Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - April 21 - August 6, 2011

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earthquake M3.9
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temporary return home?

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ambulance

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car of Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring Center of Fukushima "AOZORA"
AOZORA is "blue sky" at Japanese

15:28　aozora? its radioactivity sky

air leaks from exhaust duct of unit4 after earthquake M6.5

repair

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TEPCO to test run cooling system for No.4 reactor

The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is set to test run a system to cool a spent fuel storage pool at the No.4 reactor as early as Sunday......

Sunday, July 31, 2011 05:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/31_03.html

Some 100 lawyers to mediate nuclear disputes

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations will assign around 100 lawyers to mediate settlements at proposed state entities dealing with compensation disputes related to the Fukushima nuclear accident........

Sunday, July 31, 2011 05:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/31_05.html

Tepco test-runs No.4 reactor cooling device

The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has begun a test-run of a device to cool a spent fuel storage pool where water temperature remains high.....

Sunday, July 31, 2011 12:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/31_14.html

Full operation of cooling device begins

The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has begun full operation of a device to cool a spent fuel storage pool......

Sunday, July 31, 2011 22:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/31_22.html

Kan criticizes nuke watchdog for manipulation

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has criticized Japan's nuclear regulator for trying to manipulate public opinion on nuclear power......

Sunday, July 31, 2011 22:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/31_24.html
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Yomiuri online

Time to split watchdog from N-proponent

Can the organization that promotes nuclear power also serve effectively as that industry's watchdog?.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110730003145.htm

Nuclear safety agency's reputation on rocks / Industry regulator faces credibility crisis after cozy ties with electric utility firms exposed

Revelations of attempts to misrepresent public opinion raise fundamental questions about the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency's reason for existing.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110730003241.htm

Government faces reality of limited power supply

The government has been forced to face the reality that the nation will experience a prolonged power shortage from winter onward if it cannot draw on nuclear power.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110730003257.htm

Local govts demand burglary compensation

Prefectural and municipal governments in Fukushima Prefecture are demanding compensation for victims of burglaries committed in the no-entry zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110730003024.htm

Govt drafts path to less reliance on nuclear energy

A government panel has decided on a draft policy guideline aimed at giving direction to the process of reducing the nation's dependence on nuclear power.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110730003239.htm

Shikoku utility also urged to sway N-meet

Shikoku Electric Power Co. has become the second utility to admit it was asked by the government's nuclear safety agency to sway opinion at public meetings on "pluthermal" nuclear power generation, a revelation that raises further questions about the watchdog's impartiality.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110730003294.htm
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Asahi com

TEPCO: Demand for energy less than expected

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the threat of power shortages following the March 11 earthquake is being successfully managed and warned the public not to risk their health in efforts to save energy.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107300247.html

Nuclear disaster evacuee helps shine light on solar power

Living near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Hisayuki Sakagami might have once been seen as a bit odd, generating his family's electricity through solar power and small windmills. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107300235.html

Talks between U.S., North Korea end

NEW YORK-- The United States said July 29 it will consult with South Korea and other countries involved in formal talks to end North Korea's nuclear arms program after wrapping up two days of exploratory discussions with diplomats from the North...

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107300237.html

Cabinet recommends cutting nuclear reactors

The Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan presented on July 29 an interim report on new energy policies. The basic thrust of the policies is that Japan will "decrease its number of nuclear reactors." ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107300234.html

Kan promises thorough investigation of NISA scandal

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said allegations that Japan's nuclear watchdog had asked electric power companies to manipulate government-sponsored symposiums on nuclear power generation could, if proved, threaten its existence.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107300231.html

Nuclear regulator asked utility to push nuclear power in public forum

In 2006, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency asked a utility to manipulate public opinion in favor of nuclear power at a public forum, a fresh example of collusion between the nuclear watchdog and electric power companies....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107300230.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Hundreds more cattle found shipped after being fed tainted straw

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Hundreds of more beef cattle were confirmed Saturday to have been shipped after being fed rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium, with 290 from Fukushima Prefecture and 103 from Miyagi Prefecture, local officials said......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/31/20110731p2g00m0dm068000c.html

Saga Gov. made comments taken to urge Kyushu Electric into scandal

SAGA (Kyodo) -- The governor of Saga Prefecture, where Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant is located, admitted Saturday that he made comments that seem to have urged the utility to fake public support -- during a government-sponsored TV program -- for restarting reactors.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/31/20110731p2g00m0dm070000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan Antinuclear Group Launch Campaign in Fukushima

Fukushima, July 31 (Jiji Press)--A major Japanese antinuclear and peace movement organization started an annual campaign on Sunday in Fukushima, the capital city of the northeastern prefecture that hosts the stricken power plant at the center of the nuclear crisis.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011073100250
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Sankei news

"planned evacuation zone"

 

[makoto]

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evaporation‐enrichment system Toshiba

evaporation‐enrichment system Areva

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west side of Unit 3

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Cesium leveling out at the Fukushima reactor No.3

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says that the level of radioactive cesium in seawater around the Number 3 reactor has shown no signs of increasing.....

Monday, August 01, 2011 05:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_01.html

TEPCO installs new decontamination unit

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, installed new decontamination equipment at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Sunday.......

Monday, August 01, 2011 05:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_02.html

Chiba, Tochigi to test rice for cesium traces

The Chiba and Tochigi prefectural governments say they will test the rice harvested in their prefectures for radiation......

Monday, August 01, 2011 10:06 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_12.html

N.Korea: Uranium enrichment is for electricity

North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator maintains that the country's uranium enrichment program is for a peaceful purpose......

Monday, August 01, 2011 11:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_14.html

N. Korea, US agree to continue talks, says North

North Korea has expressed readiness to continue dialogue with the United States 3 days after senior officials wrapped up talks on the North's nuclear programs in New York........

Monday, August 01, 2011 17:14 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_24.html

Govt bans beef cattle shipments from Iwate

Japan's government has ordered Iwate Prefecture to suspend shipments of all beef cattle, after radiation levels above government standards were detected in some beef from the region.......

