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

makoto · Jul 14, 2011

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TEPCO urged to tighten workers' radiation control

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has urged the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to tighten controls on workers' radiation exposure......

Thursday, July 14, 2011 07:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_07.html

Halting reactors would increase CO2 emissions

The Japanese government says annual carbon dioxide emissions would increase by 210 million tons if the country were to shift from nuclear power to fossil fuels.....

Thursday, July 14, 2011 09:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_10.html

Agency yet to finalize stress test plan

Japan's nuclear safety agency has yet to finalize plans for new safety checks on the nation's nuclear power plants, despite being asked to do so in a week......

Thursday, July 14, 2011 09:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_12.html

Mixed reaction greets shift from nuclear power

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's new initiative to reduce Japan's dependence on nuclear power has drawn both support and criticism.........

Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_11.html

US task force calls for more nuclear safety steps

A task force of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has compiled a set of recommendations to make the country's nuclear power plants better prepared for natural disasters including earthquakes and tsunami........

Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_13.html

Nitrogen injection to begin at No.3 reactor

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is set to begin injecting nitrogen into the No.3 reactor containment vessel to prevent a hydrogen explosion.....

Thursday, July 14, 2011 12:31 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_20.html

Lithuania studying Japanese bids for nuke plant

Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius has expressed willingness to use Japanese technology in a new nuclear power plant proposed for the Baltic country........

Thursday, July 14, 2011 15:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_24.html

Edano: Japan discussing a nuclear-free society

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary says Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Wednesday announcement will lead to a national discussion on how to realize a nuclear-free society......

Thursday, July 14, 2011 15:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_23.html

Kyushu Electric delays restart of Sendai reactor

Kyushu Electric Power Company on Thursday announced the postponement of the restart of operations of the Number One nuclear reactor at its Sendai plant in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, citing local opposition........

Thursday, July 14, 2011 16:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_29.html

Kansai Power to halt more than half its reactors

Kansai Electric Power Company says it will temporarily shut down 2 nuclear power reactors in Fukui Prefecture next week for regular inspections......

Thursday, July 14, 2011 18:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_31.html

Fukushima plant suffers a leak in water filtering

A system for decontaminating and recycling radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been halted again after operating in fits and starts....

Thursday, July 14, 2011 19:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_28.html

Toshiba develops nuclear decontamination system

Japanese electronics maker Toshiba has developed a system to decontaminate radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from early August....

Thursday, July 14, 2011 19:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_30.html

Diet begins debate on renewable energy bill

Japan's Diet has begun discussing a bill to compel utilities to purchase solar, wind and other renewable energy.....

Thursday, July 14, 2011 19:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_33.html

Kansai Power to shelve MOX fuel plan in Takahama

Kansai Electric Power Company has postponed a plan to introduce recycled plutonium fuel at a reactor in its nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture......

Thursday, July 14, 2011 19:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_36.html

Kyushu Power:141 people involved in e-mail scam

Kyushu Electric Power Company says an internal investigation uncovered 141 employees at its head office and affiliates who were involved in an e-mail scam to sway public support for restarting its Genkai nuclear power plant.......

Thursday, July 14, 2011 20:40 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_38.html

Cesium found in hay at another farm in Fukushima

Radioactive cesium far exceeding safe limits has been detected in hay fed to cattle at a second farm near the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.....

Thursday, July 14, 2011 21:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_39.html

Crisis min: cooling must precede evacuees' return

Japan's nuclear crisis minister says a cold shutdown of the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant must be achieved before the government allows evacuees to return to their homes near the plant.......

Thursday, July 14, 2011 22:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_43.html
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Yomiuri online

Governors' association presents proposals to govt

The National Governors' Association on Wednesday adopted a set of 22 proposals for rehabilitating areas affected by the March 11 triple disaster.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110713005428.htm

Cesium beef scattered across nation / Consumers may have eaten radioactive Fukushima Pref. meat in 8 prefectures

The meat of cows recently found tainted with radioactive cesium exceeding the provisional legal limit is now known to have been marketed in Tokyo and at least 11 other prefectures, with Akita, Chiba and Hyogo prefectures newly added to the list, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government and other authorities......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110713005406.htm

Fukushima to decontaminate entire city

The Fukushima municipal government likely will decontaminate the city's entire area in response to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to city government sources......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110713004736.htm

Kyushu Electric e-mail scam skewed meet result

The number of messages in support of restarting the Nos. 2 and 3 reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture would not have exceeded those against the restart, if not for messages sent by employees of Kyushu Electric Power Co. and its subsidiary companies......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110713005375.htm

Kan wants to phase out N-power / 'Accidents cannot be prevented'

Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced Wednesday evening that he would put the government's current basic energy plan back on the drawing board and make the nation's future energy policy not dependent on nuclear power generation.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110713005486.htm

SDF to boost N-response capabilities

The Self-Defense Forces will improve their capability to respond to nuclear accidents, the top SDF officer has said......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110713004638.htm
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Japan AEC vice-chair: Ditching nuclear energy would pose risks
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Japan's public should realize that phasing out nuclear power would not be risk-free, the vice chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission warned on July 13, as the government seeks to craft a new energy policy and the Fukushima crisis drags on........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130318.html

Companies hit hard as foreign interns flee for home

Fears over possible fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have hurt many apparel companies and farms, which are having trouble finding workers as hard-working foreign trainees and interns have fled for home........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130324.html

For some who need work, nuclear plants are the only option

With bills to pay and needing a place to stay, when Koichi Watanabe got the call he was waiting for, he could either work in the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant or in a thermal power plant--or in the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, at double the pay......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130326.html

Water leaks hinder Fukushima purifying unit

Water leaked from the purifying unit for highly radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on July 10 and July 12 at exactly the same place......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130343.html

Utilities to seek OK to restart already-running reactors

Kansai Electric Power Co. and Hokkaido Electric Power Co. plan to resume commercial operations of two nuclear reactors that have already been running at full capacity in a prolonged inspection phase.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130332.html

Kan hints at nationalizing Japan's nuclear plants

Beleaguered Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Japan should consider nationalizing its nuclear power plants, fueling confusion over the already-contentious issue of whether to stick with nuclear power.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130327.html

BARRIERS TO COVERAGE: High hurdles blocked reporting of Fukushima nuclear accident

Immediately following the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, the situation at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant deteriorated rapidly......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130319.html

One-fourth of cesium-contaminated beef was consumed

Cesium-contaminated beef from a farm in Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, made its way to dining tables in eight prefectures and was consumed, the Tokyo metropolitan government said on July 13.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130316.html

Softbank, prefectures start council to back renewable energy

AKITA--Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son and dozens of local authorities inaugurated a council July 13 that will work to promote renewable energy sources, urging the government to create a system to push for it....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130334.html

Kan comes out for a society with no nuclear power plants

Prime Minister Naoto Kan on July 13 laid out his vision to build a society without nuclear power plants by gradually moving away from reliance on this energy source.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130622.html

EDITORIAL/ Seeking a society without nuclear power generation: Japan must change course to create a nuclear-free society

A major shift in Japan's energy policy is necessary to wean our society off nuclear power generation as soon as possible..........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130354.html
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Geothermal power plant planned for Iwate Prefecture

Iwate Prefecture will soon be home to a geothermal power plant, scheduled to open in 2015 -- a move that could signal a growing role for geothermal energy in Japan......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2a00m0na005000c.html

A-bomb survivors group to urge withdrawal from nuclear power

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A group of atomic-bomb survivors, which has been pushing for the abolition of nuclear weapons, said Wednesday it will also call for Japan to withdraw from nuclear power generation in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2g00m0dm003000c.html

U.S. protests Japan's handling of radioactive beef

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The U.S. government has expressed frustration to Japan over Tokyo's handling of the issue of beef contaminated with radioactive cesium, saying no explanation had been provided prior to a press release, Japanese government officials said Wednesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2g00m0dm004000c.html

N.Y. Times features baseball team formed by Fukushima students

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- The New York Times on Wednesday featured a baseball team formed by students of three Fukushima Prefecture-based high schools that each on its own no longer had enough players because of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2g00m0dm005000c.html

Gov't nuclear panel noted but downplayed risk of power loss at plants

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Experts in a government commission overseeing the safety of nuclear power generation noted in the early 1990s the possibility of fatal damage to nuclear power plants resulting from loss of all alternating-current sources for long periods, as in the case of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, but played down the risk in view of Japan's advanced power source technology, commission sources said Wednesday..........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Utility's campaign to outvote opposition to atomic plants worked

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s email campaign mobilizing utility and nuclear power plant employees apparently worked in drawing more e-mail opinions supporting the restart of reactors than those against in a TV program aired in late June, utility sources said Wednesday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2g00m0dm007000c.html

Japan mulls checking twin disaster risks in nuclear safety tests

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government's nuclear regulatory agency is considering focusing on five scenarios, including the possibility of both an earthquake and tsunami hitting a reactor, when assessing nuclear safety under the so-called "stress tests" to be introduced in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi crisis, government sources said Wednesday.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Kan says Japan should aim for nuclear-free society

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Wednesday that Japan should aim for a society that does not depend on nuclear power in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, but denied the possibility of calling for a general election over energy issues......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Kan's energy speech draws praise, skepticism, resignation

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan's speech Wednesday in which he expressed his idea for a society not reliant on nuclear power drew high praise from environmentalists, while victims of the March 11 disaster expressed skepticism......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2g00m0dm043000c.html

Japan not announcing complete phasing out of nuclear power: Edano

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has not announced a complete phasing out of nuclear power, the top government spokesman said Thursday, in reference to Prime Minister Naoto Kan's remarks a day before......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2g00m0dm101000c.html

TEPCO to inject nitrogen to No. 3 Fukushima reactor later Thurs.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Thursday it plans to inject nitrogen later in the day into the No. 3 reactor to reduce the risks of further hydrogen explosions, a move that would mark further progress toward containing the four-month-old nuclear crisis.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2g00m0dm104000c.html

Softbank, 35 prefectures launch council to promote renewable energy

AKITA -- Telecom giant Softbank Corp. and 35 prefectural governments have launched a council to promote renewable energy across Japan as part of ambitious efforts to reduce dependence on nuclear power in response to the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2a00m0na007000c.html

LDP to promote reduced reliance on nuclear power in new energy policy

The largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is set to shift its energy policy to promote reduced reliance on nuclear power following the Fukushima nuclear crisis.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/14/20110714p2a00m0na009000c.html
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Kyushu Electric Postpones Reactor Test Operations

Fukuoka, July 14 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> said Thursday that it will put off the start of test operations at a nuclear reactor idled for routine maintenance checks in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011071400486

MHI to Strengthen Nuclear Plant Safety Measures

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)--Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. <7011> said Thursday that it will set up a temporary section on Aug. 1 to strengthen safety measures at nuclear power plants.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011071400599

New Water Cleanup System to Start Operating at TEPCO Plant in Aug.

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese-made system to treat highly radioactive water will go into operation at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in early August, Toshiba Corp. <6502> said Thursday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011071400884

Japan Govt Rules Out Immediate End to Nuclear Power

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan does not mean that the country will abolish nuclear power anytime soon, his top spokesman said Thursday........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071400460

Kan Cabinet Approval Rate Plunges to 12.5 Pct in July: Jiji Poll

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)--The support rate for the cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan in July tumbled 9.4 percentage points from the previous month to 12.5 pct, the lowest since his Democratic Party of Japan took power in September 2009, a Jiji Press poll revealed Thursday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071400531

(Update) Kan Cabinet Approval Rating Plunges to 12.5 Pct in July: Jiji Poll

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)--The support rating in July for the cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan fell 9.4 percentage points from the previous month to 12.5 pct, the lowest figure since the Democratic Party of Japan took power in September 2009, a Jiji Press poll revealed Thursday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071400672

Kyushu Electric Asks over 2,900 People to Send Pro-Nuclear E-Mails

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> said Thursday that it has asked over 2,900 people to send e-mails and other messages in support of the restart of reactors at one of its nuclear plants to a government-sponsored event late last month.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071400826

Civic Group Files Criminal Complaint against Kan over N-Crisis

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese civic group filed a criminal complaint on Thursday against Prime Minister Naoto Kan and five others for their alleged failure to respond appropriately to the nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 power plant.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071400937

(Update) Kyushu Electric Asks over 2,900 People to Send Pro-Nuclear E-Mails

Fukuoka, July 14 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> said Thursday that it has asked over 2,900 people within and outside the company to send e-mails and other messages in support of the restart of reactors at one of its nuclear plants to a government-sponsored event late last month........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071400975

Fukui Pref. to Impose Tax on Halted Nuclear Reactors

Fukui, July 14 (Jiji Press)--The Fukui prefectural assembly on Thursday approved revised ordinances that will make the prefecture the first local government in Japan to impose taxes on suspended nuclear reactors......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071400997

TEPCO Begins Nitrogen Injection into Fukushima No. 3 N-Reactor

Fukushima, July 14 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> on Thursday night began injecting nitrogen gas into the containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071401034

More Cows Found Fed with Cesium-Tainted Straw

Fukushima, July 14 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima Prefecture government said Thursday more cows have been found to have been fed with straw containing high levels of radioactive cesium.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071401036

Hitachi Expected to Win Lithuania's Nuclear Plant Order

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Hitachi Ltd. <6501> said Thursday it has been given preferential negotiation rights over a Lithuanian government project to build a nuclear power plant.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071401045
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Toshiba develops nuclear decontamination system

decontamination in JRA Fukushima Racecourse

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Friday, July 15, 2011 06:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_04.html

Renewable energy bill's policy

A Lower House plenary session on Thursday began deliberating on a bill to compel utilities to purchase solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy from the next fiscal year.......

Friday, July 15, 2011 06:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_01.html

Edano clarifies Kan's nuclear-free remark

Japan's top government spokesperson says Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Wednesday announcement about realizing a nuclear-free society reflects what he hopes will happen in the distant future......

Friday, July 15, 2011 09:40 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_40.html

Hitachi wins Lithuania nuclear plant bidding right

Japanese electronics giant Hitachi says it has obtained preferential negotiating rights for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Lithuania........

Friday, July 15, 2011 11:56 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_16.html

Govt to probe utilities' PR activities

Japan's industry ministry has ordered utility firms to conduct internal investigations of their activities to win local approval for nuclear power generation......

Friday, July 15, 2011 12:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_14.html

Hosono: Building more nuclear plants difficult

Japan's nuclear crisis minister says the chances are slim of Japan building any more nuclear power plants......

Friday, July 15, 2011 12:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_18.html

TEPCO again stops key reactor cooling system

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to struggle in its efforts to stably cool the facility's reactors. Workers have again halted a key wastewater system after discovering that it was operating below capacity.......

Friday, July 15, 2011 12:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_17.html

Safety of Shizuoka tea promoted in NY

Shizuoka Prefecture has held a tea sampling session in New York to promote the safety of its products......

Friday, July 15, 2011 13:27 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_19.html

All Fukushima cattle may face radiation checks

Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa has said he is considering a plan to expand radiation tests on cattle to include animals raised outside the evacuation zones in Fukushima Prefecture.......

Friday, July 15, 2011 14:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_20.html

Monju fast-breeder reactor project may be reviewed

Japan's science minister has suggested that the government may have to abandon the project to develop an experimental fast-breeder nuclear reactor......

Friday, July 15, 2011 14:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_21.html
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Kan: Nuclear-free society plan personal

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan says the policy he announced on Wednesday on reducing the country's dependency on nuclear energy is his own, and not a government plan......

Friday, July 15, 2011 16:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_25.html

Japan draws up stress tests for nuclear plants

Japan's nuclear safety agency has drawn up methods and a timetable for additional safety assessments for nuclear power plants......

Friday, July 15, 2011 17:27 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_26.html

Nuclear agency releases stress test details

Japan's nuclear agency has drawn up methods for stress-testing the country's nuclear power plants, but has yet to release a timetable for checking those facilities already idled for inspection.......

Friday, July 15, 2011 19:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_36.html

TEPCO checking for gas leak from No. 3 reactor

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is checking for gas leaks in the No. 3 reactor, into which nitrogen is being injected to prevent a hydrogen explosion.....

Friday, July 15, 2011 20:14 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_37.html
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Yomiuri online

FROM SQUARE ONE / Can Japan rely on renewable energy? / Solar, wind power should increase in stages

In response to the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the Democratic Party of Japan-led administration has shifted its energy policy to promote renewable energy in place of nuclear power, and is aiming to pass a bill in the Diet that would require utilities to buy renewable energy.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110714002022.htm

FROM SQUARE ONE / European nations pressing ahead with green resources

Storage batteries are attracting attention from a wider range of businesses and consumers due to fears of a power shortage precipitated by the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110714002129.htm

Nishioka: DPJ lawmakers must force Kan out

House of Councillors President Takeo Nishioka has written a paper urging Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers to submit no-confidence and censure motions against Prime Minister Naoto Kan, it has been learned. ....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110713005801.htm

Govt's energy review a blow to N-fuel cycle

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's announcement Wednesday that Japan should make itself not dependent on nuclear power essentially means withdrawal from the nuclear fuel cycle, which has been the most important energy plan for this resource-poor country.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110714005713.htm

Kan offers no viable N-power alternatives / Businesses, bureaucrats call plan to draw on companies' surplus power unrealistic

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's bold turnaround of the nation's energy policy offers no concrete alternatives to nuclear power and has fueled anxiety among businesses already squeezed by electricity shortages.........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110714004703.htm

Health checks planned for firefighters

Firefighters exposed to radiation while taking part in a water-spraying mission at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will become subjects of a long-term health survey, according to government sources......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110714002227.htm

Bad beef worries restaurants, shops

Retailers and restaurant operators have voiced disappointment and frustration as they are believed to have unknowingly sold meat contaminated with radioactive cesium from Fukushima Prefecture......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110714005206.htm

Local govts puzzled by Kan

Heads of local governments accommodating nuclear power plants voiced mixed views Wednesday toward Prime Minister Naoto Kan's pledge "to try to achieve a society that can function without nuclear power.".......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110714005016.htm

Govt may scrap N-zone at end of Aug.

