Sunday, March 03, 2013

• The Examiner – High radiation-laced fish caught near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant
• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ ‘shadow units’ (1): Secret rescue mission at the Fukushima plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: More must be done to ease Fukushima radiation concerns
• ENENews – Video: Years later, deaths occur frequently in city 85 kilometers from Fukushima plant — Area is contaminated and residents don’t know it
• ENENews – Fukushima Film Premiere — Tears from local official: “Not allowing the children to escape is murder” (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – Potential eruption of Hakone would trigger the eruption of Mt. Fuji – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – JP PM Abe stated to restart nuclear plants – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – China rejected importing suntan cream from Japan for detecting cadmium, daughter nuclide of radioactive silver – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Another Fukushima worker hospitalized for emergency – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Japan’s nuclear plants unlikely to restart operations this year: survey
• JIJI Press – 2 Years On: Outlook Not Good for Waste Storage after Meltdown
• JIJI Press – INTERVIEW: Mayor Wants Nuclear Crisis-Hit Municipalities to Eye Merger
• JIJI Press – INTERVIEW: Fukushima Gov. Prioritizes Rebuilding Lives of Evacuees
• JIJI Press – U.S. to Remove Tsunami Dock with Japanese Funds
• TEPCO – TEPCO News Update
• China Post – Editorial: Nuclear waste storage concern equals the threat of meltdown
• Focus Taiwan – DPP to launch ‘rational’ anti-nuclear campaign – Lee Shu-hua and Ann Chen
• Focus Taiwan – Economics minister repeats vow to safeguard nuclear plant safety – Su Lung-chi, Wang Shu-fen, Bien Chin-feng and Christie Chen
• Taipei Times – Nuclear activists form flash mob – Lee I-chia and Loa Iok-sin
• Taipei Times – DPP to challenge power plant vote – Chris Wang
• Taipei Times – Power plant referendum a prank: Lin I-hsiung – Chris Wang

Saturday, March 02, 2013

• Energy Collective – Nuclear Energy Restart: New Tsunami Safety Measures in Japan – Joseph Koblich
• OpEdNews – Nuclear Expert: “The Melted Core Cracked The Containment Vessel ” There Really Is No Containment” At Fukushima Reactors – G Washington
• Utility Products – Prominent antinuclear experts dropped from Japan energy policy panel
• Asahi Shimbun – Declining radiation measured near Fukushima plant, some blown elsewhere – Hiroshi Ishizuka
• Asahi Shimbun – Streamlined energy panel has fewer anti-nuke advocates – Mari Fujisaki
• Daily Yomiuri – Radiation fell 40% near Fukushima plant last yr
• ENENews – Kyodo: High concentration of Fukushima radioactive substances found in land animals — Frog with 6,700 Bq/kg outside evacuation zone
• ENENews – Japan official credits typhoons with helping spread Fukushima fallout
• ENENews – Fukushima cleanup workers break silence: Ordered to dump ‘debris’ into river — Gov’t “appeared not to believe him”
• Fukushima Diary – Decontamination worker is recruited in Okinawa – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 6700 Bq/Kg of Cs-137 from frog in Nihonmatsu city Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – M4.8 hit near Tokyo offshore – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Collective exposure dose still remains high at Fukushima Daiichi
• Japan Times – Trying to get things done in the wake of 3/11 – C.W. Nicol
• Japan Times – Collective exposure dose still remains high at Fukushima Daiichi
• Mainichi Daily News – Man in town near disaster-hit nuke plant builds park for returnees
• Mainichi Daily News – Former crew member of ship exposed to radiation speaks against nukes
• Mainichi Daily News – Railway recovery slow but steady in disaster areas
• Mainichi Daily News – Radiation levels in 80-km zone around Fukushima plant down 40 percent: gov’t
• Mainichi Daily News – Spent fuel reprocessing issue must be tackled head-on now
• China Post – Editorial: Don’t call on the Pythia for nuclear power referendum
• China Post – Ma calls for gradual nuclear reliance reduction
• Taipei Times – Nuclear Power Debate: President backs government’s nuclear stance – Mo Yan-chih
• Taipei Times – Nuclear Power Debate: Celebrities voice nuclear concerns – Tsou Nien-tsu and Stacy Hsu
• Taipei Times – Nuclear Power Debate: Academic urges KMT to look backwards on safety – Tang Chia-ling, Liu Li-jen, and Stacy Hsu
• Taipei Times – Nuclear Power Debate: Lawmakers preparing for nuclear vote – Shih Hsiu-chuan
• Taipei Times – Nuclear Power Debate: Mouse to blame for accidental blackouts: Taipower – Shih Hsiu-chuan and Chen Ching-min