Monday, August 01, 2011 18:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_26.html

Govt to check rice for radiation

Japan's government is to ask rice-producing regions to check their crops for radiation before and after harvest.....

Monday, August 01, 2011 19:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_30.html

Panasonic testing eco-friendly homes in Singapore

.....Panasonic President Fumio Otsubo says the March 11th disaster and ongoing nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture signal that the use of power has its limits.....

Monday, August 01, 2011 19:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_31.html

Highly radioactive water flows into another place

Highly radioactive water has been found in the basement of a building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant near the storage facility for contaminated water......

Monday, August 01, 2011 21:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_32.html
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Yomiuri online

Government reluctant to obtain N-waste sites

The national government remains reluctant to acquire land on which to build facilities for final disposal of radioactive sludge produced from the ongoing nuclear crisis......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110731002898.htm

Radioactive waste worries local governments / Officials seek guidance from central authorities on how to permanently dispose of sludge, ash

Many local governments are troubled over how to handle waste containing radioactive cesium, including sludge discharged from water and sewage treatment plants, and ash.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110731002780.htm

Utility's e-mails 'up pressure' / Kyushu Electric attaches file urging support for reactor restart

Kyushu Electric Power Co. attached to e-mails a file in which Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa is quoted as calling on more people to press for the restart of nuclear reactors, it has been learned......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110731002913.htm

Livestock farmers in despair

OSAKI, Miyagi--Livestock farmers in Miyagi Prefecture are deeply concerned about the government's total suspension of beef cattle shipments from the prefecture after some local beef was found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium above permissible levels......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110731002904.htm

Saga gov. may have sparked e-mail scandal

Remarks by Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa about the business community's acceptance of resuming operations at a nuclear power plant may have resulted in a number of Kyushu Electric Power Co. employees sending e-mails in support of the idea to a public forum in June, according to a third-party panel on the matter......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110731002903.htm
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Kan repeats pledge to reduce reliance on nuclear power

CHINO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Sunday repeated his pledge to lower Japan's dependence on nuclear power as a national policy, standing firm on his push for the country's exit from nuclear power generation.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/01/20110801p2g00m0dm002000c.html

Fukushima residents join antinuclear group's summer campaign

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Fukushima residents joined the chorus calling for the elimination of nuclear power as one of Japan's leading antinuclear groups on Sunday kicked off its nationwide summer campaign in the city of Fukushima, located around 50 kilometers from the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi power plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/01/20110801p2g00m0dm007000c.html

Power industry unions donate over 100 mil. yen to DPJ

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The ruling Democratic Party of Japan received over 100 million yen in donations in the three years through 2009 from political groups formed by workers' unions of electric power companies, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/01/20110801p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Saga gov. admits suggesting e-mails supportive of restarting reactor

SAGA (Kyodo) -- Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa admitted Monday that he suggested to Kyushu Electric Power Co. executives soliciting e-mails during a government-sponsored TV program to express public support for restarting reactors at its Genkai nuclear power plant....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/01/20110801p2g00m0dm082000c.html

Kan raps nuclear agency, compares its negligence to HIV-tainted blood case

CHINO, Nagano -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan bitterly criticized the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) on July 31 for trying to manipulate public opinion in favor of nuclear energy at the expense of nuclear safety, comparing NISA's campaign to the Health and Welfare Ministry's coverup of HIV-tainted blood in the 1980s.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/01/20110801p2a00m0na008000c.html

Nuclear redress law vague about responsibility for Fukushima crisis

The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has drawn up a plan to revise the existing law on nuclear damage compensation following the outbreak of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, according to sources with knowledge of the draft bill......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/01/20110801p2a00m0na019000c.html

U.S. pressing for deal with other countries to build nuclear fuel repository in Mongolia

Momentum has been quickly building behind the scenes for an ambitious and controversial project led by the United States and Japan to build a nuclear fuel repository in Mongolia as Washington is trying to secure a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with other countries concerned by the end of this year......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/01/20110801p2a00m0na022000c.html
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Jiji press

Panasonic to Join Power-Saving Project in Singapore

Osaka, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--Panasonic Corp. <6752> said Monday that it has agreed with the Singaporean government to launch a joint two-year experimental power-saving project in public apartment buildings in the Southeast Asian country.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011080100605

Mie Pref. to Conduct Cesium Checks on All Beef

Tsu, Mie Pref., Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--Mie Prefecture said Monday it will begin to check all beef processed in the central Japan prefecture for possible contamination with radioactive cesium as soon as possible......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080100274

Spent Fuel Pool Cooling System Starts at Fukushima No. 4 Reactor

Fukushima, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--A substitute system to cool spent nuclear fuel has started at the No. 4 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080100298

2 Eastern Japan Prefectures to Check Rice for Radiation

Chiba/Utsunomiya, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--Chiba and Tochigi Prefectures plan to conduct radiation checks on rice grown in the eastern Japan prefectures following the spread of radioactive substances from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it was learned Monday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080100392

Major Japan Cattle Farm Operator on Brink of Bankruptcy

Tokyo, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--Agura Bokujo, a major Japanese operator of cattle farms with a unique business model, is on the verge of bankruptcy following the discovery of beef tainted with radioactive cesium spewed from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it was learned Monday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080100711

Japan's Iwate Pref. Instructed to Halt Cow Shipments

Tokyo, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's nuclear disaster task force instructed Iwate Governor Takuya Tasso on Monday to suspend shipments of all beef cattle raised in the northeastern Japan prefecture following the discovery of cows tainted with excessive radioactive cesium.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080100784

Hokkaido Residents Seek Injunction against N-Reactor Restart

Sapporo, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--Residents of Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking a court injunction to block the restart of a local nuclear reactor.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080100824

Japan to Ask Local Govts to Test Rice for Radiation

Tokyo, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry plans to ask local governments near the stricken nuclear power plant to conduct radiation checks on rice, sources familiar with the matter said Monday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080100899

TEPCO Detects Highest Level of Radiation from Fukushima No. 1 Plant

Fukushima, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Monday it has detected the highest level of radiation from a facility of the Fukushima No. 1 power plant since the nuclear crisis began in March......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080100917
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Sankei news

mega solar plant starts at October
Nishi ward, Sakai city, Osaka

 

[Emily]

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - April 21 +

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Will be following this news closely.

