #38
• All Things Nuclear – Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 3: The First 80 Minutes – Dave Lochbaum
• AP Google – AP Exclusive: Fukushima tsunami plan a single page
• AFP Google – Japan PM reassures G8 over nuclear clean-up – Kimiko de Freytas
• Asia Sentinel – Fukushima and Global Nuclear Safety – Richard Weitz
• Bloomberg – Tepco Failed to Disclose Scale of Fukushima Radiation Leaks, Academics Say – Stuart Biggs and Yuriy Humber
• Bloomberg – Typhoon Strengthens, May Hit Fukushima Nuke Plant – Aaron Sheldrick and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Tepco Failed to Disclose Scale of Fukushima Radiation Leaks, Academics Say – Stuart Biggs and Yuriy Humber
• Bloomberg – Fire Put Out at Tepco’s Dai-Ni Plant, No Radiation Leakage – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Der Spiegel – Japan’s Nuclear Cartel–Atomic Industry Too Close to Government for Comfort – Cordula Meyer
• Global Security Newswire – Japan to Fund Cleanup at Schools Near Crippled Nuclear Plant
• Huffington Post – Report From Tokyo: Who to Believe? – David Wagner
• Mathaba – Editorial: TEPCO Needs to Face Reality of Core Meltdowns – Diana Lee
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan
• Platts – Single diesel generator saved two reactors at Fukushima-1: Japanese scientist
• Radio Australia – Fire breaks out at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant
• Reuters – Japan city grapples with nuclear doubts after Fukushima crisis – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan wants Tepco to pay small biz for nuke crisis – Nikkei – Soham Chatterjee
• Reuters – Suit seeks permanent shutdown of Japan’s Hamaoka nuclear plant – Osamu Tsukimori and Kevin Krolicki
• Reuters – Update 1-Japan Atomic: still investigating problem at Tsuruga plant – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan to continue reform efforts -govt official
• Reuters – Fitch cuts Japan’s outlook to negative – Stanley White and Rie Ishiguro
• Reuters – Japan nuclear crisis panel led by expert in failure – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Japan Atomic: unclear when Tsugura No.2 reactor will restart – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Japan moves to protect children as new nuclear leak revealed – Chisa Fujioka
• Sydney Morning Herald – Nuclear operator’s ineptitude is emblematic of a shattered nation – William Pesek
• UPI Asia – Greenpeace accuses Tepco of nuke ‘deceit’ – Stefan Nicola
• UPI – Official criticizes nuclear plant operator
• Washington Post – Japanese scientist: Fukushima meltdown occurred within hours of quake – Brian Vastag and Steve Mufson
• Xinhua News – IAEA team inspect Fukushima plant
• Xinhua News – TEPCO to investigate radioactive water leak

Thursday May 26th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Neutral, powerful panels needed to investigate Fukushima accident
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear power opponents increase in 7 countries
• Asahi Shimbun – Kan vows to boost ‘green’ power to 20 percent by 2020
• Daily Yomiuri – Radioactive water storage leak?
• Japan Times – Tepco now says reactor seawater injection wasn’t halted – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Farming without chemicals – or radiation – Makiko Itoh
• JapanToday – Farmers in 5 prefectures to demand TEPCO pay Y10 bil in damages
• Nikkei – Tepco Retracts Explanation Of Seawater Injection Halt
• Tokyo Times – In Japan sales of Geiger counters soar
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear evacuees from 2 towns briefly return home in no-go zone
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO fears leaks after level of contaminated water in disposal facility drops
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA inspectors visit Tokai nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA team visits nuke plant in Ibaraki Pref.
• Mainichi Daily News – Thicket of differing views, explanations await nuclear accident investigators
• Mainichi Daily News – No. 1 reactor pressure vessel likely damaged immediately after quake
• PanOrient News – Serious Marine Radiation Contamination Found off Fukushima: Greenpeace
• Tokyo Times – Fukushima to become Nuclear Graveyard?
• AP Google – Japanese from nuke town make brief visit to homes
• AFP Google – Post-quake Japan pledges green energy overhaul
• AFP Google – Japan plans global nuclear safety meeting
• AFP Google – Greenpeace warns of radioactive sea life off Japan – Yuka Ito
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Faces ‘Massive’ Radioactive Water Problem – Stuart Biggs and Yuriy Humber
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Containment Chambers Probably Damaged, Computer Simulation Shows – Yuji Okada and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Tepco Says Iodine at Kashiwazaki Plant May Be From Fukushima – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Columbus Free Press – Is Fukushima now ten Chernobyls into the sea? – Harvey Wasserman
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan slammed as new leak found at stricken nuclear plant – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa
• Reuters – Greenpeace slams Japan response to nuclear crisis
• Reuters – Demand for personal Geiger counters soars in Japan – Chiaki Kawase
• UPI – Nuke water in Japan concerns Greenpeace
• Xinhua News – IAEA team to investigate Fukushima

