Sunday, August 12, 2012

• Asahi Shimbun – Ex-Fukushima nuclear plant chief denies ‘pullout’ in video
• Salem-News – The War on Iran is Already Underway – Kourosh Ziabari
• Daily Yomiuri – Butterflies said affected by radiation
• Daily Yomiuri – Outset of nuclear crisis called ‘hellish’
• Daily Yomiuri – KEPCO to restart thermal power plant construction
• Fukushima Diary – [Earthquake] Scale 5 only in Fukushima, but not listed in USGS series. – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Highly contaminated barley and wheat are coming to the market – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Aftermath in Fukushima No. 1 was like hell, says nuclear plant chief
• Japan Times – Aftermath in Fukushima No. 1 was like hell, says nuclear plant chief
• Japan Times – Radioactive fallout from Fukushima nuclear meltdowns caused abnormalities in Japan’s butterflies
• Japan Times – Japanese government receives over 50,000 comments from public on future of nuclear power
• Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: Anti-nuclear activist presses onward to fulfill Hiroshima’s responsibility
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t receives over 50,000 opinions on future nuclear energy policy

Saturday, August 11, 2012

• IPS – Families of ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’ Victims Still Struggling – Suvendrini Kakuchi
• New York Times – Japan: Inspectors Study Plant That Avoided Disaster
• New York Times – Video Shows Fukushima Crisis Talks – Robert Mackey
• UPI – Japan firms swelter amid nuke shutdowns
• Asahi Shimbun – Anti-nuke protesters rally outside Noda’s office after tax bill passes
• Asahi Shimbun – Another worker ‘forgets’ to wear dosimeter at Fukushima nuclear plant
• Daily Yomiuri – No active faults found under 5 N-plants
• Fukushima Diary – More than 10,000 earthworms found dead in a parking lot of 250m2 North Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Contaminated Japanese cars rejected by Russian custom office – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Hokkaido newspaper “Millions of people around in Tokyo area are living in radiation controlled area” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 2.2 µSv/h around river-head area in Ibaraki – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – South Korea added eel to banned list to import “Now 71 sorts of products are in the banned list” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – I-131 is still measured from dried sewage sludge in Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 14 µSv/h from the yellow substance on the roof in Kashiwa Chiba – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – IAEA only finds light damage at Onagawa – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Editorial: SPEEDI report deepens suspicions
• Japan Times – Since 3/11, fears of Fuji eruption have grown
• Japan Today – Anti-nuclear rally outside Noda’s residence draws about 1,000
• Mainichi Daily News – IAEA: Nuke plant near Fukushima largely undamaged
• Mainichi Daily News – Monju, Mihama nuke plant sites must be checked for active faults: panel
• Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: A-bomb victim moved to talk about past by earthquake disasters
• Mainichi Daily News – Naraha residents permitted to re-enter town, but overwhelmed with task ahead

