via CorbettReport.com / March 1, 2012 / Last year Helen Caldicott, author of such books as Nuclear Power is Not the Answer and The New Nuclear Danger, joined us to discuss the dangers of nuclear power in the immediate wake of the Fukushima disaster. No…
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[CLICK HERE to watch the full report on BoilingFrogsPost.com] by James Corbett BoilingFrogsPost.com 28 February, 2012 During the nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan’s northeast last March, the world watched i…
Continue readingvia The Corbett Report / February 28, 2012 / Paul Gunter is the Director of the Reactor Oversight Project at BeyondNuclear.org. As a long-time anti-nuclear activist, Gunter and Beyond Nuclear have been ringing the alarm bells about the GE Mark I Boilin…
Continue readingGovt releases new radiation readings / Daily Yomiuri / February 26, 2012 The government has announced the latest radiation readings from areas in the no-entry zone and the expanded evacuation zone around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant…
Continue readingvia ex-SKF / February 25, 2012 / As if irradiating the population with Fukushima-origin radionuclides is not enough, TEPCO says it will introduce smart meters to its household customers by the fall of 2013. Privacy concern about smart meters? Nah. The …
Continue readingvia Mainichi Daily / February 25, 2012 / The government is set to demand that all 17 board members of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, resign at the utility’s next shareholder meeting in June, go…
Continue readingvia Environmental Science & Technology Gregory A. Wetherbee†*, David A. Gay‡, Timothy M. Debey§, Christopher M.B. Lehmann‡, and Mark A. Nilles † U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Branch of Quality Systems, Mail Stop 401, Bldg. 95, Box 25046, …
Continue readingCruise finds Fukushima pollution / BBC News / February 22, 2012 Radioactive elements from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant have been detected in seawater and marine organisms up to 600km from Japan. But the scientists who made the discovery st…
Continue readingvia JapanToday / February 22, 2012 TOKYO — The operator of Japan’s tsunami-crippled nuclear plant is to cover a large swathe of seabed near the battered reactors with cement in a bid to halt the spread of radiation, the company said Wednesday. A cl…
Continue readingvia Fairewinds.com Arnie Gundersen at the Japan National Press Club from Fairewinds Energy Education on Vimeo. The Japan National Press Club hosts Arnie Gundersen. Over 80 journalists were present where questions were asked regarding the nuclear disast…
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Continue readingProblems shut down Fukushima Unit 2 noble gas detection system and spent fuel cooling systems / Enformable.com / February 20, 2012 TEPCO began constant monitoring of noble gas in the PCV of Reactor 2 on February 19th, as they were decreasing the amou…
Continue readingReturn to Fukushima: Japan’s ground zero / Belfast Telegraph / February 21, 2012 / The journey to Fukushima Daiichi begins at the border of the 12-mile exclusion zone that surrounds the ruined nuclear complex, beyond which life has frozen in time…
Continue readingvia ex-SKF / February 20, 2012 / Minister of the Environment Goshi Hosono, who was better known for his extramarital affair with a popular actress before Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant blew up, tells the citizens of Japan on an NHK interview: “I…
Continue readingby Justin McCurry / The Guardian / February 20, 2012 / The manager of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan has conceded that it will be very difficult to remove the facility’s melted nuclear fuel, but dismissed fears that one of the damaged…
Continue readingFukui reactor to go offline Tues, leaving only 2 online in Japan / Japan Today / February 20, 2012 FUKUI — Kansai Electric Power Co will shut down the No. 3 reactor at the Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture for scheduled maintenance at midnig…
Continue readingby Laura Kenyon / Greenpeace International / February 19, 2012 / Nearly a year after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, it’s time to take a look at its legacy and take an opportunity to stand in solidarity with the people who continue to suffer th…
