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BREAKING: Some Fukushima workers may have been illegally recruited

Posted on July 25, 2012 by CorbettJuly 25, 2012

via The Asahi Shimbun / July 25, 2012 / Subcontracted staff at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are working for as little as 30 percent of the daily rates paid by Tokyo Electric Power Co. on short-term, sometimes illegal contracts. Nine out of t…

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Posted in cover-up, Featured, Fukushima, fukushima workers, News, nuclear industry, TEPCO

Nuclear Power on Collision Course With Japanese Public

Posted on July 25, 2012 by CorbettJuly 25, 2012

by Tina Gerhardt / The Indypendant / July 25, 2012 / On March 11, 2011, Japan was hit by a massive earthquake–measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale –and a tsunami with waves up to 65 feet high, leading to a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiich…

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Posted in alternative energy, Editorials, Fukushima, nuclear industry, protest

Ohi No.4 reactor running at full capacity

Posted on July 25, 2012 by CorbettJuly 25, 2012

via NHK / July 24, 2012 / The second reactor to resume operation in Japan after the nuclear accident in Fukushima is now generating power at full capacity. Officials raised the output of the No.4 reactor at the Ohi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, ce…

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Posted in Featured, Fukushima, News, nuclear industry

Fuel imports put trade deficit near ¥3 trillion

Posted on July 25, 2012 by CorbettJuly 25, 2012

via The Japan Times / July 26, 2012 / The trade deficit grew to a record ¥2.915 trillion from January to June as rising energy imports more than offset a recovery in exports, the government said Wednesday. The sluggish outcome highlights the difficult…

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Panel: Fukushima crisis worsened by “myth” of nuclear safety

Posted on July 24, 2012 by CorbettJuly 24, 2012

by Rick Wallace / The Australian / July 24, 2012 / THE misguided and arrogant faith that TEPCO and nuclear regulators held in Japan’s nuclear safety “myth” contributed to the severity of the Fukushima disaster, a panel has found. &#82…

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Posted in Featured, Fukushima, jgov, News, nuclear industry, report, TEPCO

Chugoku Electric planned to have worker testify at public hearing on nuclear power

Posted on July 21, 2012 by CorbettJuly 21, 2012

via Mainichi Daily / July 21, 2012 / Chugoku Electric Power Co. intended to dispatch an employee to a government-led public hearing here on energy policy to express the firm’s view on nuclear power, an internal document obtained by the Mainichi S…

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Tepco Seeking Swift Deal to Hike Power Rates

Posted on July 14, 2012 by CorbettJuly 14, 2012

via Japan Times / July 15, 2012 / Tepco Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe has urged the government to quickly complete the screening process for its planned electricity rate hike for households to strengthen the company’s battered finances. Shimokobe s…

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Posted in Fukushima, jgov, News, nuclear industry, TEPCO

Japan Considering Deregulation to Spur Energy Industry Competition

Posted on July 14, 2012 by CorbettJuly 14, 2012

via Japan Today / July 15, 2012 / Japan should overhaul its power sector, dominated by regional monopolies, to promote competition and a stable power supply, according to a draft proposal issued by a panel of experts set up after the Fukushima nuclear …

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Made in Japan? Fukushima Crisis Is Nuclear, Not Cultural

Posted on July 14, 2012 by CorbettJuly 14, 2012

by Gregg Levine / via truthout / July 14, 2012 / Since the release of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Committee’s official report last week, much has been made of how it implicates Japanese culture as one of the root causes of the crisis. …

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Posted in Editorials, Fukushima, nuclear industry, nuclear regulators, report

WSJ: Energy Industry Jobs Under Threat From Reactor Shutdowns

Posted on July 14, 2012 by CorbettJuly 14, 2012

via WSJ / July 13, 2012 / Japan may have fired up its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima Daiichi accident, but the debate over the restarts rumbles on. While safety issues and potential power shortages have dominated the debate so far, another l…

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Posted in Featured, Fukushima, fukushima workers, News, nuclear industry

Beyond Fukushima – When will we learn? Paul Gunter & Kevin Kamps (Video)

Posted on July 10, 2012 by CorbettJuly 10, 2012

via RT / July 9, 2012 / On the afternoon of March 11th, 2011 – a massive 9.0 earthquake struck just off the main island of Japan – rattling the nation to its core. Nestled on the east coast of Japan – not too far from the epicenter of…

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Posted in environmental effects, Fukushima, health effects, jgov, nuclear industry, TEPCO, video

