Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - April 21 +
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workers to Fukushima plant1
19:11
ambulance?
21:24
patrol car
22:13
TEPCO seeks new ways to reduce contaminated water
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun looking for new ways to reduce the amount of contaminated water that is hampering efforts to stabilize the damaged reactors......
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 08:27 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_08.html
N.Korean official arrives in US
A senior North Korean official has arrived in the United States for his country's first bilateral meeting with the US in 19 months. The 2 countries are expected to discuss resumption of the 6-party talks on the North's nuclear program......
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 09:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_13.html
Iran readies nuclear power plant
Iran says its first nuclear power plant will start transmitting electricity in the near future......
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_12.html
UN disarmament meeting focuses on nuclear safety
The United Nations opened its 23rd Conference on Disarmament in Matsumoto city, central Japan, on Wednesday morning......
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_20.html
Workers to inspect No.3 reactor building
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it will send workers into the No.3 reactor building on Wednesday to check the condition of its piping......
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 14:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_24.html
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Yomiuri online
Hazy nuclear policy hurting exports / Govt inconsistency impacts confidence abroad in dealing with Japanese firms
Japanese companies will be heavily disadvantaged in their efforts to win orders for nuclear power plant projects overseas if the government's inconsistency on nuclear policy continues.......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110726005502.htm
Japan may lose leg up in talks on N-plant deal
Japan may lose its preferential negotiation rights as early as this month in a Turkish project to build a nuclear power plant, it has been learned.......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110726005124.htm
Japan eyes N. Korea dialogue / Govt also wants to restart abduction issue before 6-nation talks
The government will likely seek talks with North Korea before suspended six-nation talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program resume, according to sources......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110726005565.htm
Chubu Electric Power looks at huge fiscal 2011 losses
Chubu Electric Power Co. is looking at massive losses for fiscal 2011, which ends in March 2012, due to the loss of its Hamaoka nuclear power plant, sources said July 25.....
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107260396.html
Softbank buys stake in wind power company
Softbank Corp., whose entry into solar power fueled a drive for renewable energy sources, has invested 1 billion yen ($12.8 million) to become the leading shareholder in a wind power company, sources said......
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107260392.html
Power shortages expected even 5 years ahead
If all nuclear power plants remain suspended, regions served by three utilities will experience summer electricity shortages even five years ahead, according to estimates by The Asahi Shimbun.......
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107260391.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)
HK utility buys 17 pct stake in China nuke plant
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong utility CLP Holdings Ltd. said Monday it has bought a 17 percent stake in a nuclear power plant in southern China for 4.8 billion renminbi ($745 million).......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...bu069000c.html
TEPCO unit planning 'megasolar' power station in Hokkaido
KUSHIRO (Kyodo) -- A unit of Tokyo Electric Power Co. is considering building a "megasolar" power station in Shiranuka, Hokkaido Prefecture, town officials said Tuesday.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...bu070000c.html
Chubu Electric to post operating loss in fiscal 2011
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. is expected to incur an about 100 billion yen consolidated operating loss for the current business year as the shutdown of its Hamaoka nuclear power plant has led to heavier fuel costs for thermal power generation, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...bu071000c.html
Turkey warns it may buy nuclear tech from another country if Japan doesn't clarify stance
Turkey has recently warned that unless the Japanese government clarifies its position on exporting nuclear power plants, from the end of the month Turkey might open up discussions with other countries on buying nuclear plant technology......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...na025000c.html
Noodle restaurant from village evacuated over Fukushima nuke crisis gets fresh start
FUKUSHIMA -- A noodle restaurant originally from the village of Iitate -- evacuated at the end of June due to the Fukushima nuclear crisis -- has reopened for business here.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na002000c.html
Researchers confirm ground-up TV cathode-ray tubes block 99 percent of radiation
Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has confirmed that crushed cathode ray tubes (CRTs) can block 99 percent of radiation emissions......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na003000c.html
55 percent of local gov'ts in areas near nuke plants draw up own disaster-prevention plans
Fifty-five percent of local governments in areas within 10 to 30 kilometers of nuclear power plants in Japan are mapping out a set of independent safety measures, including purchasing Geiger counters and reviewing existing local disaster-prevention programs, in the aftermath of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, a Mainichi survey found......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na008000c.html
