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

makoto · Jun 1, 2011

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Radiation levels fall in Fukushima seawater

Tokyo Electric Power Company says radiation levels have fallen in seawater near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant......

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 02:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_03.html

Parties to submit no-confidence motion against Kan

Two opposition parties are expected to jointly submit a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan as early as Wednesday. The motion is likely to be put to a vote in the House of Representatives on Thursday.....

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 07:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_10.html

IAEA: Japan underestimated tsunami impact

A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency will submit a summary of its report to the Japanese government on Wednesday after concluding its investigation into the nuclear disaster in Fukushima......

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 07:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_11.html

Utilities report 342 faults near nuclear plants

Japan's electric power companies have reported 342 faults and geographical changes near nuclear power plants that they previously did not consider to be risks......

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_19.html

NISA urges TEPCO to set policy for decontamination

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency is urging Tokyo Electric Power Company to lay out its plans for decontaminating the radioactive water that continues to accumulate at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.....

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_24.html

Long sleeve uniforms urged in Fukushima

Some schools near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are urging that children continue to wear long-sleeves in summer, to limit their exposure to radioactive fallout......

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 13:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_22.html

Evacuees pick up their cars from no-entry zone

Evacuees from the no-entry zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have returned briefly to their homes to collect their cars.....

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 13:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_23.html

Snow on Fukushima peaks found to be radioactive

Snow in the mountains in Fukushima Prefecture is showing radioactive contamination at levels above the safety limit for drinking water.....

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 15:40 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_27.html

IAEA team submits report to Japan government

A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency has submitted to the Japanese government a summary report of its investigation into the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 15:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_28.html

10,000 children flee Fukushima over nuke fears

Japan's education ministry says about 10,000 children have moved out of Fukushima Prefecture following the March 11th disaster and crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant......

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 16:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_29.html

TEPCO shares hit another record low

Tokyo Electric Power Company shares closed at another record low on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday.....

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 17:29 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_33.html

Opposition submits no-confidence motion

Three Japanese opposition parties have submitted a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan.....

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 18:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_38.html

Opposition submits no-confidence motion (re)

Three Japanese opposition parties have submitted a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan....

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 19:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_39.html

Kan rejects LDP's call for his resignation

The leader of Japan's largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party has urged Prime Minister Naoto Kan to resign, claiming he is incapable of achieving the reconstruction of quake-hit northeastern Japan.....

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 19:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_37.html

Some Democrats to join motion against Kan

Former Democratic Party leader Ichiro Ozawa and former prime minister Yukio Hatoyama say they intend to vote in favor of a no-confidence motion submitted against Prime Minister Naoto Kan.....

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 21:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_41.html

French research institute finds high radioactivity

A French independent radioactivity watchdog has found radiation in Fukushima Prefecture 60 times higher than the annual reference level for ordinary people recommended by an international commission......

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 21:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_36.html
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Yomiuri online

TEPCO gets worker safety rebuke

The health ministry on Tuesday ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. and a partner firm to correct practices regarding their failure to prevent workers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant from being exposed to radiation.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110531004886.htm

Fukushima tourism sector to get govt cash

The list of businesses entitled to compensation for their losses due to rumors about the ongoing crisis at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will be expanded to include hotels and other tourist businesses in Fukushima Prefecture, sources close to a government panel on the issue said.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110531004850.htm

Edano: Govt gave injection order

The government said Tuesday that the economy minister verbally instructed Tokyo Electric Power Co. to inject seawater into the No. 1 reactor at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant at around 6 p.m. on March 12, before the utility began the operation......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110531005662.htm
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Asahi com

TEPCO aims to filter radioactivity from seawater

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will begin trial runs on June 2 of a device to remove radioactive materials accumulated in seawater near its troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the plant operator announced May 30......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201105310385.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

TEPCO begins to pay nuclear crisis compensation to farmers, fishermen

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Tuesday began paying compensation to farmers and fishermen for losses incurred as a result of the nuclear crisis at the utility's Fukushima No. 1 power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the company said.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/01/20110601p2g00m0dm008000c.html

TEPCO starts system to cool spent fuel pool at Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant said that it has started to fully operate a water circulation system to stably cool one of the pools storing spent nuclear fuel at the plant, marking progress in its efforts to bring the nuclear crisis under control......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/01/20110601p2g00m0dm010000c.html

IAEA team says tsunami threat underestimated

TOKYO (AP) -- U.N. inspectors faulted Japan on Wednesday for underestimating the threat of a devastating tsunami on its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, but praised its overall response to the crisis as exemplary......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/01/20110601p2g00m0dm043000c.html

IAEA team chief 'impressed' with gov't, people over disaster aftermath

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The members of an expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency were "very impressed" at the Japanese government's handling of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 plant and the bravery of the people in the face of the adversity triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the group leader said Wednesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/01/20110601p2g00m0dm091000c.html

Opposition parties submit no-confidence motion against Kan Cabinet

Three opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan to the House of Representatives on June 1.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/01/20110601p2a00m0na016000c.html
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Jiji press

Tsunami Hazard Underestimated at Japanese N-Plants: IAEA

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)--Japan underestimated tsunami risks for nuclear power plants, a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency said in an assessment report on the country's nuclear crisis Wednesday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060100716

Fukushima City to Check Radiation Levels of Farm Produce

Fukushima, June 1 (Jiji Press)--The northeastern Japan city of Fukushima said Wednesday it will start measuring the radiation levels of local farm produce in collaboration with Tohoku University in a bid to prevent damaging rumors. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060100830

TEPCO to Secure More Space to Store Radioactive Water

Fukushima, June 1 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> will newly secure space to store radioactive water apparently leaking from damaged reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, officials said Wednesday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060101021
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IAEA team submits report

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makoto · Jun 2, 2011

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TEPCO to use additional facilities to store water

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which is struggling to remove radioactive water, says it may use 2 additional buildings inside the compound as storage......

Thursday, June 02, 2011 01:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_03.html

Lawmakers to vote on no-confidence motion

Executives of Japan's governing Democratic Party and dissidents are actively lobbying intraparty swing-voters before Thursday's vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan's administration......

Thursday, June 02, 2011 05:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_07.html

Italy to hold referendum on nuclear energy policy

Italy will hold a referendum on June 12th and 13th, to decide whether or not the country should accept nuclear power......

Thursday, June 02, 2011 05:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_08.html

US nuke authority tries to calm public concerns

The US nuclear regulatory authority is trying to calm public concerns about the safety of a nuclear power plant after a tornado shut it down.....

Thursday, June 02, 2011 06:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_09.html

Hakuho visits Fukushima evacuees in Saitama

Sumo grand champion Hakuho has visited a facility near Tokyo where people fleeing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crisis are taking shelter......

Thursday, June 02, 2011 09:37 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_13.html

Kan faces no-confidence vote

Japan's Lower House will vote on a motion of non-confidence in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet at a plenary session on Thursday afternoon. The vote is expected to be close, with many members of the ruling party expressing support for the motion.....

Thursday, June 02, 2011 12:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_16.html

Wastewater rises, fears mount

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is struggling to remove pools of highly radioactive wastewater as fears of an overflow get more intense.......

Thursday, June 02, 2011 13:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_18.html

Kamei asks Kan to resign

The head of Japan's ruling coalition partner, the People's New Party, has suggested that Prime Minister Naoto Kan should resign.....

Thursday, June 02, 2011 13:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_19.html

Edano: Kan will not resign voluntarily

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano has denied the possibility of Prime Minister Naoto Kan stepping down......

Thursday, June 02, 2011 13:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_22.html

Kan offers to resign after taking care of disaster

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan says he intends to resign once he fulfills his role in handling issues related to the March 11th disaster and the Fukushima nuclear accident.....

Thursday, June 02, 2011 13:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_24.html

LDP calls Kan's intention to resign comedy

The president of Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party, Sadakazu Tanigaki, says Prime Minister Naoto Kan's expression of his intention to resign is nothing but a comedy.....

Thursday, June 02, 2011 15:08 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_25.html

Fukushima to check internal radiation exposure

Fukushima Prefecture has decided to check the internal radiation exposure of residents near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and adjacent areas with high radiation levels.....

Thursday, June 02, 2011 16:28 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_27.html

No-confidence motion against Kan voted down

The Lower House of Japan's Diet has voted down a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan.....

Thursday, June 02, 2011 16:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_29.html ridiculous suggestion

Okinawa to invite Fukushima children during summer

A youth hostel in Okinawa Prefecture is inviting children in Fukushima Prefecture to spend time there this summer free of charge, away from fears of radiation from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.....

Thursday, June 02, 2011 17:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_30.html

Overseas media report of Kan surviving vote

Major overseas media have quickly reported Prime Minister Naoto Kan's survival in a no-confidence vote in the lower house.....

Thursday, June 02, 2011 19:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_32.html

TEPCO plans to plug all potential leaks

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, plans to plug all potential leaks of highly radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in June.....

Thursday, June 02, 2011 19:31 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_33.html

Nagasaki staffers exposed to Fukushima radiation

Nagasaki University Hospital says that at least 40 percent of local people sent to Fukushima Prefecture, host to the crippled nuclear plant, suffered internal radiation exposure.......

Thursday, June 02, 2011 21:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_35.html a week helping....
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Yomiuri online

N-compensation panel's job not done yet / OK's payments for damage due to radiation fears, but fails to set rules to gauge eligibility

A government panel in charge of compensation for people affected by the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant made some progress with its second set of guidelines, but the committee has been criticized for leaving important tasks undone.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110601006435.htm

TEPCO's compensation plans remain foggy

Tokyo Electric Power Co. hopes to limit the amount of emergency compensation to be paid to victims of damage caused by its ongoing nuclear crisis to 120 billion yen, company sources said......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110601004798.htm

No. 2 N-pool cooling system restored

A cooling system for the water in a temporary storage pool for spent nuclear fuel rods has been fully restored at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. has announced--the first such achievement since the March 11 disaster and months ahead of schedule......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110601005305.htm
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Asahi com

Medicine destroys cancerous cells with radiation

A medication containing radioactive material that can be administered orally or intravenously is becoming a more common cancer treatment. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106010204.html

Fukushima crisis estimated to cost from 5.7 trillion yen to 20 trillion yen

The crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is expected to cost from 5.7 trillion yen (about $70 billion) to 20 trillion yen or higher over the next 10 years, a private research institute report said. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106010195.html

New cooling system to ease humidity at Fukushima plant

A new cooling system has started operations that will make it easier to work in the extremely humid No. 2 reactor building of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106010193.html

Bureaucrat blasts handling of Fukushima accident in book

A veteran bureaucrat previously disciplined for butting heads with the government is at it again, saying in a new book that the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was a "man-made" disaster. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106010191.html

Chugoku Electric to delay start of new reactor due to lack of tsunami defense

MATSUE--Chugoku Electric Power Co. will delay the start of operations at a new reactor under construction at its Shimane nuclear plant here due to inadequate defense against tsunami and equipment problems......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106010215.html

IAEA cites ambiguous responsibility, inadequate response to Fukushima crisis

The International Atomic Energy Agency has concluded that confusion over responsibility was a factor behind the inadequate response to the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106010213.html

Kan falls into bureaucrats' trap with G-8 energy proposals

Largely pushed aside in disaster-response talks, Prime Minister Naoto Kan found himself with too much time on his hands. That's when bureaucrats lectured him about the benefits of renewable energy sources, leading to his announcement at the Group of Eight summit in France that Japan will increase the ratio of electricity generated by renewable energy sources to at least 20 percent by 2020. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106010188.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Kan says will quit after postquake work basically settled

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Thursday he will step down after the nation achieves some recovery from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, but he did not specify a date......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/02/20110602p2g00m0dm016000c.html

Residents retrieve cars from no-go zone near Fukushima nuke plant

FUKUSHIMA -- Some 60 residents managed to retrieve their cars that had been left in the government-designated no-go zone around the disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on June 1 without major disruption......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/02/20110602p2a00m0na013000c.html
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Jiji press

TEPCO to Finish Work to Prevent Water Leaks into Sea by End-June

Fukushima, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Thursday that it plans to complete by the end of June work to prevent radioactive water from leaking into the ocean from facilities at the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors of its crippled nuclear plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060200628

Japan Disaster Victims Angry, Puzzled at Political Turmoil

Fukushima, June 2 (Jiji Press)--The political turmoil in Tokyo could not have come at a worse time for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan and the subsequent nuclear crisis. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060200876

Political Turmoil Fuels Concern over TEPCO Support Framework

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--With Japan's political confusion deepening due to Prime Minister Naoto Kan's announcement of his intention to resign, uncertainties are growing over the framework to support Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> compensation payments over the ongoing nuclear crisis. ....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060200902

ANALYSIS: Political Turmoil Seen to Stall Economic Policy Management

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan's deepening political turmoil is expected to stall the government's economic policy management as the country faces a range of urgent tasks, including postdisaster reconstruction and the fight against deflation......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060200954

Japan Expands Shipment Restrictions on Tea Leaves

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government decided Thursday to expand its shipment restrictions on tea leaves to include dried leaves on top of raw leaves.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060200984

TEPCO to Install Pressure Meters on Fukushima No. 1 Reactor

Fukushima, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Thursday it will install pressure meters on the heavily damaged No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant because the current equipment is unreliable......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060201008

Genkai N-Plant Host Community to OK Restart of Halted Reactors

Saga, June 2 (Jiji Press)--The Saga Prefecture town of Genkai will approve a restart of two halted reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s <9508> Genkai nuclear power plant there by the end of June, Mayor Hideo Kishimoto said Thursday. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060201010

Kan Stresses Responsibility to Bring N-Crisis under Control

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday underscored his responsibility to bring under control the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060300027

IAEA Official Seeks Review of Roadmap for TEPCO N-Plant

Berlin, June 2 (Jiji Press)--A senior official of the International Atomic Energy Agency indicated Thursday that a review is necessary in the roadmap for containing the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Japan.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060300041

makoto · Jun 3, 2011

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Strong Quake Hits Fukushima Prefecture

Tokyo, June 4 (Jiji Press)--A strong earthquake jolted the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima at around 1 a.m. Saturday (4 p.m. Friday GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency said......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060400025

Magnitude 5.6 quake jolts Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 jolted Fukushima Prefecture early Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/04/20110604p2g00m0dm010000c.html

makoto · Jun 4, 2011

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Friday, June 03, 2011 20:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_32.html

Kan denies he made resignation promise

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has refuted the claim that he promised to step down in about a month, and stopped short of mentioning a specific date when he will resign.....