The emergency evacuation preparation zone between 20 and 30 kilometers from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant may be scrapped by the end of next month, it was learned Thursday........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110714005085.htm

1st phase of defusing nuclear crisis 'over'

The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. have concluded that they have nearly finished the first phase of defusing the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to sources.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110714005083.htm
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Asahi com

'Yakult Ladies' peddle solar power

About 1,000 saleswomen of the probiotic drink Yakult are selling solar panels in Gunma, Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107140347.html

438 kg of radiation-contaminated beef sold to consumers

A total of 438 kilograms of beef from six cows contaminated with radioactive materials from a farm in Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, likely ended up reaching consumers in eight prefectures, the Tokyo metropolitan government said July 13......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107140329.html

U.S. report urges overhaul of nuclear rules after Fukushima
*REUTERS

WASHINGTON/HOUSTON -- A key task force formed after the Fukushima disaster recommended the U.S. nuclear regulator take a new, tougher approach to safety, which could force plants to plan for catastrophes far beyond what they were originally designed to withstand.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107140339.html

Fukushima's radioactive water treatment system fails again

A radioactive water treatment unit at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was shut down on July 13 after a pipe junction snapped.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107140338.html

Sunflowers back in bloom in Fukushima

Sunflowers bloom radiantly in small plots of land amid the invisible devastation wrought by the disaster at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107140336.html

Kan's nuclear phase-out plan draws anger over lack of details, talks

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's announcement that Japan needs to phase out nuclear power drew a smattering of applause that was largely drowned out by criticism and outrage directed at the lame-duck leader......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107140341.html

COMMENTARY: If Kan is serious about a nuclear-free society, he should offer a plan

Prime Minister Naoto Kan suddenly put Japan on the cusp of a new era in power generation, declaring in a news conference July 13 that the nation should build a society not dependent on nuclear power.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107140337.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Mitsubishi Heavy to set up nuclear safety division

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Thursday it will set up a new division dedicated to enhancing safety measures at nuclear power plants in Japan........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0bu040000c.html

Lithuania chooses Hitachi-GE for nuclear project

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) -- Lithuania on Thursday chose the U.S.-Japanese consortium Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy as the strategic investor in a nuclear power plant in Lithuania.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0bu041000c.html

BOJ policymakers feared less atomic power would slow economy: minutes

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan policymakers feared the country's economic growth would slow if many nuclear power plants remain idled after the March earthquake and tsunami, the minutes of last month's policy meeting showed Friday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0bu105000c.html

Gov't to suspend nuclear cooperation talks after Kan's nuclear remarks

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government has decided to suspend talks with Brazil and four other countries concerning the sale of Japanese-made nuclear power equipment and technology after Prime Minister Naoto Kan called this week for Japan's eventual exit from nuclear power, government sources said Thursday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Toshiba to deliver water treatment system to crippled nuclear plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toshiba Corp. plans to deliver a water treatment system to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to help decontamination efforts amid a series of problems with existing devices, company officials said Thursday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Kyushu Electric sorry for scandal, but president wants to stay on

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. admitted Thursday it behaved in an "unethical way" over its attempt to make locals appear supportive of restarting the utility's nuclear reactors during a government-sponsored television program, as it compiled a report concluding that 141 people sent comments to the program as a result of its secret campaign.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0dm011000c.html

Gov't mulls reducing possible evacuation areas near Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is considering reducing the areas subject to possible evacuation near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Thursday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Fukushima town farm ships 42 cows after feeding cesium-contained straw

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- A cattle farm in the town of Asakawa in Fukushima Prefecture has shipped 42 cows to Tokyo and other places after feeding them with straw containing high levels of radioactive cesium, the prefectural government said Thursday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Kaieda urges Kyushu Electric head to step down over scandal

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Industry minister Banri Kaieda on Friday urged Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe to step down over a scandal in which senior utility officials tried to make locals look supportive of restarting its nuclear reactors by orchestrating a staged e-mail campaign........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0dm027000c.html

Health ministry to review inspection system over radioactive beef scare

The government decided July 15 to review its beef-cow screening policy after a cattle farm in Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, shipped 42 cows fed with radioactive cesium-contaminated straw to Tokyo and several other prefectures.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2a00m0na006000c.html

Finding that radiation-tainted straw was produced far from nuclear plant causes shock

Revelations that radiation-contaminated rice straw used as feed for beef cattle was produced far away from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant have sent shockwaves through the livestock farming community in Fukushima Prefecture.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2a00m0na002000c.html

Disaster-hit Miyagi town questions dependence on nuclear money

ONAGAWA, Miyagi -- Four months after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami devastated the coastal town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, collapsed ferroconcrete buildings are still visible and the middle of town, once replete with rows of shops and houses, is filled with debris.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2a00m0na004000c.html

420 million yen stolen from ATMs near Fukushima nuclear plant

Some 420 million yen was stolen from ATMs near the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant between the onset of the nuclear disaster and the end of June, National Police Agency (NPA) figures have shown.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2a00m0na009000c.html

Kan says nuclear phaseout plan 'personal'

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday told Cabinet members that the policy he announced this week of trying to build a society that does not depend on nuclear energy is "personal," not government policy, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0dm102000c.html

Fukushima Prefecture vows to shift away from nuclear plants

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Fukushima Prefecture vowed to shift away from nuclear power plants in its reconstruction vision compiled Friday after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami triggered a serious nuclear crisis......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0dm103000c.html

Science minister says gov't will mull halting Monju prototype reactor project

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Science minister Yoshiaki Takaki indicated Friday that the government will consider suspending the development of the prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju in the wake of the country's worst nuclear crisis that continues at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2g00m0dm104000c.html

Kan under fire from Cabinet for advocating nuclear-free society

Prime Minister Naoto Kan drew fire from members of his Cabinet on July 15 for advocating a society free of nuclear power in the aftermath of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/15/20110715p2a00m0na010000c.html
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Jiji press

Industry Minister Urges Kyushu Electric Chief to Resign

Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan's industry minister Banri Kaieda on Friday prodded Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s <9508> president to resign due to a scandal over an attempt to boost support for the restart of its nuclear reactors with staged e-mails.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071500479

Blanket Radiation Checks on Cows Big Challenge for Fukushima Pref.

Fukushima, July 15 (Jiji Press)--Fukushima Prefecture is planning to implement blanket radiation checks on beef from areas around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after meat shipped from the northeastern prefecture was found to have contained above-limit radioactive cesium, but it will not be an easy task for the northeastern prefecture because of its limited capacity for such large-scale tests.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071500482

Cesium above Limit Found in Meat from Fukushima Cow

Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)--Radioactive cesium above the legal limit has been detected in the meat of a cow raised at a farm in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the Tokyo metropolitan government said Friday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071500548

Blanket Test of Cows to Cover Wider Areas of Fukushima Pref.

Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa said Friday the areas to be covered by Fukushima Prefecture's planned blanket radiation tests of cows should be expanded following the discovery that cows raised outside the government-set evacuation zones in the prefecture were fed with straw containing above-limit radioactive cesium........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071500565

Japan May Mull Ending Monju Reactor Development: Minister

Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)--Science and technology minister Yoshiaki Takaki suggested Friday the government may consider a possibility of ending the development of the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in central Japan prefecture of Fukui.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071500586

Reducing Dependence on N-Power Generation Personal Idea: Kan

Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)--Prime Minister Naoto Kan was quoted as saying Friday that reducing Japan's dependence on nuclear power generation was his personal opinion.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071500641

Kyushu Electric Chief Renews Intention to Stay On

Fukuoka, July 15 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> President Toshio Manabe on Friday reiterated his intention to remain in the top post at the scandal-tainted firm despite a call for his resignation from industry minister Banri Kaieda earlier in the day.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071500775

Japan's Stress Tests on N-Plans to Cover 4 Safety Hazards

Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)--Planned stress tests on nuclear power plants in Japan are set to cover four safety hazards including earthquakes, tsunami and loss of power sources, the industry ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said in a draft plan Friday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071500900

Cesium above Limit Found in Rice Straw in Miyagi Pref.

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., July 15 (Jiji Press)--Radioactive cesium above the legal limit has been detected in rice straw at three beef cattle farms in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi, the prefectural government said Friday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071500974

Cesium above Limit Detected from Another Fukushima Cow

Yamagata, July 15 (Jiji Press)--Radioactive cesium above the legal limit has been detected in the meat of another cow shipped from a farm in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Asakawa, the Yamagata Prefecture government said Friday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071501001
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Sankei news

Asakawa town, Fukushima pref

makoto · Jul 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 +

Saturday, July 16, 2011 12:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_11.html

Kansai Electric to shut down reactor

Kansai Electric Power Company says it will temporarily shut down a reactor at its nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture due to trouble in an emergency cooling system. The reactor is one of 19 currently operating in Japan......

Saturday, July 16, 2011 14:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_12.html

Kan visits base of Fukushima Daiichi operations

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has visited a facility that serves as a base camp for efforts to contain the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.....

Saturday, July 16, 2011 22:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_20.html

Lawyers join hands to stop nuclear power plants

Lawyers from around Japan are joining hands to take legal action to shutdown nuclear power plants.....

Saturday, July 16, 2011 22:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_17.html

More beef cattle fed with contaminated hay

Fukushima Prefecture has identified 5 additional farms where straw contaminated with high levels of radioactive cesium was used as cattle feed......

Saturday, July 16, 2011 22:18 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_15.html
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Yomiuri online

Hitachi wins N-plant rights / Company gains advantage over rivals for Lithuanian project

Hitachi Ltd. has obtained preferred negotiating rights for an order to construct a nuclear power plant in Visaginas, northeastern Lithuania, the company announced.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110715004043.htm

Ministry caught unprepared / No regulations established for rice straw fed to beef cattle

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry was shocked to learn that beef cattle had been fed with radiation-contaminated rice straw that had been stored outside, rather than indoors......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110715005136.htm

Thieves raid evacuation areas / Unguarded ATMs robbed of 684 million yen; empty homes violated

Fifty-six ATM thefts have been reported in the three disaster-hit Tohoku prefectures since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, with the amount of money stolen totaling 684 million yen, according to the National Police Agency........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110715004927.htm

Radioactive cesium detected in straw fed to beef cattle

FUKUSHIMA--Beef cattle at a farm in Asakawamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, have been fed with straw tainted with high levels of radioactive cesium, and 42 cows from that farm have been shipped to Tokyo and three other prefectures, according to the Fukushima prefectural government.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110715005727.htm

N-phaseout merely Kan's 'private view' / Ministers blast PM for lack of prior notice

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday that the denuclearization policy he announced earlier this week was not a government position, but was just his personal opinion.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110715005591.htm
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Asahi com

Hitachi set to win nuclear plant contract in Lithuania

LONDON--An alliance of Hitachi Ltd. and General Electric Co. is expected to win a nuclear power plant contract in Lithuania, outbidding Westinghouse Co., a unit of Toshiba Corp. ......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107150353.html

Toshiba, others develop water purification equipment for Fukushima nuclear plant

Toshiba Corp. and two other companies have developed water purification equipment to be used to process water contaminated with high levels of radiation at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107150364.html

Nuclear safety group in 1993: Power losses no big threat

A Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan (NSC) working group concluded in 1993 that a complete loss of power sources at a nuclear plant in Japan would probably not cause any serious problems. .......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107150338.html

Nitrogen injected into last reactor at Fukushima plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co. began injecting nitrogen July 14 into the No. 3 reactor at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to prevent further hydrogen explosions.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107150336.html

Broader range of exports will get Fukushima compensation

A government panel on compensation for the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster will apply looser rules on compensation claims from exporters than on companies claiming lost business in Japan......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107150335.html

Kan admits 'I am not trusted'

Acknowledgling his own unpopularity, Prime Minister Naoto Kan lamented at a meeting on social security July 14 that politicians are not trusted by the public......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107150333.html

Kan says call to end nuclear power was only a personal view

Two days after he said he wanted to phase out nuclear power, Prime Minister Naoto Kan appeared to step back from the statement on July 15, saying he had only been sharing his personal thoughts......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107150322.html

141 Kyushu Electric employees sent pro-nuclear mail

Kyushu Electric Power Co. released the results of an investigation July 14 regarding its attempt to manipulate public opinion on the resumption of operations at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107150328.html

Shipment of beef from Fukushima Prefecture to be suspended

Officials of the Tokyo metropolitan government said on July 15 that beef from one head of cattle from the Asakawa ranch was found to have cesium levels of 650 becquerels per kilogram, which exceeds the government standard of 500 becquerels.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107150331.html

Fukushima children pray for recovery

Dozens of young evacuees floated 1,500 light-emitting diodes in the Nihonbashi River in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, on July 14, praying for a quick return to normality in their hometowns in Fukushima Prefecture......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107150329.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Matsumoto sees no problem in negotiating nuclear technology exports

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said Friday he sees no problem in Japan continuing negotiations with countries interested in importing Japanese nuclear technology and equipment, even after Prime Minister Naoto Kan declared Japan should seek to become less reliant on nuclear energy......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/16/20110716p2g00m0bu026000c.html

Gov. Ishihara says new power plant to be built in Tokyo

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said Friday a new power plant will be built in Tokyo, which could help ease the power shortage the Japanese capital now faces in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/16/20110716p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Nuclear reactor in Fukui Pref. to be halted manually over glitch

FUKUI (Kyodo) -- A reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture will be manually halted due to a problem with its cooling system, prefectural government officials said Saturday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/16/20110716p2g00m0dm007000c.html

Kan eyes making nuclear agency independent watchdog

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan told prefectural governors on Friday that he is eyeing making the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency an independent regulatory authority if the government spins it off from the industry ministry, a governor who attended the meeting said.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/16/20110716p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Gov't panel set to suspend Fukushima beef cattle shipments

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government's nuclear disaster task force is set to suspend shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima Prefecture, amid concern that beef from there may be contaminated with radioactive cesium, government sources said Friday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/16/20110716p2g00m0dm009000c.html

1st-stage stress test to start from reactors prepared to reactivate

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government's nuclear regulatory agency said Friday the first stage of nuclear plant safety assessments will be done on plants now shut down for routine maintenance and ready to be reactivated, but it is unclear when those tests will be completed and the plants are allowed to restart......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/16/20110716p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Restart schedule for idled nuclear reactors still in limbo

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency's draft plan for two-stage stress tests on Japan's nuclear reactors does not state how long the first stage of the assessments will take, making it impossible to predict when currently idled reactors can be restarted......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/16/20110716p2a00m0na013000c.html

Livestock farmers dismayed by radioactive beef scandal

The government is considering banning shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima Prefecture in the wake of the revelation that a local cattle farm shipped 42 cows fed radioactive cesium-contaminated straw to Tokyo and several other prefectures.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/16/20110716p2a00m0na015000c.html

TEPCO denies nuke crisis compensation to kindergartens, nursing homes and clinics

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has refused to pay provisional compensation to kindergartens, nursing homes and health clinics affected by the ongoing crisis at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, according to a document obtained by the Mainichi.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/16/20110716p2a00m0na016000c.html

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Jiji press

TEPCO Refraining from Paying Compensation to Noncommercial Entities

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> is refraining from paying provisional compensation for damage caused by its nuclear accident to hospitals and other not-for-profit corporations, TEPCO officials said Saturday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071600204

Kansai Electric to Shut Down N-Reactor Due to Trouble

Fukui, July 16 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> said Saturday it will manually shut down the No. 1 nuclear reactor at its Oi plant in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui due to a trouble at the reactor's emergency core cooling system.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071600260

Aeon Sells Beef That May Be Tainted in 5 Prefectures

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)--Aeon Co. <8267> said Saturday that 15 of its outlets in five prefectures have sold 319 kilograms of beef from cows fed with rice hay that contained radioactive cesium above the legal limit.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071600303

TEPCO Nearly Achieves Initial Measures in N-Crisis Roadmap

Fukushima, July 16 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> has nearly achieved initial goals shown in its roadmap toward the containment of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071600334

TEPCO to Pay Compensation to Noncommercial Entities

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> will pay compensation for the damage caused by the nuclear crisis to noncommercial corporations such as operators of hospitals, schools and welfare facilities, officials said Saturday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071600339

Kan Shows Resolve to Speed Up N-Crisis Containment Efforts

Koriyama, Fukushima, July 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Saturday expressed his resolve to speed up efforts to contain the nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 power plant.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071600356

(Update) Kansai Electric Shuts Down N-Reactor Due to Technical Trouble

Fukui, July 16 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> manually shut down the No. 1 nuclear reactor at its Oi plant in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui on Saturday night, due to a trouble at the reactor's emergency core cooling system.........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071600369

Cesium-Tainted Beef Woes Hit Meat Retailers, Restaurants

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)--Cesium-tainted beef that has been shipped from Fukushima Prefecture to many places outside the prefecture has put many meat retailers and restaurants into a plight......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071600397

Cesium-Tainted Hay Fed to More Fukushima Cows

Fukushima, July 16 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima Prefecture government said on Saturday that rice hay containing radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit was found to have been fed to more cows in the northeastern Japan prefecture......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071600404

(Update) Cesium-Tainted Hay Fed to More Fukushima Cows

Fukushima, July 16 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima prefectural government said on Saturday that rice hay containing radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit was found to have been fed to more beef cows in the northeastern Japan prefecture. ....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071700050
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Ôi plant at Ôi town, Fukui pref

radiation measurement at Minamisoma city, Fukushima pref

Takamatsu city, Kagawa pref

Takatsuki city, Osaka

quiet Oarai beach caused by radiophobia
at Oarai town, Ibaraki pref

makoto · Jul 18, 2011

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

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Govt,TEPCO:1st goal attained in stabilization plan

The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company are set to announce that they have completed the first step of a plan to cool the nuclear reactors at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi plant......

Sunday, July 17, 2011 05:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_02.html

Kansai Electric shuts down reactor

A power company in western Japan shut down a reactor on Saturday night at its nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture following trouble in an emergency cooling system.......

Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_07.html

Hosono: Reactors to resume after safety secured

Japan's minister in charge of nuclear crisis has indicated that resumption of reactors taken out of service for regular inspections will be approved after their safety is ensured....

Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_09.html
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Yomiuri online

Restart of N-reactors still uncertain / Nuclear agency has not clarified timing, criteria for confirming safety of idled facilities

Despite the announcement Friday of details regarding upcoming stress tests on nuclear plants nationwide, the outlook for restarting nuclear reactors remains unclear, as the final decision on whether to resume operations rests with top political leaders........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110716002899.htm

Tokyo, 10 prefs start checking beef farms

Prefectural governments in the Tohoku and Kanto regions have started questioning cattle farm owners about their straw feed as they try to stop more beef tainted with radioactive cesium from reaching consumers, government sources said......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110716002823.htm

Oi reactor resumption could be months away

It may take several months until Kansai Electric Power Co. can reactivate the Oi power plant's No. 1 reactor, as it likely will have to undergo first-stage stress tests, according to sources......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110716002892.htm

Halt ordered for Fukui Pref. nuke reactor

OSAKA--Kansai Electric Power Co. said Saturday it would halt the operation of a nuclear reactor at its Oi power plant in Oicho, Fukui Prefecture, due to a problem with a tank used to store water for emergency reactor-cooling functions......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110716002912.htm

Tainted beef sold in at least 13 prefs

A total of 1,200 kilograms of radioactive cesium-contaminated beef has been sold to consumers in at least 13 prefectures, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Saturday......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110716002773.htm
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Asahi com

Glitch shuts Japan reactor, no radiation leak

Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co said on July 16 it planned to manually shut down the No.1 reactor at its Ohi nuclear power plant in western Japan due to technical glitches, but that no radiation leakage had occurred......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107160332.html

Fukushima water purifying system plagued by failures

Problems stemming from complicated procedures, as well as dumb human errors, have plagued Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s key weapon in ending the crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107160325.html

Stress tests on reactors to look at four disaster scenarios

Nuclear power companies will be required to prove their reactors' ability to withstand four disaster scenarios under new "stress tests" outlined by Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA)......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107160323.html

Potentially radioactive beef went to 29 prefectures

Twenty-nine prefectures received beef from 42 cattle shipped from a farm in Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, where straw contaminated with radioactive cesium was fed to livestock......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107160321.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Kaieda attends opening ceremony for new JETRO office in China

WUHAN (Kyodo) -- Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda attended the opening ceremony for an office of the Japan External Trade Organization in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Sunday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/17/20110717p2g00m0bu055000c.html

Gov't to review Fukushima no-entry zone when cold shutdown realized

UKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of dealing with the nuclear crisis, met Saturday with the leaders of municipalities near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and said that the central government will consider reviewing its policy on the no-entry zone near the plant when the reactors at the complex are stabilized.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/17/20110717p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Another 84 cows in Fukushima found to have been fed contaminated straw

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Authorities in Fukushima Prefecture, where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is located, said Saturday they have discovered that another 84 cows shipped from five beef cattle farms in the prefecture were fed with straw contaminated with high levels of radioactive cesium......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/17/20110717p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Nuclear reactor in Fukui Pref. halted over glitch

FUKUI (Kyodo) -- A reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has been halted due to a problem with its cooling system and an investigation will be conducted to determine the cause of the glitch, prefectural government officials and the plant's operator said Saturday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/17/20110717p2g00m0dm011000c.html

New nuclear regulatory body should be set up by next April: Hosono

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of handling the nuclear crisis, said Sunday that a new regulatory body for nuclear power generation should be established by next April.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/17/20110717p2g00m0dm054000c.html
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Jiji press

(Update) Japan Govt to Instruct Fukushima to Suspend Cow Shipments

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to instruct Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato as early as Tuesday to take action to suspend shipments of all beef cattle raised in the northeastern prefecture due to the finding that many Fukushima cows were fed with hay tainted with radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit, it was learned Sunday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071700097

Japan Minister Eyes New N-Plant Supervisory Body Next April

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)--Goshi Hosono, Japanese minister for nuclear crisis management, on Sunday showed his intention to create a new government body for nuclear plant supervision by April 2012.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071700071

Cesium More Than 4 Times above Limit Found in Fukushima Beef

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo metropolitan government said Sunday that meat of a cow shipped from Fukushima Prefecture, home to a crippled nuclear power plant, was found to have contained 2,300 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium, more than four times the maximum permitted level of 500 becquerels.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071700245

Odakyu Dept. Store Sells 100kg of Possibly Tainted Beef

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)--Odakyu Department Store Co. said Sunday that it has sold a total of some 100 kilograms of beef possibly tainted with radioactive cesium at three outlets in Tokyo and neighboring Kanagawa Prefecture......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071700274

(Update) Cesium More Than 4 Times above Limit Found in Fukushima Beef

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo metropolitan government said Sunday that meat of a cow shipped from Fukushima Prefecture, home to a crippled nuclear power plant, was found to have contained 2,300 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium, more than four times the maximum permitted level of 500 becquerels......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071700281

(Update 2) Cesium More Than 4 Times above Limit Found in Fukushima Beef

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo metropolitan government said Sunday that meat of a cow shipped from Fukushima Prefecture, home to a crippled nuclear power plant, was found to have contained 2,300 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium, more than four times the maximum permitted level of 500 becquerels.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071800003

makoto · Jul 18, 2011

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Fukushima Daiichi prepares for typhoon arrival

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, is rushing to put a makeshift roof over a turbine building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as typhoon
Ma-on approaches Japan.....

Monday, July 18, 2011 05:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_01.html
Ma-on news
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_02.html
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_05.html
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_11.html
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_23.html

Government to set up a new nuke admin. system

Japan's nuclear crisis minister says he wants to move the nuclear safety agency from the Ministry of Economy and Industry and integrate it with another nuclear watchdog commission.....

Monday, July 18, 2011 05:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_03.html

Trouble in water injection at Fukushima Daiichi

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, says it discovered a drop in the amount of water injected into a reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant......

Monday, July 18, 2011 05:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_04.html

TEPCO covers turbine building as storm approaches

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, has built a makeshift roof over a turbine building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as typhoon Ma-on approaches....

Monday, July 18, 2011 23:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_24.html

More beef cattle fed irradiated straw

Fukushima and Niigata prefectures have identified more farms that shipped beef cattle that had been fed straw containing radioactive cesium in amounts above the government standard.......

Monday, July 18, 2011 23:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_25.html
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Yomiuri online

'Don't worry about eating a little bit of tainted beef'

The concentration of cesium remaining in the meat of cattle that were fed with highly radioactive straw is dramatically lower than the reading of the straw itself, according to a radioactivity expert......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110717002565.htm Don't worry? ok, please you eat all Fukushima beef now before us

Fukushima beef farmers facing uncertain future

Livestock farmer Osamu Yuasa did a double take when he heard that cattle in his town of Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture--about 100 kilometers from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant--had been fed straw contaminated with radioactive cesium.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110717002473.htm

'Colossal blunder' on radioactive cattle feed / Govt officials admit responsibility for foul-up that let tainted beef enter nation's food supply

Officials of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry have admitted they did not consider the possibility of cattle ingesting straw contaminated by radioactive substances emitted from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110717002520.htm

84 additional cows flagged / Fed rice straw apparently contaminated when left outside

FUKUSHIMA--An additional 84 cows fed rice straw contaminated with high levels of radioactive cesium were shipped from five cattle farms in Fukushima Prefecture, according to the prefectural government......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110717002519.htm
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

1st phase of work to contain nuke crisis completed on time: Hosono

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of handling the nuclear accident, said Sunday that ''Step 1'' or the first phase of work to bring the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control was completed on Sunday as scheduled.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/18/20110718p2g00m0dm005000c.html
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Jiji press

Chugoku Electric Halts Thermal Power Unit for Steam Leak

Tokyo, July 18 (Jiji Press)--Chugoku Electric Power Co. <9504> suspended the No. 1 unit of its Misumi thermal plant in western Japan early Monday due to suspected leaks of steam from its boiler, the company said the same day......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071800195

Japan-Jordan Nuclear Treaty in Limbo amid Crisis

Tokyo, July 18 (Jiji Press)--Approval of a Japan-Jordan nuclear cooperation treaty has been held up in Japanese parliament due to criticism of the government's sloppy handling of the nuclear crisis and confusion over energy policy........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071800273

400 More Fukushima Cows Fed with Cesium-Tainted Hay

Fukushima, July 18 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima prefectural government said Monday a total of 411 beef cows shipped from seven farms in Sukagawa and five other municipalities in the northeastern prefecture have been fed with hay containing above-limit radioactive cesium.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071800450

All Cows in Some Fukushima Areas to Be Killed for Tests

Fukushima, July 18 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima prefectural government plans to slaughter all beef cattle in some areas near the stricken nuclear power plant in the northeastern prefecture to check for contamination with radioactive cesium, officials said Monday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071800487

(Update) 400 More Fukushima Cows Fed with Cesium-Tainted Hay

Fukushima, July 18 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima prefectural government said Monday a total of 411 beef cows shipped from seven farms in Sukagawa and five other municipalities in the northeastern prefecture have been fed with hay containing above-limit radioactive cesium.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071900014

makoto · Jul 19, 2011

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Radioactive water in Fukushima poses challenge

The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company will announce on Tuesday a revised plan to bring the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control.....

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 06:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_05.html

Govt to define "cold shutdown"

The second-stage target to bring the nuclear disaster under control will involve achieving a cold shutdown, under which the disabled reactors are to be cooled down to about 100 degrees Celsius or lower.....

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 09:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_08.html

NRC to compile nuclear safety overhaul in 90 days

The top US nuclear chief says his agency will come up with directions on regulatory changes for safety at US nuclear power plants within 90 days.....

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 11:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_13.html

All prefectures to check cattle feed

Japan's agriculture ministry will ask all 47 prefectures in the country to check rice straw used to feed cattle for possible radioactive contamination......

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 12:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_15.html

Cattle farmers seek compensation

Cattle farmers in Fukushima Prefecture affected by the suspension of local beef shipments are calling for compensation from the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company.....

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 18:38 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_25.html

Govt bans beef cattle shipments from Fukushima

Japan's government has suspended all beef cattle shipments from Fukushima Prefecture for fear of widespread radioactive contamination caused by the troubled nuclear plant.....

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 20:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_h21.html

Govt renews Fukushima plant stabilization plan

The Japanese government has announced new stages of a plan to bring the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control.....

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 20:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_24.html
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Yomiuri online

Paying for Kan's energy policy / Ruling, opposition parties split on how to reduce burden on public

With the Diet entering deliberations on a renewable energy bill, heated debate between the ruling and opposition parties is likely on ways to reduce the financial burden the public will bear as a result of electricity price increases.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110718003440.htm

Bad straw devastates herd / Third-generation farmer loses faith in government, future

KITAKATA, Fukushima--A farmer in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, let his shoulders sag in disappointment when he heard that about 100 cows in his barn had eaten rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110718003816.htm

All Miyagi, Fukushima cattle to be tested

Livestock at all cattle farms in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures will be checked for contamination by rice straw containing high levels of radioactive cesium, which is known to have been fed to animals at several farms in the region......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110718004150.htm

37 prefectures get meat from cows fed tainted straw

The meat of beef cattle fed rice straw tainted with high levels of radioactive cesium in Fukushima Prefecture was distributed in 37 prefectures, and the cows' meat was sold to consumers in 35 of the prefectures, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110718003732.htm
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Asahi com

Japanese nuclear-contaminated beef "sold in and around Tokyo"
*REUTERS

Japan's second-biggest retailer said on July 17 it had sold beef from cattle that ate nuclear-contaminated feed, the latest in a series of health scares from radiation leaking from a quake-crippled nuclear power plant.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107180306.html

Kan's possible successors unwilling to wave anti-nuclear banner

Naoto Kan's dream of creating a society free of nuclear power appears destined to die when his reign as prime minister expires.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107180295.html

Fukushima residents avoid pools due to radiation fears

With temperatures rising above 35 degrees nationwide, thousands of people trying to get a respite from the brutal heat descended on swimming pools in many areas of Japan on July 17. The Toshimaen amusement park in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, which is known for its swimming pool attractions, had about 15,000 visitors, a record number for this year.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107180297.html

Oi reactor stoppage could leave Kansai Electric in the dark

Kansai Electric Power Co. now faces the strong possibility of an electricity shortage this summer with the stoppage of operations on July 16 of the No. 1 reactor at its Oi nuclear power plant.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107180286.html

Fake report helped justify need for atomic energy commission

Documents show that the central government was not upfront from even before moving into nuclear energy in the 1950s and used a fake report in deciding on the administrative structure to be used in the nuclear energy field......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107180285.html Shoriki, he owned the Yomiuri Shimbun(yomiuri online)

TEPCO: 1st-stage goals largely achieved at Fukushima plant

Authorities will announce July 19 that the first goals toward stabilizing the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have been largely achieved, despite a rickety system that has barely kept the reactors cooled......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107180284.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Anti-nuke groups to fight Manhattan Project parks

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) -- Anti-nuclear activists are lining up against legislation to create national parks at Los Alamos National Laboratory and two other sites where the world's first nuclear bombs were developed, calling the plan an expensive glorification of an ugly chapter in history.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2g00m0dm005000c.html

Ito-Yokado, Aeon supermarkets sell Fukushima beef

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Supermarket operator Ito-Yokado Co. said Monday it sold 41.7 kilograms of meat from a cow shipped from Fukushima Prefecture and contaminated with radioactive cesium at two of its outlets in Chiba Prefecture......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2g00m0dm007000c.html

505 more cows found shipped after being fed tainted straw

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- More cows were confirmed Monday to have been shipped after being fed rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium, with 411 from seven farms in Fukushima Prefecture and 24 from a farm in Niigata Prefecture.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Draft accord notes Mongolia as home for spent nuclear fuel

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A draft Japanese-U.S.-Mongolian agreement over the creation of a nuclear fuel production and spent fuel disposal cycle clearly refers to Mongolia as the destination of such fuel, according to its text, which was obtained by Kyodo News on Monday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Japan to unveil updated roadmap to achieve cold shutdown of reactors

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is set to release later Tuesday an updated work schedule to achieve a "cold shutdown" of the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant now that a new water circulation system has stabilized cooling operations and the risk of hydrogen explosions has been eliminated.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2g00m0dm043000c.html

Japan suspends Fukushima beef shipments over radioactive feed

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government on Tuesday ordered the suspension of all shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima Prefecture until the safety of the meat can be confirmed, while officials scrambled to expand probes into farms and distributors nationwide to grasp the scale of contamination suspected in cattle fed with rice straw containing high levels of radiation.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2g00m0dm044000c.html

Customers shy away from barbecued beef restaurants over radiation fears

Barbecued beef restaurants have taken a hit in Japan as customers turn away from meat in response to the finding that cesium-contaminated beef was distributed across Japan.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2a00m0na005000c.html

TEPCO installs cover over No. 3 reactor's turbine building as typhoon approaches

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) carried out repair work on the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on July 18 as Typhoon No. 6 approached the nation's Pacific coast......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2a00m0na004000c.html
ma-on news http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2g00m0dm042000c.html

Japan women's soccer world title provides ray of hope to Fukushima residents

FUKUSHIMA -- The success of the Japan Women's Soccer Team, which defeated the United States in the final of the World Cup in Germany, has provided a ray of hope to areas devastated by the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2a00m0na010000c.html

Miyagi man who sold contaminated straw blames gov't for scandal

OSAKI, Miyagi -- A man in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, who sold straw contaminated with high levels of radioactive cesium told the Mainichi on July 18 that he had never imagined that his straw was contaminated because the city is about 150 kilometers away from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2a00m0na011000c.html

Japan to conduct nationwide survey on use of rice straw as feed for beef cows

The government is set to conduct a nationwide survey on the use of rice straw as feed for beef cows, following revelations that such feed contaminated with high levels of radioactive cesium had been distributed in extensive areas across prefectural borders.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/19/20110719p2a00m0na016000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan to Suspend Fukushima Cow Shipments

Tokyo, July 19 (Jiji Press)--The government is set to instruct Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato on Tuesday evening to suspend shipments of all beef cattle from the northeastern Japan prefecture, health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa indicated......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071900340

TEPCO Takes Steps against Powerful Typhoon

Fukushima, July 19 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> has taken steps to protect its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant from powerful Typhoon Ma-on, which is approaching Japan.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071900410

Cows at 63 Miyagi Farms Fed with Cesium-Tainted Rice Straw

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., July 19 (Jiji Press)--The Miyagi prefectural government said Tuesday that beef cows at 63 farms in the northeastern Japan prefecture have been fed with rice straw containing radioactive cesium above the legal limit of 300 becquerels per kilogram.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071900433

Japan Orders Halt to Fukushima Beef Cattle Shipments

Tokyo, July 19 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government instructed Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato on Tuesday to suspend shipments of all beef cattle raised in the northeastern Japan prefecture due to fears of radioactive contamination.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071900671

(Update) Japan Orders Halt to Fukushima Beef Cattle Shipments

Tokyo, July 19 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government instructed Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato on Tuesday to suspend shipments of all beef cattle raised in the northeastern Japan prefecture due to fears of radioactive contamination.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071900817

Japan Nuclear Panel Releases Guidelines to Lift Evacuation Order

Tokyo, July 19 (Jiji Press)--The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan released guidelines Tuesday on the lifting of restrictions that bar people from entering the exclusion zone around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071900881

Miyagi Ships Contaminated Straw to 5 Prefectures

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., July 19 (Jiji Press)--The Miyagi prefectural government said Tuesday that three companies in the northeastern Japan prefecture have shipped a total of about 77 tons of rice straw containing radioactive cesium above the legal limit to five prefectures.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071900919

Japan Moves to 2nd Phase in Tackling Nuclear Crisis

Tokyo, July 19 (Jiji Press)--Japan is moving on to the second phase of its effort to contain the nuclear crisis as officials declared Tuesday an end to the first phase after considerably reducing radiation leaks from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011071900943

(Update 2) Japan Orders Halt to Fukushima Beef Cattle Shipments

Tokyo, July 19 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government instructed Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato on Tuesday to suspend shipments of all beef cattle raised in the northeastern Japan prefecture due to fears of radioactive contamination....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072000027
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Sankei news

Radiation measurements of statue of Buddha, Date city, Fukushima pref

makoto · Jul 20, 2011

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Kyushu Electric president to resign

Kyushu Electric Power Company President Toshio Manabe will resign to take responsibility for problems related to the utility's attempts to win local approval for restarting nuclear reactors.....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 07:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_01.html

Govt to step up radiation monitoring

The Japanese government will step up radiation monitoring and decontamination work to consider whether to lift evacuation orders after completing the second stage of the plan to bring the Fukushima nuclear crisis under control in January....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 08:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_08.html

EU adopts new nuclear waste disposal requirements

The European Union has decided to require member nations to draw up final disposal plans for spent nuclear fuel and other radioactive waste by 2015....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 09:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_12.html

Expert: Risks remain at Fukushima Daiichi plant

An expert says that radiation could be released from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in about 2 and half days if the injection of cooling water into reactors is halted for any reason....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_11.html

US conducted 2 subcritical nuclear tests: NNSA

An arm of the US Energy Department revealed on Tuesday that the United States conducted subcritical nuclear tests in December last year and February this year....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_16.html

US nuclear chief promises more support for Japan

The Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Japan has achieved substantial progress in its efforts to bring the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_18.html

A-bomb survivors criticize US tests

Atomic bomb survivors' groups in Hiroshima and Nagasaki have lodged protests against the United States for conducting subcritical nuclear tests....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 15:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_22.html

US safety rule maybe prevented Fukushima crisis

The chief of a US nuclear watchdog says that if Japan had adopted safety rules similar to those of the United States, damage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant could have been smaller....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 17:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_29.html

Fukushima farmers ask minister to check all cattle

Cattle breeders from Fukushima Prefecture have asked Japan's agriculture minister to check all cattle in the prefecture for radiation....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 18:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_32.html

Farmers demand govt action to dispel consumer fear

Japanese cattle growers have demanded that the government take steps to dispel consumer fears, after it suspended all beef cattle shipments from Fukushima Prefecture.....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 18:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_35.html

Cleanup rate at Fukushima plant remains low

A system to decontaminate radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to work below its target capacity....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 21:14 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_36.html
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Asahi com

Ito-Yokado sells radiation-laced beef in Chiba

Ito-Yokado Co., a nationwide supermarket chain, found that it sold beef containing radioactive cesium above the safety standard at two of its stores in Chiba Prefecture, the company said July 18. ...