Nuclear plant workers developed cancer despite lower radiation exposure than legal limit
Of 10 nuclear power plant workers who have developed cancer and received workers' compensation in the past, nine had been exposed to less than 100 millisieverts of radiation, it has been learned......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na010000c.html
Italy invites Fukushima families to spend summer in Rome, Milan
ROME (Kyodo) -- Although it is no fun still having to live in an evacuation center over four months since the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 9-year-old Momoka Sekikawa and her younger sister Yurina said they have something to look forward to this summer vacation -- pizzas and spaghetti in Italy......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm006000c.html grazie mille
Gov't panel advises keeping lifetime radiation exposure in check
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government food safety panel recommended on Tuesday that safeguard measures be taken to ensure that cumulative radiation exposure during a person's lifetime not exceed 100 millisieverts, a benchmark beyond which the risk of cancer increases.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm007000c.html
Gov't announces contaminated beef buy-up plan
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese farm minister Michihiko Kano announced Tuesday an emergency policy of buying up beef contaminated with radiation following the recent impounding of a slew of cattle suspected of being fed cesium-tainted rice straw amid the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm010000c.html
S.T. to launch household radiation counter from Oct.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- S.T. Corp. said Tuesday it will launch a radiation counter for home use from Oct. 20 mainly in the Kanto and Tohoku regions as well as on online shopping sites......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm013000c.html
Revised bill on nuclear compensation passes lower house panel
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A modified bill to ensure the swift payment of compensation to people and industries affected by Japan's nuclear crisis passed a lower house panel Tuesday, raising the prospect that it will be approved by both chambers of the Diet next week......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm014000c.html
Kan, IAEA chief agree to continue cooperating over nuclear crisis
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan and International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano agreed Tuesday to cooperate further in containing the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm015000c.html
Tourism industry to be more widely compensated by TEPCO
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government panel will make Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, pay damages for cancellation of reservations by tourists from overseas due to the nuclear crisis, the draft of its compensation guideline showed Tuesday.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm017000c.html
Reactors not to be restarted despite 'stress tests': Niigata gov.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida said Tuesday he cannot allow three nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture to be restarted even if they pass a new safety assessment procedure introduced by the government in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm020000c.html
LDP must clear doubts over links with power firms: secretary general
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's long-ruling but now main opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party, must clear up any public misunderstandings that it makes much of electric power companies, LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara said Tuesday......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm043000c.html
Document suggests government estimated 1,600 workers exposed to radiation
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry estimated that approximately 1,600 workers partaking in efforts to rein in the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant will be exposed to over 50 millisieverts of radiation, according to a document that emerged July 26 after a citizens' group lodged a request for access to government information.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na016000c.html
Temple priest stores residents' radioactive dirt
FUKUSHIMA -- A temple priest here is storing radioactive dirt from local residents' properties on temple grounds, calling it his duty to help.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na020000c.html
Related links
Joenji Temple http://www.oharu-zizo.jp/
Fukushima Revival Project http://hananinegaiwo.jp/
IAEA to take lead role in securing safer nuclear future: Amano
NAGANO (Kyodo) -- International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said Wednesday the atomic watchdog will play a "lead role" in creating a safer nuclear future, as global use of nuclear energy will likely continue for decades despite the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm160000c.html
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Jiji press
Aeon Begins Radiation Checks on Beef
Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. <8267> said Wednesday that it has started independent radiation checks on all beef sold under its Topvalu private label.......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072700846
TEPCO to Buy LNG from Project off Australia
Sydney, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday that it has signed a deal to buy 3.1 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year for a maximum period of 20 years from a project being promoted off Australia mainly by U.S. oil major Chevron Corp......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072700907
Kyushu Electric Logs 1st April-June Operating Loss
Fukuoka, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> on Wednesday reported a group operating loss of 9,689 million yen for April-June, the first such loss for the period, hurt by rising fuel costs stemming from a delay in resuming two suspended nuclear power reactors....
