Sunday, December 04, 2011

• Los Angeles Times – Japan’s ‘nuclear gypsies’ face radioactive peril at power plants – John M. Glionna
• Huntington News – Fukushima Reactor(s) Leaking Again; Hydrogen Building Up
• New York Times – More Radioactive Water Leaks From Japanese Nuclear Plant – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Japan Times – Nuclear cleanup effort under way in Okuma
• Japan Times – Nuclear cleanup effort showcased for media
• Mainichi Daily News – Decontamination work opened to media near Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Miyagi Pref. begins thyroid testing for kids near Fukushima border
• Tokyo Times – Fukushima plant may reach a cold shutdown this month

Saturday, December 03, 2011

• Xinhua News – TEPCO: Fukushima nuclear leak is a disaster unexpected
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO bias clear in N-crisis examination – Shin Watanabe and Naonobu Sato
• Daily Yomiuri – Expedite Diet approval of civil nuclear pacts
• Daily Yomiuri – Report doesn’t answer blast, radiation leak mysteries – Makoto Mitsui
• Japan Times – Utility’s probe lays blame on tsunami
• Japan Times – Tepco: Staff at nuclear plant felt helpless
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO director opposed nuclear fuel recycling at industry body meeting
• Mainichi Daily News – Excessive cesium levels detected in rice from more farms in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO report depicts desperate workers left in tsunami-hit plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Hiroshima, Nagasaki express concern about Manhattan Project park plan
• Mainichi Daily News – Tsunami was direct cause of nuclear crisis: TEPCO investigation

Friday, December 02, 2011

• ABC – Fukushima plant operator abandons new plant construction – Mark Willacy
• Asian Age – Japan looks to giant washer to clean Fukushima debris
• Bloomberg – Tepco Considered Exiting Rokkasho Fuel Recycling, Mainichi Says – Taku Kato
• Bloomberg – Tepco Says Critical Units of Fukushima Reactors Withstood Earthquake Jolt – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Business Week – Tepco Says Fukushima Reactors Withstood Earthquake Jolt – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• CBS News – In meltdown, Japan dodged even bigger disaster – ByLucy Craft .
• Greenpeace International (Blog – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for November 19th –December 1st, 2011 – Justin McKeating
• The Guardian – Fukushima fuel rods may have completely melted – Justin McCurry
• Reuters – Factbox: Shutdown schedule for 9 active nuclear reactors – Osamu Tsukimori and Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Fukushima was not prepared for 15 m tsunami-Tepco report – Shinichi Saoshiro
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan must clarify strategy on N-plant exports – Hiromi Uechi
• Daily Yomiuri – N-reactor firms struggle for overseas orders – Yu Toda
• Japan Times – Exposure didn’t sicken plant boss: doc – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Saga reactor halt leaves nine still on
• Japan Times – Tepco paid out ¥39 billion
• Japan Times – Fukushima firms advised to play up safety labels
• Japan Times – Tepco study shows water for spent fuel was critically low
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO, industry ministry secretly agreed to abandon nuclear reprocessing plant in 2002
• Mainichi Daily News – METI chief cites need for fundamental review of Japan’s energy policy
• Mainichi Daily News – U.K. plutonium plan likely to influence Japanese nuclear policy
• Mainichi Daily News – Xenon 400,000 times normal found in Chiba air immediately after Fukushima nuke accident
• Mainichi Daily News – Reactor idled at Kyushu Electric’s Genkai nuclear plant for checks
• Mainichi Daily News – Test eyed near Fukushima plant in Jan. for tainted debris cleanup