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107190352.html

Government bans shipment of Fukushima beef cattle

The central government issued on July 19 a ban on the shipment of all beef cattle from Fukushima Prefecture....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107190348.html

Panel: TEPCO should compensate for indirect damage

Business indirectly hurt by the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant should also be compensated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. for damages, according to a government panel. ...

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107190361.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Hitachi to retain nuclear reactor business plan: vice president

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- After reviewing the business outlook for nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima plant disaster, Hitachi Ltd. has decided to keep its nuclear business development plan and aims to land orders for more than 38 nuclear reactors from around the world by 2030, a top company executive said......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2g00m0bu058000c.html

Kyushu Electric president offers to resign

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe offered to resign Wednesday over a scandal involving e-mails sent to a TV program in an attempt to clear the way to restart nuclear reactors.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2g00m0bu060000c.html

Kan defends remarks about nuclear phaseout

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan defended on Tuesday his comments last week about building a society that does not rely on nuclear energy, as opposition lawmakers grilled him in parliament about what they say was an out-of-the-blue statement about Japan's energy policy....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2g00m0dm016000c.html

Hiroshima, Nagasaki A-bomb survivors protest U.S. nuclear tests

HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI (Kyodo) -- Atomic bomb survivors' groups in Hiroshima and Nagasaki lodged protests against the United States Wednesday for conducting subcritical nuclear tests in December and February, which it revealed the day before.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2g00m0dm035000c.html

LDP proposes to keep nuclear power in key policies

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party proposed Wednesday to keep Japan's existing nuclear power plants running while enhancing their safety, countering Prime Minister Naoto Kan's recent pledge to gradually reduce the country's reliance on nuclear power.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2g00m0dm036000c.html

Gov't to consider preparations for lifting nuke crisis evacuation orders

With the completion of Step 1 in the two-part plan to contain the crisis-stricken reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, evacuation orders for surrounding areas are now expected to be lifted sometime after January 2012, when Step 2 in the containment process is projected to be completed, the government has announced......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2a00m0na005000c.html

Next-stage efforts to bring Fukushima nuke plant under control face many obstacles

The government and the operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant face numerous challenges in the next stage of efforts to bring the crippled power station under control......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2a00m0na007000c.html

Fukushima city sows sunflower seeds to decontaminate 'hot spot'

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Fukushima city officials sowed sunflower seeds Wednesday at a plaza in the city as part of efforts to remove radioactive materials from the soil.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2g00m0dm091000c.html

Kan hints at reviewing Japan's nuclear fuel recycle policy

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday referred to the possibility of reviewing the country's nuclear fuel recycling policy, casting a cloud over the future of Japan's Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2g00m0dm092000c.html

Kan likely to quit by end of August, positive signs on horizon, says foreign expert

Prime Minister Naoto Kan is likely to step down by the end of August as he has failed to demonstrate leadership and many fellow lawmakers within his ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) want him to resign, a longtime analyst of Japanese politics said on July 20......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2a00m0na012000c.html

Decontaminating soil, lowering radiation levels needed to lift evacuation order

In order to lift the evacuation order in areas around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, controlling the radiation dosage at low levels and decontaminating soil are the foremost prerequisites....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2a00m0na017000c.html

Agriculture Ministry under fire over contaminated rice straw

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has come under fire for failing to take prompt action to prevent rice straw contaminated with radioactive substances from being marketed as livestock feed shortly after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/20/20110720p2a00m0na018000c.html
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Jiji press

Kyushu Electric Chief Voices Intention to Quit

Tokyo, July 20 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> President Toshio Manabe expressed his intention Wednesday to step down over an e-mail scandal involving the utility's attempt to restart nuclear reactors.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072000569

Japan Should Continue Using N-Plants for Time Being: LDP

Tokyo, July 20 (Jiji Press)--A key panel of the biggest opposition Liberal Democratic Party said Wednesday that existing nuclear power plants in Japan should be allowed to continue operating for the time being while the country promotes the use of solar power and other renewable energy.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072000283

Radioactive Water Increases at Fukushima Plant Due to Rain

Fukushima, July 20 (Jiji Press)--The amount of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has increased apparently due to rain, its operator said Wednesday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072000591

Fukushima University Ties Up with Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Fukushima, July 20 (Jiji Press)--Fukushima University said Wednesday it has inked a partnership agreement with the state-affiliated Japan Atomic Energy Agency to boost its radiation-related research.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072000766

Cesium-Tainted Straw Found in Shizuoka Pref.

Shizuoka, July 20 (Jiji Press)--Rice straw polluted with radioactive cesium above the legal limit has been found at a cow farm in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Fujinomiya, central Japan, the prefectural government said Wednesday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072000768

Fukushima Farmers Seek Blanket Cow Tests

Tokyo, July 20 (Jiji Press)--Farmers in Fukushima Prefecture on Wednesday requested blanket radiation checks on all cows throughout the northeastern Japan prefecture.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072000821

Local Govt Chiefs to Promote Japan in Hong Kong

Hong Kong, July 20 (Jiji Press)--Local government leaders from Japan will make a series of visits to Hong Kong in the coming weeks, aiming to promote their country following the March disaster and ensuing nuclear crisis....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072000893

Cows Suspected of Cesium Contamination Top 1,500 in Japan

Tokyo, July 20 (Jiji Press)--The number of cows that may have been contaminated by radioactive cesium before shipments exceeded 1,500 in Japan on Wednesday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072001004

Fukushima Plant Water Treatment System's Operating Rate Falls

Tokyo, July 20 (Jiji Press)--The operating rate of the water treatment system at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant fell to a record low of 53 pct in the week to Tuesday, the plant's operator said Wednesday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100003

(Update) Cows Suspected of Cesium Contamination Top 1,500 in Japan

Tokyo, July 20 (Jiji Press)--The number of cows that may have been contaminated by radioactive cesium before shipments exceeded 1,500 in Japan on Wednesday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100025

makoto · Jul 21, 2011

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

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Thursday, July 21, 2011 07:31 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_02.html

Tokyo Electric's lax worker management found

The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has failed to confirm the whereabouts of 198 workers who are believed to have worked at the plant since the nuclear disaster started.......

Thursday, July 21, 2011 07:31 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_03.html

Contaminated rice straw found in 10 prefectures

The Japanese government says rice straw used for cattle feed contaminated with radioactive cesium has been found in 10 prefectures across the country. Beef produced from cattle fed the contaminated straw and shipped out from farms has already been distributed to almost all prefectures........

Thursday, July 21, 2011 07:31 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_05.html

High levels of radioactivity found extensively

Japan's science ministry says air above the ground about 150 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is as radioactive as areas 50 kilometers from the source of radioactivity.......

Thursday, July 21, 2011 07:31 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_06.html

Priority placed on radioactivity checks on beef

Japan's health ministry has called on local governments across the country to prioritize checks for radioactive substances on beef over other food products.....

Thursday, July 21, 2011 08:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_07.html

Japanese official briefs US on nuclear phase-out

Japan's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Chiaki Takahashi has briefed US Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides on Japan's energy policy.....

Thursday, July 21, 2011 13:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_15.html

Rain increases contaminated water at plant

Heavy rain brought by a tropical storm has increased the level of radioactive contaminated water at the basements of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.....

Thursday, July 21, 2011 16:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_19.html

Kansai business groups demand energy assistance

Five major business groups in western Japan say they want the government to help businesses introduce self-reliant power generation facilities and develop energy-saving technology......

Thursday, July 21, 2011 16:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_20.html

Govt considers contaminated beef buy up

The Japanese government is considering buying up all beef contaminated with radioactive cesium at levels exceeding the national safety limits......

Thursday, July 21, 2011 18:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_27.html

Govt to ask utilities to conduct nuke safety tests

Japan's nuclear safety agency says it will demand that power companies conduct additional tests to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants......

Thursday, July 21, 2011 21:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_30.html

1400 cattle fed contaminated hay shipped

NHK has learned that at least 1,400 beef cattle were shipped from 76 farms in 11 prefectures after being fed rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium at levels higher than the government safety limit.....

Thursday, July 21, 2011 21:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_37.html
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Yomiuri online

N-plant workers still labor under severe conditions

Severe summer heat causing heatstroke and poor accommodations have plagued workers at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, even though the government has announced that Step 1 of settling the crisis was nearly complete......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110720005949.htm

Water decontamination key to ending N-crisis / Medium-term challenges to possibly include developing technology necessary for fuel rod removal

With Step 1 of its timetable mostly completed, the government said it remains on track to end the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110720006026.htm

Return of evacuees still up in the air

Successful efforts by the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. to achieve the Step 1 targets on their road map for ending the ongoing nuclear crisis likely will bring the day when some evacuees can return to their homes a little closer, according to observers.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110720005874.htm

Govt, TEPCO announce new road map on N-crisis

The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. have released a new road map for ending the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which adheres to their initial process chart for trying to achieve a "cold shutdown" of reactors at the crippled facility by January......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110720005363.htm
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Asahi com

Budget request aims to fix nuclear crisis, freeze nuclear expansion

The Japan Atomic Energy Commission on July 19 urged the government to set aside funds for decommissioning the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, bolster nuclear safety and support the health of people exposed to radiation in its fiscal 2012 budget proposals.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107200282.html

Summer vacation special for children in quake areas

AIZU-MISATO, Fukushima Prefecture--While there were the expected smiles, the semester's last day of school had a twinge of melancholy and a surge of renewed determination for children in the quake-affected areas of northeastern Japan.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107200279.html

BEEF SCARE: Cesium-laced beef reached 43 prefectures

Beef from 648 cows suspected of being contaminated with radioactive cesium had been shipped to at least 43 prefectures around Japan as of July 19, according to an Asahi Shimbun investigation......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107200275.html

Government reveals timeline for decommissioning reactors

Japanese authorities published on July 19 the first detailed timeline for decommissioning the damaged reactors of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant but offered no dates for lifting the evacuation zones around the stricken facility.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107200277.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

France delays new generation nuclear plant

PARIS (AP) -- France's electricity giant announced Wednesday it is delaying its new generation nuclear reactor for two years after a pair of deadly accidents and safety reviews prompted by the disaster at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/21/20110721p2g00m0bu087000c.html

Philippines lifts ban on animal products from Fukushima area

MANILA (Kyodo) -- The Philippines has lifted the temporary ban of dairy and animal feed products from areas in Japan affected by the nuclear crisis that ensued after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/21/20110721p2g00m0dm001000c.html

U.S. seeks explanation of Japan's energy policy over Kan's remarks

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Japanese State Foreign Secretary Chiaki Takahashi said Wednesday a senior U.S. official called for an explanation about Japan's future energy policy, following Prime Minister Naoto Kan's recent remarks that the country should aim for a nuclear-free society......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/21/20110721p2g00m0dm002000c.html

Minister vows to keep Japan's 25% CO2 cut pledge despite disaster

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Environment Minister Satsuki Eda vowed Wednesday to maintain Japan's pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, despite the uncertainty hanging over the future of nuclear power in the aftermath of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/21/20110721p2g00m0dm007000c.html

Over 1,300 cattle suspected of radiation contamination shipped

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A total of 1,349 cattle suspected of being fed rice straw containing radioactive cesium have been shipped to 45 of Japan's 47 prefectures, a Kyodo News tally showed Wednesday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/21/20110721p2g00m0dm009000c.html

TEPCO: Cooling system operation at Fukushima plant fell to new low recently

The Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has revealed that from July 13 to 19 only 53.7 percent of a water-recycling and reactor cooling system at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant was running, the lowest percentage since the system began full-scale operations at the end of June......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/21/20110721p2a00m0na007000c.html

Retailers, consumers rush to private agency to bar radioactive beef

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Retailers and consumers are inundating a private institute testing various items for radioactive materials to confirm the safety of beef products amid worries that cattle exposed to cesium may have been shipped almost across Japan, institute officials said Thursday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/21/20110721p2g00m0dm063000c.html

Gov't designates new 'hot spots' near Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government on Thursday newly designated 59 households in four areas in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, as being located in "hot spots" recommended for evacuation near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/21/20110721p2g00m0dm066000c.html
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Jiji press

Zensho Barbecue Restaurants to Check Beef for Radiation

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)--Zensho Co. <7550> said Thursday that it is conducting radiation checks on domestic beef at all its 94 barbecue restaurants.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072100587

Caribbean Nations Seek Halt to Nuclear Waste Transit

Sao Paulo, July 20 (Jiji Press)--The Caribbean Community, or Caricom, on Wednesday sought a halt to the transit through the Caribbean Sea of nuclear waste bound for Japan......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100314

Kansai Biz Groups Request Early Restart of Nuclear Reactors

Osaka, July 21 (Jiji Press)--Five business groups in the Kansai western Japan region on Thursday submitted to the government an urgent request for an early restart of nuclear reactors whose regular checkups have been completed......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100353

Japan's Kan Hints at Reviewing Nuclear Plant Export Policy

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)--Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday hinted at reviewing Japan's policy of promoting exports of nuclear power plants......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100457

Miyagi Pref. to Conduct Blanket Cow Tests for Radiation

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., July 21 (Jiji Press)--Miyagi Prefecture will carry out radiation tests on all beef cows raised in the northeastern Japan prefecture, Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai said Thursday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100598

Hiroshima Gov. Vows to Contribute to Abolition of N-Weapons

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)--Hiroshima Prefecture intends to contribute actively to world peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons, instead of being a representation of the tragedy of atomic bombs, Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki said Thursday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100744

High Levels of Cesium Found in Ash in Tokyo

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)--High levels of radioactive cesium have been detected in ash at a waste incineration plant in Edogawa Ward in central Tokyo, a regional waste disposal association said Thursday........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100761

Kaieda to Resign in Return for Enactment of N-Crisis Bill

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Banri Kaieda hinted that he will resign if it becomes clear that the Diet will enact a bill to create an entity to pay compensation for damage incurred by nuclear accidents......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100766

Kan Resolved to Map Out Future N-Policy

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)--Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Thursday that while still in office, he plans to map out the direction Japan should take in its nuclear energy policy.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100824

Japan Govt Mulls Buying Up Cesium-Tainted Beef

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan's government is considering buying up all beef containing more radioactive cesium than the legal limit, in order to prevent tainted beef from reaching the market, agriculture ministry officials said Thursday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100888

Japan Designates More Areas as Radiation Hot Spots

Fukushima, July 21 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Thursday designated four more areas as radiation hot spots near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100922

Radiation at Fukushima Schools Cut by 75 Pct

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)--Decontamination efforts have cut radiation levels at schools in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by 75 pct on average, the education ministry said Thursday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100960

100 Cows Fed Tainted Hay Shipped from Miyagi

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., July 21 (Jiji Press)--A total of 100 beef cows fed radiation-contaminated rice straw have been shipped from Miyagi Prefecture, officials said Thursday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072100998

Japan to Ease Regulations on Wind Power

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government drew up a regulatory reform plan on Thursday that comprises 56 items, including easing rules to set up wind power plants in state-owned forests......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072101029

All Cows in Yamagata to Be Put for Radiation Checks

Yamagata, July 21 (Jiji Press)--The union of agricultural cooperatives in Yamagata Prefecture will carry out radiation checks on all cows traded in the northeastern Japan prefecture, officials said Thursday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072101056

Japan Experts Agree on Limit on Radiation Exposure from Food

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)--Japanese experts reached broad agreement Thursday to limit lifetime radiation dose from food to 100 millisieverts or less per person.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200003
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Sankei news

Takahama plant, Fukui prefecture

Emily · Jul 22, 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 +

US conducted 2 subcritical nuclear tests: NNSA

An arm of the US Energy Department revealed on Tuesday that the United States conducted subcritical nuclear tests in December last year and February this year....

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_16.html

That's the first I heard about that bad news.

Also I agree that creating a multi-state park glorifying the Manhattan Project is a horrible idea. I'm shocked by this.

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/07/19/19greenwire-anti-nuclear-groups-protest-proposed-manhattan-52795.html

Anti-Nuclear Groups Protest Proposed Manhattan Project Park
By JOHN MCARDLE of Greenwire
Published: July 19, 2011

A plan to create a multi-state national park dedicated to the top secret project to develop an atomic bomb during World War II has drawn the ire of anti-nuclear groups that believe the government shouldn't be in the business of celebrating the creation of a weapon of mass destruction....

There already is a park 'honoring' the legacy of the atomic bomb.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-10-04/news/9610040340_1_reactor-debris-manhattan-project

That mismanaged mess in a park in the Chicago suburbs left behind by the Manhattan Project resulted in picnickers, including children, drinking radioactive water and playing in a radioactive stream for decades, until an activist group called 'Broken Arrow' camped out in front of the area and got the government to finally clean it up. One of the original Manhattan Project scientists was part of the activist group.