TEPCO Detects Highest Level of Radiation from Fukushima No. 1 Plant

Fukushima, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Monday it has detected the highest level of radiation from a facility of the Fukushima No. 1 power plant since the nuclear crisis began in March......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080100917

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - April 21 +

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - April 21 +

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heavy vehicle

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over 10Sv/h
10Sv/h on the surface of an exhaust stack between the No. 1 and No. 2 reactor buildings
workers were exposed to radiation by radiation measurements, 4mSv

gamma camera imaging
over 10Sv/h

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Highest radioactivity level detected at nuke plant

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it has detected 10,000 millisieverts of radioactivity per hour at the plant. The level is the highest detected there since the nuclear accident in March......

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 06:33 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_39.html

No-entry decontamination to start next month

Japan's minister in charge of the nuclear crisis says full-scale decontamination measures will begin next month for the 20-kilometer evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant......

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 06:33 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_05.html

Nuclear agency's meddling revealed again

Another case of questionable conduct by Japan's nuclear regulator has come to light. A former official of the nuclear safety agency has admitted asking a regional utility to mobilize its people for a government symposium on nuclear power 5 years ago........

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 09:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_08.html

UN chief hopes US-N.Korea dialogue to continue

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has urged the US and North Korea to continue direct talks aimed at resuming six-party negotiations on the North's nuclear program.....

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:40 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_12.html

TEPCO to check plant radiation levels carefully

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex is searching for radioactive hotspots after finding record high radiation near an exhaust pipe at the plant......

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 12:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_14.html

Hiroshima mayor to call for energy review

Hiroshima's mayor will call on the Japanese government to review its energy policy in an annual peace declaration on August 6th, the day the city was hit by a US atomic bomb in 1945......

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 14:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_18.html

Ban Ki Moon to ask for sending GSDF to Sudan PKO

......Ban told Japanese reporters on Monday that he plans to visit Fukushima and meet evacuees to let them know that the United Nations is with them......

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 14:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_19.html

Govt sets new criteria for contaminated fertilizer

Japan's government has laid down a new set of criteria for the use of fertilizers that may be contaminated with radioactive cesium......

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 17:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_22.html

Govt bans shipments of Tochigi beef cattle

Japan's government has ordered Tochigi Prefecture to suspend its shipments of beef cattle due to fears of radioactive contamination.......

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 18:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_24.html

Govt to conduct comprehensive radiation monitoring

Japan's government has decided to start comprehensive radiation monitoring this year by coordinating organizations that have been checking radiation levels since the Fukushima nuclear accident in March.....

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 19:33 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_27.html

High radioactivity level at reactor building

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it has detected the highest confirmed indoor level of radioactivity at the facility since the March accident.....

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 20:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_32.html

Shizuoka begins checking rice for radiation

Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, has begun checking locally grown rice for radiation to prove its safety.....

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 20:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_33.html
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Yomiuri online

Fukushima: More 'tainted cows' shipped

Another 290 beef cattle raised in Fukushima Prefecture have been shipped inside the prefecture as well as to Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures after being fed what is believed to be cesium-tainted rice straw harvested in Miyagi Prefecture.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110801005591.htm
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Asahi com
note: anti-nuclear, extreme left

BIZ BRIEF: Panasonic, Singapore to test energy solutions in eco town

Panasonic Corp. announced Aug. 1 that it has reached an agreement with the government of Singapore to collaborate on the development and testing of energy solutions at Punggol Eco-Town over the next two years....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108010196.html

Lacoste crocodile still moving forward in Tohoku

The small town of Furudono is best known for its 400-year-old cherry blossom tree and its pleasant setting in forested mountains in southern Fukushima Prefecture.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108010201.html

Risk-aversion measures spreading after March 11 quake

The devastation of the March 11 earthquake has prompted local governments and businesses to scramble for measures and proposals to mitigate future damage in this natural disaster-prone country.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108010200.html

North Korea won't halt uranium enrichment program

NEW YORK--In meetings with the United States, North Korea rejected a demand for an immediate halt to its uranium enrichment program and four other conditions set by Tokyo, Seoul and Washington for resuming the six-party talks, diplomatic sources said.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108010189.html

Panel: Saga governor triggered nuclear power e-mail scandal

Saga Governor Yasushi Furukawa admitted on July 30 that he had told senior officials of Kyushu Electric Power Co. that opinions backing the restart of the utility's reactors needed to be raised in a public hearing......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108010181.html

Foreign ministry simulated nuke plant disaster in 1984

The Foreign Ministry had simulated a possible attack on nuclear plants in 1984 that included a scenario in which all power sources were lost--as occurred at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant--but chose to keep the results confidential, The Asahi Shimbun learned......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108010186.html

Panel: Fukushima accident shows dangers posed by reactors

HIROSHIMA--The crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has exposed the fact that a nuclear power plant can be as dangerous as a nuclear weapon, experts told a symposium here over the weekend......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108010180.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Turkey yet to decide whether to resume nuclear plant talks with Japan

TOKYO/CAIRO (Kyodo) -- Turkey has yet to decide on whether to resume discussions with Japan on importing Japanese nuclear power generation technologies, which have been suspended since the nuclear crisis triggered at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, a source at the Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Ministry said Monday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0bu041000c.html

TEPCO eyes boosting personnel in charge of nuke damage compensation

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is considering increasing the number of its employees in charge of compensation to people affected by the nuclear crisis by fivefold to about 5,000 by around September, company officials said Monday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Russia sends 61 products back to Japan over radiation fears

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Kyodo) -- Low-level radiation was detected in 235 Japanese products that arrived at Russian ports and 61 of them were sent back to Japan between April and late July, a Russian customs official said in a written response to questions from Kyodo News.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0dm005000c.html