Friday, August 10, 2012

• NRC – Briefing on The Status of Lessons Learned from The Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident Transcript (pdf-)
• NRC – NRC Commissioner Briefing on Fukushima Nuclear Utility Status Report Slides – Jim Scarola (pdf-)
• NRC – Robert F Willard Ltr. re: INPO 11-005 Addendum, Lessons Learned from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (pdf-5.48 Mb)
• NRC – NEI Comments on Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 1 – Regulatory Framework. (pdf-119.82 Kb)
• Boston Globe – IAEA: Nuke plant near Fukushima largely undamaged
• Enformable – TEPCO retrieves containment vessel lid from Fukushima Reactor 4
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan – Hiroshima and Fukushima to unite in call for end to nuclear victims – More underground faults to be examined at Monju and Mihama plants – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – April 4th, 2011 – Accident Sequence Diagrams For Containment-Vent Flooding
• The Guardian – Fukushima disaster paves way for new geothermal plants – Justin McCurry
• Korea Herald – Restricted public disclosure invites public distrust
• New York Times – Videos Shed Light on Chaos at Fukushima as a Nuclear Crisis Unfolded – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Wall Street Journal – IEA: Japan May Need 390,000 B/D More Oil This Year on Nuclear Outage
• Washington Post – IAEA: Japan nuclear plant closer than Fukushima to quake epicenter is remarkably undamaged
• World Nuclear News – Onagawa plant ‘remarkably undamaged,’ says IAEA
• Daily Yomiuri – No-entry lifted in Naraha / Residents take active role in preparing town’s reconstruction
• Denki Shimbun – Japan and UK intensifying cooperation for Fukushima I decommissioning
• Denki Shimbun – TEPCO released in-house footage taken during Fukushima accident
• Fukushima Diary – [Video] It was 1.2µSv/h in Tokyo May 2011 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 31,000 Bq/kg from mushroom in Tochigi “190 times higher than nuclear waste standard” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium from 60% of fishery products in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japan exports Fukushima peach and has Imperial family consume it – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Japanese weather agency says El Nino formed&will last until winter – Adam Westlake
• Jpubb – Corrective Measures Implementation for Improper Connection of the RadioactiveWaste Treatment System Pipes at our Nuclear Power Stations
• Japan Times – Manhattan Project memories said fading in U.S.
• Japan Times – Nagasaki calls for worldwide nuclear abolition treaty
• Japan Times – Utilities’ CO2 emissions jump a year after Fukushima
• Japan Times – Nuclear plant locales to get aid, Edano says
• Japan Times – Hibakusha: Nuke safety biggest lie – Shingo Ito
• Japan Times – Foundation of a noble response to devastation – Anas Bin Ghanim Aljumaily
• Mainichi Daily News – All but one nuke crisis no-go zone municipalities join gov’t re-designation plan
• Mainichi Daily News – Edano says Japan will not stick with 2030 energy target year
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima dairy farmer considered suicide, but hopeful as no-go zone lifted from town
• Nikkei – New Commission To Have Final Say On Takahama Plant’s Safety

Thursday, August 09, 2012

• Enformable – In-Focus Japan – TEPCO video footage shows reluctance to inject seawater into reactors – Nagasaki Mayor calls for international cooperation to address nuclear waste issue
• Enformable – March 24th, 2011 – US Reactor sites detecting I-131 from Fukushima between 40 – 90 pCi per liter – EPA drinking water limit for Iodine is only 3 pCi per liter.
• The Guardian – Fukushima evacuee fights back by resurrecting independent sake brewery – Justin McCurry
• IPS – Activists Score in Fight Against Nuclear Power – Suvendrini Kakuchi
• Jakarta Post – Fukushima truth still elusive even after inquiries – Kwang Weng Kin
• National Geographic – Nine Days in August 1945 (Part One) – Bulent Atalay
• Press TV – US based post-World War II global order on nuclear threat
• UPI – Nuclear power addressed at Nagasaki
• Xinhua News – Nagasaki marks 67th atomic bomb anniversary
• Asahi Shimbun – Interview/ Yuko Fujita: Lone wolf physicist calls for Nagasaki’s awakening – Hiroshi Matsubara
• Asahi Shimbun – Nagasaki vows to help Fukushima victims, urges end to nukes – Asako Hanafusa
• Asahi Shimbun – Lead shields masked radiation readings up to 30%
• Daily Yomiuri – Families file for TEPCO compensation
• Daily Yomiuri – Bomb survivor vows to share experience
• Daily Yomiuri – Nagasaki mayor calls for end of N-weapons
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO video heavily altered / Alternation shows utility’s reluctance to make information available
• Daily Yomiuri – N-evacuees get tablet computers
• Daily Yomiuri – Noda delays meet with antinuke group
• Fukushima Diary – [Dream technology] Tepco flew a balloon to research reactor1 but it stopped by a cable. – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima local gov required Tepco to announce it was safe after the explosion of reactor3 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai] Gov officials “PM may cause a head-to-head confrontation between gov and protestors” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Nagasaki’s atomic bombing memorial calls for a nuclear-free JapanBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Nagasaki calls for worldwide nuclear abolition treaty
• Japan Times – Seawater option for meltdown galled execs
• Japan Times – Nagasaki calls for worldwide nuclear abolition treaty
• JIJI Press – Nagasaki Seeks Int’l Efforts over Nuclear Waste Disposal

