Sunday, January 08, 2012
- Gainesville Sun – James Tulenko: Safer than Daichi? – James Tulenko
- Reuters – Japan govt eyes Tepco common shares-Jiji – Mayumi Negishi
- Xinhua News – Japan plans to scrap nuclear plants after 40 years
- Daily Yomiuri – N-zones may keep 25,000 from home
- Daily Yomiuri – 2 towns at risk of disappearing / Okuma, Futaba face uncertain future due to nearby crippled N-plant – Yasushi Kaneko
- Daily Yomiuri – Policy of decommissioning aged nuclear plants too abrupt
- Japan Times – Editorial: Prepare for decontamination
- Mainichi Daily News – Japan asks Saudis for stable supply of oil in wake of disaster
Saturday, January 07, 2012
- truthout – Science with a Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry After Chernobyl and Fukushima – Gayle Greene
- Arirang News – Japan Plans to Shut Down All Nuclear Plants by 2050
- IPS – Taiwan: Poll Will Decide Nuclear Plant’s Fate – Dennis Engbarth
- New York Times – Japan: New Limits on Reactors – Hiroko Tabuchi
- Japan Times – A crisis generated by leadership – R.L. Hails Sr.
- Japan Times – Fukushima lays bare Japanese media’s ties to top – David Mcneill
- Japan Times – Japan, Turkey eye nuclear talks, FTA
- Mainichi Daily News – 40-year limit to promote public acceptance of nuclear plants has few, if any, real changes
- Mainichi Daily News – Traditional burning of New Year’s decorations canceled due to fear of spreading radiation
- Mainichi Daily News – Tunnel full of radioactively-contaminated water found at Fukushima nuclear plant
- Mainichi Daily News – Japan, Turkey agree to restart talks on nuclear cooperation pact
- Mainichi Daily News – Hiroshima mayor, governor protest 3rd U.S. plutonium test
- Mainichi Daily News – U.S. gov’t says it conducted 4th plutonium test in last Nov.
- Tokyo Times – Japan to limit reactors to 40 years…maybe
Friday, January 06, 2012
- Bloomberg – Japan May Nationalize Nuclear Power Plants, Edano Tells Yomiuri – Taku Kato
- Reuters – Update 1-Japan plans 40-yr limit on reactors’ life, with exceptions – Kaori Kaneko
- Reuters – Update 1-Japan looking at taking control of nuclear power -media – Nobuhiro Kubo, James Topham and Rie Ishiguro
- Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima exposes contradictions / Nuclear crisis prompts govt to rethink private companies’ operation of N-plants – Hiroshi Ikematsu
- Daily Yomiuri – Govt mulls public operations of N-plants
- Japan Times – U.S. simulated nuke test doesn’t draw flak – Masami Ito
- Japan Times – Nuke regulators get teeth via bills – Kazuaki Nagata
- Japan Times – Bills set to tighten nuke safety rules – Kazuaki Nagata
- Tokyo Times – Robots to work the land in tsunami destroyed area
Thursday, January 05, 2012
- South America: Environment News Service – Ecuadorian Court Confirms $18 Billion Chevron Damage Award
- ABC – Can Japan do better than Chernobyl? – Margaret Beavis
- The Economist – The Fukushima black box–A dangerous lack of urgency in drawing lessons from Japan’s nuclear disaster
- Reuters – Update 1-Japan looking at taking control of nuclear power -media – Nobuhiro Kubo, James Topham and Rie Ishiguro
- ScienceBlogs – Japan Nuclear Disaster Update # 42: A River Runs Through It – Analiese Miller and Greg Laden
- Japan Times – Pressure on Iran puts Tokyo in a bind
- Japan Times – Tokyo exodus nuke report’s worst scenario – Reiji Yoshida
- Japan Times – Domestic robots failed to ride to rescue after No. 1 plant blew – Hiroko Nakata
- Japan Times – Nuke report’s worst case: Tokyo exodus – Reiji Yoshida
- Mainichi Daily News – Kashiwa stops operation of incinerator again as radioactive ash fills up storage
- Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima to conduct blanket screening of rice to be harvested in fall
- Mainichi Daily News – Reinsurer: Record natural disaster losses in 2011
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
- Bloomberg – Japanese Don’t Want a Nuclear Future: The Ticker – William Pesek
- Los Angeles Times – Japan’s tsunami has dealt lasting blow to family farms – John M. Glionna
- Daily Yomiuri – Japan, Ukraine to make pact on N-accidents
- Daily Yomiuri – 2012: rebuilding disaster-hit areas / Mayors, town officials stress working together to recover from March 11
- Japan Times – Get real and focus on substanceEamon Watters
- Japan Times – New paradigm for nuclear energy – Michael Conley
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t opens nuclear decontamination office in Fukushima city
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
- Columbus Free Press – 2012 is the year to finally bury nuke power – Harvey Wasserman
- IPS News – New Year Brings Economic Aftershocks – Suvendrini Kakuchi
- Platts – Japan’s Kyushu Electric restarts 500 MW Ainoura oil-fired unit – Takeo Kumagai
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO says water level in tank at Fukushima nuclear dropped due to quake
- Mainichi Daily News – 2 nuclear safety panel members got 7.1 mil. yen donation from industry
- Japan Times – Nuclear Awakening: Mothers first to shed food-safety complacency – Mizuho Aoki
- Japan Times – Crisis spawns distrust as Web alliances try to push for truth
- Japan Times – Nuclear Awakening: Fukushima meltdowns set nuclear energy debate on its ear – Kazuaki Nagata
Monday, January 02, 2012
- Energy Collective – Details Emerge About Failures at Fukushima – Dan Yurman
- Japan Times – Nuclear Awakening: Fukushima meltdowns set nuclear energy debate on its ear – Kazuaki Nagata
- Japan Today – Even higher costs and more headaches ahead for nuclear power in 2012
- Mainichi Daily News – Energy agency boss told subordinate to cover up estimated costs to dump nuclear fuel