Friday, June 03, 2011 21:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_34.html
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Yomiuri online

Reaching out to stressed kids / Schools try to ease transition for students who moved due to quake

After being forced to change schools in the aftermath of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, many students suffer psychological stress and schools accepting them are going out of their way to help them......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110602004889.htm

Radioactive water level plunges in No. 1 reactor

The level of radioactive water has fallen significantly in the No. 1 reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110602005193.htm

Kan survives no-confidence vote / Prime minister links timing of resignation to progress on disaster recovery

Prime Minister Naoto Kan indicated Thursday he would resign as soon as the response to the March 11 disaster had been stabilized, hours before the embattled leader survived a no-confidence motion against his administration in the Diet........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110602005835.htm
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Asahi com

INTERVIEW: Japan makes 'every effort' on climate after quake

LONDON -- Japan will still try to meet its binding emissions targets under the Kyoto Protocol despite the earthquake in March that set back its nuclear sector, a key source of low-carbon energy, a senior government official said. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106020174.html

Fukushima crisis boosts anti-nuclear movement in Indonesia

BARONG, Indonesia -- In the wake of the disaster at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Islamic anti-nuclear activists in Indonesia are pointing to Japan's traumatic nuclear experience to try to prevent the opening of the country's first nuclear facility........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106020180.html

Met opera stars cancel Japan tour on radiation fear

NEW YORK -- Two of the Metropolitan Opera's leading performers due to sing in Japan this week, have pulled out with concerns about radiation, the New York opera company said. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106020172.html

Evacuees at other nuclear plant don't discuss Fukushima

ONAGAWA, Miyagi Prefecture--For about 50 evacuees who have been moved into a gymnasium on the compound of the Onagawa nuclear power plant, the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant far to the south is the elephant in the room......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106020171.html

Diet infighting angers disaster victims

Bickering among politicians over who should lead Japan as it tries to rebuild following the Great East Japan Earthquake is provoking fury and confusion among people hit by the disaster. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106020179.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Disaster victims angry at power struggles in Tokyo

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami expressed their anger Thursday at politicians they said were wasting their time in a power struggle over a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/03/20110603p2g00m0dm002000c.html

Gov't bans shipment of tea leaves in 4 prefectures

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government banned on Thursday the shipment of green tea leaves grown in four prefectures in eastern Japan after samples were found contaminated with radioactive cesium above the permitted level.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/03/20110603p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Kan seeks to cooperate with Vietnam over nuclear power plant safety

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan told a senior member of the Vietnamese Communist Party on Thursday that Japan intends to promote consultations with Vietnam for enhanced safety of the envisioned nuclear power plants in the country, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/03/20110603p2g00m0dm007000c.html

TEPCO to resume transferring of tainted water at Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant plans to resume transferring radioactive-contaminated water within the No. 3 reactor's turbine building by securing additional room to pool it, company officials said Thursday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/03/20110603p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Kan rules out early exit, cites need to rebuild disaster-hit regions

Prime Minister Naoto Kan ruled out his early resignation on the night of June 2 after surviving a no-confidence motion against his Cabinet in the aftermath of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/03/20110603p2a00m0na007000c.html

Gov't halts shipment of tea leaves in 4 prefectures over high radiation levels

The government on June 2 ordered a halt to shipments of tea leaves produced throughout Ibaraki Prefecture and parts of Kanagawa, Chiba and Tochigi prefectures, after detecting radioactive cesium in leaves exceeding the legal limit.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/03/20110603p2a00m0na004000c.html

Evacuees protest town's decision to turn down relief money after arrest of shaman

KAZO, Saitama -- Evacuees from the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba are protesting the local government's decision to turn down disaster relief money for its citizens after one citizen was arrested for having a minor send him a naked photograph.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/03/20110603p2a00m0na003000c.html

Heavy rain may cause toxic water to overflow outside Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday radioactive water accumulated at its crippled nuclear power plant may overflow to the outside if heavy rain falls by June 15, fanning fears that radiation could further pollute the ocean and soil........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/03/20110603p2g00m0dm126000c.html

TEPCO plans to seal off water inlets at damaged nuclear plant by end of June

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has submitted plans to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency to finish blocking water inlets near intakes at its damaged Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant by the end of the month, company officials said on June 2........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/03/20110603p2a00m0na019000c.html
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Jiji press

Highly Radioactive Water Estimated at Over 100,000 Tons at Fukushima Plant

Fukushima, June 3 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday that its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is estimated to have some 105,100 tons of highly radioactive water. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060300429

2 TEPCO Workers Likely Exposed to Radiation above Limit

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)--Two Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> male employees who were engaged in the work to deal with the crisis at its crippled nuclear power plant are seen to have received radiation doses of up to 580 millisieverts, far higher than the government-set limit of 250 millisieverts per person, the company said Friday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060300881

Japan to Create Radioactive Contamination Map

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)--Japan's science ministry said Friday it will create a map showing radioactive contamination levels around Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501>crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060300886

Japan to Approve Drugs to Expel Plutonium out of Body

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)--Members of a Japanese government advisory panel have concluded that it is all right to approve two drugs that can expel radioactive substances such as plutonium out of the human body, sources said Friday. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060300929

Japan Nuclear Agency Fails to Disclose Some Radiation Data

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)--The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Friday that it has failed to disclose some radiation data collected in emergency monitoring conducted soon after the ongoing crisis started at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in March. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060400019

TEPCO Finds Many Errors in Data on Large-Lot Users

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)--A number of errors have been found in data and information on Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> large corporate clients that will be required to cut power consumption in the peak demand season in summer by 15 pct from the year before levels, the industry ministry said Friday. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060400043
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Gov't failed to release some radiation projections

The Japanese science ministry has admitted failing to release some of its projections of how radioactive substances would spread if they leaked from the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant......

Saturday, June 04, 2011 09:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_07.html

Steam, high radiation detected at No.1 reactor

The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says steam was observed coming out of the floor of the No.1 reactor building, and extremely high radiation was detected in the vicinity......

Saturday, June 04, 2011 13:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_16.html

Edano: Kan to resign 'in not-too-distant future'

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says Prime Minister Naoto Kan will likely step down in the not-too-distant future.......

Saturday, June 04, 2011 12:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_17.html

Edano on Kan's resignation

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says Prime Minister Naoto Kan will likely step down in the not-too-distant future.....

Saturday, June 04, 2011 13:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_19.html

Gov't didn't release radiation data after accident

The Japanese government has expressed regret for not disclosing some important results of the radiation monitoring conducted near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant soon after the accident......

Saturday, June 04, 2011 15:27 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_20.html

Kan implies step-down in not-too-distant future

Prime Minister Naoto Kan says he may step down in the not-too-distant future, as he understands the essence of the memorandum he exchanged with former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.....

Saturday, June 04, 2011 21:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_26.html

TEPCO to install additional storage tanks

Tokyo Electric Power Company will install more tanks to store the radioactive wastewater that is accumulating at its troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

Saturday, June 04, 2011 21:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_28.html

A glimpse of home

A group of evacuees from the no-entry zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has returned from brief visits home......

Saturday, June 04, 2011 22:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_24.html

Latest video of Fukushima plant

Nearly 3 months after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant bringing the damaged reactors under control is still elusive......

Sunday, June 05, 2011 09:04 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_06.html

Pressure in No.1 reactor drops close to atmosphere

Tokyo Electric Power Company has found that pressure inside the Number 1 reactor at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant has dropped to close to the outside atmospheric pressure. It reaffirms that the reactor has been damaged........

Sunday, June 05, 2011 10:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_08.html

High radiation levels around ditches in Fukushima

High radiation levels have been detected above roadside drainage ditches in Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the crippled nuclear power plant......

Sunday, June 05, 2011 10:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_09.html

Radioactive water leak to be prevented for 3 days

Tokyo Electric Power Company has decided to increase the transfer of radioactive water by about 1,500 tons to a facility at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The company says the transfer can keep contaminated water from leaking outside for about 3 days......

Sunday, June 05, 2011 11:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_10.html

Okada proposes grand coalition for disaster relief

An executive of Japan's governing Democratic Party has proposed a grand coalition with opposition groups once Prime Minister Naoto Kan steps down.....

Sunday, June 05, 2011 23:21 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_19.html

Plutonium found outside Fukushima plant

Minute amounts of plutonium have been detected for the first time in soil outside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant......

Sunday, June 05, 2011 23:21 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_21.html

Madarame: Plant guidelines should be fully revised

The chairperson of Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission, Haruki Madarame, has told NHK that the engineering guidelines for nuclear power plants should be thoroughly revised as they do not include the possibility of a long-term power failure......

Sunday, June 05, 2011 23:21 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_23.html
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Yomiuri online

Radiation prompts halt of tea leaf shipments

The government has ordered the suspension of tea leaf shipments from Ibaraki Prefecture and parts of Kanagawa, Chiba and Tochigi prefectures after radioactive cesium exceeding government limits was found in fresh and dried leaves.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110603004484.htm

Diet angers disaster victims / Politicians urged to work together, push ahead with recovery efforts

The Diet battle over the future of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's administration increased the anger of people in disaster-hit areas against politicians and over the slow reconstruction efforts......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110603004736.htm

Water decontamination at N-plant to start June 15

Decontamination will start June 15 of highly radioactive water that has accumulated in the basements and other areas of four reactor buildings and a waste processing facility at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110603005358.htm
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Asahi com

Dried tea to be tested for radioactive materials

The government will introduce radiation testing of dried tea after cesium was found in fresh tea leaves picked in Kanagawa and Ibaraki prefectures. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106030138.html

2 TEPCO workers exposed to high-level radiation

Two TEPCO workers at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant were exposed to levels of radiation exceeding standards established by the government......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106040160.html

Fukushima radioactive water could overflow soon

Raising fresh concerns about its ability to bring the nuclear crisis under control, Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced June 3 that highly radioactive water pooled in underground pits could start rising above ground in less than three weeks. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106040157.html

TEPCO eyes design flaw in hydrogen explosion

A design flaw in the exhaust system within the reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant may have caused a hydrogen explosion at the No. 1 reactor March 12 that blew the top off the structure......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106040165.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Radioactive gas leak at Tsuruga nuclear plant caused by holes in piping

TSURUGA (Kyodo) -- The radioactive gas leak that occurred last month at a reactor of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, was caused by tiny holes in its piping, the plant's operator Japan Atomic Power Co. said Friday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/04/20110604p2g00m0dm006000c.html

TEPCO made 1,000 information errors related to power-saving goals

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The industry ministry said Friday that Tokyo Electric Power Co. has made around 1,000 mistakes in relation to key information that the ministry has used for mandatory power-saving goals to be imposed on large-lot electricity users from July 1......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/04/20110604p2g00m0dm007000c.html

2 Fukushima workers confirmed to exceed radiation exposure limit

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. acknowledged for the first time Friday that two workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been exposed to radiation exceeding the maximum limit of 250 millisieverts set for the emergency situation at the crippled complex........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/04/20110604p2g00m0dm014000c.html

Fukushima nuclear plant gets radioactive water tanks

TOKYO (AP)-- Tanks for storing radioactive water were on their way Saturday to the crippled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan where reactor cores melted after the massive earthquake and tsunami......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/04/20110604p2g00m0dm026000c.html

Fukushima's No. 1 reactor building radiation up to 4,000 millisieverts

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Saturday it has detected radiation of up to 4,000 millisieverts per hour at the building housing the troubled No. 1 reactor......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/04/20110604p2g00m0dm040000c.html

2 TEPCO employees exposed to radiation likely to get regular cancer tests

Two Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) employees exposed to high radiation levels will probably not need treatment but will likely receive regular tests for cancer, a research institute has announced.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/04/20110604p2a00m0na004000c.html

TEPCO says venting failure caused hydrogen explosion at No. 1 reactor

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has announced that an explosion at the No. 1 reactor of its crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in March was possibly triggered by a failure to vent hydrogen gas out of the reactor building.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/04/20110604p2a00m0na011000c.html

TEPCO to see 570 billion yen net loss, excluding nuclear compensation

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. is expected to post a parent-only net loss of 570 billion yen for the business year to March 2012, excluding compensation to those affected by the ongoing crisis at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, an internal document showed Saturday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/05/20110605p2a00m0na002000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan Nuclear Agency Fails to Disclose Some Radiation Data

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)--The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Friday that it has failed to disclose some radiation data collected in emergency monitoring conducted soon after the ongoing crisis started at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in March.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060400019

TEPCO Finds Many Errors in Data on Large-Lot Users

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)--A number of errors have been found in data and information on Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> large corporate clients that will be required to cut power consumption in the peak demand season in summer by 15 pct from the year before levels, the industry ministry said Friday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060400043

Kitazawa Calls for Boosted Int'l Cooperation in N-Accidents

Singapore, June 4 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa on Saturday called for boosted international cooperation in nuclear disasters following the country's worst such accident that ensued the March 11 earthquake and tsunami......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060400194

Russia Offers to Help Japan Contain Nuclear Crisis

Singapore, June 4 (Jiji Press)--Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov expressed Moscow's readiness on Saturday to assist Japan in its efforts to contain the nuclear crisis at the radiation-spewing northeastern power plant.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060400259

Evacuees Briefly Return Home in Nuclear Plant Host Town

Okuma, Fukushima Pref., June 4 (Jiji Press)--Evacuees made brief visits to their homes in one of the two municipalities that host the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a government-administered program on Saturday. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060400308

Tainted Water Transfer Resumed at TEPCO Nuclear Plant

Fukushima, June 4 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Saturday it has resumed pumping out highly radioactive water in the basement of a turbine building at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060500018
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Workers at Fukushima plant treated for dehydration

Two workers at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been treated for dehydration at a hospital......

Monday, June 06, 2011 05:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_01.html

TEPCO mulls ways to cut humidity in No.2 reactor

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it will try to reduce humidity inside the Number 2 reactor building.....