Thursday, December 01, 2011

• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Fukushima and the inevitability of accidents – Charles Perrow
• AFP Google – Japan nuclear meltdown ?maybe worse than thought?
• Bloomberg – Tepco May Scrap Plans to Build Reactors, Yomiuri Reports – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• CBS News – Japan faces years of food contamination fears – ByLucy Craft .
• Grist Magazine – Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown more terrifying than we thought – Sarah Laskow
• NT TImes blog – Fukushima Meltdown Was More Severe Than Thought, Study Says
• Reuters – Japan may announce Fukushima cold shutdown on Dec 16 -Yomiuri
• Reuters – Update 2-Tokyo Electric likely to give up new reactor -media – Osamu Tsukimori
• Scientific American – Fukushima Earthquake Moved Seafloor Half a Football Field – Mark Fischetti
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear unions put heat on DPJ after Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – Researcher: Pollen mask prevents cesium inhalation – Akiko Okazaki
• Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima governor wants all reactors decommissioned – Yoshinori Hayashi
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO: Melted fuel eroded containment vessel floor at Fukushima reactor
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Japan must get U.S., China on board for new emissions treaty
• Asahi Shimbun – Retailers won’t shy away from Fukushima produce
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima Pref. to ask TEPCO to shut N-reactors
• Daily Yomiuri – Toshiba ships N-equipment to U.S.
• Daily Yomiuri – All N-fuel may have fallen to outer vessel / TEPCO: Up to 68 tons likely melted in No. 1 reactor, eroding concrete of containment unit
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO pulls plug on N-plant / Utility unable to secure funds due to huge compensation payouts
• Japan Times – First radiation limit set for school meals
• Japan Times – State aid for road repairs to flow to Fukushima
• Kyodo News – TEPCO study shows water level in spent fuel pool was dangerously low
• Mainichi Daily News – Toshiba ships 1st major nuclear reactor component to U.S.
• Taiwan News – Local resident urges for removal of nuclear waste in Lanyu

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

• AP Google – Study shows deeper meltdown at Japan nuke reactor – Mari Yamaguchi
• AFP Google – Scrap all Fukushima nuclear reactors: governor
• Bloomberg – Japan Accident Plans ‘Inadequate’: Greenpeace – Stuart Biggs and Chisaki Watanabe
• Reuters – Update 2-Tokyo Electric likely to give up new reactor -media – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Fukushima gov calls for no nuclear reactors in area – Risa Maeda
• World Nuclear News – New analysis of Fukushima core status
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear inspectors agree on early notification system – Takashi Sugimoto
• Asahi Shimbun – Diet set to give green light for nuclear exports
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactive rice reaches public; more shipments suspended – Ryo Inoue
• Daily Yomiuri – Nobel Prize laureate Tanaka to serve on N-plant committee
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear cleanup volunteers’ invisible enemy – Setsuko Kitaguchi
• Japan Times – Diet passes emergency tax hike
• Japan Times – Containment vessels held: simulation test – Alex Martin
• Japan Times – Fukushima Univ. to waive tuition
• Japan Times – Fukushima crisis fueling the third opening of Japan – Hiromi Murakami and Kiyoshi Kurokawa
• Mainichi Daily News – Farmer who unknowingly shipped radioactive rice says prefecture’s testing not enough
• Mainichi Daily News – Couple leaves radioactive mystery in wake of suicide
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t panel to discuss whether to decommission Genkai No. 1 nuclear reactor
• Mainichi Daily News – Hokkaido governor admits gov’t attempt to manipulate opinion on ‘pluthermal’ plan
• Mainichi Daily News – Living in the aftermath of tragedy: Finding a parallel in Hiroshima
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan Diet OKs bill for emergency tax hikes for quake reconstruction
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan’s nuclear accords with 4 countries due to clear parliament
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan, China, S. Korea to share nuclear plant info more quickly
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima plant head told workers to disregard order on water injection
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukui municipalities call on gov’t to keep nuclear power plants
• Tokyo Times – Japan accused of “inadequate” response to nuclear crisis
• Tokyo Times – Study shows deeper meltdown at Japan nuke reactor
• Taipei Times – Radiation may have leaked, study shows – Lee I-chia