Friday, March 01, 2013

• Bellona – Fukushima World Health Organization report greeted with broad skepticism – Charles Digges
• EHS Today – One-Third of Fukushima Emergency Workers May Have Increased Cancer Risk – Laura Walter
• Greenpeace International – World Health Organisation downplays health impacts of Fukushima nuclear disaster – E&E Daily
• The Guardian – Cancer risk 70% higher for females in Fukushima area, says WHO
• New York Times – Japan to Begin Restarting Idled Nuclear Plants, Leader Says – Martin Fackler and Hiroko Tabuchi
• New York Times – W.H.O. Sees Low Health Risks From Fukushima Accident – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Power Engineering – A divided NRC under fire from lawmakers over post-Fukushima rule changes
• UPI – Radioactive fish caught near nuclear plant
• WHO – Global report on Fukushima nuclear accident details health risks
• Xinhua News – Record high radiation found in fish in Japan’s Fukushima
• Xinhua News – Japan questions WHO’s report over health risks in Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – Record cesium level found in Fukushima fish
• Asahi Shimbun – Survey: Half of disaster-hit communities need 6 to 10 more years to rebuild
• Asahi Shimbun – CROOKED CLEANUP: Workers break silence to allege boss ordered corner-cutting
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear watchdog: No easy task to scrap Fukushima reactors safely
• Asahi Shimbun – WHO: Small cancer risk after Fukushima accident
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO fails to submit dose data on 21,000 Fukushima plant workers
• Asahi Shimbun – U.N. panel: Thyroid radiation doses in Fukushima infants within safe limits – Yuri Oiwa
• Daily Yomiuri – WHO sees higher cancer risks in Fukushima Pref.
• ENENews – Lead Architect of Microsoft Windows 95: Something very much amiss in Fukushima – Like an almost totalitarian state – People now saying “For the sake of my child’s health, I’m not going to think about radiation”
• ENENews – Fukushima Daiichi worker dies – Had been preparing cover for Unit No. 3
• ENENews – Fukushima Mother: “Are they going to kill these children?” – Lawyer: Nation’s worst child abuse in history (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Reuters Headline: Fukushima Mothers Worried About Cancer Risk (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Top UK Newspaper Headline: Fukushima cancer risk ‘played down to aid nuclear industry’
• ENENews – TV: Fukushima kids with nose bleeds, diarrhea, mouth blisters, other problems — Symptoms go away after leaving area — Used to be in good health, now picking up every little bug going around (VIDEO)
• ENENews – New WHO study claims even highly exposed Fukushima Daiichi workers will be fine… a few might end up with thyroid disorders — U.N. made similar statements after Chernobyl
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to discharge underground water via bypass to the sea this April – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Another decontamination worker died in Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] Oshidori “had fever of over 38? for 4 times this year already” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Mr. Yamamoto Taro’s mother moved abroad – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco started propaganda to downplay the risk of Tritium for discharging contaminated water to the sea – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: Mr. Abe’s plan for Japan
• NHK World – Fisheries co-op accepts nuclear plant compensation
• Focus Taiwan – Election commission to respect any decision on referendum
• Taipei Times – Activists announce anti-nuclear parade – Lee I-chia
• Taipei Times – North Korea suing Taipower: report – Helen Ku
• Taipei Times – Government officials’ poll remarks spark hullabaloo – Loa Iok-sin
• Taipei Times – Premier Jiang to quit if nuclear plant halted – Shih Hsiu-chuan