Monday, June 06, 2011 05:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_02.html

Cesium in seawater near No. 3 reactor falling

The operator of the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima says the levels of radioactive materials in seawater near the Number 3 reactor are at their lowest since the accident.....

Monday, June 06, 2011 05:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_03.html

Disposal of radioactive debris to go ahead

A panel on nuclear waste disposal has decided to allow municipalities to burn highly radioactive debris if they have incinerators that can remove radioactive substances......

Monday, June 06, 2011 05:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_04.html

TEPCO tests filtering system at Fukushima plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company is testing a filtering system to decontaminate highly radioactive water that continues flooding outside the reactors of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

Monday, June 06, 2011 12:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_15.html

Soil sampling begins in Fukushima

Japan's science ministry has begun a prefecture-wide examination in Fukushima to check for radioactive contamination in the soil from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.......

Monday, June 06, 2011 13:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_21.html

TEPCO chairman resigns as BOJ Counsellor

The chairman of the operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has resigned as a Counsellor of the Bank of Japan.....

Monday, June 06, 2011 14:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_23.html

Fukushima students enjoy indoor swimming

While concerns remain over the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, students from elementary schools in the region enjoyed swimming at an indoor pool to avoid possible radiation......

Monday, June 06, 2011 16:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_24.html

TEPCO shares hit all-time low

Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Company plunged to an all-time low on Monday over uncertainly about how the government will help the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant pay compensation......

Monday, June 06, 2011 16:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_27.html

Emergency measures urged for Fukushima students

The opposition New Komeito Party has urged the government to put into practice emergency measures to protect children in Fukushima prefecture from exposure to radiation......

Monday, June 06, 2011 17:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_26.html

Naraha town residents make short home visit

The last group of evacuees from the no-entry zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant briefly returned home on Monday......

Monday, June 06, 2011 18:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_29.html

Germany to end nuclear power

The German government has decided to close all its nuclear power plants by 2022.....

Monday, June 06, 2011 19:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_30.html

Highly radioactive debris found at Fukushima plant

Highly radioactive debris is still hampering the operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant from bringing its reactors under control, almost 3 months after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami......

Monday, June 06, 2011 19:56 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_28.html

No.1 reactor vessel damaged 5 hours after quake

Japan's nuclear regulator says the meltdown at one of the Fukushima reactors came about 5 hours after the March 11th earthquake, 10 hours earlier than initially estimated by the plant's operator......

Monday, June 06, 2011 21:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_33.html

Radiation levels in seawater remain high

The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says radiation levels detected in seawater near the plant remain high.....

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 21:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_37.html

Govt. document shows offsite center dysfunctional

An internal document from Japan's nuclear safety agency reveals that an emergency response office was nearly dysfunctional at the time of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on March 11th......

Monday, June 06, 2011 22:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_34.html

Scientists call for radiation exposure reduction

A group of scientists at Fukushima University is urging the prefectural government to take stronger precautions in reducing radiation exposure to citizens......

Monday, June 06, 2011 22:31 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_35.html
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Yomiuri online

Tanks readied for radioactive water

UTSUNOMIYA--Tokyo Electric Power Co. has started transporting storage tanks for radiation-contaminated water discharged from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, hoping to use them along with those already installed at the troubled facility......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110605002307.htm

Worried residents near evacuation zone weigh leaving

FUKUSHIMA--Fearing high radiation levels from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, people living just outside the evacuation zone established by the government are considering leaving voluntarily.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110605002523.htm
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Gov't to OK incinerating, burying radioactive rubble in Fukushima

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Environment Ministry plans to allow incinerating or burying rubble from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the coastal and central parts of Fukushima Prefecture that could be contaminated with radioactive material spewing from a damaged nuclear power plant in the northeastern prefecture, ministry officials said Sunday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/06/20110606p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Plutonium detected in soil outside Fukushima nuke plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A small amount of plutonium believed to have been emitted from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has been detected in soil outside the plant, a researcher at a university said Sunday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/06/20110606p2g00m0dm011000c.html

Radioactivity of materials released in Fukushima nuclear crisis revised upward

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) on June 6 revised the level of radioactivity of materials emitted from the crisis hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant from 370,000 terabecquerels to 850,000 terabecquerels.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/06/20110606p2a00m0na009000c.html

No difference found in radiation levels of Japan, foreign-made textiles

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The radiation levels of textile goods produced in and outside of Japan had no major differences, the Japanese industry ministry said Monday, based on a sample survey to check the impact of the country's worst nuclear crisis......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/06/20110606p2g00m0dm062000c.html
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Jiji press

Trace of Activities Found at Neglected Fault in Fukushima

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's nuclear safety agency said Monday that it has found a trace of activities at a fault long considered inactive near the crippled nuclear power station in Fukushima Prefecture. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060600455

Japan May Ask More People around N-Plant to Evacuate

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government may ask residents outside the 20-kilometer no-entry zone and planned evacuation areas around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to leave their homes as well, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Monday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060600629

Japan Farm Exports Down 14 Pct in April

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's exports of agricultural, forestry and marine products in April fell 14.7 pct from a year earlier to 37,630 million yen, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Monday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060600686

Edano Denies TEPCO's Court-Led Rehabilitation

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano ruled out on Monday the possibility of putting Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> under court-administered rehabilitation process......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060600699

Japan Pledges Efforts to Resolve Nuclear Crisis

Budapest, June 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan will make efforts to resolve the country's nuclear crisis as soon as possible, Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto told his counterparts from four Eastern European countries Monday. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060600757

Fukushima Meltdown 5 Hours After Quake: NISA

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)--The core meltdown at the No. 1 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant occurred about five hours after the massive earthquake on March 11, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Monday. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060600797
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Japan to separate nuclear bodies

The Japanese government will restructure its nuclear-related organizations to clarify roles and responsibilities in the event of a nuclear disaster.....

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 05:40 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_01.html

IAEA chief to propose tougher nuclear safety

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says he will propose measures to strengthen nuclear safety at the upcoming high-level international talks, following the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 05:40 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_03.html

IEA: Demand for natural gas expanding

The International Energy Agency says the decline in nuclear power generation as a result of the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Plant will push up global demand for natural gas by more than 60 percent by 2035.....

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 05:40 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_05.html

More hydrogen produced than TEPCO's estimate

Japan's nuclear safety agency says about 800 to 1,000 kilograms of hydrogen was produced in each of 3 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant soon after the March 11th earthquake.....

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 05:40 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_06.html

Japanese, East European FMs agree on import issue

Foreign ministers from Japan and 4 East European countries have agreed that any import restrictions on Japanese products should be based on scientific grounds......

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 10:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_12.html

Labor ministry inspectors to visit Fukushima plant

Labor ministry officials will inspect the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant later on Tuesday to investigate why 2 workers were exposed to radiation exceeding government safety limits.....

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 12:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_21.html

Work continues to support No.4 reactor pool

At the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, work is continuing to shore up a pool containing spent nuclear fuel at the No.4 reactor.....

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 12:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_18.html

Japan's FM seeks nuclear standards review

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto has called for an international review of nuclear safety guidelines and more global support for countries hit by nuclear accidents......

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 12:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_19.html

Govt panel on nuclear accident holds 1st meeting

A new government panel has decided to set up 4 teams to investigate the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant......

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 13:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_17.html

Monitoring of beach radiation begins in Ibaraki

Ibaraki Prefecture, south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, has begun monitoring radiation levels at its beaches to ensure safety before this summer's swimming season......

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 13:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_22.html

Labor Ministry inspects Fukushima plant

Labor ministry officials have conducted onsite inspections at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, to investigate why 2 workers were exposed to excessive levels of radiation.....

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 14:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_28.html

Kaieda:Nuclear plants to resume operating in July

Japan's industry minister says that power companies will be allowed to resume operations of nuclear plants in July after completing regular inspections......

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 14:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_23.html

IAEA to survey radioactive contamination in sea

The IAEA, the UN nuclear watchdog agency, is to survey the long-term effects of the spillage of radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power on the maritime environment in the Pacific Ocean......

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 21:08 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_44.html

Japan to review nuclear power safety measures

Japan's government says it will carry out a fundamental review of its nuclear power safety measures, following the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.......

Tuesday, June 07, 2011 22:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_43.html
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Asahi com

Pro-nuclear Mimura easily re-elected governor of Aomori

AOMORI--Pro-nuclear power politician Shingo Mimura was re-elected governor of Aomori Prefecture, easily defeating two opponents who wanted to freeze construction of or eliminate nuclear plants in the prefecture. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106060184.html

TEPCO backs off cause of explosion at nuclear plant

Contrary to what it said last week, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) now believes that it is unlikely that the March 12 hydrogen explosion at the No. 1 reactor building of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was caused by the reverse flow of hydrogen gas from the containment vessel into the reactor building. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106060146.html

Radiation levels likely exceed safety standard outside evacuation zone

Residents outside the planned evacuation zone near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are trying to lead normal lives, but radiation levels exceeding the safety standard are posing an increasing threat. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106060142.html

TEPCO faces prolonged battle against radioactive debris, water

As workers struggle to bring the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant under control, signs are increasing that the eventual cleanup of the disaster will take much longer than previously thought.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106060179.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Japan to send medical officer to U.N. nuclear watchdog

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A medical officer of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force will be sent to the International Atomic Energy Agency to instruct doctors on how to treat radiation victims and analyze information on radiation incidents, the GSDF said........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/07/20110607p2g00m0dm002000c.html

Japan mulls evacuating radiation 'hot spots'

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government is considering expanding the scope of its evacuation order to include people from certain spots that are emitting high levels of radiation as a result of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in March, government officials said........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/07/20110607p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Japan seeks enhanced cooperation in response to nuclear accidents

BUDAPEST (Kyodo) -- Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto has called for enhanced international cooperation in responding to nuclear accidents and strengthening nuclear safety standards at a foreign ministerial session of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Hungary.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/07/20110607p2g00m0dm017000c.html

Family say blood center refused donation from man who lived near nuclear plant

The family of a man from the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki has lodged a protest with a Japanese Red Cross Society blood center, saying he was not allowed to give blood on the grounds of possible radiation exposure......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/07/20110607p2a00m0na002000c.html

Nuclear safety agency to become independent according to report for IAEA

The government has decided to remove the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) from under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, turning it into an independent body, a report on the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant shows.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/07/20110607p2a00m0na004000c.html

Japan starts probe into Fukushima nuke crisis under expert panel

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has started looking into the causes of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, with an independent panel of experts holding their first gathering Tuesday in Tokyo........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/07/20110607p2g00m0dm089000c.html

Labor ministry inspects Fukushima nuke plant over exposed workers

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese labor ministry on Tuesday inspected the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant to investigate the causes of the complex's workers being exposed to radiation exceeding the maximum allowable emergency limit........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/07/20110607p2g00m0dm091000c.html
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Jiji press

Kaieda Wants Halted N-Reactors to Restart in July

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese industry minister Banri Kaieda said Tuesday that he aims for realizing the restarts in July of nuclear reactors halted for regular inspections. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060700400

Japan N-Crisis Investigation Panel Holds 1st Meeting

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)--A new Japanese panel to investigate the cause of the ongoing nuclear crisis in the nation held its first meeting on Tuesday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060700407

Fukushima Man Denied Blood Donation

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)--A male resident of Fukushima Prefecture has been denied blood donation due to possible exposure to radiation from a crippled nuclear plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture, it was learned Tuesday. ........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060700479

Japan Health Ministry Inspects Fukushima N-Plant

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's health ministry on Tuesday launched an on-site inspection of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which was badly damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060700571

Shizuoka Tea Products Show Below-Limit Cesium Levels

Shizuoka, June 7 (Jiji Press)--Shizuoka Prefecture said Tuesday that the levels of radioactive cesium in tea products in eight areas of the central Japan prefecture were below the safety limit. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060700940

Institute Wants Dosimeters Distributed to Fukushima Residents

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's National Cancer Center said Tuesday dosimeters should be distributed to residents of areas with relatively high levels of radiation emitted from a crippled nuclear power plant. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060700955

ASEM Ministers Agree to Bolster Nuclear Safety Measures

Godollo, Hungary, June 7 (Jiji Press)--Asian and European foreign ministers wrapped up their two-day meeting on Tuesday by issuing a statement stressingthe need to bolster nuclear safety measures. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060700990

Japan Recognizes Need to Overhaul Nuclear Safety Measures

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan needs to make a sweeping overhaul of its nuclear safety measures, the government said Tuesday in a report submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060700995
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monitoring of beach radiation

makoto · Jun 8, 2011

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

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station realtime live cam

Utilities asked to submit nuclear safety measures

The government's nuclear safety agency has instructed utility companies across Japan to come up with measures to better respond to a serious nuclear accident like the one at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.......

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 06:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_03.html

Govt report calls for measures on multi-disasters

A government report for the world nuclear watchdog says Japan should step up measures to deal with multiple disasters.......

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 06:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_04.html

Ministry failed to publish some radiation data

The Japanese government says it failed to publish some radiation data from the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant......

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 06:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_05.html

Radioactive debris outside No.3 reactor removed

Workers have completed the removal of radioactive debris that was outside the No. 3 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.....

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 08:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_08.html

Nuclear talks split over inspections

Officials from over 30 nations have agreed to strengthen cooperation in case of a nuclear accident, but remain divided over inspections of neighboring countries' nuclear plants.......

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 12:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_13.html

TEPCO tests water purification system

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it is making final preparations to activate special purification equipment to treat radioactive waste water at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The company plans to start up the system on June 15th......

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 13:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_16.html

Japanese-made robot to be used at Fukushima plant

A Japanese-made robot will be used in restoration efforts at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the crisis began in March.....

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 17:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_27.html

TEPCO mulls release of decontaminated water

The Tokyo Electric Power Company is studying a plan to decontaminate seawater pooled at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant and discharge it into the sea.......

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 19:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_30.html

Air in No.2 reactor building to be released

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will release air from inside the No.2 reactor building after lowing its intense radioactivity and high humidity, which have been hampering the work to restore its cooling system.....

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 19:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_34.html

Water radiation levels rise north of nuke plant

The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says seawater radiation levels continue to rise in areas north of the plant.....