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072700920
TEPCO Not to Join Project to Export N-Plant to Turkey
Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> will not join a government-backed project to export nuclear power plant technology to Turkey, a senior TEPCO official said Wednesday......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072701011
Amano Stresses IAEA's Role to Ensure Nuclear Safety
Matsumoto, Nagano Pref., July 27 (Jiji Press)--International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Yukiya Amano stressed Wednesday the U.N. agency's role in ensuring the safety of nuclear power.....
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700331
TEPCO Halts No. 4 Unit at Kashima Thermal Station
Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday it will halt the No. 4 unit of its Kashima thermal power station in Kamisu in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, due to the potential risk of further gas leaks from the unit's boiler facility......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700758
Fukushima Kindergarten Assn Seeks 8 B.-Yen from TEPCO
Fukushima, July 27 (Jiji Press)--An association of private kindergartens in Fukushima Prefecture has demanded some 8 billion yen in compensation from Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> for the nuclear crisis in the northeastern Japan prefecture......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700860
Kyushu Electric Puts Off Decision on Fate of Pres. Manabe
Fukuoka, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> postponed a decision Wednesday on the fate of its president, Toshio Manabe, who has shown his intention to step down over an e-mail scandal related to the company's attempt to restart two suspended nuclear power reactors.......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700974
Japan to Explore Possibility of Talks with N. Korea
Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to explore a possibility of have talks with North Korea as the reclusive state will hold a meeting with the United States on Thursday over the six-party talks on its nuclear program....
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072701069
Operating Rate Low for Fukushima N-Plant's Water Treatment System
Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday that the operating rate of the water decontamination system at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant stood at 58 pct in the week to Tuesday, lower than the targeted level of 70 pct for the month of July.....
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072701077
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Sankei news
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Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html
workers to Fukushima plant1
19:11
ambulance?
21:24
patrol car
22:13
TEPCO seeks new ways to reduce contaminated water
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun looking for new ways to reduce the amount of contaminated water that is hampering efforts to stabilize the damaged reactors......
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 08:27 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_08.html
N.Korean official arrives in US
A senior North Korean official has arrived in the United States for his country's first bilateral meeting with the US in 19 months. The 2 countries are expected to discuss resumption of the 6-party talks on the North's nuclear program......
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 09:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_13.html
Iran readies nuclear power plant
Iran says its first nuclear power plant will start transmitting electricity in the near future......
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_12.html
UN disarmament meeting focuses on nuclear safety
The United Nations opened its 23rd Conference on Disarmament in Matsumoto city, central Japan, on Wednesday morning......
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_20.html
Workers to inspect No.3 reactor building
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it will send workers into the No.3 reactor building on Wednesday to check the condition of its piping......
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 14:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_24.html
___________________________________________
Yomiuri online
Hazy nuclear policy hurting exports / Govt inconsistency impacts confidence abroad in dealing with Japanese firms
Japanese companies will be heavily disadvantaged in their efforts to win orders for nuclear power plant projects overseas if the government's inconsistency on nuclear policy continues.......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110726005502.htm
Japan may lose leg up in talks on N-plant deal
Japan may lose its preferential negotiation rights as early as this month in a Turkish project to build a nuclear power plant, it has been learned.......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110726005124.htm
Japan eyes N. Korea dialogue / Govt also wants to restart abduction issue before 6-nation talks
The government will likely seek talks with North Korea before suspended six-nation talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program resume, according to sources......
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110726005565.htm
Chubu Electric Power looks at huge fiscal 2011 losses
Chubu Electric Power Co. is looking at massive losses for fiscal 2011, which ends in March 2012, due to the loss of its Hamaoka nuclear power plant, sources said July 25.....