The government never studied the population who drank from the wells and played at the park, but I have heard there were many pediatric cancers, birth defects like spina bifida, and many other cancers. They would have been the perfect population to study to learn about the effects of low level radiation upon humans.

So maybe they should just designate Red Gate Woods as their atomic bomb park.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_A/Plot_M_Disposal_Site

The well water that families were using is still radioactive.
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makoto · Jul 23, 2011

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Prof. Nonaka speaks on cesium in rice straw

A Japanese expert on radiation in soil says radioactive materials on rice straw and soil must be monitored even if they are located far from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant......

Friday, July 22, 2011 04:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_04.html

70% of Japan's nuclear reactors remains shut

37 nuclear reactors in Japan, or nearly 70 percent of them, remain shut. This includes 2 reactors operated by Kansai Electric Power Company in Fukui Prefecture that were recently closed for regular inspections.........

Friday, July 22, 2011 07:27 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_06.html

Ito-Yokado sold beef linked to irradiated feed

Major supermarket operator Ito-Yokado says it sold over 2,600 kilograms of meat from beef cattle fed with rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium exceeding the government limit......

Friday, July 22, 2011 07:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_09.html

IAEA chief to visit Fukushima plant next week

The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency says he will visit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant next week to view progress made in efforts to stabilize the troubled reactors there........

Friday, July 22, 2011 09:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_11.html

External power supply cut at 2 Fukushima reactors

Tokyo Electric Power Company says part of the external power supply has been cut at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant due to a problem in the transmission lines.....

Friday, July 22, 2011 11:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_16.html

Kaieda: Decision needed on nuclear exports

Japan's trade and industry minister Banri Kaieda says cabinet ministers must reach an agreement on whether to continue promoting exports of nuclear power plants....

Friday, July 22, 2011 12:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_21.html

Govt plans to buy up tainted beef

Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano says the government will swiftly consider ways to buy up all beef contaminated with radioactive cesium at levels exceeding the national safety limits........

Friday, July 22, 2011 12:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_20.html

Education minister: check school food for safety

Japan's education minister Yoshiaki Takaki says he wants a thorough check of school meals to make sure they do not contain radiation-tainted ingredients......

Friday, July 22, 2011 12:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_22.html

Hamaoka operator to build 18m-high embankment

The operator of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan plans to build an 18-meter-high embankment by December next year to prevent tsunami damage to the facility.......

Friday, July 22, 2011 16:33 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_24.html

North, South Korea nuclear envoys meet

The chief nuclear envoys of North and South Korea have met for the first time in more than 2 and a half years, raising hopes for a resumption of the six-party talks on the North's nuclear program.....

Friday, July 22, 2011 16:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_30.html

Nuclear watchdog orders stress tests

Japan's nuclear watchdog has instructed power utilities to carry out additional safety tests on their nuclear plants.....

Friday, July 22, 2011 18:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_29.html

Nuclear chiefs of 2 Koreas meet in Bali

The chief nuclear envoys of North and South Korea have met for the first time in more than 2 and half years, raising hopes for a return of the six-party talks on the North's nuclear program......

Friday, July 22, 2011 18:33 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_33.html

TEPCO probes Fukushima blackout

Tokyo Electric Power Company is investigating the cause of a sudden power failure at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The blackout halted the cooling of a spent fuel pool for 5 hours......

Friday, July 22, 2011 20:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_32.html

2 Koreas agree to work on 6-party talks

North and South Korea have agreed to cooperate toward the early resumption of the six-party talks on the North's nuclear program......

Friday, July 22, 2011 21:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_35.html

Keidanren calls for strong political leadership

Japanese business leaders are calling for strong political leadership to help the country recover from the devastation of the March disaster and create a new Japan....

.....Keidanren also called on the government to make every effort to secure the energy supply over the next few years and rebuild public trust in nuclear power generation.

Friday, July 22, 2011 20:26 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_37.html
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Yomiuri online

Beef industry hit by falling sales / Concern over cesium contamination rises despite govt assurances

Growing concern about cesium contamination of straw fed to beef cattle is driving down wholesale and retail sales.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110721005664.htm
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Asahi com

Double A-bomb survivor's words on nuclear power added to film

The producer of a documentary film about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived two atomic bombings, has added a comment to the version to be released in Japan from July 16 because of its pertinence to the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107210342.html

TEPCO investigates as Fukushima water purifier capacity falls

The radioactive water purifying unit at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant operated at 53 percent of capacity during the seven-day period through July 19.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107210341.html

Government asks everyone to save on the juice

The central government on July 20 called on people and businesses across Japan to cut their electric power usage this summer, excluding only Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, and Okinawa, the southernmost island where no nuclear power plants are located......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107210346.html

NUCLEAR LEVERAGE: Long an advocate of nuclear energy, Nakasone now says Japan should go solar

Japan is the only non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council permitted under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to have a nuclear fuel recycling program......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107210339.html

Bureaucrats had early doubts about nuke fuel recycling program

High-ranking bureaucrats in 1991 raised concerns about having Japan embark on a nuclear fuel recycling program not only because it would be hugely expensive, but also because it could raise concerns in the international community about the possibility that Japan was preparing to join the nuclear weapons club.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107210340.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Japan not to lodge protest over U.S. subcritical nuclear tests

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has no plan to lodge a protest with the United States over its latest subcritical nuclear tests, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama said Wednesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/22/20110722p2g00m0dm016000c.html

Kansai Electric halts reactor for regular checkups

TSURUGA (Kyodo) -- Kansai Electric Power Co. halted a reactor for regular checkups early Friday in Fukui Prefecture, and is poised to similarly suspend another later in the day to leave only 16 of the nation's 54 reactors running, adding to its power supply problems.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/22/20110722p2g00m0dm019000c.html

Caribbean objecting to nuclear waste shipment

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Caribbean officials on Thursday called for an immediate halt to a European shipment of reprocessed nuclear waste that will pass near the islands on its way to Japan, calling it a risk to the region's people......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/22/20110722p2g00m0dm020000c.html

Japan's nuclear reactor 'stress test' format officially approved

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government's nuclear regulatory agency said Thursday it will start asking utilities to implement a two-stage "stress test" to check the safety of their nuclear reactors, given that the format of the new safety assessments became official earlier in the day.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/22/20110722p2g00m0dm025000c.html

Gov't to buy up all beef containing cesium exceeding allowable levels

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government will buy up all beef found to contain radioactive cesium at levels exceeding the allowable limit, and incinerate it, a senior farm ministry official said Thursday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/22/20110722p2g00m0dm026000c.html

IAEA chief to visit crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant Mon.

VIENNA (Kyodo) -- Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Thursday he plans to visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan next Monday to better grasp the situation......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/22/20110722p2g00m0dm040000c.html

Gov't to allow use of simpler radiation detectors for beef

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government is set to allow inspection of beef for radiation contamination using more widely available, simpler detectors as it prepares to impose broader screening of beef cattle to contain the widening food scare, government officials said Friday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/22/20110722p2g00m0dm041000c.html

TEPCO admitted failure to vent Fukushima No. 1 reactor in May report

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) acknowledged it failed to vent steam from the containment vessel of Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant's No. 1 reactor in analysis reports as early as May, while publicly maintaining that the venting valves remained open, the Mainichi has learned.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/22/20110722p2a00m0na001000c.html

Note on palm reveals 'endurance' a watchword for embattled industry minister Kaieda

Amid clashes with Prime Minister Naoto Kan over nuclear power in the Diet, there is no doubt Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda is having a difficult time -- a fact highlighted on July 21 when the Chinese kanji character for "endurance" was spotted written on his left palm......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/22/20110722p2a00m0na007000c.html

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Jiji press

Japan Govt Adopts 2 Bills to Support Nuclear Evacuees

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government on Friday adopted two bills aimed at supporting people who have been forced to evacuate due to the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200293

Chubu Electric to Build 18-Meter Seawalls at Hamaoka N-Plant

Nagoya, July 22 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. <9502> said Friday it will build seawalls as high as 18 meters above the sea level at its Hamaoka nuclear plant to protect the facility from massive tsunami.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200398

Fuel Pool Cooling System Briefly Stops at Fukushima No. 3 Reactor

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday that an external power failure has briefly stopped the alternative cooling system for the spent nuclear fuel pool at the No. 3 reactor of its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200410

Mayor Asks TEPCO to Ensure N-Plant Safety

Kashiwazaki, Niigata Pref., July 22 (Jiji Press)--Kashiwazaki Mayor Hiroshi Aida on Friday asked Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> to ensure safe operations of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant located between the city and the village of Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200535

70 Cows Possibly Tainted with Radiation Shipped under Matsusaka Brand

Tsu, Mie Pref., July 22 (Jiji Press)--The Mie prefectural government said Friday a farm in Taiki, a town in the central Japan prefecture, has shipped some 70 cows that might have eaten rice straw tainted with radioactive cesium under Matsusaka brand......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200554

Plasma Delay Expected in ITER Nuclear Fusion Project

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)--Part of an international project to realize nuclear fusion power generation is set to be delayed by at least one year because of the March 11 earthquake, the project's leader Osamu Motojima said Friday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200758

Tokyo Metropolitan Govt to Build Gas Power Station

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara unveiled a plan Friday to build a natural gas power station to deal with electricity shortages amid Japan's nuclear crisis. ......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200850

Kansai Electric Applies for Approval of Reactor Life Extension

Fukui, July 22 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> on Friday applied for regulatory approval to extend the life of a reactor at its Mihama nuclear power station in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, beyond 40 years.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200913

3 More Radiation-Tainted Cows Found in Japan

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref., July 22 (Jiji Press)--The Tochigi prefectural government said Friday that the meat from three beef cows in the eastern Japan prefecture has been found to have contained radioactive cesium at levels exceeding the legal limit........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200921

Input Errors Found in Seismic Assessment for Genkai Plant Reactor

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)--Inputting errors have been discovered in a past seismic assessment for a reactor at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s <9508> Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, officials said Friday..........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200931

Japanese Parties Agree to Revise Nuclear Compensation Bill

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling and two major opposition parties reached broad agreement on Friday to modify a bill aimed at helping pay for compensation over the country's nuclear crisis.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200949

Cows Fed with Cesium-Tainted Straw Exceed 1,700 in Japan

Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)--The number of cows found to have been shipped after being fed with radioactive cesium-tainted rice straw exceeded 1,700 in a total of 14 prefectures in Japan on Friday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072200992
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Sankei news

Hamaoka plant

忍 "endurance"

makoto · Jul 24, 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 +

Saturday, July 23, 2011 13:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_20.html

Govt. to implement measures outside Fukushima

Japan's minister in charge of the nuclear crisis says the government will consider implementing decontamination measures and health checks outside Fukushima Prefecture.....

Saturday, July 23, 2011 22:04 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_33.html

US, S.Korea and Japan discuss 6-party talks

Foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea have agreed that North Korea must immediately stop its uranium enrichment program to allow a resumption of the 6-party talks......

Saturday, July 23, 2011 22:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_32.html

Cause of Fukushima blackout identified

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the interruption on Friday of a system that cools one of the spent fuel pools was caused by the incorrect set-up of a circuit breaker.........

Saturday, July 23, 2011 22:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_34.html
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Yomiuri online

Fun in the sun for Fukushima families

FUKUSHIMA--For children living in Fukushima Prefecture who have few chances to play outside due to the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, volunteers and municipalities nationwide are organizing events to give them an opportunity to enjoy summer vacation outside of the prefecture......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110722004766.htm

Effects of cesium beef fiasco hit meat industry

Negative impacts from the cesium beef fiasco have spread across the nation's meat industry, as farmers and meat dealers face returned shipments, increased inventory and cancellation of auctions, following the discovery of high levels of cesium in beef cattle from Fukushima Prefecture....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110722004942.htm
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Asahi com

Mining technology could purify water at Fukushima

Technology used in mines to quickly decontaminate radioactive water could be used at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to researchers at Kyoto University......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107220346.html

Japan utilities push to extend life of nuclear plants
*REUTERS

Two Japanese utilities moved on July 22 to extend the life of reactors at a pair of central coastal nuclear plants, fuelling already fierce debate over energy policy after the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107220328.html

Fukushima high school students to stage play

High school students in Fukushima Prefecture will stage an emotionally charged play that gives voice to the complicated feelings among young people in a prefecture wracked by a nuclear disaster......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107220322.html

Panel tries to quantify radiation exposure risk

Lifetime exposure to more than 100 millisieverts of radiation presents a significant risk of cancer, according to a preliminary finding of the Food Safety Commission reached at a meeting July 21.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107220493.html

Kaieda says Kan's nuclear pledge carries little weight

Two weeks after saying he was planning to quit, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda appears to be struggling to maintain his cool......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107220317.html

Kan, ministers disagree on export of nuke plants

In a surprise to no one, differences of opinion over the export of nuclear power plant projects emerged on July 21 among members of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107220316.html

Government may buy all radioactive beef

The central government is considering buying all beef with levels of radioactive cesium exceeding government standards in an effort to try to address rising consumer concern and falling prices for Japanese beef......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107220312.html

Despite bombing, hibakusha saw nuclear energy as hope of the future

On March 15, hibakusha participating in a cruise organized by nongovernmental group Peace Boat made a stop in Naples, where they gathered at a local university to present their experiences as survivors of the atomic bomb....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107220313.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Japan to host U.N. nuclear disarmament meeting in Nagano Pref.

TOKYO (kyodo) -- The central Japan city of Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture will next week host an annual U.N. meeting on nuclear disarmament, with topics including the peaceful use of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm004000c.html

U.S. plans to build parks to commemorate atomic-bomb development

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- The U.S. government has proposed to Congress a plan to build three national parks commemorating the U.S.-led "Manhattan Project" for developing the atomic bomb in the 1940s, but the scheme has drawn protests from antinuclear groups.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm005000c.html

5 Nagasaki A-bomb survivors' groups condemn U.S. nuclear tests

NAGASAKI (Kyodo) -- Five groups of atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki said Friday they have sent a letter of protest to the U.S. Embassy in Japan over U.S. subcritical nuclear tests in December and February.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm006000c.html

All shelters in Fukushima Pref. to be closed at end of Oct.

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- All 557 shelters in Fukushima Prefecture will be closed at the end of October, as alternative accommodation for some 15,000 evacuees affected by the March earthquake-tsunami disaster and the nuclear crisis has almost been secured, the prefectural government said Friday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm015000c.html

IAEA chief seeks bigger crisis role

VIENNA (AP) -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday that he would like to see his agency more involved in damage control from any future nuclear disaster, in comments prompted by criticism of the IAEA's role in the Fukushima accident.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm016000c.html

Water treatment system at Fukushima plant stops temporarily

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that operation of a water decontamination system at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant halted in the morning due to problems in electricity supply......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm017000c.html

Gov't to allow use of less-demanding radiation detector for beef

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government is set to allow inspection of beef for radiation contamination using more widely available, less-demanding detectors as it prepares to impose broader beef cattle screening to contain the widening food scare, government officials said Friday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm018000c.html

Chubu Electric to build 18-meter-high seawall at Hamaoka plant

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. on Friday announced a plan to build an 18-meter-high seawall at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in the city of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, which it shut down in May at the request of Prime Minister Naoto Kan following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm019000c.html

Kansai Electric seeks approval for operation of old reactor

FUKUI (Kyodo) -- Kansai Electric Power Co. on Friday asked the government to approve its operation of a nuclear reactor that is nearly 40 years old, after public confidence was lost in older nuclear reactors amid the Fukushima nuclear crisis........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm020000c.html

TEPCO head seeks local leaders' support on Niigata nuclear plant

NIIGATA (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa sought support Friday from local leaders in Niigata Prefecture, home of the utility's only operating nuclear power plant, while apologizing for the ongoing crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi complex and vowing to create safer nuclear plants.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm021000c.html

Power firm execs account for 72% of individual donations to LDP in 2009

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- More than 70 percent of donations made by individuals in 2009 to the political fund management body of the Liberal Democratic Party came from executives, including retired ones, of Tokyo Electric Power Co. and eight other utilities, according to data compiled by Kyodo News.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2g00m0dm022000c.html

Errors in nuclear plant data highlight checking system insufficiencies

The discovery of errors in data incorporated in a report on the No. 3 reactor at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Saga Prefecture illustrates problems with its operator's checking system and the government regulator's ability to examine safety data.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2a00m0na015000c.html

Errors in Genkai plant report threaten to delay restart of nuclear reactors

Japan's nuclear regulatory agency said July 22 that it had discovered errors in Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s report on safety assessments of the No. 3 reactor at its Genkai plant.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/23/20110723p2a00m0na017000c.html

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Jiji press

Japan to Conduct Health Checks on Residents outside Fukushima

Marumori, Miyagi Pref., July 23 (Jiji Press)--Residents outside Fukushima Prefecture need to receive health checks as well, Goshi Hosono, Japanese minister for nuclear crisis management, said Saturday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072300236

Japan, U.S., S. Korea Seek N. Korea's Concrete Actions

Nusa Dua, Indonesia, July 23 (Jiji Press)--Japanese, U.S. and South Korean foreign ministers agreed Saturday to urge North Korea to take concrete steps for abolishing its nuclear programs.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072300265

Internal Radiation Doses Near Fukushima Plant Found Limited

Fukushima, July 23 (Jiji Press)--Internal radiation exposure of residents near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has been limited to one millisievert or less on an annualized basis, officials said Saturday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072300280

More Cows Fed with Tainted Straw Shipped from Miyagi

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., July 23 (Jiji Press)--Additional 944 beef cattle suspected of radioactive contamination have been shipped from farms in Miyagi Prefecture, officials said Saturday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072300316
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Sankei news

Makoto Akashi, executive director of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences

Japan's minister in charge of the nuclear crisis visits Marumori town, Miyagi pref

Somanomaoi at Soma city, Fukushima pref

makoto · Jul 24, 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 +

T-Hawk is flying above unit1

Sunday, July 24, 2011 01:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_01.html

TEPCO checks piping of decontamination system

Tokyo Electric Power Company is to examine the pipes of a system to decontaminate radioactive water at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant. The system continues to work below its target capacity......

Sunday, July 24, 2011 11:04 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_09.html

No.1 reactor temperature falls below 100 degrees

The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says the temperature at the bottom of the No. 1 reactor is being kept at the lowest level since a new cooling system went into operation late last month.....