Friday, April 08, 2011 21:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/08_39.html
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Yomiuri online

Govt to test vegetable radioactivity / Data on cesium absorption from soil aimed to help Fukushima farmers

The farm ministry and the Fukushima prefectural government plan to jointly conduct research on transfer factors that show soil-to-plant absorption of radioactive cesium, sources said. ......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110607005323.htm

'Melt-through' at Fukushima? / Govt report to IAEA suggests situation worse than meltdown

Nuclear fuel in three reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has possibly melted through pressure vessels and accumulated at the bottom of outer containment vessels, according to a government report obtained Tuesday by The Yomiuri Shimbun........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110607005367.htm

Investigative panel holds 1st session

An independent panel tasked with investigating the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant crisis established four specialized teams to support its activities in its first meeting Tuesday.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110607006119.htm
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Asahi com

Unwanted radioactive sewage sludge piling up

Radioactive sewage sludge is quickly filling up treatment facilities in eastern Japan as recycling companies have refused to accept it for safety reasons. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106070178.html

NISA: Radioactivity release more than double initial estimate

More than twice as much radioactivity was spewed into the atmosphere on March 11 from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant than previously estimated, Japan's regulator of nuclear industry safety said in its latest report. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106070171.html

BEHIND THE MYTH: 'Nuclear village' rules itself in TEPCO hierarchy

A fiefdom of nuclear experts at Tokyo Electric Power Co. has survived past crises and appears likely to withstand fallout from the controversy at the embattled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106070161.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Saga Pref. town to approve rebooting of serviced reactors

SAGA (Kyodo) -- A town in Saga Prefecture hosting the Genkai nuclear power plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co. plans to agree by early July to restart the plant's two reactors that have been suspended for checkups, becoming the first municipality to give such a go-ahead during the country's continuing nuclear crisis......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/08/20110608p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Japan starts probe into Fukushima nuke crisis under expert panel

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has started looking into the causes of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant three months after it was triggered by the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami, with an independent panel of experts holding their first gathering Tuesday in Tokyo......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/08/20110608p2g00m0dm013000c.html

TEPCO shares fall below 200 yen on uncertain compensation scheme

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. shares briefly plunged to 199 yen on Wednesday morning, breaking its previous record low of 206 yen amid uncertainties about the government's scheme to help the utility pay compensations over its nuclear crisis........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/08/20110608p2g00m0dm018000c.html

Fisheries Agency opposes Fukushima Daini nuke plant water release plan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s plan to release water containing traces of radioactive materials from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant to the sea has been stopped due to stiff opposition from the Fisheries Agency, sources close to the mater said Wednesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/08/20110608p2g00m0dm090000c.html

Fukushima town stops turning down relief funds over shaman's arrest

KAZO, Saitama -- The Futaba Municipal Government in Fukushima Prefecture has stopped turning down disaster relief money for residents after one resident was arrested on suspicion of violating the law against child prostitution and pornography.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/08/20110608p2a00m0na007000c.html
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Jiji press

TEPCO Oversight Panel to Submit Report to Govt by Sept.

Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)--An independent panel to oversee Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> management and restructuring will submit a report to the government by September, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Wednesday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060800388

Japan's 1st Robot for Fukushima N-Plant Unveiled

Narashino, Chiba Pref., June 8 (Jiji Press)--The first Japanese robot assigned to work at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant made its appearance before the media in this eastern Japan city Wednesday. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060800460

TEPCO Admits Sloppy Handling of Radiation Data

Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> on Wednesday admitted its sloppy handling of radiation data collected at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant during the crucial early phase of the ongoing crisis there. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060800474

Another TEPCO Plant May Dump Radioactive Water into Sea

Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> is considering dumping radioactive water into the sea from its Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant, regulators said Wednesday. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060800595

Fukushima Reactor Control Rooms Suffer Power Stoppage

Fukushima, June 8 (Jiji Press)--The central control rooms for the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant experienced a temporary power stoppage Wednesday, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060800882

Tokyo Metropolitan Govt to Measure Radiation at 100 Locations

Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo metropolitan government said Wednesday it will measure radiation levels in the air at some 100 locations in the prefecture, against the current one place........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060800890

Nuclear Regulators Agree to Tighten Safety Standards

Paris, June 8 (Jiji Press)--Nuclear regulators from Group of Eight and other advanced countries as well as emerging economies broadly agreed Wednesday on the need to tighten safety standards for nuclear power plants. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060900399
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oils in Fukushima plant2

Quince

makoto · Jun 9, 2011

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

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station realtime live cam

Fukushima doctor shortage

Fukushima Medical University is launching an intern system for young doctors to work in quake-hit areas while training in radio-therapeutics......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 01:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_02.html

Survey: strontium widespread in Fukushima

Soil samples from around Fukushima Prefecture have revealed concentrations of radioactive strontium......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 06:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_04.html

Efforts to delay radioactive water leaks

Tokyo Electric Power Company continues to struggle to prevent possible leaks of highly-radioactive water that is accumulating at its troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 06:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_05.html

Leaked oil found in seawater near Fukushima Daini

Tokyo Electric Power Company says oil has leaked into the sea from another suspended nuclear power plant in Fukushima. The utility sees the oil leaked from a transformer at the plant after the March 11th earthquake......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 06:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_06.html

IAEA to ask Japan for transparent nuclear report

NHK has learned that the International Atomic Energy Agency will ask Japan to provide a more transparent report on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 06:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_07.html

Japan to brief US, Britain, France on crisis

Japan plans to send an official to the United Sates, Britain and France to brief them about its report on the nuclear crisis in Fukushima, ahead of an upcoming ministerial meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency....

Thursday, June 09, 2011 06:06 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_08.html

Nuclear energy officials call for safety tests

Nuclear safety officials from more than 30 countries have agreed on the need for safety tests on all nuclear power plants currently in operation around the world......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 10:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_15.html

TEPCO tests filters to decontaminate water

Tokyo Electric Power Company began testing water filtering devices at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to decontaminate highly radioactive wastewater on Thursday........

Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_19.html

Nuclear evacuation being considered for more areas

The Japanese government says it will quickly decide on whether to evacuate more people from areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant which have radiation levels exceeding the state limit.......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_22.html

Kan expresses desire to stay on through August

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has indicated that he will stay in office at least until the end of August, despite calls for him to step down this month......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 14:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_24.html

Saga Gov. noncommittal about reactor resumption

The governor of Saga Prefecture has ducked questions on whether he supports or rejects the restarting of nuclear reactors in his constituency......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 18:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_29.html

TEPCO to use filters at plant

The operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant has briefed Japan's nuclear regulator on equipment for removing highly radioactive substances in water at the facility......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 19:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_31.html

IAEA to tighten nuclear safety measures worldwide

NHK has learned that the International Atomic Energy Agency will declare its resolve to strengthen global nuclear safety in the wake of the accident in Japan......

Thursday, June 09, 2011 21:18 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_36.html
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Yomiuri online

PM Office's hand seen in IAEA report

The influence of the Prime Minister's Office is strongly reflected in a report submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency Tuesday on the nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110608005338.htm

Report to IAEA heavy on safety proposals / Govt urges drastic changes to plants, reactors; could have hefty price tag to implement

The government's report to the International Atomic Energy Agency over the ongoing nuclear crisis makes extensive proposals for preventing or containing future calamities. But will the report convince the world Japan is truly committed to improving the safety of its nuclear power industry?.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110608005541.htm

Govt report calls for 28 N-safety steps

In a report submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the government has called for a drastic revision of nuclear reactor design standards, including the development of air-cooling devices and a reconsideration of the location of temporary storage pools for spent nuclear fuel rods.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110608006170.htm

NUCLEAR CRISIS: HOW IT HAPPENED / Kan's visit 'wasted time'

Nearly three months have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a nuclear crisis that shows little sign of ending any time soon.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110608005066.htm
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Asahi com

Power outages at Fukushima plant, cooling continues

The operator of a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant said on June 8 it had experienced power outages at two of its reactors but it was able to continue the cooling process to bring them under control. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106080184.html

Panel examining nuclear accident to cover many topics

A government-appointed panel on the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will look not only at the causes of the accident and appraise measures taken after it arose, but also offer advice on organizational issues after reviewing the history of nuclear energy technology in Japan. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106080172.html

TEPCO racing to purify contaminated water before it leaks

Officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co. are racing to install purification equipment for the tons of water contaminated with radiation that have accumulated at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant over concerns that it will leak out either into groundwater or the ocean.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106080177.html

BEHIND THE MYTH: Accident management proved inadequate at nuclear plant

In late March, as the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant worsened, Shojiro Matsuura, president of the Nuclear Safety Research Association, had many concerns about what was happening. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106080182.html

Japan cites insufficient measures at Fukushima plant

Acknowledging multiple failures in handling the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan plans to separate its supervisory organization on nuclear power from the industry ministry, which had long touted the safety of the nation's reactors. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106080176.html

FUKUSHIMA LESSONS: Government admits failures in Fukushima crisis

The Japanese government's report to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant catalogues multiple failures at all levels of Japan's nuclear industry, bureaucracy and government. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106080171.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Blackout hits Fukushima nuclear plant's Nos. 1, 2 units

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered power outages at its Nos. 1 and 2 reactors Wednesday, with lights cut off in the units' central control room, and water level and pressure indictors for one of the reactors out of service for more than three hours.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/09/20110609p2g00m0dm002000c.html

Power supply forecast to drop 11% if 11 reactors remain idle

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The industry ministry has estimated that the combined supply of electricity by five power companies outside the March 11 disaster-affected region will be smaller than projected by 11 percent or 8.8 million kilowatts in August if their 11 nuclear reactors, now shut down for regular inspections, fail to resume operating, ministry sources said Wednesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/09/20110609p2g00m0dm027000c.html

Strontium contamination found outside nuclear crisis exclusion zone

Radioactive strontium 89 and strontium 90 has been detected in 11 locations outside the 20-kilometer exclusion zone around the crisis-stricken Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, the government announced June 8......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/09/20110609p2a00m0na002000c.html

TEPCO to test new water treatment system Fri. in Fukushima crisis

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to begin testing a newly installed radioactive water treatment system at its troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Friday, to deal with the massive amount of contaminated water that has hampered crisis control, a government regulator said Thursday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/09/20110609p2g00m0dm055000c.html

Tokyo Metropolitan Gov't to begin atmospheric radiation tests across city

As concerns over radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear crisis continue, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced it will begin checking atmospheric radiation levels at about 100 locations across the city......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/09/20110609p2a00m0na010000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan N-Agency Chief Views Fukushima Accident as Manmade

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--The accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was a manmade disaster, Haruki Madarame, chairman of the government's Nuclear Safety Commission said Thursday. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060900448

Strontium Detected in Soil 62km from Fukushima N-Plant

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's science ministry said Thursday that radioactive strontium was detected at a site some 62 kilometers from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060900454

Japan Emperor Hopes for Early End to Fukushima N-Crisis

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Emperor Akihito expressed his hope Thursday that the nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, will be brought under control as early as possible. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060900611

YouTube Star Mayor Urges Japan Govt to Face Disaster Realities

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--The mayor of a disaster-hit Japanese city who has become an icon of the nuclear crisis by going online to plead for help criticized the central government Thursday as knowing little of the realities of disaster areas. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060900761

Fukushima Pref. Proposed as Final Place for Polluted Debris

Fukushima, June 9 (Jiji Press)--A senior government official proposed Thursday setting up a disposal facility in Fukushima Prefecture for debris contaminated by radiation from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled power plant. ........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060900811

Japan Govt to Submit Legislation to Help TEPCO Pay Compensation

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government decided Thursday to submit bills to the Diet next week to create a framework for supporting Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> compensation payments. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011060900988

TEPCO to Start Testing Tainted Water Treatment System

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--The industry ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency allowed Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> on Thursday to test a system to purify radiation-tainted water at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061000001
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Cesium detected in Shizuoka tea

Radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit was detected in tea made in a factory in Shizuoka City, more than 300 kilometers away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.........

Friday, June 10, 2011 06:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_01.html

JA asks government to buy affected land

Japan's Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives requested that the government buy all disaster-affected farmland and have the farmers buy back the cultivatable land after the government restores it......

Friday, June 10, 2011 06:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_03.html

IAEA refers Syria to UN on nuclear issue

The International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a resolution on Thursday to refer Syria to the UN Security Council for its covert atomic work.....

Friday, June 10, 2011 07:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_06.html

Children in Fukushima to be given dosimeters

A city 60 kilometers away from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has decided to distribute dosimeters to all kindergarteners and school children to monitor their radiation exposure.......

Friday, June 10, 2011 09:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_08.html

TEPCO testing water treatment system

Tokyo Electric Power Company is conducting a test-run of a new system to treat the highly radioactive water that is flooding facilities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.......

Friday, June 10, 2011 10:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_09.html

TEPCO testing water treatment system

Tokyo Electric Power Company is conducting a test-run of a new system to treat the highly radioactive water that is flooding facilities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.......

Friday, June 10, 2011 12:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_18.html

Murakami: Japan should have opposed nuclear power

Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami said in his acceptance speech for a Catalonian prize that Japan should have continued opposing nuclear power........

Friday, June 10, 2011 14:19 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_22.html

TEPCO to install cooling system at No. 4 reactor

The operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant is preparing to install a circulatory cooling system for a spent nuclear fuel pool in the plant's Number 4 reactor building........

Friday, June 10, 2011 19:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_30.html

Fukushima workers' exposure tops 650mSV

Detailed tests have found that 2 workers who were exposed to radiation at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant received doses of more than twice the government-mandated emergency limit........

Friday, June 10, 2011 19:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_33.html

Radiation in No. 3 reactor too high for work

The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says radiation levels in one of the reactor buildings remain too high for workers to do their jobs......

Friday, June 10, 2011 20:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_26.html

Many challenges at Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant

Three months after the breakdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, there is still a huge number of obstacles to getting the plant under control.......

Saturday, June 11, 2011 07:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_03.html

Italians protest nuclear power ahead of referendum

People in Italy have taken to the streets to protest against nuclear power ahead of a referendum to decide whether the country should revive its nuclear energy program. The referendum is scheduled for Sunday and Monday......