Wednesday May 25th, 2011

• TEPCO – Status of TEPCO’s Facilities and its services after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake(as of 3:00 PM, May 25)
• Asahi Shimbun – Earthquake, not tsunami, may have damaged cooling system at No. 3 reactor
• Daily Yomiuri – 3rd-party panel must get to bottom of nuclear crisis
• Daily Yomiuri – Panel set up to assess TEPCO
• Daily Yomiuri – Containment vessels also damaged
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO fax about seawater not passed to Kan for hours
• Japan Times – Shifting blame to U.S. pressure – Donald Feeney
• Japan Times – Cooling pipe breach now laid to temblor
• Japan Times – Natural gas prices projected to rise as antinuclear backlash surges
• Japan Times – More evacuees return briefly to no-go zone
• Japan Times – Cooling pipe breach said caused by quake
• Japan Today – Ibaraki farmers to demand Y6.5 bil in damages from TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Many anxious Fukushima residents undergo radiation screening tests
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO claims it notified gov’t of seawater injection plan at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Two damaged reactors may have holes in their containment vessels: TEPCO data
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan ends projections of radioactive substance spread from nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Soil contamination from Fukushima crisis comparable to Chernobyl: study
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan unlikely to build new nuclear plants after crisis, Kan tells FT
• Nikkei – New Intl Body Needed For Nuke Plant Probes: Keidanren Chief
• Nikkei – IAEA Mission Vows Independent Investigation Into Fukushima Disaster
• Nikkei – Govt, IAEA Assess Nuke Crisis, Will Report June 1
• Tokyo Times – Tomatoes and cucumbers bring three Asia powers to the table
• AP Google – IAEA probing nuclear accident in Japan
• AFP Google – IAEA begins probe into Japan nuclear emergency
• AFP Google – Japan retired nuclear workers ready for duty – Shingo Ito
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Considered for Nuclear Graveyard – Shigeru Sato
• Bloomberg – Three Reactors at Japanese Plant Have Melted Fuel, NRC Says – Simon Lomax
• Daily Telegraph – Japan’s nuclear legacy by numbers
• Daily Telegraph – Hiroshima resets ‘peace clock’ following latest US nuclear tests
• Daily Telegraph – US nuclear tests ‘betrayal’ of Atomic bomb survivors
• New York Times – Angry Parents in Japan Confront Government Over Radiation Levels – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Reuters – Solar Panels for All New Buildings in Japan? – Zachary Shahan
• Reuters – Q+A-What’s going on at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant? – Shinichi Saoshiro, Yoko Nishikawa and Mayumi Negishi
• Reuters – Demand for personal Geiger counters soars in Japan – Chiaki Kawase
• Xinhua News – Japan PM says to mobilize all resources to control nuclear crisis
• Xinhua News – Independent probe into Japan’s nuclear crisis for global good: IAEA mission chief