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

• Bloomberg – Leader of Tepco ‘Fukushima Fifty’ Steps Down – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Energy Collective – The Discussion Continues: Nuclear Power in Japan – Karen Street
• The Guardian – Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant operator ‘ignored tsunami warning’ – Justin McCurry
• Wall Street Journal – Update: Mayor of Northern Japan Town Seeks Restart of Reactor Construction – Mari Iwata
• Denki Shimbun – Power industry reaffirmed commitment to nuclear fuel reprocessing
• Denki Shimbun – Nuclear fuel cycle facilities to be subjected to stress tests
• Daily Yomiuri – New nuclear safety agency in need of a home
• Japan Times – Editorial: Controversial plan to ship debris
• Japan Times – Tepco study points to need to avert tsunami flooding
• Japan Times – Nobelist Tanaka to join Diet panel probing nuclear crisis
• Japan Times – High cesium level found in Date rice – Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Times – Kepco eyes ¥200 billion for sea walls
• Japan Times – Cesium find makes Date rice off-limits – Natsuko Fukue
• Japan Today – Kansai Electric says reinforcing Fukui nuclear facilities will cost Y200 bil
• Mainichi Daily News – Fundamental questions being avoided about Monju must be asked
• Mainichi Daily News – Only specialist firms should clean up areas with high radiation, say health experts
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan insurers not to renew contract for Fukushima nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo Electric Power to sell KDDI shares for nuclear compensation
• Mainichi Daily News – Kyushu Electric to idle reactor at Genkai nuclear plant Thurs.
• Mainichi Daily News – Farm households in 2 Fukushima cities to suspend rice shipments
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima Daiichi plant chief hospitalized
• Mainichi Daily News – Excessive cesium levels found in more Fukushima rice, 9 kg sold
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO study on nuclear crisis stressed need to avoid flooding
• Mainichi Daily News – Kansai Electric estimates 200 bil. yen required for nuclear plant safety
• Mainichi Daily News – High cesium levels in Chiba likely related to Fukushima crisis
• PanOrient News – Fukushima Radiation Risks “Severely Underestimated“: Greenpeace
• Tokyo Reporter – TEPCO study says no evidence explosion occurred at Fukushima No. 2 reactor, NHK reports
• Tokyo Times – Great East Japan Earthquake now on DVD
• Tokyo Times – Japan should give up nuclear power, Germany says
• Focus Taiwan – Radioactive substances detected on Lanyu ‘not hazardous’: Taipower – Huang Chiao-wen and Elizabeth Hsu
• Taiwan News – Radioactivity found at Orchid Island outside nuclear waste storage space
• Taiwan News – Taiwan researcher finds radioactivity near nuclear waste storage space on Orchid Island

Monday, November 28, 2011

• AFP Google – Fukushima nuclear plant director is sick – Shigemi Sato
• AFP Google – Japan economy faces ‘severe situation’: BoJ chief
• Bloomberg – Tepco Sells KDDI Stake for Fukushima Fund – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Dai-Ichi Plant Chief to Undergo Medical Treatment – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• NY Times blog – With Asset Sale, Tepco to Raise $2.4 Billion – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Reuters – Head of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant hospitalised – Linda Sieg and Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Kansai Elec aims to restart mothballed unit by summer – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – KDDI to buy back up to 250 bln yen of own shares – Yoko Kubota
• Reuters – Tepco says to sell entire KDDI stake for 186 bln yen
• Reuters – Tepco to sell entire stake in Kanto Natural Gas – Yoko Kubota
• World Nuclear News – Japanese nuclear generation dwindles
• Asahi Shimbun – Cesium from Fukushima plant fell all over Japan – Hiroshi Ishizuka
• Asahi Shimbun – Radiation above standards found in rice from 5 farms – Ryo Inoue
• Asahi Shimbun – Cesium levels hit tens of billions of becquerels at river mouth – Eisuke Sasaki
• Japan Times – Fukushima No. 1 tsunami risk ignored
• Mainichi Daily News – Japanese hearts must be cleared of rubble to overcome triple disasters
• Mainichi Daily News – Toshiba to export nuclear reactor auxiliary systems to U.S.
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to consider scrapping of Monju reactor as option: Hosono
• Focus Taiwan – Activists challenge government on nuclear waste management policy
• Taipei Times – Activists protest nuclear waste – Lee I-chia