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

• Enformable – TEPCO’s balloon mission in Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 1 unable to be carried out – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan: Noda delays meeting with protestors – Hereditary effects of radiation to be studied
• Recycling International – Radioactive vehicles pile up in Japanese yards
• Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: Highlights of Video From Inside Tepco’s Nuclear Crisis Center – Phred Dvorak and Mitsuru Obe
• Washington Post – Ex-PM criticizes utility over video of Japan nuclear crisis showing him without sound
• Asahi Shimbun – Interview/ Ex-Nagasaki Mayor Motoshima: Nuclear-free Japan a ‘matter of course’? – Hiroshi Matsubara
• Asahi Shimbun – Former Prime Minister Kan still in the nuclear spotlight – Louis Templado
• Asahi Shimbun – Video shows TEPCO’s hastiness in reporting cause of reactor explosion – Naoya Kon
• Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: ‘Deliberative polling’ is a good 1st step
• Asahi Shimbun – Video shows TEPCO’s hastiness in reporting cause of reactor explosion – Naoya Kon
• Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai] Gov officials “PM may cause a head-to-head confrontation between gov and protestors” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “What a waste to inject sea water to reactor2? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “We don’t know but let’s say reactor3 had a hydrogen explosion because NISA said so.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco stopped planned blackouts for the threat of JP Gov “accuse Tepco of murder” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco executive “Make up imaginary measures as if we were controlling the risk” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – N.Y. activists protest nuclear arms, plants on Hiroshima anniversary
• Japan Times – Utility to issue ¥50 billion in debt
• Japan Times – Nuclear-free not bad for economy: Edano
• Japan Times – Aging hibakusha teaching young to pass on their stories
• Japan Times – New tech raises proliferation risk – Michael Richardson
• Jpubb – Status of TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Stations after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (Daily Report as of 3:00 PM, August 7)
• Mainichi Daily News – Rice tested for radiation in experiment in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Make maximum use of wind power’s potential

