Sunday, July 08, 2012

• AFP Google – Sakamoto, Kraftwerk headline anti-nuclear concert
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Nuke Report Undercuts Itself With Cultural Copout
• Democracy Now! – As Japan Says Fukushima Disaster “Man-Made”&”Preventable,” Fears Grow for Nuclear Plants Worldwide
• ENENews – Remaining portion of Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 seen from Kyodo helicopter (PHOTOS)
• Fairewinds Energy Education – As Japan Says Fukushima Daiichi Disaster “Man-Made”&”Preventable,” Fears Grow for Nuclear Plants Worldwide
• The Guardian – The Fukushima report hides behind the cultural curtain – Naoko Shimazu
• Wall Street Journal – Pro-Nuclear Governor in Japan Wins Re-election by Wide Margin – Chester Dawson
• Asahi Shimbun – Experts plan to track radiation doses from medical checks
• Fukushima Diary – 15.65 Bq/Kg of cesium from washing towel in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Protest] Video of the subway protest – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 3,300 Bq/Kg from black seabream fished offshore Miyagi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation reading on weather forecast of Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4] UPS had a fire inside – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Pro-nuclear governor re-elected for third term in KagoshimaBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Atomic Energy Commission held undocumented, closed-door meetings for more than a decade
• Japan Times – Okinawa, nuclear weapons and ‘Japan’s special psychological problem’ – Jon Mitchell
• Japan Times – Okinawa’s first nuclear missile men break silence – Jon Mitchell
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukui Pref. wants central gov’t to keep nuclear plants
• Mainichi Daily News – Nagasaki mayor to declare use of nuclear weapons inhumane at A-bomb anniv.
• Mainichi Daily News – Noda, Clinton agree to work closely on bilateral, Asia-Pacific issues

Saturday, July 07, 2012

• Wicked Local Duxbury – The Fukushima Interviews: Part 2: Dry cask move not about safety – Frank Mand
• Oceania: Banyule and Nillumbik Weekly – Toxic health dumping scandal – Natalie O’Brien
• AsiaOne – Report vividly describes ‘man-made’ disaster – Shozo Nakayama and Makoto Mitsui
• BBC News – How Tepco glossed over Fukushima’s vulnerability – David Shukman
• The Guardian – The Fukushima report hides behind the cultural curtain – Naoko Shimazu
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Diet panel’s report should prompt safety review of all nuclear plants
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuke protesters’ ire increasingly centers on Noda
• Daily Yomiuri – Tokyo rally condemns Oi N-reactor restart
• House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 8 Jul 2012
• House of Japan – Fukushima plant great risk: head of nuclear accident probe panel
• Fukushima Diary – Democrat member “The center of gov is getting scared of the protest. They will start blocking.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4] Explosion was caused by hydrogen gas from heated SFP4 and reactor3 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Reactor3] Possible second meltdown happened 3/21 ~ 3/22/2011 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Anon leaks] NRC “SFP4 crisis may happen at US nuclear plants too” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “Human-wave tactics will be needed, problem is if they can collect human workers” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Message from Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Will the Japanese government be broke by October?By Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Fukui reactor restarts not enough to let Kepco off power crunch hook
• Japan Times – Reactor 1 quake-damaged? – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Slideshow: Rain can’t dampen Friday-night antinuclear protest rally – Kazuaki Nagata
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear protesters fill areas around Prime Minister’s Office