Thursday, February 28, 2013

• AFP Google – Fukushima raised cancer risk near plant: WHO – Jonathan Fowler
• AP Google – WHO: Small cancer risk after Fukushima accident – Maria Cheng
• AP Google – Japanese disaster films highlight victims’ stories – Yuri Kageyama
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Radiation Increases Cancer Risk for Girls: WHO – Jennifer M. Freedman & Simeon Bennett
• Greenpeace International – Four things you should know about the Fukushima nuclear disaster – Laura Kenyon
• New York Times – Japan to Begin Restarting Idled Nuclear Plants, Leader Says – Martin Fackler
• Reuters – Cancer risks higher in worst hit Fukushima area: WHO – Stephanie Nebehay
• Xinhua News – Fukushima accident increases cancer risks in most contaminated areas: WHO
• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP (15): U.S. maintained sense of urgency over nuclear accident
• Daily Yomiuri – Amari: More reactors to restart if found safe
• ENENews – NHK: Highest radiation levels ever detected in fish at Fukushima plant – Over 5,000 times gov’t limit
• ENENews – “Shameless”: New World Health Organization report shockingly downplays health risks after Fukushima – “WHO and other organisations must stop hiding the impact”
• ENENews – Film: World Health Organization beholden to nuclear interests – Physician: “Like having Dracula guard the blood bank” (VIDEOS)
• ENENews – Top Official: Fukushima reactors fragile and hazardous – Still don’t know radiation levels by ‘rubble’ around plant, ‘hot spots’ could be anywhere
• ENENews – Fukushima cancer headlines appear all over mainstream media
• ENENews – Japan Physician: Many children in greater Tokyo area complained of similar symptoms after 3/11 — Radiation levels in large cities in Fukushima exceed Chernobyl’s high contamination areas (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Fukushima Photographer: “We have seen how it’s affecting children already, and no one knows exactly what’s going on” — We can only rely on nuclear experts in Germany, France, U.S.
• ENENews – Japan Scientists: Truly unusual deformities in Fukushima — Forests may be evolving into different ecosystems — “There’s been a sudden, large change”
• ENENews – Headline: “Rising doubts about Japan’s official radiation figures” — Large cities still exposed to high levels of radioactivity from Fukushima plant
• ENENews – AP: Flurry of films on Fukushima disaster — Shows authorities playing down health risks, not telling whole truth
• Fukushima Diary – [Concern about the soundness of reactor2 building] A puddle found in reactor2, Tepco “It’s rainwater.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The Fukushima worker in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest died, the reason is not reported – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radioactivity density of reactor1 sub-drain jumping up for 2 days, PCV temperature also increasing – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima plant tide embankment is still in the temporary state “EXIF of the picture is removed” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco’s report about fishery products contamination in 20km sea area – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 510,000 Bq/Kg from fat greenling caught in Fukushima plant port, over 100,000 Bq/Kg from 30% of the samples – Iori Mochizuki
• JIJI Press – Manager Says Situation at Fukushima Nuclear Plant Calm
• Mainichi Daily News – Power companies to face tough new standards for nuke reactor restarts
• Mainichi Daily News – Abe vows to restart Japan nuclear reactors in policy speech
• Mainichi Daily News – Local officials, experts to research geothermal energy in Hokkaido national park
• Nikkei – Kobe Steel Takes Orders For Fukushima Cleanup
• NHK World – WHO reports on Fukushima health risks
• NHK World – TEPCO fails to report worker radiation levels
• NHK World – Highest radiation detected in fish at TEPCO port
• NHK World – Fukushima children sing a song of hope

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

• AP Google – Japanese disaster films highlight victims’ stories – Yuri Kageyama
• Enformable – Japan’s efforts to move past Fukushima Daiichi disaster draws criticism from experts and jeers from public – Lucas W Hixson
• Peak Oil – Nuclear Expert: “The Melted Core Cracked The Containment Vessel, There Really Is No Containment” At Fukushima Reactors – Steven Starr
• Reuters – CORRECTED-Opposition demands fair referendum on new Taiwan nuclear plant – Clare Jim
• Asahi Shimbun – Japanese disaster films highlight victims’ stories
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuke plant operators put tab on new safety standards at 1 trillion yen
• Daily Yomiuri – NRA adopts guidelines for N-disaster countermeasure
• Fukushima Diary – 200 Bq/Kg from fermented sludge fertilizer in Tochigi – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Nuclear agency updates disaster mitigation rules
• Kyodo News – Japan updates post-Fukushima crisis disaster mitigation guidelines
• NHK World – Nuclear regulators set new evacuation guidelines
• Focus Taiwan – Economic Daily News: Prevent nuclear referendum becoming nuclear storm – Sofia Wu
• Taipei Times – DPP promises all-out ‘referendum war’ – Chris Wang
• UPI – Taiwan to vote on nuclear facility