Sunday, July 24, 2011 13:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_15.html

Decontamination experiment starts in Fukushima

More than 3,500 city employees and citizens took part in an experiment to remove radioactive materials from roads in a highly contaminated area of Fukushima City on Sunday.......

Sunday, July 24, 2011 16:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_18.html

N.Korean official to visit US this week

A senior North Korean official in charge of bilateral dialogue with the United States is expected to visit the country soon......

Sunday, July 24, 2011 16:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_16.html
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Asahi com

Effects of March 11 disaster still felt at Tsukiji fish market

The devastation caused to many fishing ports along the Sanriku and Joban coasts by the Great East Japan Earthquake has led to the loss of popular maritime products from the Tsukiji fish market.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107230315.html

S. Korean students to attend cultural exchange event in Japan--other nations back out

Students from a high school in South Korea will go ahead with their annual visit to Japan for a cultural exchange program, despite schools from other nations backing out over radiation concerns prompted by the situation at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107230314.html

Equestrian spectacle opens in Fukushima Prefecture

SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--The famous Soma Noma-oi (Soma wild horse chase) festival kicked off in Fukushima Prefecture July 23, despite fears that it would have to be cancelled because of the Great East Japan Earthquake....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107230313.html

NISA orders utilities to check quake resistance data

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency instructed all electric power companies on July 22 to report by Aug. 22 any errors in data on the earthquake resistance of nuclear power plants and on any problems in systems to check data errors......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107230311.html

Chubu Electric to build sea wall to protect nuke plant

Chubu Electric Power Co. will build an 18-meter-high sea wall to shield its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture from tsunami.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107230310.html

Caribbean blasts shipments of nuclear waste to Japan

LOS ANGELES--Caribbean nations on July 20 called on Japan, Britain and France to immediately halt the transport of reprocessed nuclear waste through the Caribbean Sea......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107230307.html

Radioactive beef scare widens

Cattle fed on locally grown straw in Iwate, Miyagi and Tochigi prefectures were contaminated with radioactive cesium exceeding government safety standards, prefectural government officials announced July 22......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107230303.html

Kan cautious about extending life of Kansai Electric's Mihama No. 2 reactor

Kansai Electric Power Co.'s request to renew its license to operate a nearly 40-year-old reactor could be in trouble if signals from Prime Minister Naoto Kan are an indication....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107230304.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

U.S. used atomic power cooperation to remedy Japan's 'ignorance'

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The United States used atomic power cooperation with Japan in the 1950s to ease the Japanese public's aversion to nuclear weapons and remedy their "ignorance" about nuclear power, declassified U.S. papers showed Saturday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/24/20110724p2g00m0dm072000c.html

Aging Genkai nuclear reactor may have faulty vessel: study

SAGA (Kyodo) -- A nuclear power reactor unit which began operations 36 years ago at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai plant may have a faulty pressure vessel, an analysis by researchers showed Saturday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/24/20110724p2g00m0dm073000c.html

Utility executives began political donations after firms ended payments

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Executives and retired officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co. and eight other electricity businesses started donating money to ruling lawmakers in 1976 at the latest, two years after power companies decided to stop making political donations amid public frustration about money and politics, an analysis of donation data by Kyodo News showed Saturday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/24/20110724p2g00m0dm074000c.html

Nuke crisis refugee fought losing 18-year legal battle against Fukushima plant

NIIGATA -- In 1992, Sanzo Onoda and his fellow plaintiffs lost their 18-year legal battle to have one of Fukushima's nuclear power plants shuttered. He and 400 others originally filed the case against the construction of the Fukushima No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant in 1975, pointing to the dangers of a catastrophe in the event of a major earthquake or tsunami.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/24/20110724p2a00m0na009000c.html
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Jiji press

Fukushima to Conduct Thyroid Checks on Children

Fukushima, July 24 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima prefectural government will conduct thyroid checks on about 360,000 local children as part of health examinations related to the nuclear crisis, officials said Sunday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072400239
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Sankei news

memorial service at Okuma town, Fukushima pref
4 km away from Fukushima plant

makoto · Jul 25, 2011

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

03:51 JST 25 Jul 2011 37.7N 141.6E 40 km M6.2 Fukushima-ken Oki

Monday, July 25, 2011 06:32 +0900
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_09.html

M6.2 quake jolts Fukushima, Miyagi prefectures

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 jolted Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures early Monday, but caused no abnormalities at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the weather agency and the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Strong Quake Hits Northeastern Japan

Tokyo, July 25 (Jiji Press)--A strong earthquake hit northeastern Japan at 3:51 a.m. Monday (6:51 p.m. Sunday GMT)......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072500167

makoto · Jul 25, 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 +

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Monday, July 25, 2011 06:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_04.html

N.Korean official to visit US

The United States is to invite a senior North Korean official to New York late this week to directly discuss the resumption of the stalled six-party talks......

Monday, July 25, 2011 07:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_08.html

Iran blames US for killing of nuclear scientist

Iran blames the United States and Israel for the killing of a nuclear researcher in its capital city of Tehran.....

Monday, July 25, 2011 08:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_11.html

Workers at Fukushima plant report harsh conditions

Workers involved in the restoration of the areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant say their working conditions have been harsh......

Monday, July 25, 2011 09:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_12.html

IAEA chief visits Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is visiting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to see how the reactors are being cooled down......

Monday, July 25, 2011 12:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_19.html
Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General http://www.iaea.org/About/dg/

Contaminated water on increase at Fukushima plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company is injecting fresh water from a nearby dam to make up for the shortage of water in its system for cooling the reactors at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant......

Monday, July 25, 2011 14:12 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_22.html

N.Korean envoy optimistic about US talks

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho has expressed optimism about the upcoming bilateral talks with the United States.....

Monday, July 25, 2011 14:12 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_25.html

Defender Sameshima celebrated in Boston

.....Sameshima was previously a member of the Tokyo Electric Power Company team but transferred to US Women's professional soccer team in June when the TEPCO team folded after the Fukushima Daiichi Plant accident......

Monday, July 25, 2011 16:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_28.html

IAEA chief says cooling operation going as planned

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says operations to bring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control are going as planned......

Monday, July 25, 2011 19:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_31.html

Increased counter-terrorism measures called for

Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission has called on the government and utilities to increase measures to protect nuclear power plants against terror attacks.....

Monday, July 25, 2011 19:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_35.html
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Yomiuri online

Fukushima residents' radiation level low

FUKUSHIMA--None of the 122 residents from Namiemachi and other areas in Fukushima Prefecture whose internal radiation exposure was tested in late June received doses that would endanger their health, the prefectural government said......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110724002608.htm

Another 626 cattle shipped from Miyagi

SENDAI--Another 626 beef cattle fed rice straw tainted with high levels of radioactive cesium were shipped from 16 farms in the prefecture to Tokyo and four prefectures, the Miyagi prefectural government announced Saturday......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110724002353.htm
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

U.S., Japan to jointly study new technology to decontaminate large areas

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The United States and Japan will work together in researching new technology to remove radioactive materials from large areas around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a visiting senior U.S. official said Sunday......

the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Fukushima city office attempts to decontaminate local 'hot spot'

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- The Fukushima city office on Sunday attempted to remove radioactive materials from school routes and other locations in a local district believed to be a radioactive "hot spot" by mobilizing about 3,800 employees, construction workers and residents....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Villagers hold memorial in nuke plant's shadow

OKUMA, Japan (AP) -- Under tight government supervision, dozens of villagers from a town where the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant is located ventured deep into an irradiated no-man's land Sunday to hold a belated memorial for friends and relatives killed by Japan's earthquake and tsunami......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Trouble continues at Fukushima nuclear plant's water treatment system

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A desalination device that forms part of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's key water decontamination system halted for a number of hours Sunday in the latest glitch at the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said late Sunday....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2g00m0dm014000c.html

Turmoil over radiation-contaminated beef spreads to luxury brands

MORIOKA (Kyodo) -- Turmoil caused by the recent detection of cesium contamination of beef shipped from Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, is spreading to hurt producers of high-quality beef in other parts of the country.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2g00m0dm021000c.html

Kan hopes to apologize to mayor for confusion over Genkai reactors

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Monday he would like to apologize in person to Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa and Genkai Mayor Hideo Kishimoto for confusion over the issue of restarting nuclear reactors, caused by his abrupt ordering of additional tests earlier this month.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2g00m0dm023000c.html

Gov't panel eyes extending TEPCO nuclear compensation to cover cattle

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government panel on compensation related to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant is considering including beef cattle in its guidelines for coverage by Tokyo Electric Power Co. following the recent detection of contaminated beef, panel sources said Sunday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2g00m0dm024000c.html

Fukushima to provide lifetime thyroid tests in wake of nuclear crisis

The Fukushima Prefectural Government decided on July 24 to provide lifetime thyroid gland tests for some 360,000 prefectural residents aged 18 and under to help detect thyroid cancer triggered by radiation from the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2a00m0na007000c.html

Akita, Yamagata prefectures to test all cattle for radiation

AKITA/YAMAGATA (Kyodo) -- The Akita and Yamagata prefectural governments said Monday they will test all beef cattle for radiation contamination after radioactive cesium above the allowable level set by the central government was detected in cattle there.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2g00m0dm043000c.html

Fight over radiation dose limits highlights gov't chaos in early days of nuke crisis

Early in the Fukushima nuclear crisis, as the Self-Defense Forces were flying helicopter water-bombing missions over the overheating reactors, the Prime Minister's Office informed the Defense Ministry that the government would raise the upper radiation exposure limit for nuclear crisis personnel to 500 millisieverts......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/25/20110725p2a00m0na009000c.html
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Jiji press

Yamagata, Akita to Conduct Blanket Cow Tests for Radiation

Yamagata, July 25 (Jiji Press)--Yamagata Governor Mieko Yoshimura on Monday unveiled a plan to carry out radiation tests on all beef cows raised in the northeastern Japan prefecture......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072500394

Tube TVs Can Be Used as Radiation Shields: Research

Tokyo, July 25 (Jiji Press)--Lead-containing glass used in cathode ray tube televisions has been confirmed as effective in blocking radiation, Japan's National Institute for Materials Science said Monday....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072500743

Niigata to Conduct Blanket Cow Tests for Radiation

Niigata, July 25 (Jiji Press)--Niigata Prefecture will shortly implement radiation tests on all beef cows raised in the central Japan prefecture, Governor Hirohiko Izumida said Monday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072500760

Japan Parliament to Pass Bill for Nuclear Compensation Body

Tokyo, July 25 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling and two main opposition parties agreed Monday on a revision to the government-proposed bill to set up a body to help Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> pay compensation for damage from the nuclear crisis at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072500902

TEPCO Detects No Radioactive Substance above No. 1, 2 Reactors

Tokyo, July 25 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Monday that radioactive substances were below measurable limits in the air collected just above the No. 1 and No. 3 reactors at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072500914

Radioactive Cesium Found in Wheat, Rapeseed in Fukushima

Fukushima, July 25 (Jiji Press)--Fukushima Prefecture said Monday that radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit have been detected in wheat and rapeseed grown in the northeastern Japan prefecture......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072500916

makoto · Jul 26, 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 +

Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html only car's headlights at night
Japan Standard Time & Your computer's internal time http://www3.nict.go.jp/cgi-bin/JST_E.pl
tomioka town http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomioka,_Fukushima controlled area

IAEA chief visits Fukushima plant

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/110726_1.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/110726_2.jpg

reactor cover arrives

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/110726_4.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/110726_6.jpg

New decontamination unit to arrive at Fukushima

A new system to decontaminate radioactive water will arrive at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Tuesday. The current system, the key to cooling the reactors, has been plagued with problems......

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 07:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_05.html
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/110726_3.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/110726_4.jpg

Govt to buy back beef with excessive cesium levels

The Japanese government says it will buy back beef containing radioactive cesium that has already reached the distribution chain......

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 09:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_10.html

Govt to buy back cesium-contaminated beef

The Japanese government says it will buy back beef containing unsafe levels of radioactive cesium that has already reached the distribution chain......

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_16.html

Govt seeking voluntary ban on compost and humus

Japan's government is calling on farmers not to use or sell compost and humus made in the east of the country since the start of the Fukushima nuclear crisis......

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 15:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_21.html

Kan: Japan needs national nuclear energy debate

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has told the visiting head of the International Atomic Energy Agency that Japan needs to have a broad national debate about reducing its reliance on nuclear power.......

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 16:08 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_22.html

Nuclear plants urged to brace for biggest tsunami

A senior member of a Japanese government council on disaster preparedness says nuclear plants must prepare for the biggest possible tsunami, no matter how small the likelihood of such an event......

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 17:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_24.html

N.Korean senior official leaves for US

A senior North Korean official has left for New York for his country's first bilateral meeting with the United States in 19 months.......

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 17:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_25.html

US wants to see more positive responses by North

The US government says it will use the bilateral talks with North Korea later this week to set out the steps it needs to see before the 6-party negotiations on the North's nuclear program can be resumed......

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 17:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_20.html

FSC shows intake benchmark of 100 millisieverts

A government food safety panel has recommended that safeguard measures be implemented to limit cumulative radiation exposure during a person's lifetime to no more than 100 millisieverts........

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 19:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_23.html
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Yomiuri online

Radiation survey meets skepticism / Fukushima Pref. residents asked to recall diet, activities from 4 months ago

FUKUSHIMA--Worries about health problems stemming from radiation leaked from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have not eased among residents in Fukushima Prefecture.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110725003728.htm

Lifelong thyroid checks for Fukushima youth

FUKUSHIMA--The Fukushima prefectural government has decided to conduct lifetime checks on the thyroids of all prefectural residents who were 18 or younger at the outbreak of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant crisis......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110725003823.htm
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Asahi com
note: anti-nuclear, extreme left

ANALYSIS: U.S. and S. Korea stand firm against Pyongyang over nukes
*REUTERS

SEOUL -- A rare visit by one of North Korea's top diplomats to the United States this week has renewed hopes for stalled nuclear talks, but Seoul and Washington's terms have not changed: Pyongyang has to show it is sincere about scrapping its atomic bomb.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107250353.html

Ri becomes N. Korea's new chief envoy for 6-party talks

NUSA DUA, Indonesia--North Korean vice foreign minister Ri Yong Ho has become the country's new chief negotiator for six-nation talks on ending its nuclear development program, which could be resumed after a three-year hiatus.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107250352.html

North Korean official to go to U.S. for nuke talks

HONG KONG -- A senior North Korean official will visit the United States this week to discuss the possible resumption of long-stalled international negotiations on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107250350.html

Bereaved don protective gear for memorial service

OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--With radiation levels still high more than four months after the nuclear disaster, attendees at a memorial ceremony on July 24 for victims of the March 11 tsunami had to don protective gear.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107250347.html

Government posts online initial radiation maps

The government's nuclear emergency response headquarters on July 24 posted online maps showing the spread of radiation in the first week following the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107250346.html
http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/earthquake/speedi/230724/230724.html japanese

Fukushima to provide life-time cancer checks

Fukushima Prefecture on July 24 finalized the nation's largest life-time health study to check for thyroid-gland cancer among 360,000 young people living near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107250345.html

U.S. used Hiroshima to bolster support for nuclear power

The private notes of the head of a U.S. cultural center in Hiroshima revealed that Washington targeted the city's residents with pro-nuclear propaganda in the mid-1950s after deciding a swing in their opinions was vital to promoting the use of civil nuclear power in Japan and across the world........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107250344.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Symposium critical of media coverage on nuclear plant crisis

A symposium themed on nuclear power plants and the media was held in Tokyo on the heels of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/26/20110726p2a00m0na003000c.html

Power companies' generation figures called into question amid push for reactor restarts

As Japan strives to conserve power following the closure of nuclear reactors in the wake of the meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, suggestions have arisen that power companies are underestimating their generating capacity.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/26/20110726p2a00m0na004000c.html
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Jiji press

Another Data Error Found at Genkai Nuclear Plant

Fukuoka, July 26 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> has discovered an additional data input error in analyses of its Genkai nuclear power plant to check its earthquake resistance, the company said.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072600260

Turkey to Terminate Nuclear Plant Talks with Japan

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)--Turkey has expressed its intention to terminate its exclusive talks with Japan at the end of July on its project to build a nuclear power plant, Japanese sources said Tuesday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072600367

Kan Calls for National Debate on Nuclear Energy

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan stressed the importance Tuesday of holding a national debate on nuclear energy policy.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072600564

Japan Govt to Buy Up Cesium-Tainted Beef

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government has decided to buy up beef containing radioactive cesium above the tentative legal limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram through industry groups, agriculture minister Michihiko Kano said Tuesday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072600566

Japan Panel Proposes Limit on Radiation Dose from Food

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government panel on Tuesday proposed limiting the lifetime radiation dose from food to 100 millisieverts or less per person.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072600568

Softbank Invests in Wind Power Generation Company

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)--Softbank Corp. <9984> has invested some one billion yen in wind farm operator Green Power Investment Corp. to develop natural energy, company officials said Tuesday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072600572

No Restart of N-Reactors Even after Stress Tests: Niigata Gov.

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)--Niigata Governor Hirohiko Izumida said Tuesday that he will not allow three halted nuclear reactors in his central Japan prefecture to resume operations even after they undergo government "stress tests." ........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072600698

Bill for Nuclear Compensation Body Passes Lower House C'ttee

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)--A government-proposed bill to create a nuclear compensation body passed the House of Representatives' special committee on postdisaster reconstruction on Tuesday after some amendments were made.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072600807

Japan Governors Call for Financial Aid to Communities around N-Plants

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan's prefectural governors called on the government Tuesday to provide financial assistance to more communities close to nuclear power plants......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072600931
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Sankei news

Genkai plant

radiation measurements of cultural assets
from Iitate village

ST Corporation has developed a radiation counter for home use
yen 15750

Fukushima kids camp school at Nanae town, Hokkaido

makoto · Jul 27, 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 +

19:11
ambulance?

21:24
patrol car

22:13

TEPCO seeks new ways to reduce contaminated water

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun looking for new ways to reduce the amount of contaminated water that is hampering efforts to stabilize the damaged reactors......

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 08:27 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_08.html

N.Korean official arrives in US

A senior North Korean official has arrived in the United States for his country's first bilateral meeting with the US in 19 months. The 2 countries are expected to discuss resumption of the 6-party talks on the North's nuclear program......

