Sunday, June 24, 2012

• Fukushima Diary – 76.96 µSv/h at 200m from Fukushima prefectural office – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Holes on the duct of reactor3. Tepco “fixed it with tape.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [LA times]Japan to restart nuclear reactors despite widespread fear – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 15% of pregnant woman in Fukushima suffer from depression – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – There’s none so blind as those who deny they cannot see – Stephen Hesse
• Japan Times – Utilities paid local governments ¥73 billion in dividends: sources
• Japan Times – NISA to tighten checks on fault research beneath Tsuruga reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Alarm erroneously issued at Oi nuclear plant
• Mainichi Daily News – APEC ministers to agree on importance of nuclear energy use: draft
• Taipei Times – Now is time to go nuclear-free: author – Lee I-chia

Saturday, June 23, 2012

• ENENews – RAND Sr. Scientist: Fukushima spent fuel might have been damaged (VIDEO) – Tom LaTourrette
• Wicked Local Plymouth – The Fukushima Interviews: Part 2: Dry cask move not about safety – Frank Mand
• Enformable – Japanese government’s snafu may make nuclear disaster compensation deals much more costly – Lucas W Hixson
• Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear fuel cycle essential to national energy strategy
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco will quit press conference on Saturdays – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Earthquake in Mt. Fuji – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 27,000 Bq/Kg in Kawasaki, 240 km from Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Bloomberg]Fukushima Plant Faces Typhoon Summer Plus Tornado Threat – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – People of Fukushima respond with hostility to TEPCO’s nuclear disaster reportBy Jason Huth
• Japan Times – Oi prompts domestic, U.S. antinuclear rallies
• Japan Times – Policy of recycling all spent nuclear fuel may be axed
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: National security clause must be deleted from law on atomic energy

Friday, June 22, 2012

• ENENews – Japan Gov’t Expert: Water could get sucked out of Fukushima spent fuel pools by tornado and expose nuclear rods
• Enformable – Japanese government’s snafu may make nuclear disaster compensation deals much more costly – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Tsunami Debris Cleanup: Everybody do your share – Lucas W Hixson
• Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for June 19th – June 21st, 2012 – Christine McCann
• Nuclear Engineering – Fukushima slowed nuclear growth by 10%: OECD NEA
• Washington Post – Editorial: Japan’s cautious return to a nuclear-powered future
• Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: Japan Mulls Referendum on Nuclear Power – Mitsuru Obe
• World Nuclear News – Further protection for Fukushima fuel pool
• Daily Yomiuri – Delayed N-fuel recycling leads to policy change
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco blotted out structural drawings of Fukushima in their in-house accident investigation report – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – “Metropolitan police department seeking the organizer of the 45,000 demonstration” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Hydrangea revolution] 45,000 joined demonstration against the restart of Ohi nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level in sub-drain of reactor2 increased 10 times after typhoon04 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – “Tepco decided to evacuate F1 to hear the sound of China syndrome 3.2011? Secretary of Ex-JP PM – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level spiked in reactor3. Tepco “The gauge is broken” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: Nuclear power plant collusion
• Japan Times – March 2011 saw public lose faith in scientists
• Japan Times – Lithuania OKs Hitachi nukes
• Japan Times – Policy of recycling all spent nuclear fuel may be axed
• Japan Times – APEC meet to uphold nuke power
• Japan Times – Industry bodies urge less reliance on nuke power
• Japan Times – Monitoring of Oi reactors beefed up
• Japan Times – FTC chides Tepco for failing to explain rate hike for corporate users
• JapanToday – 20,000 protest outside Noda’s residence over nuclear restart
• Mainichi Daily News – Revised nuclear law stipulates aim to ensure Japanese national security
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: TEPCO internal report on Fukushima nuclear disaster nothing but self-justification
• Mainichi Daily News – 8 of 20 resigning TEPCO execs to parachute to affiliates, other entities
• Nikkei – Japan Atomic Energy Commission Issues Spent Fuel Handling Proposals
• East Asia: Chosun Ilbo – Japan Sets Alarms Ringing with Ominous Nuclear Bill

Thursday, June 21, 2012

• Bloomberg – Not the Right Man to Lead Japan – William Pesek
• Bloomberg Businessweek – Japan to make more plutonium despite big stockpile – Eric Talmadgemari
• Enformable – Japan speeds up spent fuel removal plans from Fukushima Reactor 4
• Enformable – Fukushima: The Accident Waiting To Happen – Lucas W Hixson
• New York Times – Nuclear Operator in Japan Exonerates Itself in Report – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Reuters UK – Japan nuclear minister speeds up Fukushima cleanup – Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Kubota
• Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: F1 versus Typhoon Part 2 — Water, Not Wind – Mitsuru Obe
• Asahi Shimbun – TV tubes could help contain Fukushima radiation – Shunsuke Kimura
• Asahi Shimbun – Tokyo assembly votes down nuclear referendum ordinance
• Daily Yomiuri – Teamwork is sensible option for DPJ, LDP, Komeito
• Daily Yomiuri – Japan pledges 6 billion dollars in ODA over next 3 years
• Daily Yomiuri – Race to decide gov. in Kagoshima under way
• Daily Yomiuri – Diet passes bill on new nuclear agency
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO report blames govt / Points finger at PM, admits it was unprepared for large tsunami
• Daily Yomiuri – Earthquake recovery investment scam alleged
• Fukushima Diary – What did happen to reactor4 ? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – US army was planning to drop coolant onto Fukushima plants by airplane – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor4 had one explosion and 2 fires in March 2011 – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO gives itself a clean chit for how it handled last year’s nuclear crisisBy Radhika Seth
• Japan Times – ‘Security’ wording in nuke power law change raises arms questions – Mizuho Aoki