Japan plans 2-phase radiation tests on rice

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The farm ministry plans to conduct two-phase radiation tests on rice after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and resulted in radiation leaks, ministry officials said Monday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Gov't bans all shipments of beef cattle from Iwate Pref.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Monday ordered the suspension of all shipments of beef cattle from Iwate Prefecture after a number of cattle raised there were found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0dm007000c.html

Decontamination of no-go zone around Fukushima plant to start in Sept.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will begin decontaminating areas located inside the no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in September, Goshi Hosono, minister in charge of the nuclear crisis, said Monday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0dm010000c.html

TEPCO to start work by year-end to block radiation water leak to sea

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday it will start building by the year-end an 800-meter-long shield between the Nos. 1-4 nuclear reactors at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant and the coastal line to prevent radiation-contaminated water from flowing into the sea......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0dm011000c.html

Safety agency slams TEPCO for lax ID checks on nuclear plant workers

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency reprimanded Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Monday for failing to conduct adequate identity checks on workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Deputy chief of U.S. Embassy to attend Hiroshima peace ceremony

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The United States is planning to send James Zumwalt, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, to Saturday's international ceremony in Hiroshima to mark the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, sources familiar with the matter said Monday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0dm025000c.html

Hiroshima mayor to urge gov't to review energy policy at peace ceremony

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui is set to urge the government to review its energy policy following the Fukushima nuclear crisis in his peace declaration to be read at a ceremony Saturday, according to the gist of the speech he released Tuesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0dm094000c.html

Nuclear agency asked Shikoku Electric to send employees to symposium

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A former senior official of the Japanese government's nuclear safety agency on Tuesday acknowledged that the agency asked Shikoku Electric Power Co., one of the country's 10 regional power companies, to mobilize its employees for a government-sponsored symposium on nuclear energy in June 2006.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2g00m0dm095000c.html

Beef auctions recommence in Yamagata following radiation scare

YAMAGATA -- Beef auctions recommenced in Yamagata Prefecture on Aug. 1, amid the widening radioactive beef scare in the wake of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2a00m0na011000c.html

2 TEPCO workers died in tsunami after following orders to check nuclear plant damage

Two Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) workers whose bodies were found at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power plant some three weeks after the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami were struck by the tsunami while inspecting an underground facility under orders, the Mainichi has learned......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2a00m0na015000c.html

Highest levels of radiation since March 11 detected at Fukushima nuclear reactors

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said on Aug. 1 that it had detected radiation doses exceeding 10 sieverts per hour, the highest level of radiation measured since the outbreak of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, outside the buildings for two reactors -- a new discovery that could hamper efforts to bring the troubled reactors under control.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2a00m0na018000c.html

Ex-PM Nakasone, influential Shoriki played key role in promoting nuclear power

Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and former House of Representatives member Matsutaro Shoriki played a key role in Japan's post-war policy of promoting nuclear power generation......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/02/20110802p2a00m0na024000c.html
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Jiji press

Kan Seeks Debate on Pubilc Management of Nuclear Plants

Tokyo, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)--Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday called for public debate in Japan on possible public management of nuclear power plants......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080200485

Hiroshima Peace Declaration to Seek Review of Japan's Energy Policy

Hiroshima, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)--Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui said Tuesday the city's peace declaration this year will call for a review of Japan's energy policy in response to the nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080200574

Injunction Sought against N-Reactor Restart in Western Japan

Otsu, Shiga Pref., Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)--A group of some 150 citizens in Japan's Kansai western region on Tuesday filed for a court injunction to block the restart of seven nuclear reactors run by Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503>.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080200813

Japan's Tochigi Pref. Ordered to Stop Cattle Shipments

Tokyo, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan's government instructed Tochigi Governor Tomikazu Fukuda Tuesday to suspend shipments of all beef cattle raised in the eastern prefecture due to radioactive contamination....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080200859

TEPCO Detects High-Level Radiation inside Fukushima Plant

Fukushima, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Tuesday it has detected high levels of radiation inside the No. 1 reactor building at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080200917

TEPCO Starts Test Operations of New Desalination Devices at Fukushima

Fukushima, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> on Tuesday started test operations of new water desalination devices at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080200981

 

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Court injunction sought against reactor restarts

People living near 7 nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, have sought a court injunction against restarting them. The reactors are currently offline for scheduled maintenance.......

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 00:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_01.html

Hiroshima University to study low-level exposure

Hiroshima University is to launch a study focusing on the health impact of exposure to low-level radiation......

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 00:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_02.html

Fukushima to begin beef cattle buy-up next week

A plan by the Fukushima prefectural government to buy up beef cattle from farmers will be launched as early as next week. Producers there have been unable to ship their cattle after beef in the region was found to be highly radioactive..........

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:19 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_10.html

Shimane Prefecture to test all beef cattle

Another local government in Japan says it will conduct radiation checks of all beef cattle to ease consumer concerns about food safety.......

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:19 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_11.html

Nuclear compensation bill enacted

Japan's Diet has approved legislation to help Tokyo Electric Power Company compensate victims of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant......

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 12:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_18.html

Govt comes up with plan for a new nuclear watchdog

The Japanese government plans to create a new nuclear safety agency, in order to separate regulatory functions from the industry ministry which promotes nuclear energy........

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 13:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_22.html

TEPCO paid $900 in provisional compensation

Tokyo Electric Power Company has so far paid 69 billion yen, or nearly 900 million dollars, in provisional compensation......

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 17:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_28.html

Cattle farmers demand compensation from TEPCO

Japanese farmers have staged a protest in front of Tokyo Electric Power Company's headquarters in Tokyo, demanding compensation over a ban on beef shipments due to fears of radioactive contamination......

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 17:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_27.html

Government to test rice for radioactivity

The Japanese government says that rice harvested in the coming months will be tested for radioactivity.....

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 17:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_31.html

Discussions begin on how to scrap Fukushima plant

A government-appointed panel has begun discussing the timetable for decommissioning the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant......

