Sunday, January 22, 2012
- Daily Yomiuri – Priority must be given to avoiding energy crisis
- Japan Times – Off-clock radiation exposure ignored
- Japan Times – Deliver us from nuclear waste – Franz Pichler
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t not adding up nuclear workers’ radiation doses when not at work
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t kept Fukushima crisis worst-case scenario under wraps for months
- Mainichi Daily News – No radioactive threat expected from tsunami debris
Saturday, January 21, 2012
- Canada: Indian Country Today – Anishinabek Invoke NIMBY Clause for Radioactive Material
- New York Times – Japanese Struggle to Protect Their Food Supply – Martin Fackler
- Japan Times – Changing self and systems for a leaner and greener Japan – Stephen Hesse
- Japan Times – State takeover of Tepco could last at least 10 years
- Japan Times – Cabinet kept alarming nuke report secret
- Japan Times – Editorial: Protesting nuclear power
- Japan Times – State takeover of Tepco could last a decade
- Mainichi Daily News – Radiation of 40 microsieverts per hour detected at Namie quarry
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO charge hike to cut GDP growth by 0.1-0.2 point: gov’t
- Mainichi Daily News – No. of visitors to Japan falls sharply due to disaster, nuclear crisis
- Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima quarry agents to voluntarily check radiation level
Friday, January 20, 2012
- BBC News – New video of Fukushima nuclear reactor interior
- Reuters UK – Update 1-TEPCO to be nationalized for 10 years – Kyodo – Ashutosh Pandey
- UPI – Contaminated water in Japan reactor pits
- UPI – Radiation intake by Fukushima families up
- Daily Yomiuri – Water falling like rain inside N-reactor
- Denki Shimbun – Nuclear accident causes a 17% hike on electricity rate
- Japan Times – Editorial: Bolstering Japan-India ties
- Japan Times – Japan asks Washington to grant waiver on latest Iran oil sanctions
- Japan Times – 3/11 memorial to be held in Tokyo
- Japan Times – Kansai Electric facing heavy loss
- Japan Times – Tepco may be run by outside directors
- Mainichi Daily News – Panel’s report on ‘black rain’ contradicts court rulings and angers survivors
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO urged to compensate for tainted building material in Fukushima
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO left backup power for nuclear data equipment detached for 4 months
- Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive gravel also used in construction of private house in Fukushima
- Mainichi Daily News – High levels of cesium found in ash in wood stoves of homes in Fukushima
- Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Gov’t nuclear power plant tests mired in doubt
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO captures images inside crippled Fukushima reactor for 1st time
- Mainichi Daily News – Japan to seek data from Ukraine on effects of Chernobyl accident
- Mainichi Daily News – Stronger oversight of TEPCO mulled with outside directors
Thursday, January 19, 2012
- NEI Nuclear Notes – Aftermath of Frontline’s “Nuclear Aftershocks”
- Asia Times – Nuclear drive defies cloud – Suvendrini Kakuchi
- Bloomberg – Tepco Loans Hinge on Repayment Ability, Bank Lobby Says – Shigeru Sato
- CBS News – First images from Japanese reactor show radiation
- Huffington Post – Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Images Show Radiation, Rusty Metal Inside Reactor – Mari Yamaguchi
- Reuters – Update 1-Japan’s push to restart nuclear plants sparks public anger – Shinichi Saoshiro and Risa Maeda
- Reuters – Japan’s Chugoku Elec to shut nuclear reactor Jan. 27 – Osamu Tsukimori
- Reuters – Olympus endoscope scrutinizes leaking nuclear reactor – Kaori Kaneko
- Reuters Africa – Update 1-Govt denies agreeing Tepco hike in household fees – Taiga Uranaka
- World Nuclear News – First images from within Fukushima containment
- Xinhua News – TEPCO pays 330 mln USD as 1st compensation to Fukushima victims
- Daily Yomiuri – Restarting nuclear reactors should not be delayed
- Daily Yomiuri – NISA endorses Oi stress tests / Draft report says Nos. 3, 4 reactors ‘ready’ for major quake
- Japan Times – Camera peeks inside reactor – Kazuaki Nagata
- Japan Times – Scientists say they can find melted reactor fuel – Minoru Matsutani
- Japan Times – Dairy firms to do own fallout checks
- Mainichi Daily News – Most households living in high-radiation apartment building want to move
- Mainichi Daily News – Reactivation of nuclear reactors depends on political decision
- Mainichi Daily News – Nuke safety agency under fire for hasty approval of reactor reactivation
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO uses endoscope to look inside crippled Fukushima reactor
- Mainichi Daily News – Panel concludes hard to expand A-bomb ‘black rain’ area due to lack of data
- Tokyo Times – Battle for control of Asia’s seas goes underwater
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
- Green Power & Wellness Radio – Have 14,000 Americans already died from Fukushima’s radioactive fallout? – Harvey Wasserman
- Bloomberg – Tepco Cut Backup Power at Fukushima Before Crisis, Sankei Says – Chisaki Watanabe
- Bloomberg – Iran Wants Nuclear Talks in Turkey, Foreign Minister Salehi Says – Emre Peker
- Bloomberg – U.S. Envoy Einhorn Says Japan Agrees on Need to Increase Pressure on Iran – Sachiko Sakamaki and Andy Sharp
- Bloomberg – India Still Buying Oil From Iran Amid U.S. Sanctions It Opposes – Abhijit Roy Chowdhury and Rakteem Katakey
- Bloomberg – IAEA Team to Visit Iran for Talks on Nuclear Program, Mehr Says – Ladane Nasseri