Friday, July 06, 2012

• BBC News – Viewpoint: Can Japan learn lessons from the Fukushima disaster?By Malcolm Grimston
• Bloomberg – Tokyo Electric’s Fuel-Oil Use Rises Almost Threefold in June – Jacob Adelman
• Bloomberg – World Atomic Power Output Falls by Record in Fukushima Aftermath – Kari Lundgren
• Enformable – Photo of the week: Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 4 Building Debris Removal
• Enformable – TEPCO subject of further scrutiny over operations and rate hikes – Lucas W Hixson
• The Guardian – Fukushima reactor meltdown was a man-made disaster, says official report – Justin McCurry
• The Guardian – Japanese cultural traits ‘at heart of Fukushima disaster’ – Justin McCurry
• The Independent – Fukushima disaster was ‘profoundly man-made’ – Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky
• NY Times blog – Tokyo and Washington on Fukushima – Matthew L. Wald
• Washington Post – Report blasts Japan’s preparation for, response to Fukushima disaster – Chico Harlan
• Wall Street Journal – Report on Nuclear Disaster Holds Key to Reactors’ Fate – Mitsuru Obe
• Asahi Shimbun – Diet commission chairman: Fukushima accident ‘Made in Japan’
• Asahi Shimbun – Anti-nuclear activists turn to home movie screenings
• Asahi Shimbun – Final Report (1) : TEPCO, NISA’s dilly-dallying caused ‘man-made disaster’
• Asahi Shimbun – Final Report (2) : Concern for people’s lives was not a priority
• Asahi Shimbun – Final Report (3) : 80% of evacuees did not know about Fukushima crisis on 3/11
• Asahi Shimbun – Final Report (4) : TEPCO failed to warn nuke plant workers after 3/11
• Daily Yomiuri – Crisis management needed to prevent ‘man-made’ disasters
• Daily Yomiuri – Report vividly describes ‘man-made’ disaster – Shozo Nakayama and Makoto Mitsui
• Daily Yomiuri – Quake likely cut emergency power
• Fukushima Diary – Anonymous leaked IAEA, NRC and RC material about Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 150,000 joined protest but police kept people underground uncounted – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Live] Organizer stopped protest, police shut down the exists of subway. – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Live] Police blocked official residence – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Live] More than last week, but independent journalists are oppressed – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Live] Massive protest started – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “Shortage of nuclear worker is becoming serious” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Japan’s return to nuclear power cuts 60,000 barrels of oil per dayBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Daily Press – Fukushima disaster found to have been man-made, preventableBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Oi nuclear plant back on power grid
• Kyodo News – Fukushima plant “great risk”: Head of nuclear accident probe panel

Thursday, July 05, 2012

• BBC News – Fukushima report: Key points in nuclear disaster report
• Bellona – Scathing parliamentary report accompanies restart of Japanese reactor – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Disaster Was Man-Made, Investigation Finds – Tsuyoshi Inajima, Jacob Adelman and Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Independent Probe Into Fukushima Releases Report Today – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Enformable – Czech Republic promise to Fukushima children to be upheld – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Expert panel report says Fukushima disaster profoundly man-made – Lucas W Hixson
• The Guardian – Fukushima reactor meltdown was a man-made disaster, says official report – Justin McCurry
• New York Times – Commission Calls Fukushima Nuclear Crisis a Man-Made Disaster – Hiroko Tabuchi
• UPI – Fukushima inmates receive compensation
• Washington Post – New report blasts Japan’s preparation for, response to Fukushima disaster – Chico Harlan
• Washington Post – Nuclear returns to Japan power grid as parliament panel slams response to Fukushima crisis
• Reuters – Japan regains nuclear power as first reactor resumes operations – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Table-Tepco’s goal of nuclear plant restart – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan’s atomic disaster caused by “collusion”: panel report – Risa Maeda and Linda Sieg
• UPI – Report: Fukushima disaster ‘man-made’
• Wall Street Journal – Japan Panel Blames Nuclear Crisis on Regulator, Industry Tie – Mitsuru Obe and Phred Dvorak
• World Nuclear News – Ohi producing power again
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactive river mud threatens lakes, Tokyo Bay – Takashi Sugimoto
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear Dilemma: TEPCO spends billions on Fukushima No. 2 plant to avoid huge liabilities
• Daily Yomiuri – Oi N-reactor resumes electricity generation
• Daily Yomiuri – Diet inquiry: Nuclear crisis man-made
• Fukushima Diary – [Yomiuri]U.S., French firms vie for N-cleanup work – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Robot decontamination] 0.2 Sv/h on the first floor of reactor3 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Reactor1] 5.2 Sv/h on the first floor – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Investigation committee “there is a possibility that the earthquake damaged equipment” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Kitakyushu city mayor threatens a supermarket chain to arrest the founder not to sell Fukushima food – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: Irresponsible reactor startup
• Japan Times – Nuclear crisis man-made: Diet panel – Kazuaki Nagata