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 19:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_34.html

Ban-the-bomb convention opens in Hiroshima

A Japanese anti-nuclear organization has opened an annual international conference in Hiroshima, ahead of the 66th anniversary of the bombing of the city on August 6th. At the top of this year's agenda are proposals to scrap nuclear power generation following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant......

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 20:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_33.html

Nagasaki mayor calls for nuclear-free NE Asia

The mayor of Nagasaki has urged the Japanese government to start efforts to denuclearize Northeast Asia, as the first step toward creating a nuclear-free world.....

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 21:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_38.html
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Yomiuri online

Record radiation at Fukushima N-plant / More than twice previous peak level

Record-high radiation levels of more than 10 sieverts (10,000 millisieverts) per hour have been detected on a pipe at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110802004978.htm
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Asahi com

Ito-Yokado to check all beef for radioactivity

Supermarket chain Ito-Yokado Co. will demand suppliers check all beef for radioactivity and only accept products whose levels are within government safety standards.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108020254.html

Scandal makes shambles of economy minister Kaieda's plans

After being humiliated by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, economy minister Banri Kaieda hatched a plan to promote his policies on energy and lead him to the top of the nation's political hierarchy......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108020252.html

Natural energy sources a growth sector everywhere but Japan

Japan is lagging behind the world in the development of electricity from natural sources and Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son wants to do something big to change that......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108020246.html

Iwate, Tochigi beef shipments suspended

Iwate and Tochigi became the third and fourth prefectures ordered to stop all shipments of beef after radioactive cesium exceeding safety standards was detected in their meat.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108020247.html

Highest radiation to date at Fukushima plant another hurdle for TEPCO

Tokyo Electric Power Co. was struggling to determine the cause of the highest radiation levels detected at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant since the disaster started March 11......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108020249.html

TEPCO to build seawater containment wall off Fukushima plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will install an 800-meter-long wall off crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to prevent radioactive groundwater from flowing into the sea.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108020243.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Law for radiation cleanup by gov't in designated areas mulled

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government will take charge of clearing debris and soil contaminated with radioactive material emitted from the badly damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under a new law being prepared by the government and the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2g00m0dm003000c.html

Saga governor apologizes over remark on Genkai power plant

SAGA (Kyodo) -- Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa apologized Tuesday for making a remark that could be interpreted as having prompted Kyushu Electric Power Co. to solicit e-mails in support of restarting reactors at the Genkai nuclear plant for a government-sponsored television program........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Gov't to make radioactive material concentration map for farmlands

TOKYO (Kyodo)-- The government said Tuesday it plans to draw up a radioactive substance concentration map for farmlands and conduct a study on contaminated debris as part of measures to deal with radioactive material released from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2g00m0dm005000c.html

Japan's ban on cattle shipments expands to Tochigi Pref.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Tuesday banned cattle shipments from Tochigi Prefecture, raising to four the number of prefectures subject to the ban imposed to prevent radiation-contaminated meat from reaching the nation's store shelves.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Damages eyed for cattle farmers in 17 prefectures over tainted straw

TOKYO, Aug. 3, Kyodo
A government panel plans to recommend compensation be paid to cattle farmers in 17 prefectures for financial losses suffered as the result of the plunge in sales and prices of beef because of the discovery that cesium-tainted rice straw might have been sold as cattle feed in those areas, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2g00m0dm007000c.html

Highest indoor radiation level detected at Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Radiation dosages of 5 sieverts per hour were detected indoors on the second floor of the No. 1 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Tuesday, the highest figure yet indoors, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Law to facilitate nuclear disaster compensation enacted

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Legislation designed to facilitate compensation to people and businesses affected by the ongoing nuclear disaster was enacted in parliament on Wednesday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2g00m0dm018000c.html

Nuclear agency asked 2 more utilities to send staff to symposiums

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A former senior official of Japan's nuclear safety agency acknowledged Wednesday that he asked two more power companies to mobilize their employees for government-sponsored symposiums on nuclear energy, in the latest revelations of alleged attempts to manipulate opinions at the events......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2g00m0dm057000c.html

Nuclear safety agency may be set up under Environment Ministry

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government is considering separating the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and merging its functions with a new agency to be created under the Environment Ministry, according to a minister's draft plan revealed Wednesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2g00m0dm061000c.html

Metro Tokyo to build gas-fired power plant to combat energy shortage fears

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set up a team to plan the construction of natural gas-fuelled power stations independent of regional utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) amid continued electricity shortages sparked by the Fukushima nuclear crisis......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2a00m0na004000c.html

Junior-high students from town near Fukushima plant to attend Nagasaki A-bomb ceremony

IWAKI, Fukushima -- Students from junior high schools near the radiation-leaking Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant will visit Nagasaki from Aug. 7 to learn how the atomic-bomb hit city dealt with its own radiation threat.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2a00m0na014000c.html

Residents' group asks court to stop restart of Fukui Pref. nuke reactors

OTSU -- Residents in four prefectures have applied for a temporary court injunction against the restart of seven nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture, citing the Fukushima nuclear crisis as proof that national safety standards for nuclear plant design are faulty......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/03/20110803p2a00m0na019000c.html
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Jiji press

Japanese Law on Nuclear Accident Compensation Enacted

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)--Japan's parliament enacted Wednesday legislation to create a framework for compensation payments to victims of the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080300374

Japan Mulls Nuclear Safety Agency in Environment Ministry

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is considering creating a nuclear safety agency as a regulatory body within the Ministry of Environment, informed sources said Wednesday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080300439

More Radiation Hot Spots Designated Near Fukushima N-Plant

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government on Wednesday designated more areas near Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as hot spots where radiation levels are high.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080300581

Nagasaki, Other Mayors Seek Nuke-Free Notheast Asia

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)--Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue urged the central government Wednesday to examine the idea of proposing the establishment of an area completely without nuclear weapons in northeast Asia.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080300854

Japan New Strategy to Include Cut in Nuclear Power Dependence

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government panel on Wednesday drew up a plan to have the nation's new economic growth strategy include a target of reducing its dependence on nuclear power.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080300966

Japan to Implement 2-Step Radiation Checks to Ensure Rice's Safety

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry unveiled Wednesday a two-stage method to check levels of radioactive fallout from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station in rice to be harvested in Fukushima and 13 other prefectures.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080300975
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Sankei news

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TEPCO reports cooling system's reliability

The operator of the Fukushima power plant says it could restart injecting water into its crippled reactors within 3 hours after mechanical problems or power failure halt the plant's cooling system........