Continue readingby Kevin Voigt / CNN / February 20, 2012 / Japan — battered by a strong yen, slowing global demand and increased oil and gas imports due to last year’s Fukushima nuclear disaster — posted a record trade deficit of $18.7 billion in Jan…
Continue readingDaughter of deceased priest leads reconstruction prayers at makeshift shrine in Fukushima / Mainichi Daily / February 20, 2012 / NAMIE, Fukushima — The daughter of a priest here who was killed in the huge tsunami triggered by the March 11 Great E…
Continue readingDaughter of deceased priest leads reconstruction prayers at makeshift shrine in Fukushima / Mainichi Daily / February 20, 2012 / NAMIE, Fukushima — The daughter of a priest here who was killed in the huge tsunami triggered by the March 11 Great E…
Continue readingvia DailyMotion / February 15, 2012 / Japanese Gov’t Appointed 9 College Beauty Queens… ??? sievert311 MORE ON THIS STORY: Fukushima Ambassadors to “Eat and Support East Japan”
Continue readingby Brennan David / Columbia Daily Tribune / February 18, 2012 / A Columbia-based coalition has joined 36 groups across the county in a petition that would expand emergency evacuation zones around nuclear reactors. The formal request to the Nuclear Regu…
Continue readingby Caroline Lucas, Rebecca Harms, and Dany Cohn-Bendit / The Guardian / February 17, 2012 / Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit are co-presidents of the Greens/EFA group in the European parliament On 11 March last year, Japan was hit by massive earthqu…
Continue readingby Linda Sieg and Yoko Kubota / via Reuters / February 17, 2012 / Nearly a year after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, then-premier Naoto Kan is haunted by the specter of an even bigger crisis forcing tens of millions of people to flee Tokyo a…
Continue readingby Yoko Kubota / via Reuters / February 17, 2012 Nearly a year after a huge quake and tsunami sparked Japan’s Fukushima nuclear crisis, then-premier Naoto Kan is haunted by the specter of an even bigger disaster forcing tens of millions of people…
Continue readingOnly 10 prefectural governments willing to accept quake rubble / Mainichi Daily / February 17, 2012 Only 10 prefectural governments are actively considering accepting rubble from earthquake- and tsunami-ravaged areas of northeastern Honshu, while 26 ot…
Continue readingvia whoi.edu / February 16, 2012 / The March 11, 2011, earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent radioactivity releases from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plants resulted in the largest accidental release of radiation to the ocean in history. In a spe…
Continue readingLatest occured 2 hours ago centered 15km from plant at depth of 10km via ENEnews.com / February 17, 2012 / Title: Earthquake Information Source: Japan Meteorological Agency Date: Feb 17, 2012 04:29 JST 17 Feb 2012 Fukushima-ken Oki M2.9 1 02:42 JST 17 …
Continue readingvia ENEnews.com / February 15, 2012 / Follow-up to Radiation spikes throughout Greater Tokyo Area on Feb. 14 — One of highest seen in months (Gov’t Data) Title: National radioactivity concentration Source: atmc.jp Date: Feb. 15, 2012 Graphe…
Continue readingvia Reuters / February 16, 2012 / A state bailout fund for Tokyo Electric is likely to agree to less than 50 percent voting rights despite its planned 1 trillion yen ($12.8 billion) capital injection but will seek more if the troubled utility does not …
Continue readingSeiichi Nakate on March 11 Nuclear Accident: “We Weren’t Told About Anything, and Cover-Up and Safety Propaganda Engulfed Fukushima” / via ex-SKF / February 15, 2012 / Mr. Nakate is the head of “Fukushima Network to Protect Chil…
Continue readingby James Burgess / via HuffingtonPost.com / February 14, 2012 / As the radioactive clean-up following the disaster at Fukushima gets under way, the close relationship between the nuclear industry and the Japanese government becomes more obvious. I say …
Continue readingby Takeo Miyazaki and Kunihiko Yasue / Daily Yomiuri / February 15, 2012 / A fierce tug-of-war between the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. over the utility’s management is becoming more apparent as the government seeks a level of control …
Continue readingby Arnie Gundersen / Fairewinds.com / Feb 6, 2012 / New Containment Flaw Identified in the BWR Mark 1 from Fairewinds Energy Education on Vimeo. Fairewinds shows that the nuclear industry’s plan to vent the containment at Fukushima Daiichi could …