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107260396.html
Softbank buys stake in wind power company
Softbank Corp., whose entry into solar power fueled a drive for renewable energy sources, has invested 1 billion yen ($12.8 million) to become the leading shareholder in a wind power company, sources said......
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107260392.html
Power shortages expected even 5 years ahead
If all nuclear power plants remain suspended, regions served by three utilities will experience summer electricity shortages even five years ahead, according to estimates by The Asahi Shimbun.......
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107260391.html
__________________________________________
Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)
HK utility buys 17 pct stake in China nuke plant
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong utility CLP Holdings Ltd. said Monday it has bought a 17 percent stake in a nuclear power plant in southern China for 4.8 billion renminbi ($745 million).......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...bu069000c.html
TEPCO unit planning 'megasolar' power station in Hokkaido
KUSHIRO (Kyodo) -- A unit of Tokyo Electric Power Co. is considering building a "megasolar" power station in Shiranuka, Hokkaido Prefecture, town officials said Tuesday.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...bu070000c.html
Chubu Electric to post operating loss in fiscal 2011
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. is expected to incur an about 100 billion yen consolidated operating loss for the current business year as the shutdown of its Hamaoka nuclear power plant has led to heavier fuel costs for thermal power generation, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...bu071000c.html
Turkey warns it may buy nuclear tech from another country if Japan doesn't clarify stance
Turkey has recently warned that unless the Japanese government clarifies its position on exporting nuclear power plants, from the end of the month Turkey might open up discussions with other countries on buying nuclear plant technology......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/busin...na025000c.html
Noodle restaurant from village evacuated over Fukushima nuke crisis gets fresh start
FUKUSHIMA -- A noodle restaurant originally from the village of Iitate -- evacuated at the end of June due to the Fukushima nuclear crisis -- has reopened for business here.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na002000c.html
Researchers confirm ground-up TV cathode-ray tubes block 99 percent of radiation
Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has confirmed that crushed cathode ray tubes (CRTs) can block 99 percent of radiation emissions......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na003000c.html
55 percent of local gov'ts in areas near nuke plants draw up own disaster-prevention plans
Fifty-five percent of local governments in areas within 10 to 30 kilometers of nuclear power plants in Japan are mapping out a set of independent safety measures, including purchasing Geiger counters and reviewing existing local disaster-prevention programs, in the aftermath of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, a Mainichi survey found......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na008000c.html
Nuclear plant workers developed cancer despite lower radiation exposure than legal limit
Of 10 nuclear power plant workers who have developed cancer and received workers' compensation in the past, nine had been exposed to less than 100 millisieverts of radiation, it has been learned......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na010000c.html
Italy invites Fukushima families to spend summer in Rome, Milan
ROME (Kyodo) -- Although it is no fun still having to live in an evacuation center over four months since the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 9-year-old Momoka Sekikawa and her younger sister Yurina said they have something to look forward to this summer vacation -- pizzas and spaghetti in Italy......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm006000c.html grazie mille
Gov't panel advises keeping lifetime radiation exposure in check
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government food safety panel recommended on Tuesday that safeguard measures be taken to ensure that cumulative radiation exposure during a person's lifetime not exceed 100 millisieverts, a benchmark beyond which the risk of cancer increases.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm007000c.html
Gov't announces contaminated beef buy-up plan
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese farm minister Michihiko Kano announced Tuesday an emergency policy of buying up beef contaminated with radiation following the recent impounding of a slew of cattle suspected of being fed cesium-tainted rice straw amid the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm010000c.html
S.T. to launch household radiation counter from Oct.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- S.T. Corp. said Tuesday it will launch a radiation counter for home use from Oct. 20 mainly in the Kanto and Tohoku regions as well as on online shopping sites......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm013000c.html
Revised bill on nuclear compensation passes lower house panel
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A modified bill to ensure the swift payment of compensation to people and industries affected by Japan's nuclear crisis passed a lower house panel Tuesday, raising the prospect that it will be approved by both chambers of the Diet next week......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm014000c.html
Kan, IAEA chief agree to continue cooperating over nuclear crisis
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan and International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano agreed Tuesday to cooperate further in containing the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm015000c.html
Tourism industry to be more widely compensated by TEPCO
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government panel will make Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, pay damages for cancellation of reservations by tourists from overseas due to the nuclear crisis, the draft of its compensation guideline showed Tuesday.....