Saturday, June 11, 2011 10:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_09.html

Kan's advisor: Japan to step up nuclear regulation

An advisor to Prime Minister Naoto Kan says Japan will conduct a major review of its nuclear safety arrangements and study ways to step up nuclear regulation........

Saturday, June 11, 2011 13:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_12.html

No.2 reactor air filter starts running

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has begun running air-filtering equipment at the Number 2 reactor building on Saturday to remove airborne radioactive material..........

Saturday, June 11, 2011 12:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_13.html

New buildings at N.Korea's nuclear site

An analysis of satellite images has found that new buildings are going up near North Korea's suspected uranium enrichment facility..........

Saturday, June 11, 2011 16:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_16.html
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GOVERNMENT REPORT TO IAEA / Challenges of a nuclear disaster, responses and the lessons learned

The following is a summary of "Report of Japanese Government to the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety--The Accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations," which was submitted Tuesday.........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110609002555.htm

1,700 kids living 20-30 km from N-plant

FUKUSHIMA--At least 1,670 children are living between 20 and 30 kilometers from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, despite the government's recommendation for residents of that area to get their children out, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Thursday.........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110609005998.htm

NUCLEAR CRISIS: HOW IT HAPPENED / Hydrogen blasts at plant surprised experts

Nearly three months have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a nuclear crisis that shows little sign of ending any time soon.........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110609005186.htm

Burglars hit evacuees' homes in Fukushima Pref.

Burglars are apparently targeting houses left vacant because they are within 30 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110610005519.htm

NUCLEAR CRISIS: HOW IT HAPPENED / Government radiation data disclosure--too little, too late

Three months have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a nuclear crisis that shows little sign of ending any time soon. .........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110610005496.htm
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Three evacuees get second chance at joys of music

FUKUSHIMA--When the 62 students of the Adachi High School brass band took the stage in their school uniforms for a music festival earlier this month at the Fukushima city concert hall, three girls wearing white shirts and black pants joined them. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106090174.html

Survey finds wide gulf in global opinion on nuclear power

While significant segments of the public in China and the United States continue to give robust support for nuclear power, opinion in Japan, South Korea and France appears to have been rocked by the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to a survey conducted in May by The Asahi Shimbun. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106090179.html

BEHIND THE MYTH: A town built on nuclear subsidies, emptied by nuclear disaster

Futaba Mayor Katsutaka Idogawa scrimped and saved. He cut expenses, reviewed projects and slashed his take-home pay to zero. But in the end, he was forced to return to the one reliable source of income to save the town in Fukushima Prefecture from bankruptcy. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106090181.html

Radioactive strontium detected in 11 places in Fukushima Prefecture

Low levels of radioactive strontium have been detected in soil at 11 locations in Fukushima Prefecture, the government announced June 8. ........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106090172.html

Radiation above standards found in Shizuoka tea

Shizuoka Prefecture said June 9 that 679 becquerels of radioactive cesium were detected per kilogram in refined tea leaves processed by a plant in its jurisdiction, exceeding the national safety standard of 500 becquerels per kilogram.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106100410.html

TEPCO fires up the seawater treatment equipment

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on June 9 began testing cleaning equipment designed to remove radioactive materials from contaminated seawater around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106100212.html

TEPCO: Radiation waste to total 2,000 cubic meters

The amount of radiation waste created from the treatment of highly radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is estimated at 2,000 cubic meters, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said June 9........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106100217.html

BEHIND THE MYTH: Japan turned deaf ear to warnings about quake risks

The moment seismologist Kojiro Irikura felt a massive shaking in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on March 11, he wondered whether a nuclear power plant somewhere might have been damaged. But deep down, he may have already known the answer. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106100215.html
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Kan's adviser to brief U.S., Britain, France on Fukushima

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Goshi Hosono, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, arrived in the United States on Thursday to brief senior officials of the administration of President Barack Obama on the Fukushima nuclear crisis ahead of the International Atomic Energy Agency ministerial meeting later this month......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/10/20110610p2g00m0dm001000c.html

Novelist Murakami raps Japan's nuke policy during award speech

BARCELONA, Spain (Kyodo) -- Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami received the 2011 International Catalunya Prize at a ceremony Thursday in Barcelona, criticizing his country's pursuit of nuclear energy during his acceptance speech........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/10/20110610p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Crisis-hit Fukushima city mayor seeks gov't body near no-entry zone

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The mayor of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture, which has been greatly affected by the ongoing nuclear crisis, called on the central government Thursday to set up an office near a no-entry zone to correctly grasp the situation and implement appropriate countermeasures......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/10/20110610p2g00m0dm032000c.html

Fukushima's Date City to give dosimeters to all children

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- The Date city office in Fukushima Prefecture said Thursday it will distribute dosimeters to all children attending preschool as well as elementary and junior high schools in the city amid growing worries over exposure to radiation from the crippled Fukushima Daichi nuclear power station nearby.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/10/20110610p2g00m0dm039000c.html

TEPCO to test key water treatment system Fri. in Fukushima crisis

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it will begin testing a newly installed radioactive water treatment system at its troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Friday, a step deemed critical to bringing the nearly three-month-old crisis under control.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/10/20110610p2g00m0dm042000c.html

Cabinet to OK bill Tues. to aid compensation for nuclear disaster

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Cabinet is expected to approve on Tuesday a bill to help Tokyo Electric Power Co. meet its massive compensation payments through measures such as injecting money into the utility in the wake of the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, government sources said Thursday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/10/20110610p2g00m0dm043000c.html

Fukushima Pref. city to build tenement house to prevent solitary deaths

SOMA, Fukushima -- The municipal government here will build "nagaya" or traditional and convivial Japanese tenement houses to prevent mainly elderly evacuees from dying solitary deaths in the aftermath of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/10/20110610p2a00m0na006000c.html

Retailer told to stay mum about radiation level in tea

SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) -- Shizuoka Prefecture told a Tokyo-based mail order retailer to refrain from carrying information on its website that radioactive materials in excess of the standard limit were detected in tea grown in the prefecture, the retailer said Friday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/10/20110610p2g00m0dm090000c.html

Shareholders urge TEPCO to give up nuclear power

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A group of 402 shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power Co. has urged the utility to give up nuclear power generation, the company, known as TEPCO, said Friday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/10/20110610p2g00m0dm091000c.html

Sludge from contaminated water would be packed with radioactive substances: TEPCO

Sludge that will be generated in the process of treating radioactive water at the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant is estimated to contain 100 million becquerels of radioactive substances per cubic centimeter, the plant operator said........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/10/20110610p2a00m0na010000c.html

Over 1,000 to stage antinuclear plant rally in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Over 1,000 people will stage rallies in the city of Fukushima on June 19 urging the decommissioning of all nuclear power plants in Japan in the wake of the crisis in the prefecture, the organizer said Friday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/11/20110611p2g00m0dm001000c.html

TEPCO ordered to improve working conditions at crisis-hit nuclear plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The labor ministry ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday to improve working conditions for personnel at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after two workers were exposed to radiation well above the maximum allowable emergency limit....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/11/20110611p2g00m0dm003000c.html

2 TEPCO workers confirmed with radiation doses more than twice limit

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government's nuclear agency said Friday two Tokyo Electric Power Co. employees working at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been confirmed as having received radiation doses more than twice the limit and that it had rebuked the company over the matter..........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/11/20110611p2g00m0dm007000c.html

Ex-adviser raps gov't for worsening local residents' radiation exposure

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A report by a former government adviser on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, obtained Friday, criticized the government for exacerbating the radiation exposure of local residents due to what he called its impromptu initial handling of the crisis......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/11/20110611p2g00m0fp009000c.html
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Fukushima N-Plant Worker Falls Unconscious

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday a male worker at its crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, was helicoptered to hospital after falling unconscious........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061000514

TEPCO Shareholders Seek End to N-Power Generation

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--A total of 402 shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> have proposed the company end nuclear power generation, it said Friday. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061000587

Long Road Lies Ahead for Crisis-Hit Japan

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--A long road still lies ahead for Japan's recovery three months after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that left over 23,000 dead or missing and led to the world's second worst nuclear accident after the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061000702

Japan on Brink of Suspending All N-Plants Amid Crisis

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--With the myth of the safety of nuclear power in tatters amid the unfolding crisis caused by the devastating natural disaster three months ago, Japan is finding it difficult to resume operations at nuclear power stations. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061000924

2 TEPCO Employees Exposed to Radiation Double Limit Dose

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--Two male Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> employees working at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant were found to have exposed to radiation more than double the government-set dose limit of 250 millisieverts, TEPCO said Friday..........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061100004

Huge Amount of Contaminated Water Found in Fukushima No. 3 Reactor Basement

Fukushima, June 10 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday there is a massive amount of radioactive water in the basement of the No. 3 reactor building in its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061100013

TEPCO Starts Repairing Cesium-Absorbing Equipment

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> on Saturday started repairing equipment to remove cesium from radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as water leaks were found on the first day of its test Friday. ........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061100258

TEPCO Begins to Clean Air in No. 2 Reactor

Fukushima, June 11 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> on Saturday started operating air-purification equipment to reduce radioactive substances inside the No. 2 reactor building at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station in northeastern Japan......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061100311
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Japanese hold anti-nuclear rallies

A series of anti-nuclear demonstrations were held across Japan on Saturday. The rallies coincided with the 3 month anniversary of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami that resulted in the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

Sunday, June 12, 2011 01:29 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_19.html

TEPCO forced to review reactor 4 cooling plan

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been forced to reconsider its plan to cool the spent fuel storage pool of the No.4 reactor......

Sunday, June 12, 2011 05:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_02.html

Measures to prevent heatstroke to be added

The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it will implement measures to prevent workers from being hit by heatstroke......

Sunday, June 12, 2011 11:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_07.html

Radioactive water treatment likely to be delayed

Treatment of highly radioactive water at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is likely to be delayed by a problem with the flow of water......

Sunday, June 12, 2011 15:08 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_09.html

Italy's nuclear referendum

Italians are voting on Sunday and Monday on a referendum on domestic nuclear power generation........

Sunday, June 12, 2011 23:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_13.html

Off-site centers unprepared

An NHK survey has found that most of the emergency response centers built near nuclear power plants are not properly equipped to take measures against nuclear contamination.......

Sunday, June 12, 2011 23:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_18.html not to waste money

Water treatment device fixed

The equipment failure that has delayed the test of a system to treat highly radioactive water at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has apparently been resolved......

Sunday, June 12, 2011 23:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_19.html
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NUCLEAR CRISIS: HOW IT HAPPENED / Government, TEPCO brushed off warnings from all sides

Three months have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a nuclear crisis that shows little sign of ending anytime soon. .....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110611002697.htm
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METI tried to gain influence over Fukushima panel

A push by bureaucrats associated with the nuclear industry to increase their influence over the government-appointed panel investigating the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was rebuffed by Prime Minister Naoto Kan. ........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106110149.html

Leaks could delay treatment of radioactive water

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has found leaks that could delay the start of a crucial system to lower the radioactivity of contaminated water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106110145.html
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Japanese stage antinuclear protest in New York

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- An antinuclear protest organized by Japanese people took place in New York on Saturday, three months after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at an atomic power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northwestern Japan.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/12/20110612p2g00m0dm003000c.html

Mass demonstrations against nuclear power held in Japan 3 months after quake

TOKYO (AP) -- Protesters held mass demonstrations against nuclear power across Japan on Saturday, the three-month anniversary of the powerful earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 23,000 people and triggered one of the world's worst nuclear disasters......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/12/20110612p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Water treatment system testing at Fukushima plant hits snag again

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s preparations to begin testing a newly installed radioactive water treatment system at its troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant hit a snag again as the piping may be clogged, company officials said Sunday..........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/12/20110612p2g00m0dm061000c.html
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Water Treatment May Be Delayed Further at Fukushima N-Plant

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Sunday that the start of test operations of equipment to absorb cesium in highly radioactive water at its crippled Fushima No. 1 plant will be delayed because of trouble found late Saturday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061200068

Radioactive Strontium Detected in Fukushima N-Plant Groundwater

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)--The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Sunday that radioactive strontium has been detected in groundwater samples taken on May 18 at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061200225

(Update) Water Treatment Delayed at Fukushima N-Plant

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Sunday that the start of a newly built system to treat highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will be delayed two to three days from the originally scheduled date of Wednesday. ........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061300010
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Young parents moving away from areas near damaged Fukushima plant

Ayano Tashiro holds her 6-month-old daughter at her home in the Ishida district of Date, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 6. (Mainichi)

FUKUSHIMA -- Young parents are moving away from towns near the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant as areas of high radiation continue to be discovered, raising fears over the effects on young children.

Around 50 kilometers northwest of the power plant is Soma city's Tamano district, located at the foot of Mount Ryozen. Developed soon after the end of World War II, the area is covered with rice paddies....

makoto · Jun 13, 2011

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Excessive levels of strontium detected in seawater

Radioactive strontium that exceeds the government-set safety level was detected for the first time in sea water in the inlet next to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.....

Monday, June 13, 2011 06:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_02.html

Expert: Closer watch on marine life necessary

Professor Takashi Ishimaru of the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology says the results were expected because smaller amounts of radioactive strontium have already been detected in the sea both near Fukushima Prefecture and farther away.......

Monday, June 13, 2011 06:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_03.html

TEPCO to test water treatment system

Tokyo Electric Power Company hopes to begin a test-run of a new system on Monday to treat highly radioactive water that threatens to overflow from facilities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant........

Monday, June 13, 2011 09:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_08.html

Test-run to be delayed at Fukushima

Tokyo Electric Power Company has further postponed the test-run of a new system to treat highly radioactive water that threatens to overflow from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The operator says it wants to conduct the test-run on Tuesday or later -- more than 4 days behind schedule.......

Monday, June 13, 2011 12:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_12.html

Farmland in Fukushima no-go zone to be inspected

The national and prefectural governments are to begin inspecting farmland in the no-entry zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant next month.....

Monday, June 13, 2011 15:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_20.html

Joint survey of high radiation areas in Date

City authorities and the central government jointly checked radiation concentrations on Monday in an area of Date City, Fukushima Prefecture........