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

• CNN – Fukushima plant operator: We weren’t prepared for nuclear accident – Chie Kobayashi
• Enformable – Japan putting all bets on new nuclear agency to deal with contentious issues
• Enformable – Bumpy restart underway at Ohi nuclear power plant – Lucas W Hixson
• LA Times blog – Japanese utility admits it failed to plan for tsunami disaster – Carol J. Williams
• New York Times – Japanese Officials Failed to Use U.S. Data Tracking Radiation After Tsunami – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Reuters – Japan passes law to insure Iran oil imports – Risa Maeda
• Reuters – Toshiba to build Japan’s biggest solar plants in Fukushima – Mari Saito and Risa Maeda
• Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: Back-Pedaling on Reactor Age Limits? – Mitsuru Obe
• Asahi Shimbun – NISA: Quake estimate for Shimane nuclear plant too low
• Daily Yomiuri – Water-level alarm rings at Oi N-reactor
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO issues report on N-crisis
• Fukushima Diary – [NHK] Delayed disclosure at Ohi plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Gas coming up from reactor2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Death rate of heart disease in Fukushima became the highest in Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reality in Fukushima 5 – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Public trust waivers in scientists lost post March 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster – Radhika Seth
• Japan Times – Tepco lashes prime minister’s office – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Forum still pushes nuclear power with strict safety proviso added – Hiroko Nakata
• Japan Times – Assembly rejects nuke referendum ordinance
• Japan Times – Tepco lashes prime minister’s office – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Water-level alarm goes off at Oi Nuclear Power Plant; no abnormalities detected
• Mainichi Daily News – Ibaraki marks large offshore area for wind power generation
• Tokyo Times – Gov’t hid info on radiation spread
• Taipei Times – Petition protests reactor restart – Lee I-chia

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

• Enformable – Japan admits another case of withholding reliable and important information from the public – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Softbank executive wasting no time in developing renewable energy in Japan
• Nuclear Engineering – Ohi 3&4 will be first to restart
• Reuters – Japanese authorities sat on data showing radiation spread – Osamu Tsukimori
• RTT News – Japan Withheld Radiation Map From Public
• Asahi Shimbun – Report: Public trust in scientists plummeted after 3/11 disasters – Hiroshi Ishizuka
• Asahi Shimbun – NISA admits it was negligent, apologizes for shoddy management
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt seeks policymaking advice
• Fukushima Diary – [Mainichi]Tokyo metro assembly votes down proposed nuclear reactor restart referendum bills – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level picking up in typhoon – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 180,000 Bq/m3 of tritium from groundwater of Fukushima plant area – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Authorities failed to warn Japanese public about spread of radiationBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Japan’s tale of two stockpiles – Peter Wynn Kirby
• Japan Times – Utilities face ¥4.4 trillion hit if 50 reactors are axed
• Japan Times – Bid to vitrify liquid radioactive waste resumes at Rokkasho
• Mainichi Daily News – Experts at secret meeting decided to cover up scenario for dealing with spent nuclear fuel
• Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo metro assembly votes down proposed nuclear reactor restart referendum bills
• Mainichi Daily News – New nuclear power regulatory body to be headed by nuclear reactor expert
• Taipei Times – DPP condemns restarting reactor – Chris Wang
• Taiwan Today – AEC approves restart of reactor at Guosheng nuclear plant – June Tsai

Monday, June 18, 2012

• eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, June 18, 2012 .
• Enformable – Japanese government ready to move past public concern after decision to restart idled nuclear reactors – Lucas W Hixson
• Reuters – Update 2-Japan OKs renewable subsidy in shift from nuclear power – Yuko Inoue and Leonora Walet
• UPI Asia – Japan PM orders first nuclear restart
• Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: Moody’s Rates Restarts – Eleanor Warnock
• Asahi Shimbun – Cat anime invites children to think about power plant risks – Tomoko Adachi
• Asahi Shimbun – VOX POPULI: Noda is letting down the people over nuclear power
• Daily Yomiuri – Shikoku reactor seen as next restart candidate
• Daily Yomiuri – Astro Boy and Uran’s Encyclopedia of Current Terminology – Kokkai Jikocho
• Daily Yomiuri – Makino visits Oi off-site center
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “Soon nobody can get close to Areva’s facility” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima is going to start selling marine products – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Derangement] Let’s drink tap water campaign in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reconstruction minister admits they can’t decontaminate it all – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Asahi]Government ignored U.S. radiation monitoring data in days after 3/11 – Iori Mochizuki
• JIJI Press – Test Spent N-Fuel Reprocessing Resumes at Rokkasho Village
• JIJI Press – Japan Failed to Utilize U.S. Radiation Data after Disaster
• JIJI Press – Restart of Ikata No. 3 Reactor Necessary: Ehime Governor
• JIJI Press – Ikata N-Reactor Seen as Next Candidate for Restart
• JIJI Press – Tokyo Assembly Panel Votes Down Nuclear Referendum Bill
• JIJI Press – Japan Govt Official Visits Accident Response Base for Oi N-Plant
• JIJI Press – (Update) Minister Urges Kansai Electric to Ensure Safety of Oi Reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – A stolen life: Fukushima woman looks back on lost peaceful life due to nuclear crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Don’t reverse policy toward less reliance on nuclear plants