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm017000c.html
Reactors not to be restarted despite 'stress tests': Niigata gov.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida said Tuesday he cannot allow three nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture to be restarted even if they pass a new safety assessment procedure introduced by the government in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm020000c.html
LDP must clear doubts over links with power firms: secretary general
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's long-ruling but now main opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party, must clear up any public misunderstandings that it makes much of electric power companies, LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara said Tuesday......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm043000c.html
Document suggests government estimated 1,600 workers exposed to radiation
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry estimated that approximately 1,600 workers partaking in efforts to rein in the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant will be exposed to over 50 millisieverts of radiation, according to a document that emerged July 26 after a citizens' group lodged a request for access to government information.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na016000c.html
Temple priest stores residents' radioactive dirt
FUKUSHIMA -- A temple priest here is storing radioactive dirt from local residents' properties on temple grounds, calling it his duty to help.......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na020000c.html
Related links
Joenji Temple http://www.oharu-zizo.jp/
Fukushima Revival Project http://hananinegaiwo.jp/
IAEA to take lead role in securing safer nuclear future: Amano
NAGANO (Kyodo) -- International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said Wednesday the atomic watchdog will play a "lead role" in creating a safer nuclear future, as global use of nuclear energy will likely continue for decades despite the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm160000c.html
_____________________________________________
Jiji press
Aeon Begins Radiation Checks on Beef
Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. <8267> said Wednesday that it has started independent radiation checks on all beef sold under its Topvalu private label.......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072700846
TEPCO to Buy LNG from Project off Australia
Sydney, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday that it has signed a deal to buy 3.1 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year for a maximum period of 20 years from a project being promoted off Australia mainly by U.S. oil major Chevron Corp......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072700907
Kyushu Electric Logs 1st April-June Operating Loss
Fukuoka, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> on Wednesday reported a group operating loss of 9,689 million yen for April-June, the first such loss for the period, hurt by rising fuel costs stemming from a delay in resuming two suspended nuclear power reactors....
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072700920
TEPCO Not to Join Project to Export N-Plant to Turkey
Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> will not join a government-backed project to export nuclear power plant technology to Turkey, a senior TEPCO official said Wednesday......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072701011
Amano Stresses IAEA's Role to Ensure Nuclear Safety
Matsumoto, Nagano Pref., July 27 (Jiji Press)--International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Yukiya Amano stressed Wednesday the U.N. agency's role in ensuring the safety of nuclear power.....
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700331
TEPCO Halts No. 4 Unit at Kashima Thermal Station
Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday it will halt the No. 4 unit of its Kashima thermal power station in Kamisu in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, due to the potential risk of further gas leaks from the unit's boiler facility......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700758
Fukushima Kindergarten Assn Seeks 8 B.-Yen from TEPCO
Fukushima, July 27 (Jiji Press)--An association of private kindergartens in Fukushima Prefecture has demanded some 8 billion yen in compensation from Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> for the nuclear crisis in the northeastern Japan prefecture......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700860
Kyushu Electric Puts Off Decision on Fate of Pres. Manabe
Fukuoka, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> postponed a decision Wednesday on the fate of its president, Toshio Manabe, who has shown his intention to step down over an e-mail scandal related to the company's attempt to restart two suspended nuclear power reactors.......
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700974
Japan to Explore Possibility of Talks with N. Korea
Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to explore a possibility of have talks with North Korea as the reclusive state will hold a meeting with the United States on Thursday over the six-party talks on its nuclear program....
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072701069
Operating Rate Low for Fukushima N-Plant's Water Treatment System
Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday that the operating rate of the water decontamination system at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant stood at 58 pct in the week to Tuesday, lower than the targeted level of 70 pct for the month of July.....
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072701077
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