Ohi Reactor 3 Reaches Full Capacity

Posted on July 8, 2012 by CorbettJuly 8, 2012

via NHK / July 8, 2012 / A nuclear reactor in central Japan has achieved its full operating capacity. The nuclear reactor was restarted on July first after being shut down for maintenance that lasted 15 months. The output of the electric generator at t…

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Tepco unlikely to raise rates before September

Posted on July 7, 2012 by CorbettJuly 7, 2012

via Japan Times / July 8, 2012 / Tepco probably won’t be able to raise household electricity bills until Sept. 1 due to prolonged talks over the size of the hike within the government, sources said Saturday. Tokyo Electric Power Co. initially hop…

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Fukushima and the Future of Nuclear (Video)

Posted on July 6, 2012 by CorbettJuly 6, 2012

via CorbettReport.com / July 6, 2012 / With the nuclear tragedy in Japan comes an otherwise unthinkable opportunity: the chance to contemplate the replacement of nuclear energy with safer alternatives. Join us on tonight’s broadcast as we listen in o…

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Gundersen: Fukushima is Not Just a Japanese Problem

Posted on July 6, 2012 by CorbettJuly 6, 2012

via DemocracyNow / July 6, 2012 / A Japanese parliamentary inquiry has concluded last year’s nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was “a profoundly man-made disaster — that could and should have been foreseen and …

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Posted in arnie gundersen, Fukushima, nuclear industry, nuclear regulators, report, video

Japan’s energy policy in flux as nuclear restart begins

Posted on July 4, 2012 by CorbettJuly 4, 2012

via Reuters / July 4, 2012 Buffeted by industry worries about high electricity costs on one side and public safety fears about nuclear power on the other, Japan’s leaders are still struggling to craft a coherent energy policy more than a year aft…

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The Fallout of Fukushima – James Corbett on Danish TV

Posted on July 3, 2012 by CorbettJuly 3, 2012

James Corbett joins Danish TV program Deadline 22:30 to talk about Fukushima and what has occurred in the wake of the nuclear accident. Access the Deadline 22:30 website here: http://www.dr.dk/dr2/deadline2230

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Japan restarts first reactor since Fukushima crisis

Posted on July 1, 2012 by CorbettJuly 1, 2012

via MSNBC / July 1, 2012 / Dozens of protesters shouted and danced at the gate of a nuclear power plant as it restarted Sunday, the first to go back online since Japan shut down all of its reactors for safety checks following the Fukushima nuclear disa…

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Top Executive: Canada’s nuclear industry needs to fight Fukushima fear

Posted on February 23, 2012 by CorbettFebruary 23, 2012

by Ian Macleod / The Ottawa Citizen / February 23, 2012 / OTTAWA — With the approaching anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster as a backdrop, Ontario’s top energy executive is urging Canada’s nuclear industry not to retreat in the face of …

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Fukushima Update – Day 349

Posted on February 23, 2012 by CorbettFebruary 23, 2012

Cruise 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…

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Posted in Featured, Fukushima, fukushima update, News, nuclear industry, ocean contamination, reactor 2

Fukushima Update – Day 347

Posted on February 21, 2012 by CorbettFebruary 21, 2012

Gov’t emergency headquarters refused to conduct additional thyroid testing on children / Mainichi Daily / February 21, 2012 / The government’s Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters did not fulfill requests from the Cabinet’s Nuclear…

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Posted in Fukushima, fukushima update, health effects, News, nuclear industry, radiation testing

Fukushima Update – Day 346

Posted on February 20, 2012 by CorbettFebruary 20, 2012

Fukui 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…

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Posted in Featured, Fukushima, fukushima update, News, nuclear industry, radiation readings

Japan posts record trade deficit in wake of Fukushima

Posted on February 20, 2012 by CorbettFebruary 20, 2012

by 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…

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Posted in economy, Featured, Fukushima, News, nuclear industry

Japan Realizes They Don’t Need Nuclear Power

Posted on February 1, 2012 by CorbettFebruary 1, 2012

via 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…

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Nuclear Energy Giant Caught Hacking Into Opposition’s Computers – 1.5 million Euro fine

Posted on November 10, 2011 by CorbettNovember 10, 2011

via YouTube: EDF fined €1.5m for spying on Greenpeace / The Guardian / November 10, 2011 France’s state energy firm EDF has been fined €1.5m by a Paris court for spying on Greenpeace. Its head of nuclear production security in 2006, Pascal Du…

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Posted in Featured, Fukushima, greenpeace, News, nuclear industry

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