Wednesday, July 04, 2012

• Reuters – Reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux – Linda Sieg
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Anti-nuclear protesters should step up their efforts
• Asahi Shimbun – Reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
• Daily Yomiuri – U.S., French firms vie for N-cleanup work
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO workers’ salaries may be reduced further
• Daily Yomiuri – Don’t overly restrict nuclear panel membership
• Fukushima Diary – NHK, “3 years old children are stressed from the anxiety of radiation” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Anonymous watching Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Mutated cucumber in Aomori – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – MOE “Freshwater fish accumulate more cesium than marine products” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 12,200 Bq/Kg from Teganuma lake Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 25,000 Bq/Kg from wild boar in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Hashimoto] ‘You have no fundamental human rights’ – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Nuclear watchdog to bar industry insiders
• Kyodo News – Mayors call on gov’t to stick to nuclear fuel cycle policy
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Japan’s energy future must be decided by its people
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear safety body calls for more studies on faults under 3 plants

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

• Bellona – Collapse of spent fuel storage pool at Fukushima Daiichi could be worse than initial accident, says new report – Charles Digges
• Enformable – Google complains about hesitation over disclosing disaster data – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan: Cesium found in freshwater and saltwater fish – Standards revealed for Japan’s new nuclear regulator
• Enformable – Bad vibrations prevent timely nuclear restart in Japan – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Former Prime Minister and Church in Japan speak out against nuclear future after Fukushima disaster – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Photo of the week: A show of love and respect at the Ohi Restart Protests – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japanese seismologists warn of possible active fault line dividing Ohi reactors – Lucas W Hixson
• Greenpeace International blog – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for June 29th – July 2nd, 2012 – Christine McCann
• Natural News – Record high radiation levels detected at Fukushima reactor – J. D. Heyes
• Reuters – Japan’s 1st offshore wind farm to start in Jan – Osamu Tsukimori
• UPI Asia – Nuclear reactor at Oi passes first test
• Asahi Shimbun – New regulatory commission to exclude those with close ties to nuclear industry – Go Yamashita
• Daily Yomiuri – Criteria for N-agency personnel revealed
• Denki Shimbun – Survey in progress for removing fuel debris from Fukushima I reactors
• Fukushima Diary – Black-ish fog covered Fukushima plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 20,201 Bq/Kg from vacuum cleaner in Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Voice – Protest against restarting Oi nuclear power plant

Monday, July 02, 2012

• Bloomberg – Japan Has One Reactor With 3% of Total Capacity Online – Yuji Okada
• Daily Telegraph – Restarted Japanese nuclear plant reaches critical level – Julian Ryall
• eNews Park Forest – Leader of the IAEA Fact-Finding Mission to Japan Shares Lessons Learned from Fukushima .
• eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, July 2, 2012 .
• The Examiner – Japan reactor back on line: What have they done without it? – James George
• The Guardian – Open thread: does Japan need nuclear power? – Laura Oliver
• The Guardian – Nuclear power protests in Japan – in pictures
• The Guardian – Protests in Japan as nuclear power plant reopens
• UPI Asia – Japanese protest nuclear reactivation
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: More stringent labels on fish products needed
• Asahi Shimbun – UPDATE: Amid protests, No. 3 reactor at Oi plant reaches criticality
• Daily Yomiuri – Power grid systems lacking
• Daily Yomiuri – Feed-in tariff energy system gets under way – Hironori Kaneshima and Ryosuke Yamauchi
• Daily Yomiuri – Oi reactor resumes operations
• Daily Yomiuri – 40% give up returning to no-entry hometown
• Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4] Actual Fukushima worker “In short, it was a design error.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4]Coolant system is provisionally back on to be fully recovered tomorrow – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Ohi] On a rainy day – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Power-saving measures kick in
• Japan Times – Oi’s reactor 3 first to go critical after Fukushima
• Japan Times – Cesium found in urine of Fukushima children
• Mainichi Daily News – Business-as-usual alteration of nuclear law unsettling