Thursday, August 04, 2011 07:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_03.html

Evacuation orders to be lifted in late August

The government says it wants to lift evacuation advisories in a few weeks for areas 20 to 30 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant......

Thursday, August 04, 2011 07:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_04.html

Fukushima crisis causes British fuel plant to shut

A British plant for processing spent nuclear fuel is set to close due to the loss of business from Japanese power companies following the Fukushima nuclear accident.....

Thursday, August 04, 2011 07:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_10.html

TEPCO to attach hoses to improve water filter flow

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will attach makeshift hoses to its wastewater filtering system to help improve the water flow......

Thursday, August 04, 2011 09:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_12.html

Discussions begin on how to scrap Fukushima plant

A government-appointed panel plans to finalize a timetable by January next year on decommissioning damaged reactors at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.......

Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_13.html

Radiation limit for children will be lowered

The Japanese government says the yearly radiation limit for school children will be lowered as early as this month.....

Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_14.html

Japan plans to dismiss top nuclear officials

The Japanese government plans to dismiss 3 top officials in charge of nuclear power policy over their handling of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_16.html

Nuke plant hosts call for quick end to crisis

Local communities hosting nuclear power plants in Japan have urged the government to thoroughly investigate the Fukushima accident to determine its cause......

Thursday, August 04, 2011 21:21 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_34.html
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Yomiuri online

Fukushima parents fret for kids

FUKUSHIMA--The degree of concern among parents in Fukushima Prefecture is reflected by the revelation that as many as 2,300 children have left private kindergartens in the prefecture due to worries over the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110803005414.htm

Taking the Bon dance to the people

KORIYAMA, Fukushima--On the evening of July 17, men, women and children danced in a circle to local traditional songs such as "Soma Bon-uta" and "Kawauchi Jinku" at the Big Palette Fukushima event center in Koriyama, which serves as an evacuation center for people from Tomiokamachi and Kawauchimura......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110803005647.htm

More high radiation spots found / Levels of 5 and 10 sieverts detected near pipe at No. 1 nuclear reactor

Extremely high levels of radiation have been detected at two more locations near a pipe at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co said......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110803005635.htm

Nuclear crisis causes drop in private kindergarten attendance

FUKUSHIMA--About 2,300 children enrolled at private kindergartens in Fukushima Prefecture have stopped attending or been evacuated on fears stemming from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant crisis, according to a survey.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110803005067.htm

Independent N-power agency eyed / Body would consolidate oversight roles

The government has compiled a draft plan to consolidate existing nuclear regulatory organizations by creating a nuclear safety agency as an extra-ministerial bureau of the Environment Ministry, it was learned Wednesday......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110803006157.htm
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Asahi com

Fukushima high school festival opens for non-athletes

FUKUSHIMA--Smiles were the order of the day as the 35th Fukushima Festival of Arts and Sciences opened on Aug. 3 in Fukushima Prefecture, as optimism replaced gloom and doom over the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108030262.html

Airborne radiation survey to cover all regions in eastern Japan

The government will expand airborne radiation measurements to cover all regions of eastern Japan to provide a more precise picture of "hot spots" of elevated radiation levels far from the crippled nuclear plant.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108030261.html

TEPCO finds more areas with dangerous radiation levels

Extremely high radiation levels were detected in a second area on the grounds of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Aug. 2. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108030268.html

New agency under Environment Ministry to regulate nuclear power generation

Plans are afoot to set up a new agency under the Environment Ministry to take over most administrative aspects of nuclear power generation......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108030264.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Britain to close nuclear fuel plant due to Japan disaster

LONDON (Kyodo) -- Britain's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority said Wednesday it is to close a nuclear fuel production facility following talks with Japanese customers.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2g00m0bu014000c.html

Gov't to require 2-stage test of rice for radiation contamination

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The farm ministry said Wednesday that municipalities should test rice to be locally harvested this year in two stages for possible radioactive pollution from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and dispose of all rice found to be contaminated above the government-set safety limit.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2g00m0dm010000c.html

DPJ panel urges gov't to buy up land near Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A panel of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan compiled a proposal Wednesday urging the government to buy up land near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that has been leaking radioactive substances since it was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2g00m0dm011000c.html

Panel investigating nuclear crisis questioned Fukushima plant head

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A third-party panel investigating the causes of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant questioned plant chief Masao Yoshida two times last month, sources close to the matter said Wednesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2g00m0dm012000c.html

3 top Japanese nuclear officials to be axed amid crisis

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Industry minister Banri Kaieda said Thursday he plans to sack three top officials in charge of nuclear power policy to hold them responsible for the handling of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Nagasaki mayor pitches for nuke free zone in Northeast Asia

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue on Wednesday called on the government to consider working toward creation of a nuclear weapon-free zone in the Northeast Asian region including North Korea, submitting to the Foreign Ministry signatures of 103 municipality heads in support of the idea........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2g00m0dm019000c.html

Saga gov't also urged employees to attend public meeting on restarting nuke plant

SAGA -- The Saga Prefectural Government mobilized its employees as participants in what was supposed to be a briefing for local residents on the resumption of operations at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant's reactors, it has emerged, calling the meeting's fairness into question......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2a00m0na002000c.html

Stable operation of Fukushima plant top priority before lifting evacuation zones

Stable operation of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant's system to purify contaminated water will determine whether or not the current crisis can be brought under control and is one of the conditions for lifting emergency evacuation preparatory zones some 20 to 30 kilometers from the plant.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2a00m0na004000c.html