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 09:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_13.html

Iran readies nuclear power plant

Iran says its first nuclear power plant will start transmitting electricity in the near future......

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_12.html

UN disarmament meeting focuses on nuclear safety

The United Nations opened its 23rd Conference on Disarmament in Matsumoto city, central Japan, on Wednesday morning......

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_20.html

Workers to inspect No.3 reactor building

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it will send workers into the No.3 reactor building on Wednesday to check the condition of its piping......

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 14:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_24.html
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Yomiuri online

Hazy nuclear policy hurting exports / Govt inconsistency impacts confidence abroad in dealing with Japanese firms

Japanese companies will be heavily disadvantaged in their efforts to win orders for nuclear power plant projects overseas if the government's inconsistency on nuclear policy continues.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110726005502.htm

Japan may lose leg up in talks on N-plant deal

Japan may lose its preferential negotiation rights as early as this month in a Turkish project to build a nuclear power plant, it has been learned.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110726005124.htm

Japan eyes N. Korea dialogue / Govt also wants to restart abduction issue before 6-nation talks

The government will likely seek talks with North Korea before suspended six-nation talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program resume, according to sources......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110726005565.htm

Chubu Electric Power looks at huge fiscal 2011 losses

Chubu Electric Power Co. is looking at massive losses for fiscal 2011, which ends in March 2012, due to the loss of its Hamaoka nuclear power plant, sources said July 25.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107260396.html

Softbank buys stake in wind power company

Softbank Corp., whose entry into solar power fueled a drive for renewable energy sources, has invested 1 billion yen ($12.8 million) to become the leading shareholder in a wind power company, sources said......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107260392.html

Power shortages expected even 5 years ahead

If all nuclear power plants remain suspended, regions served by three utilities will experience summer electricity shortages even five years ahead, according to estimates by The Asahi Shimbun.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107260391.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

HK utility buys 17 pct stake in China nuke plant

HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong utility CLP Holdings Ltd. said Monday it has bought a 17 percent stake in a nuclear power plant in southern China for 4.8 billion renminbi ($745 million).......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0bu069000c.html

TEPCO unit planning 'megasolar' power station in Hokkaido

KUSHIRO (Kyodo) -- A unit of Tokyo Electric Power Co. is considering building a "megasolar" power station in Shiranuka, Hokkaido Prefecture, town officials said Tuesday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0bu070000c.html

Chubu Electric to post operating loss in fiscal 2011

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. is expected to incur an about 100 billion yen consolidated operating loss for the current business year as the shutdown of its Hamaoka nuclear power plant has led to heavier fuel costs for thermal power generation, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0bu071000c.html

Turkey warns it may buy nuclear tech from another country if Japan doesn't clarify stance

Turkey has recently warned that unless the Japanese government clarifies its position on exporting nuclear power plants, from the end of the month Turkey might open up discussions with other countries on buying nuclear plant technology......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2a00m0na025000c.html

Noodle restaurant from village evacuated over Fukushima nuke crisis gets fresh start

FUKUSHIMA -- A noodle restaurant originally from the village of Iitate -- evacuated at the end of June due to the Fukushima nuclear crisis -- has reopened for business here.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2a00m0na002000c.html

Researchers confirm ground-up TV cathode-ray tubes block 99 percent of radiation

Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has confirmed that crushed cathode ray tubes (CRTs) can block 99 percent of radiation emissions......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2a00m0na003000c.html

55 percent of local gov'ts in areas near nuke plants draw up own disaster-prevention plans

Fifty-five percent of local governments in areas within 10 to 30 kilometers of nuclear power plants in Japan are mapping out a set of independent safety measures, including purchasing Geiger counters and reviewing existing local disaster-prevention programs, in the aftermath of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, a Mainichi survey found......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2a00m0na008000c.html

Nuclear plant workers developed cancer despite lower radiation exposure than legal limit

Of 10 nuclear power plant workers who have developed cancer and received workers' compensation in the past, nine had been exposed to less than 100 millisieverts of radiation, it has been learned......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2a00m0na010000c.html

Italy invites Fukushima families to spend summer in Rome, Milan

ROME (Kyodo) -- Although it is no fun still having to live in an evacuation center over four months since the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 9-year-old Momoka Sekikawa and her younger sister Yurina said they have something to look forward to this summer vacation -- pizzas and spaghetti in Italy......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0dm006000c.html grazie mille

Gov't panel advises keeping lifetime radiation exposure in check

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government food safety panel recommended on Tuesday that safeguard measures be taken to ensure that cumulative radiation exposure during a person's lifetime not exceed 100 millisieverts, a benchmark beyond which the risk of cancer increases.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0dm007000c.html

Gov't announces contaminated beef buy-up plan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese farm minister Michihiko Kano announced Tuesday an emergency policy of buying up beef contaminated with radiation following the recent impounding of a slew of cattle suspected of being fed cesium-tainted rice straw amid the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0dm010000c.html

S.T. to launch household radiation counter from Oct.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- S.T. Corp. said Tuesday it will launch a radiation counter for home use from Oct. 20 mainly in the Kanto and Tohoku regions as well as on online shopping sites......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Revised bill on nuclear compensation passes lower house panel

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A modified bill to ensure the swift payment of compensation to people and industries affected by Japan's nuclear crisis passed a lower house panel Tuesday, raising the prospect that it will be approved by both chambers of the Diet next week......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0dm014000c.html

Kan, IAEA chief agree to continue cooperating over nuclear crisis

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan and International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano agreed Tuesday to cooperate further in containing the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0dm015000c.html

Tourism industry to be more widely compensated by TEPCO

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government panel will make Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, pay damages for cancellation of reservations by tourists from overseas due to the nuclear crisis, the draft of its compensation guideline showed Tuesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0dm017000c.html

Reactors not to be restarted despite 'stress tests': Niigata gov.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida said Tuesday he cannot allow three nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture to be restarted even if they pass a new safety assessment procedure introduced by the government in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0dm020000c.html

LDP must clear doubts over links with power firms: secretary general

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's long-ruling but now main opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party, must clear up any public misunderstandings that it makes much of electric power companies, LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara said Tuesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0dm043000c.html

Document suggests government estimated 1,600 workers exposed to radiation

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry estimated that approximately 1,600 workers partaking in efforts to rein in the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant will be exposed to over 50 millisieverts of radiation, according to a document that emerged July 26 after a citizens' group lodged a request for access to government information.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2a00m0na016000c.html

Temple priest stores residents' radioactive dirt

FUKUSHIMA -- A temple priest here is storing radioactive dirt from local residents' properties on temple grounds, calling it his duty to help.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2a00m0na020000c.html
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IAEA to take lead role in securing safer nuclear future: Amano

NAGANO (Kyodo) -- International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said Wednesday the atomic watchdog will play a "lead role" in creating a safer nuclear future, as global use of nuclear energy will likely continue for decades despite the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/27/20110727p2g00m0dm160000c.html
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Aeon Begins Radiation Checks on Beef

Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. <8267> said Wednesday that it has started independent radiation checks on all beef sold under its Topvalu private label.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072700846

TEPCO to Buy LNG from Project off Australia

Sydney, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday that it has signed a deal to buy 3.1 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year for a maximum period of 20 years from a project being promoted off Australia mainly by U.S. oil major Chevron Corp......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072700907

Kyushu Electric Logs 1st April-June Operating Loss

Fukuoka, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> on Wednesday reported a group operating loss of 9,689 million yen for April-June, the first such loss for the period, hurt by rising fuel costs stemming from a delay in resuming two suspended nuclear power reactors....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072700920

TEPCO Not to Join Project to Export N-Plant to Turkey

Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> will not join a government-backed project to export nuclear power plant technology to Turkey, a senior TEPCO official said Wednesday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072701011

Amano Stresses IAEA's Role to Ensure Nuclear Safety

Matsumoto, Nagano Pref., July 27 (Jiji Press)--International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Yukiya Amano stressed Wednesday the U.N. agency's role in ensuring the safety of nuclear power.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700331

TEPCO Halts No. 4 Unit at Kashima Thermal Station

Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday it will halt the No. 4 unit of its Kashima thermal power station in Kamisu in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, due to the potential risk of further gas leaks from the unit's boiler facility......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700758

Fukushima Kindergarten Assn Seeks 8 B.-Yen from TEPCO

Fukushima, July 27 (Jiji Press)--An association of private kindergartens in Fukushima Prefecture has demanded some 8 billion yen in compensation from Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> for the nuclear crisis in the northeastern Japan prefecture......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700860

Kyushu Electric Puts Off Decision on Fate of Pres. Manabe

Fukuoka, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> postponed a decision Wednesday on the fate of its president, Toshio Manabe, who has shown his intention to step down over an e-mail scandal related to the company's attempt to restart two suspended nuclear power reactors.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072700974

Japan to Explore Possibility of Talks with N. Korea

Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to explore a possibility of have talks with North Korea as the reclusive state will hold a meeting with the United States on Thursday over the six-party talks on its nuclear program....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072701069

Operating Rate Low for Fukushima N-Plant's Water Treatment System

Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday that the operating rate of the water decontamination system at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant stood at 58 pct in the week to Tuesday, lower than the targeted level of 70 pct for the month of July.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072701077
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TEPCO won't help Turkey build nuclear power plants

The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it will withdraw from Japan's bid to export nuclear power technology to Turkey......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 05:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_04.html

Govt to ban shipment of Miyagi beef cattle

Japan's government has decided to suspend all shipments of beef cattle from Miyagi Prefecture, due to fears of radioactive contamination. It plans to give the order as early as Thursday......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 09:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_16.html

North Korea criticizes US nuclear policy at UN

North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations has criticized US nuclear policy, saying its planned missile defense shield will eventually spark a new nuclear arms race......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_18.html

Water treatment system running below capacity

A water decontamination system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been operating below its target capacity, resulting in delays to the firm's timetable of about 2 months.........

Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_19.html

Govt may extend cattle ban

Japan's government is considering extending a ban on all shipments of beef cattle from Miyagi to Iwate Prefecture. This comes amid growing public concern over radioactive beef across the country.......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 13:28 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_24.html

Govt to pay for beef tests by prefectures

Japan's government says it will shoulder the cost to municipalities of testing beef for possible radioactive contamination.......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 13:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_25.html

Edano orders ban on shipping Miyagi beef cattle

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says he has ordered the governor of Miyagi Prefecture to suspend all of its shipments of beef cattle.......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 17:04 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_34.html

Nagasaki mayor: shift from nuclear power needed

The mayor of Nagasaki City will for the first time call for a shift away from nuclear energy in his annual peace declaration on August 9th, amid the ongoing nuclear crisis in Fukushima......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 18:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_35.html

US-N.Korea meeting soon to start

The United States and North Korea will soon start a 2-day meeting to discuss resuming 6-party talks on the North's nuclear program......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 19:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_36.html

12 prefectures step up voluntary checks on beef

Twelve prefectures in Japan have voluntarily stepped up radiation checks on beef before shipment in a bid to alleviate consumer concerns over meat safety......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 19:38 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_37.html

UN disarmament conference discusses nuclear safety

Participants at a UN disarmament conference in Matsumoto City, central Japan, have debated the safety of nuclear power generation amid the ongoing nuclear crisis in Fukushima.......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 20:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_38.html

Kansai Electric retracts FY11 earnings forecasts

Major Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Company has retracted its earnings forecasts for the business year through March, citing uncertain sales prospects due to suspension of its nuclear reactors......

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_40.html

IAEA to help Japan assess nuclear plant safety

The International Atomic Energy Agency has offered to help Japan assess the results of additional safety tests planned by the government for the country's nuclear power plants.......

Thursday, July 28, 2011 21:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/28_41.html
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Coffee shop rises from ruins, finds new grounds

FUKUSHIMA--A coffee shop in Iitatemura, Fukushima Prefecture, which had been forced to close down due to the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, reopened for business on July 1 about 30 kilometers from its original location......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110727004636.htm

310 children transferred to schools outside Fukushima city

FUKUSHIMA--In Fukushima city, 310 schoolchildren were transferred to schools elsewhere by the end of the first semester due to radiation fears, according to a survey by the city education board.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110727005894.htm

Govt eyes Fukushima Pref. as R&D center

The government hopes to transform Fukushima Prefecture into a center for medical and renewable energy research institutions, a move aimed at promoting post-March 11 disaster reconstruction in the prefecture affected by the ongoing nuclear crisis......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110727005029.htm
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Asahi com

North Korea demands peace treaty with U.S.

SEOUL -- North Korea is calling for a peace treaty with the United States as one of its senior diplomats visits New York to try to restart six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107270435.html

Fukushima ranchers fear summer heat will kill cattle

MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Unable to ship their beef, ranchers in Fukushima Prefecture are increasingly worried that their beef cattle, fattened to the limit, will not survive the sweltering heat this summer....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107270428.html

Panel's power-shortage estimate at odds with industry ministry's warning

A panel directed by a distrustful Prime Minister Naoto Kan calculated expected power shortages next summer that run counter to the industry ministry's warnings of blackouts if all nuclear reactors are shut down.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107270427.html

Private panel offers energy policy advice for future

Saying we must learn to live in a future marked by low-level radiation contamination, a panel commissioned by The Asahi Shimbun has developed three proposals on how nuclear energy as well as science and technology issues should be handled......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107270426.html
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Areva 1st half earnings slump

PARIS (AP) -- France's state-owned nuclear reactor builder Areva SA says its first half earnings have slumped on last year's, when the company booked an exceptional gain on the sale of parts of its business.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2g00m0bu061000c.html

Emperor, empress visit Fukushima evacuees in Tochigi Pref.

NASU, Japan (Kyodo) -- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Wednesday visited a hotel in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, where evacuees from areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have taken refuge.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Japanese disaster-affected kids arrive in Italy for homestays

ROME (Kyodo) -- Thirty-five children mainly from northeastern Japan who temporarily fell ill after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant arrived at an international airport in Rome on Wednesday to spend the summer with host families in Italy......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Kyushu Electric head Manabe tendered resignation July 19

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe said Wednesday he tendered a letter of resignation to Chairman Shingo Matsuo on July 19 over an e-mail campaign scandal......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2g00m0dm018000c.html

Miyagi, Gunma, Iwate to test all beef cattle for radiation

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Miyagi, Gunma and Iwate prefectures will test all beef cattle raised there for radiation contamination, the local governments said Wednesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2g00m0dm021000c.html

Mongolia expresses reservations about nuclear fuel repository plan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Mongolia has reservations about a plan to build a facility there to store or dispose of spent nuclear fuel from other countries, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said Wednesday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2g00m0dm022000c.html

Law eyed for gov't to clear radiation-tainted debris, soil

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government and the ruling party plan to create a special law to enable the state to directly engage in clearing debris and soil contaminated with radioactive materials emitted from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, lawmakers said Thursday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2g00m0dm034000c.html

Nagasaki bomb victim seeks gov't acknowledgement of internal radiation dangers

NAGASAKI -- Hirofumi Ogawa was stunned as he watched a hydrogen explosion take place at Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant's No. 1 reactor on March 12, the day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on television at his home here in Nagasaki. As a former power plant manufacturing company engineer, the 68-year-old easily guessed that the nuclear reactor had spun out of control......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2a00m0na001000c.html

'Barefoot Gen' author Nakazawa to attend Hiroshima peace ceremony

Keiji Nakazawa, the author of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), a manga series depicting the terror of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has decided to attend the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony for the first time of his own accord.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2a00m0na003000c.html

Researchers invent new substance for decontaminating radioactive water

Researchers have developed a new material highly effective in cleaning the radioactive substances strontium and radioiodine out of contaminated water, the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) announced on July 27.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2a00m0na010000c.html

Chubu Electric unable to remove damaged nuclear fuel rod for 17 years

SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. revealed Thursday it has been unable to remove a spent fuel rod that was damaged in an accident 17 years ago from its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2g00m0dm100000c.html

Tochigi begins radiation tests on beef from all farms

UTSUNOMIYA -- The Tochigi Prefectural Government on July 28 started sample tests on beef from all 1,890 farms in the prefecture for radiation at two food processing facilities.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2a00m0na015000c.html

11 prefectures decide to test all beef cattle for radiation; expected to cost 4 billion yen

Eleven prefectures have decided as of July 27 to test all beef cattle for radiation contamination after radioactive cesium above the allowable level set by the central government was detected in cattle in some prefectures, and total costs for the measures are expected to reach around 4 billion yen, the Mainichi learned.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/28/20110728p2a00m0na016000c.html
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Jiji press

Hitachi-GE Nuclear JV to Tie Up with Polish Engineering Firm

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Inc., a joint venture between Japan's Hitachi Ltd. <6501> and General Electric Co. of the United States, has agreed to form an alliance with Polish energy-related engineering company Energoprojekt Warszawa SA, Hitachi said Thursday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072800619

Kansai Electric May Face Cost Increase of at Least 300 B. Yen

Osaka, July 28 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> said Thursday that its operating costs in fiscal 2011 are expected to increase by at least 300 billion yen if nuclear reactors currently suspended for regular inspections are unable to resume operations after the completion of the checkups......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072800924

Japan Develops Material to Efficiently Remove Iodine, Strontium from Water

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan's National Institute for Materials Science has developed new material that can remove iodine and strontium contained in water efficiently......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072800244

Japan Lower House Passes N-Accident Compensation Bills

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Thursday passed two bills related to Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> nuclear accident compensation payments....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072800471

Japan Govt May Cover Costs for Blanket Cow Tests

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is considering covering costs for blanket radiation testing of beef cows conducted by local governments, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Thursday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072800484

Special Radiation Exposure Rules Sought for Fukushima Workers

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has called for the existing radiation exposure regulatory framework not to apply to workers at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, it was learned Thursday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072800626

Nagasaki Declaration to Urge Review of Dependence on Nuclear Power

Nagasaki, July 28 (Jiji Press)--Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue on Thursday unveiled an outline of this year's Nagasaki Peace Declaration that calls on the Japanese government to review its current energy policy that is heavily focused on nuclear energy for power generation.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072800858

N-Plant Suspension Seen to Cut Japan GDP by 5.6 Pct

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--If Japan faces power shortages next summer due to a possible suspension of nuclear power plants, the country's real gross domestic product in July-September in 2012 would be 5.6 pct, or some 8 trillion yen, lower than it would be without power shortfalls, a think tank said Thursday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072800877

INTERVIEW: Keidanren to Forge Ties with Japan's Next Leader

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Business Federation, better known as Keidanren, will build ties with the nation's next leader through policy dialogue after Prime Minister Naoto Kan steps down, its chief suggested in a recent interview.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072800904

Evacuation Begins in Radiation Hot Spot in Fukushima Pref.