Tuesday May 24th, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Author of A-bomb manga speaks out in support of Fukushima nuclear disaster victims – Shu Nishimoto
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Erase residents’ anxiety with detailed health survey
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO took 2 months on report
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO describes 3 meltdowns / Report on Fukushima N-plant outlines downward spiral of events
• Daily Yomiuri – ‘Everything was by the book’ / TEPCO: Manual shutdown of reactor cooling system followed rules
• Daily Yomiuri – Meltdown speed varied by reactor
• Denki Shimbun – Officially determined to decommission Fukushima I units 1-4 and drop plans to construct units 7 and 8
• Denki Shimbun – Establishment of new organization to end troubles at Fukushima I NPS
• Japan Focus – The Nuclear Disaster That Could Destroy Japan – On the danger of a killer earthquake in the Japanese Archipelago – Hirose Takashi
• Japan Times – Japan’s nuclear conundrum – Nandakumar Janardhanan
• Japan Times – Tepco admits two more meltdowns – Kazuaki Nagata and Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Toshiba expects slower reactor sales – Hiroko Nakata
• Japan Times – Peace clock counter is given reset
• Japan Times – Independent panel created to probe cause of crisis – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Effort to ease radiation fears in Asia may have limited effect – Maya Kaneko
• Japan Times – Tepco admits two more meltdowns – Kazuaki Nagata and Masami Ito
• Japan Today – Plant’s Nos. 1, 2, 3 reactors all suffered meltdown: TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima plant’s Nos. 2, 3 reactors also suffered meltdown: TEPCO
• Mainichi Daily News – Parents from Fukushima protest upper limit for children’s exposure to radiation
• Mainichi Daily News – Concerned parents in Fukushima snap up free radiation dosimeters for children
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO says core meltdowns also occurred at No. 2, 3 reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO says Fukushima plant suffered no major damage from quake
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation fears cause 325 students in Koriyama to leave schools
• Mainichi Daily News – Hiroshima resets ‘peace clock’ after U.S. plutonium tests
• Mainichi Daily News – Agency gears up to retrieve device fallen inside Monju reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan sets up independent panel probing Fukushima crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Hiroshima protesters stage sit-in against new U.S. plutonium tests
• Mainichi Daily News – Tainted water storage soon to reach capacity at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – U.N. panel sees no health effects from Fukushima radiation so far
• AP Google – UN opens probe into Japan’s crippled nuke plant
• AFP Google – Japan crisis to delay Toshiba reactor orders
• AFP Google – Japan’s TEPCO admits further reactor meltdowns
• BBC News – Tepco confirms extra partial fuel rod meltdown at plant
• BBC News – Japan crisis to delay Toshiba’s nuclear reactor orders
• Bellona – New leak of contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi announced as Germany signals it will abandon nuclear power – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Nuclear Meltdown Feeds Tokyo’s Inertia – William Pesek
• Bloomberg – Editorial: A Nuclear Disaster Agency for the World
• Bloomberg – Tepco Says Fuel Rods Melted Down in Two More Reactors at Fukushima Plant – Takeshi Awaji and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Iran Nuclear Work Advances While UN Scrutinizes New Weapon Plans – Jonathan Tirone
• Global Research – The Severity of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster: Comparing Chernobyl and Fukushima – Prof. Matthew Penney and Prof. Mark Selden
• The Guardian – Japan nuclear plant confirms meltdown of two more reactors – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data – Ami Sedghi
• Huffington Post – Report from Tokyo: It Just Keeps Getting Worse… – David Wagner
• Reuters – Feature-Japan city grapples with nuclear doubts after Fukushima crisis – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Update 3-UN safety agency begins probe into Fukushima meltdowns – Kevin Krolicki and Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – Japan city grapples with nuclear doubts after Fukushima – Linda Sieg
• Reuters – Update 5-Toshiba cautious on nuclear sales, eyes renewables – Isabel Reynolds
• Reuters – Update 2-Tepco confirms meltdowns at 2 more Fukushima reactors – Shinichi Saoshiro
• UPI – More meltdowns feared, utility says
• Voice of Russia – Fukushima melt-down worse than Chernobyl – Ananyan Artyom
• Wall Street Journal – IAEA Launches Investigation into Japan Nuclear Accident – Mitsuru Obe
• Washington Post blog – Tepco: Surprise! Two more reactors melted down at Fukushima plant – Elizabeth Flock
• Washington Post – UN team to inspect Japan nuke plant as new info emerges on seriousness of crisis in early days
• Xinhua News – Two nuclear reactors suffer meltdown after quake: TEPCO
• Xinhua News – Japan sets up expert panel to investigate nuke accident

Monday May 23rd, 2011

• Asahi Shimbun – Interview/ Yasuhiro Nakasone: Learn lessons from Fukushima crisis and continue to promote nuclear energy – Takafumi Yoshida
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Protect children from radiation
• Daily Yomiuri – No order to halt seawater, Kan says
• Daily Yomiuri – 18 no-entry zone holdouts stay put – Keiji Ohara
• Japan Times – Success mixed when it comes to planning for disasters – Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Times – IAEA experts ready to start investigation
• Japan Times – Difficulty awaits in reconstruction
• Nikkei – Chubu Electric Rustles Up 730,000kw Of Extra Capacity
• Japan Times – Facility for tainted water almost full
• Japan Times – Kan denies he pulled plug on seawater – Masami Ito
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima reactor had meltdown 3.5 hours after cooling system collapsed: U.S. researcher
• Mainichi Daily News – Dairy cattle in Fukushima sent to slaughterhouse over radiation fears
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t sparks confusion over seawater injection into troubled nuclear reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – Kan denies ordering suspension of seawater injection into Fukushima nuke plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Mayors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki angered with Washington over recent nuclear tests
• Mainichi Daily News – U.N. nuclear agency experts leave for Japan
• Nikkei – Delay In Water Cleansing System Poses New Problems At Japan Nuclear Plant
• Nikkei – Delay In Water Cleansing System Poses New Problems At Japan Nuclear Plant
• AFP Google – Japanese protest revised school radiation limit
• AFP Google – TEPCO shares close down 8.99% after record loss
• AFP Google – UN atomic watchdog experts arrive in Japan
• Firedoglake – 73 Days and Counting: Fukushima Nuclear Accident
• Reuters – Japan’s Tepco confirms meltdowns of 2 more Fukushima reactors – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Reuters – U.N. body to probe Fukushima radiation impact – Fredrik Dahl
• Reuters – Tepco chief quits after $15 billion loss on nuclear crisis – Nathan Layne and Taiga Uranaka
• UPI – Nuclear safety to be enhanced
• UPI – IAEA team to investigate nuclear disaster
• Wall Street Journal – Delayed Decontamination Facility Poses New Risks – Mitsuru Obe
• World Nuclear News – Water and debris hamper Fukushima work
• Xinhua News – Sit-in protest staged in Hiroshima against new U.S. plutonium tests
• Focus Taiwan – United Daily News: Will Taiwan buy nuclear energy from China?