- Inter Press Service – Pushing Nuclear Exports After Fukushima – Suvendrini Kakuchi
- PEJ News – After Fukushima, fish tales – Alex Roslin
- Reuters – Japan govt set to allow Tokyo Elec to hike household rate -Asahi – Taiga Uranaka
- Reuters – Factbox: Incidents involving Iran’s nuclear work – David Cutler
- Daily Yomiuri – Panel: evacuation system unreliable / Government group says SPEEDI cannot accurately predict radiation spread
- Daily Yomiuri – Patchwork quilts bringing warmth to disaster areas
- Daily Yomiuri – N-reactor lifespan to be 60 yrs
- Japan Times – Electricity goes out at nuke plants
- Japan Times – Radioactive gravel finds way to school
- Japan Times – Nuke opponents warn of more Fukushimas – Eric Johnston
- Japan Times – Facing a dystopian future – Kevin Rafferty
- Japan Times – Reactor life spans may run 60 years
- Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Gov’t urged to clarify where radioactive gravel has been used
- Mainichi Daily News – Designated nuclear inspection body has board members from nuclear industry
- Mainichi Daily News – Anger spreads as radioactive gravel traced to schools, public road
- Mainichi Daily News – Radiation-tainted stones used in paths near housing in Fukushima town
- Mainichi Daily News – Japan to consult with U.S. in reviewing nuclear fuel cycle policy
- Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear reactor operation period could be up to 60 years
- Tokyo Times – Longer life for Japan’s nuclear reactors
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
- Global Research – Fukushima Radiation Spreads Worldwide
- PBS NewsHour – After Fallout of Fukushima, ‘Frontline’ Explores Nuclear Energy’s Future – Gwen Ifill
- Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin – Frontline examines implications of the Fukushima event for Pilgrim
- UN: IAEA – IAEA Review Mission to Visit Japan
- ABC – Japan delayed release of radiation details – Mark Willacy
- BBC News – Tepco raises electricity prices for corporate clients
- Bloomberg – New Fukushima Investigation Promises to Dig Deeper Into Nuclear Crisis – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Kanoko Matsuyama
- Business Week – Fukushima Probe No. 3 Gives Taste of Confrontations to Come – Tsuyoshi Inajima, Kanoko Matsuyama
- Global Research – Fukushima: Radioactive Houses and Roads in Japan. Radioactive Building Materials Sold to over 200 Construction Companies
- Nuclear Engineering – Crane barge clears Fukushima Daiichi intake canal
- Nuclear Engineering – Japan plans to limit reactor lifetime to 40 years
- Reuters – Japan to allow reactors to operate up to 60 yrs – Rie Ishiguro and Risa Maeda
- Reuters – Slideshow: Fukushima ghost towns
- Reuters – Update 4-Tepco to hike business charges by avg 17 pct – Kentaro Hamada and Yoko Kubota
- USA Today – High radiation found in condos miles from Fukushima plant – Michael Winter
- Daily Yomiuri – Building contamination spreads / Radioactive materials used to repair road and waterway in Fukushima
- Denki Shimbun – Power industry takes objection to 40-year limit for nuclear reactor operation
- Japan Times – State seeks to keep power to order No. 1 plant evacuations
- Japan Times – Loyalty alone is not enough – Hugh Cortazzi
- Japan Times – Tepco pushes April 1 17% business rate rise
- Japan Times – U.S. forces given SPEEDI data early
- Mainichi Daily News – Government tries to find structures where radioactive gravel was used
- Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO sees no board member as responsible for Fukushima disaster
- Mainichi Daily News – Radiation-dispersal data was provided to U.S. before Japanese public
- Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to retain powers to order evacuation in crisis-hit areas
- Tokyo Times – New probe vows to cut deeper in Japan nuke crisis
Monday, January 16, 2012
- Nature blog – After Fukushima, emergency back-up equipment recommended for US nuclear reactors – Declan Butler
- New York Times – Panel Challenges Japan’s Account of Nuclear Disaster – Hiroko Tabuchi
- Reuters – Update 1-Tokyo Elec to hike rates by 15-19 pct -source – Kentaro Hamada
- Reuters – Japan’s first reactor stress tests reach key stage – Risa Maeda
- Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Radiation: In With the Bricks – Yoree Koh
- Yahoo!7 News – Japan probes radioactive apartment block
- Washington Post – New investigation will ‘get to the bottom’ of Japan’s nuclear disaster, leader says
- World Nuclear News – Japanese reactors await restart approvals
- Daily Yomiuri – Radioactive concrete found in new condo
- Japan Times – 11 hot-zone holdouts refuse to leave Fukushima homes
- Japan Times – Bond perks eyed for green utilities
- Japan Times – City to sell megafloat to Tepco
- Japan Times – New condo’s foundation radioactive
- Mainichi Daily News – AP opens full news bureau in North Korea
- Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive gravel likely shipped to over 200 companies
- Mainichi Daily News – Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry bureaucrats weigh in on nuclear crisis, TPP
- Mainichi Daily News – 11 people live in no-entry zone within 20 km of Fukushima plant
- Mainichi Daily News – Opponents of Hamaoka nuclear plant restart gain momentum – Daily News of Newburyport
- Mainichi Daily News – City to sell floating storage used at Fukushima to TEPCO
- Tokyo Times – Experts to review key report on nuclear stress test
- Tokyo Times – Radioactive concrete in new Fukushima apartment building
- Tokyo Times – Japanese firm secures huge gas source in Australia
- Asia: Bellona – Analysis: China, Japan take the lead in wind energy development – Russia lags far behind – Andrei Ozharovsky