TEPCO struggling to treat contaminated water at crippled nuclear plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is struggling to treat a massive amount of water contaminated with radioactive substances at its crisis-stricken Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2a00m0na010000c.html

Farmers' group stages protest at TEPCO headquarters to demand compensation

A group of some 350 people protested outside Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s head office on Aug. 3 over the contamination of beef with radioactive cesium from the disaster-stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima and to demand compensation......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2a00m0na012000c.html

Industry minister sacks 3 top officials to end cozy ties over nuclear power policy

Industry minister Banri Kaieda, under pressure to put an end to cozy ties between government regulators and utilities over Japan's nuclear power policy, announced on Aug. 4 plans to sack three high-ranking officials in charge of nuclear policy.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2a00m0na013000c.html

Hiroshima A-bomb archive site with 3-D satellite map proving popular

....."We've seen towns wiped out instantly in the Great East Japan Earthquake, while experiencing the horror of radioactive materials in the wake of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. We created the Hiroshima Archive by overlapping our experiences since March 11," Watanabe said......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2a00m0na015000c.html
Related links
Hiroshima Archive
http://hiroshima.mapping.jp/
Nagasaki Archive
http://e.nagasaki.mapping.jp/

Rice farmers, wholesalers worry about radioactive cesium tests

Rice farmers and wholesalers are uneasy about tests for radioactive cesium in rice crops and how those tests will affect shipments following the government's announcement of testing standards on Aug. 3......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/04/20110804p2a00m0na018000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan Govt to Dismiss 3 Top Nuclear Officials

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)--Japan's industry minister Banri Kaieda said Thursday he has decided to dismiss three top officials in charge of nuclear policy to "rebuild the ministry with new people." .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080400498

Japan Industry Ministry to Promote Adachi to Vice Minister

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)--Japan's industry minister Banri Kaieda plans to promote senior policy official Kenyu Adachi to the post of vice minister, officials said Thursday. ....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080400949

Japan Expects Little Impact of Reactor Cooling System Failures

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Thursday that areas outside the 20-kilometers no-go zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will be little affected even if systems to cool reactor cores fail again......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080400971
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Nuclear reactor to shut down for inspection

A nuclear reactor at a power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, will be shut down soon for a regular inspection. As a result, 39 reactors, or over 70 percent out of the total of 54 in the country, will be out of service.....

Friday, August 05, 2011 05:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_02.html

Top nuclear negotiator for N.Korea visits China

North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator has met China's special envoy to the six-party talks on the North's nuclear program, apparently to request assistance in continuing direct talks with the United States......

Friday, August 05, 2011 05:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_03.html

Kan to express aim to reduce nuclear power

Prime Minister Naoto Kan will express his resolve to reduce Japan's dependency on nuclear energy at the August 6th ceremony to mark the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.........

Friday, August 05, 2011 05:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_06.html

Gov't to buy up all cesium-contaminated beef

The Japanese government is set to buy up all beef contaminated with radioactive cesium that has already reached the distribution chain. It will include beef with radioactive cesium at levels within the national safety limit.....

Friday, August 05, 2011 07:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_09.html

Utilities to be probed for influence peddling

Industry minister Banri Kaieda says an independent panel has begun investigating allegations that nuclear safety regulators repeatedly tried to influence public symposiums on the use of nuclear energy......

Friday, August 05, 2011 14:18 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_17.html

N.Korean nuke official home after US talks

North Korea's top nuclear negotiator has returned home after visiting the United States and China......

Friday, August 05, 2011 18:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_29.html

Panel compiles nuclear compensation guidelines

A Japanese government panel has updated its guidelines on compensating people affected by the nuclear accident in Fukushima. Nearly 5 months into the disaster, full-scale payments are now likely to start......

Friday, August 05, 2011 19:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_26.html

Reactor in Niigata to be shut down for inspection

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, is shutting down a reactor at a nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, for a regular inspection.......

Friday, August 05, 2011 19:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_28.html

Japan to continue nuclear exports

The Japanese government says it will continue exporting nuclear technology for now, despite Prime Minister Naoto Kan's recent remarks calling for a review of the nation's nuclear policy........

Friday, August 05, 2011 21:21 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_35.html
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Yomiuri online

Top METI officials to be fired over N-crisis

Three top officials of the industry ministry are set to be dismissed, apparently for their handling of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and the revelation of staged events related to nuclear power......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110804005771.htm
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Asahi com

Scientist on mission to prove grass can be greener

KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Mention grass to scientist Mitsuo Kondo and he gets excited......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108040317.html

Panel lists five key challenges at Fukushima

Five key challenges stand in the way of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s efforts to stabilize the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and eventually remove damaged fuel from its reactors, according to a government panel.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108040316.html

Water treatment facility at Fukushima plant improves operation

After two months of stoppages and other problems, there are finally signs that efforts to purify highly radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are paying off.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108040315.html

Fukushima crisis prompts British MOX plant to close

LONDON--A British nuclear fuel plant in northwest England announced Aug. 3 it will be shutting its doors because of growing uncertainties about the industry following the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108040311.html

Minami-Soma to turn down nuclear subsidies

MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Hit hard by the nuclear disaster, Minami-Soma city will again decline subsidies given to host communities of nuclear plants to send a clear anti-nuclear message to the government and electric power companies.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108040320.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Kyushu Electric's Manabe apologies at Saga assembly over scandal

SAGA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. president Toshio Manabe apologized Thursday over the company's campaign to mobilize its own employees and those of its affiliates to bombard a government-sponsored television program with e-mails in support of restarting two reactors at the Genkai nuclear plant in Saga Prefecture......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2g00m0dm016000c.html

Last year's rice being hoarded over radiation contamination worries

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Consumers are beginning to hoard last year's rice as their dietary staple over concerns that freshly harvested rice may be contaminated with radioactive materials released from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, retailers said Friday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2g00m0dm017000c.html

Japan's largest labor organization questions nuclear energy policy

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Japan's largest labor organization questioned the country's energy policy Thursday, including the promotion of nuclear power generation in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2g00m0dm018000c.html