Monday, June 13, 2011 17:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_19.html

TEPCO begins operating seawater treatment system

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, has begun work to reduce the level of radioactivity in seawater near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.......

Monday, June 13, 2011 17:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_21.html

Tap water deemed safe by health minister panel

A health ministry panel studying radiation levels in tap water in Japan's northeast and areas near Tokyo has concluded that it contains no safety risks for the time being........

Monday, June 13, 2011 18:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_22.html

Plant worker forgets face mask filter

A worker at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant apparently worked outdoors without putting a filter in his full-face mask to prevent the inhalation of radioactive particles............

Monday, June 13, 2011 18:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_26.html

Growing exposure problems at Fukushima

The health and labor ministry says six other workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have received radiation doses above the allowable emergency level.......

Monday, June 13, 2011 20:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_29.html

Berlusconi: Italy to go non-nuclear

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says his country will give up plans to revive nuclear energy following a decision by the people......

Monday, June 13, 2011 22:29 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_32.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

High concentration of radioactive strontium found at Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Radioactive strontium up to 240 times the legal concentration limit has been detected in seawater samples collected near an intake at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday..........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/13/20110613p2g00m0dm002000c.html

TEPCO releases photo showing damage to No. 4 reactor building

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has released a photograph showing the damaged inside of the building housing the No. 4 reactor at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/13/20110613p2a00m0na003000c.html

Tap water deemed safe, radiation checks to be continued: gov't

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tap water in Japan is unlikely to pose any further safety problem as long as the situation at the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant does not worsen, although continued checks would be needed for at least several months, the health ministry said in a draft report Monday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/13/20110613p2g00m0dm080000c.html
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Jiji press

(Update 2) Tainted Water Treatment Delayed at Fukushima N-Plant

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said the start of a new system to treat highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will be delayed two to three days from the originally scheduled date of Wednesday. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061300446

2nd Round of Nuclear Evacuees' Temporary Returns to Be Delayed

Fukushima, June 13 (Jiji Press)--It is expected to take some time to start the second round of a government-administered temporary homecoming program for people evacuated due to the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture.........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061300615

Japan's Review of N-Safety Guidelines to Start This Month

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's Nuclear Safety Commission will start reviewing its guidelines for the safety of nuclear facilities by the end of this month, Haruki Madarame, its chairman, said Monday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061300707

TEPCO Oversight Panel to Hold 1st Meeting Thursday

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--A government panel to oversee the management of Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> is set to hold its first meeting on Thursday to discuss measures to secure resources for TEPCO's compensation payments over the radiation crisis at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061300738

Osaka People Must Weigh N-Plant in Vicinity: Hashimoto

Osaka, June 13 (Jiji Press)--Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto said Monday that if people in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka support construction of new nuclear power plants, they must discuss building one in the prefecture. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061300785

Health Ministry Panel Concludes Tap Water Is Safe

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese health ministry panel concluded on Monday that tap water is now safe, after radioactive substances were detected following the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061300813

6 More TEPCO Employees Exposed to Radiation over Limit

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Monday that six more employees at its stricken nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan are believed to have been exposed to cumulative radiation doses above the government-set emergency limit of 250 millisieverts.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061300831

TEPCO Starts Tainted Seawater Treatment

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Monday it has started operating a system to remove radioactive substances from seawater in the area surrounded by the breakwater at its stricken nuclear power station in northeastern Japan......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061300838

No N-Plant Use to Push Up Power Bills by 1,000 Yen: Think Tank

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--Electricity rates for an average household in Japan would surge by over 1,000 yen a month if the country halts operations of all nuclear power stations and use thermal plants instead, an industry ministry-affiliated think tank said Monday. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061300841

makoto · Jun 14, 2011

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Italy goes nuclear free

Italians have voted overwhelmingly to give up nuclear energy. The Italian interior ministry says more than 94 percent of votes cast were against domestic nuclear power generation......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 06:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_02.html

Nearly half of Japanese want less nuclear power

An NHK poll shows that nearly half of Japanese people want fewer nuclear power plants in the country.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 06:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_03.html

TEPCO to liquidate subsidiary

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, says it will put a subsidiary into liquidation as part of its efforts to streamline the company......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 06:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_06.html

Italians reject nuclear power in referendum

Italians have voted overwhelmingly to give up nuclear energy in a 2-day national referendum over the weekend.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 07:37 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_07.html

More TEPCO workers exceed radiation limit

Tokyo Electric Power Company has reported that 6 more workers at its damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may have received radiation doses above the allowable emergency limit of 250 millisieverts........

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 09:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_08.html

Italians celebrate anti-nuke referendum

Italians opposing nuclear power have gathered to celebrate a day after the nation voted overwhelmingly to give up nuclear energy......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:29 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_12.html

Cabinet approves TEPCO aid bill

The Cabinet has approved a bill laying out the framework for the government to help Tokyo Electric Power Company compensate victims of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_16.html

Kaieda, Yosano react to Italian nuclear poll

Japan's economy and industry minister has stressed the importance of considering nuclear power generation in the context of Japan's energy needs.....

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_19.html

Edano vague on Italy's anti-nuke vote

Referring to Italy's rejection of nuclear power in a national referendum, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says the Japanese government is in no position to comment.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_20.html

TEPCO begins testing cesium absorption device

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun testing a device to process highly radioactive water, after a 4-day delay.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:19 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_18.html

Power fees to rise 20% if all nuclear plants close

A Japanese research institute says the monthly electricity bill per household would balloon by nearly 20 percent if Japan's 54 nuclear reactors were shut down.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_17.html

Additional 23 workers exposed to high radiation

The health ministry says that another 23 workers at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may have been exposed internally to over 100 millisieverts of radiation..........

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 13:37 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_22.html

LDP's Ishihara reacts to Italian poll

A ranking lawmaker of Japan's largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party says the nation cannot easily change its energy policy.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 14:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_24.html

White paper calls for review of quake response

The government's new white paper on disaster cites the need to review measures taken in emergencies, but offers only a chronological account of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 14:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_23.html

Reaction to Italy's vote against nuclear energy

A Japanese business leader says that compared to Italy's energy policy, Japan's options are limited.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 19:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_32.html

Radioactive material in sludge at 16 prefectures

NHK has learned that 16 prefectures in Japan have detected radioactive material in sludge since the crisis began at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 19:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_33.html

China will stick to nuclear energy

China has stressed that it will continue to promote nuclear power to meet its energy needs.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 19:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_36.html

TEPCO begins testing cesium removing device

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says a cesium absorption device that it has started testing is working well........

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 19:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_37.html

Plutonium detected in Fukushima plant soil

The operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant says tiny amounts of plutonium have been detected in samples of soil in the plant's compound.......

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 22:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_39.html
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Yomiuri online

Rainy season worries evacuees

MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima--As the rainy season approaches, evacuees with homes in the 20-kilometer no-entry zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant fear their houses will be ruined by water that leaks through roofs damaged in the March 11 earthquake and aftershocks. .......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110613004972.htm
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Asahi com

Fukushima accident pushes Indonesia toward geothermal

GARUT, Indonesia--As one of the most quake- and tsunami-prone countries in the world, the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in Japan has sent shock waves through Indonesia, tipping the balance back toward geothermal power generation. .........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106130049.html

Demonstrations against nuclear power blanket Japan

Marking three months after the crisis erupted at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake, protesters marched against nuclear power generation in rallies across Japan on June 11. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106120104.html

Strontium detected in groundwater and sea around Fukushima plant

Highly radioactive strontium was detected in the groundwater at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant for the first time, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said June 12. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106130053.html

Water purification work start-up at Fukushima sees delay

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) says that work to remove radioactive materials such as cesium from heavily contaminated water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will be delayed until after the initially scheduled June 15 start date. ........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106130043.html

Local officials saying no to restarting nuclear reactors

By the time summer temperatures peak in August across Japan, only 14 of the nation's 54 nuclear reactors will be churning out electricity to cope with the demand, due to the effects of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. ........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106130040.html

Nuclear plant safety standards rendered useless by quake

The government is being pressured to just throw out its safety standards for nuclear power plants and go back to the drawing board, in light of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that crippled the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106130047.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Shareholders propose Tohoku Electric give up nuclear power

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- A group of 232 shareholders in Tohoku Electric Power Co. have proposed that the utility give up nuclear power generation, the utility said Monday.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/14/20110614p2g00m0dm003000c.html

Cabinet OKs nuclear disaster compensation bill for Diet submission

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government approved a bill Tuesday to help Tokyo Electric Power Co. meet its massive compensation payments through the creation of an entity that would provide financial assistance to the company in the wake of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/14/20110614p2g00m0dm004000c.html

TEPCO aims to fully operate key water treatment system Fri.

TOKYO (Kyodo)-- Tokyo Electric Power Co. aims to start fully operating a newly installed radioactive water treatment system at its troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from Friday, two days behind its initial schedule, the company said Tuesday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/14/20110614p2g00m0dm005000c.html

6 more nuclear plant workers exposed to radiation above limit: TEPCO

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Six more workers involved in efforts to contain the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are feared to have been exposed to radiation above the prescribed limit, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday, bringing the total number of such workers to eight........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/14/20110614p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Fukushima City to give dosimeters to 34,000 children from fall

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- The Fukushima city office in Fukushima Prefecture said Tuesday it will give dosimeters to all children attending preschools as well as elementary and junior high schools in the city amid growing concerns over exposure to radiation from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant nearby.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/14/20110614p2g00m0dm034000c.html

Gov't wants workers out of plant if dose exceeds 100 millisieverts

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's labor minister said Tuesday he has ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to relieve workers involved in efforts to contain the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant of their duties if their preliminary radiation doses for internal exposure exceed 100 millisieverts.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/14/20110614p2g00m0dm035000c.html

TEPCO eyes 16 % rate hike in fiscal 2012 to cover compensation claims

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is projecting payments of as much as 10 trillion yen in compensation to people and other parties affected by the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant and is eyeing a rate hike of about 16 percent from fiscal 2012 to cover the cost, according to internal documents obtained by the Mainichi on June 13.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/14/20110614p2a00m0na003000c.html

At least 330 people require living assistance in areas near stricken power plant

MINAMISOMA, Fukushima -- At least 330 people require daily living assistance in zones located near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, areas where access to medical facilities is limited, a tally by the Mainichi Shimbun shows........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/14/20110614p2a00m0na007000c.html

Italians' rejection of nuclear power expected to have repercussions in Japan

Italian voters adamantly said "no" to nuclear power generation in a referendum on June 12 and 13, a move likely to have repercussions in Japan, which is the centerpiece of the ongoing nuclear crisis that has added to the anti-nuclear power momentum in Europe.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/14/20110614p2a00m0na010000c.html

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Jiji press

Japan Adopts N-Accident Compensation Support Bill

Tokyo, June 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan's government on Tuesday adopted a bill to help Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> pay compensation for the damage caused by the nuclear accident at its Fukushima No. 1 power plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061400133

Dairy Farmer in Nuclear Crisis-Hit Japan City Kills Himself

Fukushima, June 14 (Jiji Press)--A male dairy farmer in northeastern Japan had killed himself possibly out of concerns about the impact of the nuclear crisis on his business, a person familiar with the situation said Tuesday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061400510

Japan Determined to Restart Halted N-Plants

Tokyo, June 14 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government reaffirmed Tuesday its determination to resume operations at nuclear power plants currently under inspection in order to cope with anticipated power shortages in the summer, in contrast to Italy's decision not to restart nuclear plants shut in 1990 or before. ........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061400675

Ridding Japan of Nuclear Power Hard: Biz Leader

Tokyo, June 14 (Jiji Press)--Yasuchika Hasegawa, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, suggested Tuesday that it would be hard to wean Japan off nuclear energy. .........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061400793

Kan Wants 2nd Extra Budget Compiled by Early July

Tokyo, June 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan ordered ministers Tuesday to put together a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year by early July.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061400891

Cesium Above Limit Detected from Tea of 5 More Shizuoka Factories

Shizuoka, June 14 (Jiji Press)--Shizuoka Prefecture said Tuesday that radioactive cesium levels exceeded the safety limit in tea leaves processed at five more factories in the central Japan prefecture. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061400919

Radioactivity Falls in Water Treatment Test at Fukushima N-Plant

Tokyo, June 14 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Tuesday that the amount of radioactive cesium in tainted water at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station has fallen to about one-3,000th in a test run of a water treatment device. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061400994

(Update) Kan Wants 2nd Extra Budget Compiled by Early July

Tokyo, June 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan ordered Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda and senior ministry officials Tuesday to put together a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061500022

Japan Should Not Rush to Conclusion on Nuclear Policy: Official

Paris, June 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan should not make a hasty conclusion about whether to change its nuclear energy policy in response to its nuclear crisis, a visiting adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061500221
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makoto · Jun 15, 2011

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

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Kan wants early passage of natural energy bill

Prime Minister Naoto Kan says he wants the current Diet session to enact a bill that would allow power firms to buy electricity generated from natural energy sources.......

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 00:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_01.html

Canada lifts Japanese food import restrictions

Canada has lifted all restrictions on food imports from Japan. The controls were imposed after the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant......

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 00:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_02.html

Nuke operators plan to prevent severe accidents

Japanese operators of nuclear power plants have compiled a set of measures to prevent severe accidents, including hydrogen explosions at reactors......

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 04:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_04.html

Lawyers to form anti-nuclear national group

Dozens of lawyers are set to form a national group next month in response to the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. They hope to file suits this autumn to demand the suspension of nuclear power plants across the country.......

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 05:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_05.html

Draft: IAEA functions should be strengthened

The upcoming ministerial meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency will propose strengthening the body's functions to increase global nuclear safety........

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 07:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_06.html

TEPCO to cover reactor with polyester sheets

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will begin to cover the No.1 reactor building with polyester sheets this month to prevent the dispersal of radioactive substances.........

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 07:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_07.html

Contaminated tea found at 5 more plants

Radioactive cesium exceeding Japan's legal limit has again been detected in processed tea from Shizuoka City, more than 300 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.........

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_09.html

Tokyo to measure radiation at 100 locations

The Tokyo metropolitan government has begun measuring radiation levels at 100 locations, to provide accurate information in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident........