Date, Fukushima Pref., July 28 (Jiji Press)--The city of Date in Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, began on Thursday to evacuate residents from four radiation hot spots in the city.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072800946

Nearly 3,000 Cows with Cesium Risk Shipped in Japan

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese agriculture ministry said Thursday it has confirmed that a total of 2,965 cows have been shipped after being fed with rice straw that may have been contaminated with radioactive cesium spewed from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072801024

Japan Govt Instructs Miyagi Pref. to Halt Cow Shipments

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's nuclear disaster task force instructed Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai on Thursday to suspend shipments of all beef cattle raised in the northeastern Japan prefecture.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072801046

90 Pct of Sludge Remains Undisposed at Water Treatment Plants

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--About 91,900 tons of sludge have remained undisposed at water purification facilities in Tokyo and 13 prefectures mainly in eastern Japan due to radiation contamination, health ministry data showed Thursday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072801051

IAEA May Review Results of Japan's N-Plant Stress Tests

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Yukiya Amano on Thursday showed the U.N. nuclear watchdog's hopes to review the results of Japan's coming stress tests on nuclear power reactors........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072801077
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Radiation measurements of leaf mould at Miharu town, Fukushima pref

makoto · Jul 30, 2011

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IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano visits Fukushima Daichi
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00:07: "Fukushima 50" Chief Yoshida(R)
01:09: 400μSv/h now, a man says
01:25: we cannot go...(...no farther? near unit3)

IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano visits Fukushima Daichi(English message)
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resting place in plant

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resting place of Shimizu Corp.

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US, N.Korea begin talks in NY

The United States and North Korea began two-day talks in New York on Thursday to explore ways to resume the stalled six-party talks to denuclearize North Korea......

Friday, July 29, 2011 00:12 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_01.html

1,500 tons of radioactive sludge cannot be buried

Nearly 50,000 tons of sludge at water treatment facilities has been found to contain radioactive cesium as the result of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Over 1,500 tons is so contaminated that it cannot be buried for disposal.......

Friday, July 29, 2011 04:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_05.html

US, N.Korea end 1st day of talks

The United States and North Korea ended the first day of their 2-day talks in New York to explore ways to resume stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program.....

Friday, July 29, 2011 06:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_10.html

US, N. Korea end 1st-day of talks

The United States and North Korea ended the first day of their 2-day talks in New York. They are exploring ways to resume the stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program........

Friday, July 29, 2011 08:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_12.html

TEPCO to extract air from troubled reactors

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it will extract air from troubled reactors at the plant to measure the amount of radioactive substances. The work is part of efforts to curb the amount of radioactivity released into the atmosphere.......

Friday, July 29, 2011 09:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_13.html

Chubu Electric: NISA tried to deceive public forum

Chubu Electric Power Company says the government's nuclear agency asked it to make sure that questions in favor of nuclear power be asked at a government-sponsored symposium in 2007.........

Friday, July 29, 2011 14:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_19.html

Yoko Ono receives peace award in Hiroshima

Japanese artist Yoko Ono is visiting Hiroshima to receive an award for her contributions to world peace.....

Friday, July 29, 2011 14:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_20.html

Wastewater recycling partially halted at Fukushima

A problematic water decontamination system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has forced its operator to stop pumping out radioactive water pooled in the basements of reactor buildings.......

Friday, July 29, 2011 16:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_21.html

UN disarmament meeting ends with appeal for peace

A 3-day UN disarmament conference closed in Japan on Friday, with a moving performance wishing for peace led by renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa.....

Friday, July 29, 2011 20:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_29.html
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Yomiuri online

Decontamination delayed / TEPCO fails to meet goal in removing radioactivity from water

Decontamination of highly radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has been proceeding at a snail's pace because of various malfunctions and other problems.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110728006393.htm

Govt to take responsibility for N-debris

The government and the Democratic Party of Japan have decided the government should be directly responsible for the disposal of radioactive debris near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it has been learned.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110728006798.htm
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Asahi com

17 cities jump on Softbank energy bandwagon

Seventeen big cities on July 27 established a natural energy council, following the formation of an organization of the same name by Softbank Corp. and 35 prefectural governments on July 13.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107280344.html

NUCLEAR VIEWS: Keidanren chief warns of economic collapse if Fukushima crisis mishandled

Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), says the Japanese economy will collapse if Japan handles the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant the wrong way......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107280343.html

NUCLEAR VIEWS: Rakuten head hopes departure will trigger change at Keidanren

Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Rakuten Inc., says he hopes Rakuten's withdrawal from Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) will be a catalyst for change at the nation's largest business organization.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107280342.html

Government orders halt to beef shipments from Miyagi Prefecture

The government instructed Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai on July 28 to suspend all shipments of beef cattle from the prefecture after radiation contamination was detected in some of the meat......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107280333.html

Radioactive water cleaning operation is behind schedule

A plan to remove all leaked radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant by the end of this year is in doubt because of continuing problems with its water cleaning system.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107280325.html
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Manichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Japan to send official to Turkey Sat. for nuclear plant talks

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will send an official to Turkey on Saturday for talks on plans for Tokyo to export its nuclear power generation technologies to the country, resuming discussions which have been suspended since the Fukushima nuclear crisis broke out following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese officials said Thursday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2g00m0bu055000c.html

Hitachi JV, Polish firm link up to supply nuclear reactors to Poland

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Inc., a North Carolina-based joint venture between Hitachi Ltd. and General Electric Co., said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Warsaw-based engineering firm Energoprojekt Warszawa S.A., for cooperation in building nuclear reactors in Poland......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2g00m0bu056000c.html

Kansai Electric fears huge loss if all reactor operations stopped

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Kansai Electric Power Co. expects to fall deep into the red in fiscal 2011 if all of its 11 nuclear reactors stop operating by next March, a development that could eat into its profit by more than 300 billion yen, company officials said..........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2g00m0bu057000c.html

IAEA hopes to review Japan's nuclear 'stress tests': Amano

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said Thursday that the nuclear watchdog hopes to review the outcome of Japan's so-called "stress tests" on nuclear reactors, saying that an international viewpoint would help to increase the credibility of the safety checks......
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Nagasaki mayor to call for energy policy shift in Aug. 9 ceremony

NAGASAKI (Kyodo) -- Nagasaki City Mayor Tomihisa Taue is set to urge the government to promote renewable energy sources in a policy shift following the Fukushima nuclear crisis in his peace declaration during the Aug. 9 ceremony, according to the gist of the speech he released Thursday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Panel to identify TEPCO assets that should be sold

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A third-party panel to check the financial standing of Tokyo Electric Power Co. agreed on Thursday to identify assets the utility should sell so that it can raise money to cover massive compensation payouts stemming from the nuclear crisis.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2g00m0dm014000c.html

Summer programs abroad offer comfort to Japan's disaster-affected kids

ROME (Kyodo) -- Dozens of Japanese children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster and subsequent nuclear crisis will be spending their summer abroad this year, ranging from homestays in Italy to educational programs in Hawaii, thanks to a global outpouring of support......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2g00m0dm030000c.html

Households in radioactive hotspots recommended for evacuation begin leaving

DATE, Fukushima -- Four households here were given the keys to public housing on July 28, becoming the first to receive government assistance over an evacuation recommendation issued in late June over radioactive "hotspots."........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2a00m0na005000c.html

Japan drops promotion of nuclear power from 5-year science plan

The governmental Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP) on July 29 dropped plans to expand nuclear power generation from its newest five-year science program.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2a00m0na013000c.html

Over 1,550 tons of highly radioactive sludge found in 5 prefectures

Over 1,500 metric tons of radioactive sludge requiring controlled handling has been found in five prefectures across Japan amid the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis, the government announced on July 28.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2a00m0na016000c.html

Japan to seek to scale back nuclear power in new energy strategy

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will draw up a scenario for reducing the country's reliance on nuclear power in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said as the government decided on the outline of the country's energy policy Friday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2g00m0dm125000c.html

NISA asked Chubu Electric to stage questions in nuclear symposium

The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) asked Chubu Electric Power Co. to gather participants for a 2007 nuclear power symposium and create questions for locals to ask so that the symposium wouldn't be dominated by opponents of a "pluthermal" nuclear power project, the power company disclosed on July 29......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/29/20110729p2a00m0na021000c.html

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Jiji press

Tokyo Electric to Install Gas Turbines

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday it will install three gas turbines with combined capacity of about 800,000 kilowatts.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072900887

3 Japan Power Providers Suffer Operating Losses in April-June

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)--Three of nine major electricity providers in Japan suffered group operating losses in April-June due to soaring fuel costs for increased thermal power generation stemming from nuclear reactor halts......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011072901187

Japan Enacts Provisional N-Accident Compensation Bill

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan enacted on Friday a law allowing the government to pay provisional compensation to people affected by the nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 power station......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072900503

Japan Govt Tried to Plant Pro-Nuclear Views in Public Meeting

Nagoya, July 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency tried to plant views in favor of a controversial project in a 2007 meeting for residents near a central Japan nuclear plant, Chubu Electric Power Co. <9502> said Friday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072900743

Japan Govt Drafts Roadmap to Cut Dependence on Nuclear Power

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government panel on Friday drew up a draft roadmap for reducing the country's dependence on nuclear power and steps that need to be taken to address current electricity shortages.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072901067

(Update) Japan Govt Agency Tried to Influence Public Views on N-Energy

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency had tried to influence public opinion at state-sponsored nuclear energy symposiums for Chubu Electric Power Co. <9502> and Shikoku Electric Power Co. <9507>, the two power suppliers said Friday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072901142

Japan Govt Should Try to Reduce Dependence on N-Power: Kan

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday the government should aim to lower the country's dependance on nuclear energy in order to create a society without nuclear power stations......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072901222

(Update) Japan Govt Agency Tried to Influence Public Views on N-Energy

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency had tried to influence public opinion at state-sponsored nuclear energy symposiums for Chubu Electric Power Co. <9502> and Shikoku Electric Power Co. <9507>, the two power suppliers said Friday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072901142

Japan Govt Should Try to Reduce Dependence on N-Power: Kan

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday the government should aim to lower the country's dependance on nuclear energy in order to create a society without nuclear power stations.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072901222

(Update) Japan to Draw Up Roadmap to Cut Dependence on Nuclear Power

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government panel on Friday decided to draw up a roadmap for reducing the country's dependence on nuclear power.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011073000039

(Update) Japan Govt Should Try to Reduce Dependence on N-Power: Kan

Tokyo, July 29 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday the government should aim to lower the country's dependance on nuclear energy in order to create a society without nuclear power stations.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011073000044

makoto · Jul 31, 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 +

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prop a spent fuel pool up at unit4

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US, N.Korea conclude 2-day talks

The United States and North Korea have ended two days of meetings in New York. The two countries were exploring ways to resume the stalled six-party talks on the North's nuclear program.....

Saturday, July 30, 2011 08:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/30_11.html

US proposes central nuclear waste storage plant

A US government panel of nuclear experts has proposed a plan to build a central storage plant for spent nuclear fuel.....

Saturday, July 30, 2011 12:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/30_15.html
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120,000 tons of 'radioactive' waste in storage

At least 120,000 tons of sludge and ash either confirmed or suspected to have been contaminated by radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has been put into storage at water treatment and sewage plants in Tokyo and 13 eastern prefectures, it has been learned.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110729006250.htm

Local govts begin checks on all cattle

Fifteen prefectures across the nation are in the process of implementing or are planning to implement checks on all beef cattle for radioactive substances, according to a survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110729006106.htm

Over 680,000 hotel bookings canceled

FUKUSHIMA--Over 680,000 guests canceled reservations at inns and hotels in Fukushima Prefecture through the end of June due to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110728007246.htm

'Credibility shot to pieces' / Latest utility scandal also sullies govt nuclear safety agency

An attempt by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency to stifle public opposition to a plutonium-thermal power generation project at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant during a 2007 community symposium is the latest scandal to involve a nuclear power project......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110729006712.htm

Tea, flower growers to be compensated

A government panel tasked with drafting a set of provisional guidelines for compensation related to radiation fears stemming from the nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant added on Friday tea leaves and fresh flowers to the list of farm produce to be covered by a government-backed compensation plan.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110729006650.htm

N-agency manipulation / Asked Chubu Electric to send staff to influence 2007 meeting

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency asked Chubu Electric Power Co. to have its employees, and employees of affiliated companies, attend a 2007 symposium about a plutonium-thermal power generation project at Chubu Electric's Hamaoka nuclear power plant, so that attendees would not unanimously oppose the project, the power company said Friday.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110729006755.htm
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TEPCO withdraws from bid for Turkey nuke plant project

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has decided to withdraw from a nuclear power plant construction project in Turkey that Japan plans to bid on.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107290351.html

Nagasaki peace declaration to promote renewable energy

NAGASAKI--In an Aug. 9 peace declaration to be delivered by Tomihisa Taue, the Nagasaki mayor plans to promote a shift to non-nuclear renewable energy sources for Japan, according to an outline of his declaration released July 28. ...

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107290335.html

IAEA chief offers to backstop Japan's 'stress test' results

Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on July 28 offered to have his nuclear watchdog agency review the results of the "stress tests" that Japan plans to conduct to evaluate the safety of all nuclear power plants in the country.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107290341.html

TEPCO: No. 3 reactor's cooling pipes withstood March 11 quake

Tokyo Electric Power Co. insisted July 28 that shaking caused by the March 11 earthquake did not rupture pipes of an emergency cooling system for the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107290339.html

South Korean envoy downbeat on nuclear talks
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SEOUL -- South Korea's nuclear envoy said on July 29 it would be very difficult to persuade North Korea to give up its atomic program, and that a flurry of diplomacy aimed at restarting nuclear talks was unlikely to produce major breakthroughs. ....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107290336.html

First day of U.S., North Korean talks 'constructive'

NEW YORK--The U.S. special representative leading bilateral negotiations with North Korea said the first day of talks in New York on July 28 were constructive.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107290337.html

NISA asked Chubu Electric to manipulate public opinion

The agency tasked with regulating nuclear energy hoped to manipulate public opinion at a 2007 symposium on pluthermal generation at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. .....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107290330.html

New strategy calls for review of electricity monopolies

The costs of nuclear and renewable power generation are expected to be recalculated as part of a new 40-year plan aimed at reducing Japan's reliance on nuclear energy....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107290340.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Tohoku Electric remains in red in April-June qtr on quake effects

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tohoku Electric Power Co. said Friday it remained in the red in the April to June quarter after posting a net loss in the previous fiscal year through March as its operations continued to suffer from the effects of the March earthquake and tsunami that hit northeaster Japan, the company's service area....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/30/20110730p2g00m0bu066000c.html

Hokuriku Electric incurs 36.9% net profit dive amid reactor stoppage

TOYAMA (Kyodo) -- Hokuriku Electric Power Co. said Friday its group net profit in the April to June period plunged 36.9 percent from a year earlier to 4.82 billion yen chiefly because the stoppage of two nuclear reactors at its Shiga atomic power station led it to incur about 9.1 billion yen more in fuel costs......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/30/20110730p2g00m0bu067000c.html

Chubu Electric expects 170 bil. yen group operating loss for FY 2011

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. said Friday it expects to see a group operating loss of 170 billion yen in fiscal 2011, the first red-ink figure since its founding in 1951 and down from a profit of 174.2 billion yen a year earlier, due to the closure of its nuclear power plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/07/30/20110730p2g00m0bu068000c.html

Gov't to allow use of simpler radiation detectors for beef

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government is set to allow inspection of beef for radiation contamination using simpler detectors due to a shortage of equipment and personnel among local governments planning to screen all beef cattle and cattle farms amid a widening food scare, government officials said Friday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/30/20110730p2g00m0dm003000c.html

IAEA chief urges TEPCO to ensure information transparency

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano said Friday he urged Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives in a meeting the same day to ensure information transparency over the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crisis caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/30/20110730p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Fukushima city begins building solar power plant using U.S. donation

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- The city of Soma in Fukushima Prefecture started work on a solar power plant Friday using a $250,000 donation from a U.S. foundation......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/30/20110730p2g00m0dm011000c.html

Japan to seek to scale back on nuclear power in new energy strategy

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government decided Friday to draw up a scenario for reducing the country's reliance on nuclear power in its energy strategy to be worked out next year following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, but recognized the need to use atomic reactors to deal with imminent electricity shortage problems........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/30/20110730p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Gov't unit, utilities sought to manipulate symposiums on nuclear power

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Seven Japanese power utilities had urged their employees and affiliated firms' workers to participate in symposiums related to the use of nuclear power generation, while three of them had local residents and employees pitch prepared questions and opinions at the events, the industry ministry said Friday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/30/20110730p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Nuclear regulator scandal may further delay restart of idled reactors

The accusations of attempts by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) to manipulate public opinion to favor "pluthermal" nuclear projects at government-sponsored symposiums held in 2006 and 2007 have further dented public confidence in Japan' nuclear policy and may further delay the restart of idled nuclear reactors across the country.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/30/20110730p2a00m0na012000c.html

Revelations about staging illustrate collusive ties between gov't and power companies

Two electric power companies' revelations that the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) asked them to stage questions in symposia on nuclear energy policy have demonstrated the collusive relationship between NISA and the nuclear power industry....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/07/30/20110730p2a00m0na013000c.html
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Jiji press

Saga Gov. Advises Kyushu Electric on Pronuclear Views

Saga, July 30 (Jiji Press)--Saga Governor Yasushi Furukawa revealed Saturday that he had advised Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> to put more focus on pronuclear voices at a government-sponsored town meeting in June, where the company attempted to sway public opinion in favor of nuclear energy......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011073000333

makoto · Jul 31, 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 +

03:54 JST 31 Jul 2011 36.9N 141.3E 40 km M6.4 Fukushima-ken Oki

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M6.5 quake hits Fukushima, no impact on nuclear plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 jolted Fukushima Prefecture and its vicinity early Sunday morning, but it did not cause further trouble at the already crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110731p2g00m0dm043000c.html

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