Nuclear panel head indicates he has no intention to step down

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The chairman of the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan indicated Thursday he has no intention to resign after Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda said the same day he plans to sack three top nuclear policy officials over the handling of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2g00m0dm019000c.html

Panel to probe atomic agency's alleged hand in symposiums

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Industry minister Banri Kaieda said Friday a third-party panel has been set up to investigate allegations the nuclear safety agency asked utilities to dress up public symposiums on atomic energy to make local communities appear supportive of nuclear power plants......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2g00m0dm030000c.html

Japan gov't unveils ideas for new nuclear safety agency

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government unveiled on Friday a set of ideas to improve nuclear safety in Japan, proposing that a new agency be set up under either the Environment Ministry or the Cabinet Office......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2g00m0dm031000c.html

U.S. Navy storing radioactive waste from quake relief mission at Sasebo

SASEBO (Kyodo) -- The city of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, will ask the central government to promptly dispose of radioactive waste found to have been stored by the U.S. Navy at the Sasebo Naval Base after its personnel took part in relief efforts following the March 11 disaster, city officials said Friday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2g00m0dm032000c.html

Documents reveal U.S. plan in mid-1950s to deploy nuke arms in Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. government sought to promote the peaceful use of atomic energy vis-a-vis Japan in the mid-1950s to pave the way for eventually deploying nuclear weapons in the country by easing the antinuclear sentiment of the Japanese people, according to top-secret U.S. government documents found at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2g00m0dm033000c.html

Radioactive contamination tests begin on Chiba rice

As the Fukushima nuclear crisis continues and incidents of radioactive contamination have hit sectors across Japan's agricultural industry, Chiba Prefecture has begun testing this year's rice crops for radioactive substances......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2a00m0na005000c.html

Kagoshima governor received free tickets from utility that wanted to build nuke reactor

KAGOSHIMA -- Gov. Yuichiro Ito received two free musical tickets from a power supplier that was seeking his approval of its plan to build an additional nuclear reactor in the prefecture, it has emerged.......

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Gov't unchanged on nuclear plant export negotiations after crisis

The government on Aug. 5 gave Cabinet approval to the continuation of ongoing negotiations to sell nuclear power plants overseas......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2a00m0na010000c.html

Hibakusha: A-bomb survivor feels overlap with young victims of Fukushima disaster

A-bomb survivor Masahito Hirose, 81, feels an overlap between young people in the areas hit hard by the Great East Japan Earthquake and himself at that age.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2a00m0na017000c.html

Nuke safety group OKs report saying chances of another Fukushima plant explosion are slim

The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan (NSC) has approved a report compiled by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) stating that the possibility is slim that another meltdown and hydrogen explosion will occur at the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2a00m0na018000c.html

Hiroshima mayor: Efforts should be made to share A-bomb experiences

The following is a message from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, released ahead of the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima:....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/05/20110805p2a00m0na020000c.html
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Jiji press

Sailor Pen to Launch Personal Dosimeter

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Major stationery maker Sailor Pen Co. <7992> will start to sell a personal-use radiation dosimeter on Monday at contracted retailers and through the Internet......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011080500001

Kansai Electric Scales Down Wind Power Plan

Osaka, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> said Friday it will scale down a wind power project in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011080500927

Regular Checkup to Start Sat. at TEPCO Reactor in Central Japan

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday that it will begin a 60-day regular checkup of the No. 1 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Saturday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080500427

Fukushima Dairy Farmer Faces Threat of Radiation--Again

Minamisoma, Fukushima Pref., Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--For Minoru Oka, 85, the nuclear crisis engulfing his hometown in Fukushima Prefecture is his second brush with the invisible threat of radiation......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080500432

Kaieda Unlikely to Resign before Aug. 15

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Banri Kaieda indicated Friday that he will not step down before Aug. 15.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080500437

Panel to Probe Possible State Role in Pro-Nuclear Attempts

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan's industry ministry set up a third-party committee Friday to investigate the government's possible involvement in past attempts by power suppliers to promote nuclear energy by manipulating public opinions at state-sponsored symposiums.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080500495

N-Crisis Radioactive Waste Stored at U.S. Base in Sasebo

Nagasaki, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Low-level radioactive waste the U.S. Navy bore in disaster relief operations in northeastern Japan is stored at its base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, it was learned Friday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080500505

TEPCO Puts Off Trial Run of New Equipment at Fukushima N-Plant

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday that it has postponed a trial run of new equipment for a system to treat highly radioactive water at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080500579

Japan Enacts Laws to Support Evacuees

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan's parliament on Friday passed two bills aimed at supporting people forced to evacuate due to the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080500804

Japan to Continue N-Plant Exports for Time Being

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government indicated in a paper adopted at a cabinet meeting Friday that the country will continue exporting nuclear power plants for the time being.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080500900

Japan Should Simulate Having Nuclear Arms: Tokyo Governor

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan should simulate having nuclear weapons to maintain its presence as it is surrounded by nuclear states, Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara suggested Friday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080500987

Japan Govt Shows Ideas about Where to Place Nuke Safety Agency

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government showed on Friday two options on to which government body a nuclear safety agency will be belonging.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080500989

Tohoku Electric Avoids Blackouts with TEPCO's Help

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Tohoku Electric Power Co. <9506> managed to head off an unexpected blackout on Friday by receiving electricity supplies from Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501>, officials said......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080501005

Japan Expands Tainted Beef Purchase Program

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry said Friday it will expand a program to buy beef tainted with radioactive cesium in hopes of wiping out consumer concern about the safety of domestic beef.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080501027

Japan Panel Sets Interim Guidelines for TEPCO Compensation

Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--A government panel set on Friday interim guidelines for Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> payment of compensation for losses caused by the nation's worst nuclear accidents at its Fukushima No. 1 power plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080501029

(Update) Tohoku Electric Avoids Blackouts with TEPCO's Help

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--Tohoku Electric Power Co. <9506> managed to head off blackouts on Friday by receiving electricity supplies from Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501>, officials of the regional power supplier said....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011080600008
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Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - April 21 +

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - April 21 +

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