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_11.html

Test begins on French decontamination device

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun a test-run of another part of a newly installed system to treat the highly radioactive water that is building up within the complex........

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 15:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_17.html

Nuclear plants to improve power board safety

Japan's nuclear agency has instructed power companies to ensure the safety of electrical devices like the one that burned at a nuclear power plant after the March 11th earthquake........

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 16:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_16.html

TEPCO begins covering work for reactors

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun constructing giant frames to hold plastic sheets for covering the plant's damaged reactor buildings in an effort to prevent the spread of radiation......

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 19:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_24.html

Footage of Fukushima No.3 reactor released

Tokyo Electric Power Company has released video footage taken last week of Number 3 reactor at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 20:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_31.html

Govt. releases radiation readings at 1-meter-high

Japan's science ministry has started releasing readings of radiation levels across the country measured at the same height -- one meter from the ground........

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 21:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_30.html
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Yomiuri online

FROM SQUARE ONE / People living near reactors rethink attitudes

The nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has residents in areas hosting the country's 54 nuclear reactors rethinking their attitudes about the plants in their backyards. This could have a major impact on the future of these facilities.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20110614dy04.htm

FROM SQUARE ONE / Trust of local govts key to restarting nuclear plants

Before restarting a nuclear plant that has been shut down due to an accident or for other reasons, it has been customary to obtain the approval of the government of the prefecture where the plant is located. It is not a legally required step, but utility companies consider it indispensable.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20110614dy03.htm

FROM SQUARE ONE / Complete nuclear shutdown next summer?

Japan has 54 nuclear reactors, of which 35 are currently not operating for one reason or another. Regular checkups will gradually lead to the suspension of the remaining 19 units by next summer. Since March 11, reactors halted for inspection have not been restarted. If this continues, all of the nation's nuclear plants will be off-line in a little more than a year......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20110614dy02.htm

FROM SQUARE ONE / High price of going nuclear-free

This year, Japan will produce extra electricity from natural gas, oil and other fuels at an additional cost of 2.4 trillion yen, according to Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry estimates. The extra expense is due to reduced usage of nuclear power, as a number of nuclear plants have been shut down for regular inspections or due to emergency concerns........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20110614dy01.htm

Cabinet OK's compensation bill

The Cabinet approved a bill to form a nuclear damage compensation support organization Tuesday, a step toward creating a framework of assistance for Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s efforts to pay compensation to residents and businesses affected by the nuclear crisis......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110614005755.htm

Fukushima farmer kills self over N-plant

FUKUSHIMA--A cattle farmer in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, who hanged himself left an apparent suicide message that read, "I wish there wasn't a nuclear plant [in this area]," it has been learned........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110614004193.htm His wife and children took refuge in the Philippines

NUCLEAR CRISIS: HOW IT HAPPENED / Safety vows forgotten, 'safety myth' created

Three months have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a nuclear crisis that shows little sign of ending anytime soon.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110614004853.htm

6 more seen exposed over radiation limit

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has revealed that six more workers engaged in emergency restoration work at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant may have been exposed to radiation above the permitted level of 250 millisieverts, bringing the total number of such workers to eight. ......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110614005118.htm
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Asahi com(REUTERS)

Tokyo Electric bailout plan approved by Cabinet, shares soar

Japan's Cabinet approved a draft law to help Tokyo Electric Power pay billions of dollars in compensation to its radiation refugees, kicking off lawmaker wrangling that may take weeks to decide the fate of Asia's largest utility......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106140173.html

Elderly 'suicide corps' may get nod for Fukushima mission

When former engineer Yasuteru Yamada put out the call for elderly volunteers to help tame the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, he got responses from about 300 people, whose average age is in their late 60s. The oldest applicant is 82. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106140182.html

Fishermen oppose TEPCO's plan to discharge water from Fukushima No. 2 plant

Municipalities and fishermen in the Tohoku region are vehemently opposed to Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s plan to release contaminated water from the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106140171.html

Poor decisions leave TEPCO workers vulnerable to radiation

Six more employees of Tokyo Electric Power Co. working at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant were exposed to more radiation than allowed even under the relaxed limits put in place to deal with the critical accident......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106140177.html

74% of voters back dumping nuclear power

Seventy-four percent of voters support abolishing nuclear power after a phase-out period, compared with 14 percent opposed, an Asahi Shimbun survey found. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106140170.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Nuclear plant operators compile measures to prevent severe accidents

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's nuclear safety agency said Tuesday it has received reports from nuclear power plant operators on their measures to prevent severe accidents such as the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant..........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm001000c.html

Canada lifts restrictions on food imports from Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Canada has lifted all restrictions on food imports from Japan, which were imposed amid fears of radioactive contamination due to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, saying all products tested were far below radiation limits, the Japanese government said Tuesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm003000c.html

Radioactive cesium detected from 2 whales

KUSHIRO (Kyodo) -- Radioactive cesium was detected from two minke whales caught off the coast of Kushiro, Hokkaido, in Japan's so-called research whaling, a whalers' association said Tuesday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm005000c.html

Gov't to monitor radioactive cesium in swimming areas

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government will ask municipalities to check radiation levels at swimming areas this summer in assessing their water quality in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, government officials said Tuesday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Kansai Electric agrees to pay Fukui Pref. fuel tax on idle reactors

FUKUI (Kyodo) -- Kansai Electric Power Co. has agreed in principle to pay the Fukui prefectural government nuclear fuel tax on all of its reactors in the prefecture including those that have been idled, a senior Fukui government official said Tuesday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Green tea made by 5 Shizuoka plants found contaminated with radiation

SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) -- The Shizuoka prefectural government said Tuesday it has asked five tea manufacturing plants in the city of Shizuoka to voluntarily stop shipping green tea leaves and recall those already shipped as they were found to contain radioactive cesium in excess of the legal limit........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm009000c.html

1,400 Fukushima plant workers waiting for radiation exposure results

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- While authorities slammed Tokyo Electric Power Co. for exposing workers at its crippled nuclear power plant to radiation levels exceeding the allowable limit, particularly for internal exposure, around 1,400 of the company's workers are still waiting for detailed checkup results.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Japan to retain nuclear power as main energy source: Kaieda

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Industry minister Banri Kaieda pledged at a government panel meeting earlier this month to do his "utmost" to enable idled nuclear reactors to resume operation, noting that nuclear power will remain a core energy source for Japan's electric power generation, according to the undisclosed minutes of the meeting obtained by Kyodo News on Tuesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm011000c.html

Early reforms to Japan's nuclear-related organization desired: Hosono

PARIS (Kyodo) --

A special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant said Tuesday it is desirable to proceed promptly with reforms to Japan's nuclear-related organization.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm040000c.html

Nuclear safety agency starts on-site inspection of atomic power plants

TOKYO (Kyodo) --

Japan's nuclear safety agency on Wednesday started on-site inspections of nuclear power plants across the country to evaluate their measures to prevent serious disasters such as the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power station, agency officials said........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm044000c.html

Japan to release soon policy on evacuation outside no-go zone

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will release soon its policy on evacuation for areas outside the no-entry zone near the crisis-hit nuclear power plant that are feared to have radiation levels exceeding the 20-millisieverts yardstick a year, top government spokesman Yukio Edano said Wednesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm056000c.html

TEPCO continues efforts to fully operate key water treatment system

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. continued its efforts Wednesday to fully operate a newly installed radioactive water treatment system at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the devastating March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2g00m0dm078000c.html

TEPCO unveils plan to construct shelters to cover radiation-leaking buildings

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the troubled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, unveiled on June 14 the outline of its plan to construct shelters to cover its radiation-leaking nuclear reactor buildings......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2a00m0na009000c.html

Nuclear organization improperly tested safety valves for Fukushima reactor in 2008

The Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES), linked to the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), had approved two safety valves that were improperly tested for the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in December 2008, according to sources close to the organization.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2a00m0na010000c.html

69 people suffer food poisoning symptoms at shelter in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA -- Sixty-nine people at a shelter set up in Fukushima Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake came down with symptoms of food poisoning earlier this month after eating food provided by a support group, it has been learned.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2a00m0na012000c.html a support group is Embassy of Egypt in Japan

Gov't calls TEPCO radiation exposure standards 'overly optimistic'

As the number of workers exposed to high levels of radiation at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant increases, the government is accusing plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) of slack radiation dose calculations..........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2a00m0na014000c.html

IAEA to announce importance of having int'l frameworks for nuclear accident liability

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will stress the importance of having international frameworks for compensating victims of nuclear disasters at a ministerial meeting opening in Vienna on June 20, according to a final draft of the declaration obtained by the Mainichi.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/15/20110615p2a00m0na017000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan Posts Radiation Data Near Ground

Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government has started disclosing radiation monitoring data collected one meter above the ground in 35 prefectures........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061500477

TEPCO Tests Decontamination System Using Areva Tech

Tokyo, June 15 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday that it started a test run the same day of equipment to decontaminate radioactive water at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station in northeastern Japan.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061501002
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makoto · Jun 16, 2011

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 +

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station realtime live cam

Kan resolved to enact natural energy law

Prime Minister Naoto Kan says he is determined to enact an energy-related bill in the current session of parliament despite calls for him to step down.....

Thursday, June 16, 2011 07:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_01.html

China to invite quake hit-firms to trade fair

China says it will invite firms from Japan's disaster-stricken regions to its biggest trade fair.......

Thursday, June 16, 2011 07:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_02.html

TEPCO to begin work for cooling fuel pool

At the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, work is likely to begin Saturday to install a circulatory cooling system for the fuel pool of the Number 3 reactor......

Thursday, June 16, 2011 07:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_03.html

Nuclear operators submit safety reports

The Japanese operators of 2 nuclear reprocessing facilities have submitted reports on their strategies for dealing with loss of power sources, in the wake of the Fukushima crisis.......

Thursday, June 16, 2011 07:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_04.html

TEPCO tests water treatment facility

The operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant has begun testing a complex system to decontaminate highly radioactive wastewater......

Thursday, June 16, 2011 07:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_09.html

US nuclear regulatory body debates plant safety

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the NRC has debated if the drawing up of guidelines for severe catastrophes at nuclear power plants should be left to efforts by the nuclear industry.......

Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:04 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_16.html

Radioactive material detected in Iwate pastures

The Iwate Prefectural Government has again detected a radioactive substance above the state limit in pasture grass in several areas in the prefecture. The prefecture asked farmers in the areas to refrain from feeding the grass to their livestock........

Thursday, June 16, 2011 12:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_17.html

TEPCO testing water decontamination system

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is carrying out a final test run on a system to decontaminate highly radioactive water that is building up at the plant.........

Thursday, June 16, 2011 13:28 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_18.html

Yokohama checks school lunches for radiation

Yokohama City, located hundreds of kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has begun radiation testing of vegetables for school lunches......

Thursday, June 16, 2011 18:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_24.html

Govt sets policy to handle radiation sludge

The government has announced guidelines on how to dispose of sludge that contains radioactive material.......

Thursday, June 16, 2011 18:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_25.html

TEPCO: Opening door of No.2 reactor is safe

Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to open the doors to the reactor Number 2 building at the Fukushima Daiichi plant for ventilation, to lower humidity and start restoration work........

Thursday, June 16, 2011 18:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_23.html

Govt to designate new evacuation spots near plant

Japan's government plans to help some residents in Fukushima evacuate on an individual basis. Their houses are not in evacuation areas but are located where radiation levels exceed the threshold of 20 millisieverts a year......

Thursday, June 16, 2011 19:28 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_30.html

Fukushima cuts off welfare to 160 families

Three local governments in Fukushima Prefecture have cut off welfare to about 160 households who received compensation for the nuclear plant accident and donations for survivors of the March 11th disaster.......

Thursday, June 16, 2011 19:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_26.html

Radioactive water still threatens to overflow

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is under pressure to ensure the flawless operation of a system to decontaminate radioactive water, which threatens to overflow.........

Thursday, June 16, 2011 20:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_31.html
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Yomiuri online

Future of compensation framework bill unclear

It is unclear whether a bill aimed at forming a body to handle nuclear damage compensation payments can be enacted into law, given objections raised by the main opposition camp and the reluctance of power utilities to contribute generously to the scheme, observers said.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110615006000.htm

Compensation bill aims to help TEPCO pay victims

Financial circles have heaved a collective sigh of relief at the government's submission to the Diet of a bill seeking to set up an organization tasked with supporting nuclear disaster-related compensation payments.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110615005625.htm

NUCLEAR CRISIS: HOW IT HAPPENED / 'Nuclear power village' a cozy, closed community

Three months have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a nuclear crisis that shows little sign of ending anytime soon. ......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110615005652.htm
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Asahi com

Radioactive cesium found in 5 more tea refineries

SHIZUOKA--Tea leaves containing concentrations of radioactive cesium exceeding national safety standards were found in five more refineries here, officials of the Shizuoka prefectural government said June 14......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106150180.html

Fukushima should turn its back on nuke power

A committee developing a vision for rebuilding Fukushima Prefecture will propose creating a society that does not depend on nuclear energy, sources said......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106150190.html

Bill for TEPCO compensation faces uncertainty

Objections from lawmakers in both the ruling and opposition camps threaten to delay even discussions on a bill to compensate victims of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106150192.html

TEPCO to start installing cover over No. 1 reactor on June 27

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on June 27 will begin installing via remote control a temporary cover over the No. 1 reactor building at its troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the utility said June 14. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106150194.html

HIDDEN AGENDA: Moves to oust Kan may be linked to politicians in TEPCO's pocket

Naoto Kan may leave a lot to be desired as a prime minister, but one thing's certain--he's never taken a dime from Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. ........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106150199.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Tokyo starts radiation checks at 100 locations

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Tokyo metropolitan government kicked off Wednesday a weeklong program to measure radiation levels in the air at 100 locations in the metropolis in a bid to address fears over the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/16/20110616p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Panel to urge Fukushima Pref. to stop relying on nuclear power plants

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- An advisory panel set up by the Fukushima prefectural government plans to propose that the prefecture should seek to create a "safe, secure and sustainable" society without relying on nuclear power plants following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, a draft plan showed Wednesday..........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/16/20110616p2g00m0dm012000c.html