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

• Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP (14): Gap grew between Japan, U.S. in providing support – Hidefumi Nogami
• Asahi Shimbun – Ministry forced to start radioactive waste disposal site plan over – Asahi Shimbun
• Asahi Shimbun – Population drops by 72,000 in disaster-hit prefectures, delaying reconstruction
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to review candidate sites for N-waste disposal
• ENENews – Paper: Nuclear meltdown at sea “would have a far more devastating effect” than on land – Thousands of cubic miles of ocean contaminated
• ENENews – Nuclear Engineer on New Footage: Little doubt that failed fuel exists in Fukushima Unit 3 pool — “Highly radioactive” (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Diary – The purpose of nitrogen injection to reactor1 is “to confirm the impact of the radiolysis of water inside the PCV” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 9,380 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 measured from ash of a household in Fukushima city – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Video] Over 1.0 µSv/h of ambient dose in Hitachi city Ibaraki, “100km from Fukushima” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The M6.2 in Tochigi may be a volcanic earthquake, 54 aftershocks happened, 3.3 cm of diastrophism to North West – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 310 Bq/kg of Cs-134/137 still measured from sludge in tap-water plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to conduct soundness inspection of reactor2 TIP guide pipe – Iori Mochizuki
• Mainichi Daily News – School in evacuated town in Fukushima has no new first grade students – Asahi Shimbun
• NHK World – Fukushima town makes evacuee phone book
• China Post – Actual facts must be part of Nuke 4 power plant debate
• Focus Taiwan – KMT opposes lowering referendum threshold
• Focus Taiwan – Taiwan assessing economic costs without 4th Nuclear Power Plant
• Taipei Times – KMT agrees to talks on Referendum Act – Shih Hsiu-chuan and Chris Wang

Monday, February 25, 2013

• Xinhua News – 6.2-magnitude quake jolts central Japan
• Asahi Shimbun – Survey: 45% of local leaders want nuclear phaseout; 35% say reactors are needed
• Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Time to overhaul radiation safety criteria
• Daily Yomiuri – Govt to review candidate sites for N-waste disposal
• Daily Yomiuri – Hokkaido plant may spur geothermal trend – Yuki Sato
• ENENews – Scientist: “The melted core cracked the containment vessel, there really is no containment” at Fukushima reactors (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Scientist discusses Fukushima disaster during highly informative 20-minute interview (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Powerful M6.2 quake hits eastern Japan — Felt over span of 500 kilometers — 13 quakes near same spot in two hours (MAP)
• ENENews – Gundersen: We’re getting reports from Japan of deformed children, troubled pregnancies after Fukushima (AUDIO)
• Fukushima Diary – 98.8 Bq/Kg of cesium from honey produced in Tochigi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker got in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest, transfered to Iwaki Kyouritsu Hospital – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Diesel ?] Black smoke from near common spent fuel – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to restart nitrogen gas injection into reactor1 again – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – There have been 5 aftershocks after the M6.2 in North Tochigi – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – M6.2 North Tochigi “Stay warned for continuous aftershock” – Iori Mochizuki
• Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: A-bomb victim doctor warns nuclear deterrence ineffective
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Preparing for a chance occurrence
• Majirox News – Fuksuhima victims rally to support class-action suit against govt, plant operator
• Japan Daily Press – Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes eastern Japan north of Tokyo, no tsunami warning – Adam Westlake
• Japan Daily Press – Atomic divorce: Fukushima disaster survivors suffering marital discord – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Japan to rethink candidate sites for nuclear waste disposal
• JIJI Press – Japan to Review Candidate Sites for N-Waste Disposal
• NHK World – Reviewing radioactive waste disposal sites
• TEPCO – TEPCO News Update
• AFP Google – Taiwan mulls nuke plant referendum
• China Post – Taipower blasted over power ration claims – Joy Lee
• Focus Taiwan – Quick government response urged in case nuke power project halted
• Focus Taiwan – Work on nuclear plant will continue during referendum: minister
• Focus Taiwan – Nuclear plant construction must stop before referendum: DPP
• Focus Taiwan – Government to accept referendum on 4th nuclear plant – Lee Shu-hua, Lin Meng-ju, Chen Wei-ting and Y.F. Low
• Taipei Times – Activists protest nuclear power at Taipei rally – Lee I-chia and Rich Chang
• Taipei Times – Nuclear referendum receives go-ahead – Shih Hsiu-chuan
• Taiwan News – Liberty Times: Don’t stake people’s lives on nuclear power