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

• AFP Yahoo! – Nuclear-free Japan not bad for economy: minister
• AFP Yahoo! – TEPCO video shows tensions as Fukushima crisis unfurls
• BBC News – Fukushima nuclear crisis videos released
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Hot Springs Town to Build Geothermal Plant After Quake – Chisaki Watanabe
• Bloomberg – Tepco Weighed Using Firearms to Avoid Fukushima Explosion – Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
• Business Insider – Here’s What Hiroshima Looked Like 9 Months After It Was Hit By An Atomic Bomb – Samuel Blackstone
• Columbus Free Press – The devil STILL has us death dancing at Fukushima – Harvey Wasserman
• eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, August 6, 2012 .
• Enformable – TEPCO executives abandoned Tokyo headquarters as Fukushima Daiichi disaster continued to unfold – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – In-Focus Japan: Estimates of 3-11 debris previously underestimated – ‘Study Group’ tries to influence policy debate – Edano opposes Noda’s plan to meet with anti-nuclear group
• Fish Info & Services – Radioactive cesium detected off three prefectures: Gov’t study
• Greenpeace International blog – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for August 3rd – August 6th, 2012 – Christine McCann
• NASDAQ – Japan Can Eliminate Nuclear Power By 2030 – Mari Iwata
• Rappler – Japan A-bomb survivors warn against nuclear power
• Wall Street Journal – Video Shows View Inside Nuclear Disaster – Mitsuru Obe and Phred Dvorak
• Xinhua News – TEPCO releases teleconference videos to media
• Xinhua News – Japan marks 67th anniversary of atomic bomb
• Asahi Shimbun – A-bomb survivors reach out to Fukushima victims – Hiroshi Matsubara
• Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima teens find parallels in Hiroshima’s experience and hope – Masaomi Ogawa
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Japan has a duty to spell out its non-nuclear vision
• Asahi Shimbun – Analysis: TEPCO’s edited video sheds little light on truth
• Asahi Shimbun – Video shows disorganized response to Fukushima accident
• Daily Yomiuri – Kyushu Electric to issue 50 bil. yen in debt securities
• Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima carp breeders strive to regain No. 1 spot
• Daily Yomiuri – Less disaster debris to be shipped out
• Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO video heavily altered / Alternation shows utility’s reluctance to make information available
• Denki Shimbun – Deliberative opinion poll conducted on future energy choices
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco executive “Make up imaginary measures as if we were controlling the risk” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco planned blasting reactor3 by firearms before its explosion – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco executives disappeared from emergency headquarters after the explosion of reactor1 – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO releases its internal videos from the Fukushima nuclear disasterBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Daily Press – Prime Minister Noda says abolishing nuclear power ‘might’ be possibleBy Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Depth of Fukushima No. 1 evac plan unclear in videos – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Depth of Fukushima No. 1 evac plan unclear in videos – Jun Hongo
• Japan Times – Lack of crisis information regretted
• Japan Times – Noda hints abolition a theoretical energy option – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Tepco airs internal crisis footage – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Noda forges on as temperatures rise – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Editorial: Tepco’s actions unacceptable
• Mainichi Daily News – Pro-nuclear power experts used secret meetings to manipulate deliberations
• Mainichi Daily News – Surprising poll result shows signs that public is turning against nuclear power

Monday, August 06, 2012

• KTVU San Francisco – Peace protesters gather at Lawrence Livermore Labs on eve of Hiroshima bombing anniversary
• AFP Yahoo! – Hiroshima marks anniversary of atomic bombing
• AP Google – Nuke plant chief after tsunami: ‘This is serious’ – Mari Yamaguchi
• Atlanta Journal Constitution – Hiroshima marks 67th anniversary of A-bomb attack – Eric Talmadge
• Enformable – March 11th, 2011 – March 31st, 2011 – Radiation data around Fukushima No.1 NPP by monitoring vehicle
• Enformable – In-house videos of communications of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster released by TEPCO – Lucas W Hixson
• NSW Daily Telegraph – Video shows tension of Fukushima crisis
• UPI – Hiroshima mayor calls for nuke-free world
• Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: Highlights of Video From Inside Tepco’s Nuclear Crisis Center – Phred Dvorak and Mitsuru Obe
• Xinhua News – TEPCO releases teleconference videos to media
• Asahi Shimbun – A-bomb survivor shares experiences with Fukushima victims – Ryuta Kuratomi
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Ensure children’s safety in school PE activities
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to study effects of abolishing N-power
• Daily Yomiuri – Ceaseless efforts must be made to prevent nuclear threat
• Daily Yomiuri – Hiroshima mayor presses govt to map new ‘safe’ energy policy
• Fukushima Diary – Largest supermarket chain and Imperial family move their back up in western Japan – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco released video of emergency TV meeting “99.3% cut off, 1665 beep sounds, 29 image concealment” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Ajisai] Noda to meet the organizer on 8/8/2012 – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Artists community unite to advocate non-nuclear reliance – Radhika Seth
• Japan Daily Press – Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant workers face social stigmasBy Radhika Seth
• Japan Times – Hiroshima honors A-bomb dead; protesters chant – Masami Ito
• Japan Times – Peace oath to be delivered live in English
• Mainichi Daily News – Essays memorializing classmates who perished in Hiroshima bombing translated into English