U.S.: spent fuel pool never went dry in Japan quake

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Water used to cool radioactive waste at the stricken nuclear complex in Japan did not dry up, as earlier feared, U.S. regulators said Wednesday in a reversal of a claim that pitted U.S. officials against Japan in the days after that country's nuclear disaster........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/16/20110616p2g00m0dm013000c.html

New South Korean envoy visits Fukushima, offers to support rebuilding

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- New South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo visited Fukushima Prefecture on Thursday, less than a week after taking up the post, and offered to support rebuilding efforts in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/16/20110616p2g00m0dm038000c.html

Japan aired concern about change in U.S. nuke deterrence: WikiLeaks

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Japan voiced concern about a possible change in the U.S. nuclear deterrence strategy in the fall of 2008 just prior to the launch of the administration of President Barack Obama, according to a U.S. cable that the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks disclosed Wednesday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/16/20110616p2g00m0dm040000c.html

City cuts benefits of residents who received relief payments after quake

FUKUSHIMA -- A Fukushima Prefecture city has come under fire for halting welfare benefits to hundreds of victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the grounds that they can live on relief money and reparations for the nuclear crisis.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/16/20110616p2a00m0na007000c.html

Fukushima No. 1 plant worker irradiated after taking off mask for smoke

A worker at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant absorbed a radiation dose of 0.24 millisieverts after taking his mask off to have a smoke, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced on June 15.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/16/20110616p2a00m0na008000c.html ....nicotine patch

Fukushima to cut hiring of teachers as nuclear crisis strikes student population

FUKUSHIMA -- Fukushima Prefecture has decided to slash its hiring of new teachers next year in response to the evacuation of many children due to radiation fears, it has been learned........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/16/20110616p2a00m0na011000c.html

Coordination holds key to successful nuclear plant water treatment

Japan is set to start operating a system to treat contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, a project whose success depends on coordination among the five companies involved in the huge project.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/16/20110616p2a00m0na013000c.html

TEPCO starts up water treatment system, but massive radioactive waste feared

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) began a trial run of a radioactive water treatment system at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on June 15 in a desperate effort to break away from the vicious cycle of injecting water into reactors to cool them and ending up with more contaminated water........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/16/20110616p2a00m0na015000c.html
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Jiji press

Kindergarten Fighting Radiation from Fukushima Plant

Iwaki, Fukushima Pref., June 16 (Jiji Press)--About 45 kilometers away from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a private kindergarten in this northeastern Japan city is fighting radiation. ........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061600224

Kan Wants Public Burden Minimized over TEPCO Aid

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Thursday that public burden needs to be minimized in providing financial assistance to embattled Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501>. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061600467

TEPCO Employee Exposed to Radiation beyond Limit

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Thursday that a male employee at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was found to have received cumulative radiation doses exceeding the government-set emergency limit of 250 millisieverts. ........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061600471

TEPCO Confirms Effectiveness of Areva Decontamination System

Fukushima, June 16 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Thursday a newly built decontamination system has been confirmed as effective in reducing radioactive material in contaminated water at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061600548

Yamagata Governor Stresses Japan Food Safety in China

Beijing, June 16 (Jiji Press)--Yamagata Governor Mieko Yoshimura on Thursday stressed the safety of Japanese farm products and the appeal of the northeastern Japan prefecture in a bid to dispel misinformation about Japan's nuclear crisis......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061600580

150 Fukushima Households Lose Welfare

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--A total of 152 households in two Japanese cities affected by the March 11 disaster and the subsequent nuclear crisis have became ineligible for welfare benefits after receiving compensation from Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> over the crisis and charity donations, it was learned Thursday. ........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061600771

Tokyo Radiation Levels Differ Up to 3 Times

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday released the first-day results of its week-long radiation check program in which readings showed gaps of as much as three times depending on locations. ........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061600866

Japan Sets Guidelines for Radiation-Tainted Sewage Sludge

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's nuclear disaster task force drew up guidelines Thursday for treating sewage sludge contaminated with radioactive materials. .......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061600981

Japan to Name Radiation "Hot Spots" for Evacuation

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government decided Thursday to designate "hot spots" where cumulative radiation exposure may exceed 20 millisieverts in a year as special areas recommended for evacuation.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061601002

Early Conclusion Difficult over Separation of TEPCO Biz

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--A panel that oversees the management of Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> will likely be unable to show its conclusion on whether to separate the firm's power generation and transmission operations in a report to be compiled in September, Kazuhiko Shimokobe, head of the panel, said Thursday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061601004

Japan Lawyers Eye Residents' Unified Suits against N-Plants

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--Lawyers in Japan who have been opposed to nuclear power generation in the country will form a group in July to help residents launch suits that demand nuclear plants be halted and local government approvals for the facilities be cancelled, it was learned Thursday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061700010
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Emily · Jun 17, 2011

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 +

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110617p2a00m0na010000c.html

(Mainichi Japan) June 17, 2011

News navigator: What are radiation 'hot spots'?

The Mainichi answers common questions readers may have about radiation "hot spots."
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In areas over which plumes happened to come into contact with rain, radioactive materials were deposited on the ground, creating hot spots....

During atomic weapon testing in the 1950's in the state of Nevada, there were hotspots in Troy, New York.

Thunderstorm in Troy

That was found accidentally and a paper was published about the finding in an obscure journal, but the public was never told.

If you look at maps in this declassified document, you can see how far fallout can travel and how geographically concentrated hot spots are. Page 63 examines the 'interesting' case of fallout hitting Albany, NY in 1953. If there were not a sensor right in town, the sensors 150 miles away would not have picked up the event.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29660440/THE-TRANSPORT-OF-ATOMIC-DEBRIS-FROM-OPERATION-UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE

makoto · Jun 17, 2011

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 +

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station realtime live cam

Leaking water may delay decontamination

At the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant leaking water is threatening to delay full operation of a system to decontaminate highly radioactive water......

Friday, June 17, 2011 04:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_05.html

TEPCO account of first 5 days

Tokyo Electric Power Company has compiled a document on what happened at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during the first 5 days after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami triggered the nuclear accident.....

Friday, June 17, 2011 10:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_09.html

Compensation proposed for nuclear evacuees

A government panel is proposing that Japan's nuclear evacuees receive monthly compensation of 100,000 yen, or about 1,240 dollars, for mental suffering experienced during the first 6 months........

Friday, June 17, 2011 10:27 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_10.html

Leak source identified at Fukushima Daiichi plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company says that a damaged valve caused a water leak in a system to decontaminate the highly radioactive water accumulating in the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant........

Friday, June 17, 2011 12:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_14.html

New road map focuses on worker health

A revised road map for stabilizing the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will feature new measures to ensure the health of personnel working amid high radioactivity........

Friday, June 17, 2011 13:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_17.html

Fukushima City expands radiation checks

Fukushima City has begun monitoring radiation levels at more than 1,000 additional sites to respond to its residents' concerns about possible contamination after the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.......

Friday, June 17, 2011 16:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_21.html

Panel to discuss radioactive sludge disposal

Japan's land ministry has set up an expert panel to examine ways to deal with radioactive sludge........

Friday, June 17, 2011 17:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_23.html

TEPCO resumes test of water decontamination system

Tokyo Electric Power Company has resumed test-runs of a system to decontaminate highly radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. If all goes well, TEPCO plans to put the system into full operation later on Friday.......

Friday, June 17, 2011 18:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_26.html

Power Fed. chief wants nuke plants restarted soon

The head of the Federation of Electric Power Companies in Japan says he will seek the understanding of regional municipalities for an early restart of nuclear plant operations..........

Friday, June 17, 2011 18:28 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_25.html

Local govts skeptical about sludge guidelines

NHK has found that local authorities are skeptical about government guidelines on the handling of radioactive sludge........

Friday, June 17, 2011 19:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_28.html

TEPCO announces revised reactor cooling plan

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has released a revised plan that sets a one-month target for cooling down the reactors. Measures to control workers' exposure to radiation were also added for the first time.....

Friday, June 17, 2011 19:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_30.html

Tighter radiation control urged for nuke workers

A labor organization has urged health authorities to strictly control radiation exposure of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant........

Friday, June 17, 2011 20:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_31.html

Water decontamination system goes online

A system to decontaminate highly radioactive water has gone into service at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.....

Friday, June 17, 2011 20:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_34.html
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Garbage incinerators gaining attention

Power generation using heat produced from garbage incineration is increasing this summer as an alternative energy source to offset the expected electricity shortages due to the ongoing crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110616004631.htm

Iitatemura's cattle industry in disarray

IITATEMURA, Fukushima--The cattle breeding industry in Iitatemura is in disarray, with more than 70 percent of farming households indicating their intention to give up their businesses......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110615006562.htm

Evacuees lose welfare benefits / Cash from TEPCO, donations puts 150 households over income limit

About 150 households in two Fukushima Prefecture cities have had their welfare benefits terminated because they received compensation payments from Tokyo Electric Power Co. for damage related to the crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant..........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110616005064.htm

NUCLEAR CRISIS: HOW IT HAPPENED / Time needed for fresh start of N-power policy

Three months have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake triggered a nuclear crisis that shows little sign of ending anytime soon........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110616005884.htm
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China delays nuke reactor start at Ling Ao

China has postponed the full start of the newest reactor at the Ling Ao nuclear power plant in Shenzen, Guangdong province, until mid-August. ........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106160172.html

Fukushima accident overwhelmed contingency planning

Government contingency plans proved useless during the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, with senior officials unable to obtain vital information about the unfolding disaster and communications between national and local leaders left in chaos........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106160170.html

Fukushima's emergency power failure traced to U.S. design

The accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of March 11 quickly worsened and spun out of control because the U.S.-styled design for its emergency power sources had been adopted without modification 40 years ago--a source at Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, told The Asahi Shimbun..........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106160177.html

Radiation screening in high demand in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA--Being screened for radiation has become a routine exercise for many residents in Fukushima Prefecture as work continues to stabilize the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106160184.html

11 governors say nuke plants should be abolished, reduced

Of Japan's 47 prefectural governors, 11 said nuclear power plants should be abolished or reduced in the future, but most dodged the question, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey. ........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106160176.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

French Embassy to celebrate revolution anniversary in Fukushima

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The French Embassy in Japan said Thursday it will hold an annual reception to celebrate the July 14 French Revolution anniversary in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, one of the areas severely damaged by the March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster, instead of Tokyo........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/17/20110617p2g00m0dm007000c.html

Gov't allows part of radioactive tainted sludge to be buried

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government task force on nuclear emergency said Thursday it has decided to allow sludge containing 8,000 becquerels per kilogram or less of radioactive cesium to be buried in waste disposal sites only if residential houses are not built there in the future......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/17/20110617p2g00m0dm015000c.html

Tsuruga mayor still supports plan to build 2 more reactors

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The mayor of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, has renewed his call for the planned construction of two more reactors at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant to go ahead, despite the nation's rising anti-nuclear sentiment as a result of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/17/20110617p2g00m0dm016000c.html

Takahagi becomes 1st municipality to demand TEPCO compensation

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ibaraki Prefecture's Takahagi municipality Thursday became the first local government to demand compensation from Tokyo Electric Power Co. over the utility's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crisis, TEPCO said........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/17/20110617p2g00m0dm017000c.html

Gov't to designate new evacuation spots near Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has decided to designate new spots for possible evacuation near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that are feared to have radiation levels which go beyond an internationally recommended benchmark, the top government spokesman said Thursday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/17/20110617p2g00m0dm018000c.html

Full-scale operation of key water treatment system may be delayed

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Thursday that water was found leaking from a newly installed radioactive water treatment system during its trial run, hampering the firm's plan to fully operate it from Friday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/17/20110617p2g00m0dm019000c.html

Fukushima city gov't begins monitoring radiation levels in detail

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Fukushima city government began monitoring radiation levels at various locations across the city Friday, a day after the central government decided to designate new spots near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for possible evacuation........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/17/20110617p2g00m0dm039000c.html

News navigator: What are radiation 'hot spots'?

The Mainichi answers common questions readers may have about radiation "hot spots."......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/17/20110617p2a00m0na010000c.html

Fukushima reactions to radioactive 'hot spot' evacuation recommendation mixed

Reaction has been mixed in Fukushima Prefecture to a new government recommendation that people in certain locations outside the Fukushima nuclear crisis exclusion zone evacuate if possible due to high levels of radiation, with some saying it came too late while others hail its flexibility........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/17/20110617p2a00m0na017000c.html

Fukui Pref. gives priority to safety over resuming nuclear power operations

With the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant sending shockwaves throughout the Japanese nuclear power industry, Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa has told the Mainichi that safety will take top priority in any resumption of reactor operations in his jurisdiction.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/06/17/20110617p2a00m0na019000c.html
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Jiji press

TEPCO Halts Water Cleanup System Test due to Leak

Fukushima, June 17 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> Thursday halted the test operation of its new system to clean up high-level radioactive water accumulated at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as it detected a water leak. .....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061700150

TEPCO Identifies Cause of Leak from Water Cleanup System

Fukushima, June 17 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday it has identified the cause of a water leak from a new system to clean up radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061700461

TEPCO's Plan to Open Double Doors at No. 2 Reactor OK'd

Tokyo, June 17 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's Nuclear Safety Commission on Friday approved Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> plan to open the double-door entry to the No. 2 reactor building at the crippled nuclear power station in northeastern Japan........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061700782

INTERVIEW: IAEA Meet May Help Ease Japan Nuclear Concerns

Tokyo, June 17 (Jiji Press)--An upcoming ministerial meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency could help ease local concerns about nuclear safety measures in Japan after the crisis at one of the country's key nuclear power stations, an expert has said in a recent interview. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061700818

Japan Eyes Law for Decommissioning Fukushima N-Plant

Tokyo, June 17 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is considering a law to clarify its role in scrapping Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061700900

TEPCO to Enhance Measures to Control Radiation Exposure

Tokyo, June 17 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday that it will enhance measures to control radiation exposure and improve medical care for workers at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061700904

TEPCO Fully Starts Water Cleanup System at Fukushima Plant

Fukushima, June 17 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> on Friday night launched the full operations of a system to clean highly radioactive water at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011061700927
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