Continue readingTaro Nishijima / Daily Yomiuri / February 14, 2012 / LOS ANGELES–The impending arrival of debris swept into the Pacific after the tsunami following the Great East Japan Earthquake has many residents of the West Coast of the United States and Hawa…
Continue readingChris Meyers / Reuters / February 13, 2012 / OKUMA, Japan, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Back home for just three hours, a tearful Miyoko Takeda sorted through her belongings. She left behind the kimonos she once wore as a traditional dancer, fearful they m…
Continue readingNew Fukushima scare blamed on faulty thermometer / Reuters / February 13, 2012 / (Reuters) – A scare over temperatures rising near danger level in a reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where workers are battling to prevent a resurgence of…
Continue readingvia SimplyInfo.org / January 27, 2012 / Japan is now down to 3 operating nuclear reactors. With an estimated 30% of their electricity coming from nuclear power there were considerable concerns about meeting the power demand. Last summer Japan institute…
Continue readingvia nf2045.blogspot.com / February 1, 2012 / A couple weeks ago I was interviewed on Corbett Report Radio by independent radio journalist James Corbett (see also his blog Fukushima Update). After the interview, I thought of dozens of ways I could have …
Continue readingvia BeyondNuclear.org / On Friday, January 27th, the tent occupation in front of METI in Tokyo faces eviction by order of minister Yukio Edano. The eviction order follows a controversial public meeting where government officials met with nuclear indust…
Continue readingby James Corbett / FukushimaUpdate.com / January 26, 2012 / Hot on the heels of news that the Japanese government somehow lost its records of its early meetings on the Fukushima disaster comes a leak of a document we previously reported on that outline…
Continue readingvia GoddardsJournal: Sources cited: DOE: “Supporting Our Nation’s Nuclear Industry” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LkHYerK8y8 DOE low-dose study: http://lowdose.energy.gov/pdf/2011/PNAS.pdf DOE low-dose study press release http://new…
Continue readingvia Japan Times / January 23, 2012 / The health ministry is not calculating how much radiation workers at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant absorbed after they evacuated or while off the clock, casting doubt on the adequacy of the current radiation contr…
Continue readingby James Corbett / fukushimaupdate.com / January 21, 2012 / So what is happening at Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 2? Good question. Last Thursday, TEPCO ran an industrial endoscope into the reactor and found some surprising results. Following is video from…
Continue readingListen: Play in new window | Download Joining us tonight from Japan is Dennis Riches of the Nuclear Free by 2045 blog. We discuss the Fukushima crisis, its historical parallels and the largest nuclear accident on US soil: a meltdown at the Santa S…
Continue readingby Nelle Maxey / Pacific Free Press / January 15, 2012 / Two more problems (aside from the Unit #4 mystery which I update below) have surfaced in the last week at the Fukushima plant site. First, a temperature sensor in Unit 2 is recording increasing…
Continue readingTEPCO Believes Mission Accomplished & Regulators Allow Radioactive Dumping in Tokyo Bay from Fairewinds Energy Education on Vimeo. Is the Japanese government and the IAEA protecting the nuclear industry and not the people of Japan by claiming that …
Continue readingby Josh Bloom / Forbes / January 11, 2012 / Josh Bloom is a scholar at the American Council On Science and Health. Here, he writes about a new study on Fukushima’s impact on the U.S. I’ve seen some bad studies in my day, and also some irresponsible…
Continue readingvia Bloomberg / January 11, 2012 / Tokyo Electric Power Co. is in talks with banks to borrow as much as 2 trillion yen ($26 billion) to help stave off bankruptcy as it compensates survivors of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and decommissions reactors, …
Continue readingBy David McNeill / Japan Times / January 8, 2012 Is the ongoing crisis surrounding the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant being accurately reported in the Japanese media? No, says independent journalist Shigeo Abe, who claims the authorities, and many…
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