Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - August 6 - October 31, 2011

makoto · Oct 10, 2011

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

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

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Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html

Situation of Upper Part of Unit 1 Reactor Building, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Sunday, October 09, 2011 08:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_12.html

Thyroid checkups begin for Fukushima children

The Fukushima prefectural government has begun thyroid examinations for children in an effort to assess the health impact of the nuclear accident.......

Sunday, October 09, 2011 12:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_16.html

IAEA radiation team arrives in Fukushima

A team of radiation experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency has visited Fukushima Prefecture to exchange views with members of the Japanese government decontamination task force......

Sunday, October 09, 2011 13:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_17.html

Nuclear stress test survey

An NHK survey shows that more than 40 percent of the country's prefectures and municipalities hosting nuclear power plants approve of the government's stress tests to confirm the safety of idle nuclear reactors. But nearly 80 percent were cautious about resuming their operation......

Sunday, October 09, 2011 22:37 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_22.html

IAEA team visits

A team of radiation experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency has visited Minami Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, to inspect efforts to remove radioactive materials......

Sunday, October 09, 2011 22:37 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_26.html

Hosono: transparent stress tests

Japan's minister in charge of the nuclear disaster says the results of the government's stress tests on nuclear reactors will be fully disclosed......

Sunday, October 09, 2011 22:37 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_27.html

Power-saving winter products

In the aftermath of the nuclear accident in Fukushima, department stores have started selling energy-saving products for the winter season........

Sunday, October 09, 2011 22:37 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_28.html
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Yomiuri online

Saury fishermen's body to ban fishing near Fukushima N-plant

A national federation of saury fishermen has decided to ban its members from fishing within a 100 kilometers from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111008002757.htm

Cesium contamination seen unlikely in young plants

Radioactive cesium released from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in March likely has not affected fruit and leaves that grew after the outbreak of the disaster in areas near the plant, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Saturday.........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111008002561.htm

Farmers frustrated on removing tainted straw

MORIOKA--Livestock farmers in three disaster-hit prefectures in the Tohoku region are having difficulty disposing of rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111008002754.htm
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Asahi com

MOTOR SPORTS/ Inspirational Fukushima chorus to sing at Japan F1 race

MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture -- Before the roar of engines fills the air at the Suzuka Circuit on Oct. 9, a more tranquil sound will be prevalent when a chorus of teenage girls from a quake-hit city sings Japan's national anthem.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110080268.html

Radiation detectors: Cheap and accurate never go together

The accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has prompted a surge in sales of radiation detectors--and also an increase in inaccurate measurements......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110080258.html

Town near nuclear plant holds Latin American music festival

KAWAMATA, Fukushima Prefecture -- About 1,000 people joined a parade in Kawamata, a town that lies partially within the no-entry zone of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, to open a Latin American music festival on Oct. 8........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110080312.html

TEPCO begins sprinkling purified low-level radioactive water

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has begun sprinkling low-level radioactive water from the No. 5 and No. 6 reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on the ground elsewhere to prevent fires at the site, the utility said.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110080261.html

TEPCO orchestrated 'personal' donations to LDP

Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives pumped tens of millions of yen in personal donations into Liberal Democratic Party coffers in a campaign apparently backed by the company's political lobbyists, an Asahi Shimbun investigation found.........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110080284.html

Most municipalities undecided on where to store contaminated soil

Only two of 59 municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture have decided where to build temporary storage areas for soil contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110080286.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Fukushima children start undergoing lifelong thyroid examinations

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Children in Fukushima Prefecture started taking ultrasonic thyroid examinations Sunday to check whether the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected a gland which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/09/20111009p2g00m0dm016000c.html
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Jiji press

Ultrasound Tests Start for Thyroid Glands of Fukushima Children

Fukushima, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima prefectural government on Sunday started ultrasonography of the thyroid glands of children there in the wake of the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011100900044

China State Councilor Dai Encourages Fukushima Students

Beijing, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo on Sunday offered words of encouragement to visiting junior high school students from the city of Fukushima, part of Japan's Tohoku northeastern region hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011100900241
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Sankei news

Thyroid checkups begin

IAEA team visits Minamisoma city, Fukushima

makoto · Oct 10, 2011

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

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

11:46 JST 10 Oct 2011 37.5N 141.5E 50 km M5.6 Fukushima-ken Oki

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makoto · Oct 10, 2011

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

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

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*Taxi can't entry in 10 km zone, it's private?

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1st floor of Reactor Building, Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Cutoff operation for a spray system pipe of RPV <During the operation (bottom part of the pipe)>

10/9

1st floor of Reactor Building, Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Cutoff operation for a spray system pipe of RPV <After the pipe cutoff>

10/9
[Reference]1st floor of Reactor Building, Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Cutoff operation for a spray system pipe of RPV
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_111010_01-e.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111010_01.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111010_02.jpg

1st floor of Reactor Building, Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Cutoff operation for a spray system pipe of RPV <Upper part of the cutoff pipe>

10/9

1st floor of Reactor Building, Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Cutoff operation for a spray system pipe of RPV <Lower part of the cutoff pipe>

[Reference]1st floor of Reactor Building, Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Cutoff operation for a spray system pipe of RPV
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_111010_02-e.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111010_03.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111010_04.jpg

Hydrogen level falls at Fukushima plant

The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the level of hydrogen in a pipe at the No. 1 reactor has become low enough to make an explosion unlikely......

Monday, October 10, 2011 06:28 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_01.html

Stress tests not likely nuclear safety criteria

An NHK survey shows that nearly 60 percent of the country's prefectures and municipalities hosting nuclear plants say it is important to gain the understanding of local communities to permit the resumption of idle reactors. But less than 20 percent say they will put priority on the results of the government's stress tests on nuclear reactors........

Monday, October 10, 2011 06:28 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_05.html

Decontamination plan compiled

The Japanese Environment Ministry has come up with a revised plan to clear away radioactive substances from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant......

Monday, October 10, 2011 22:04 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_24.html

IAEA team continues observing decontamination

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have observed the Japanese government's experimental decontamination of a farm in Iitate Village. The land is in Fukushima Prefecture, inside the government-designated evacuation zone......

Monday, October 10, 2011 22:18 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_26.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

China's Dai meets Fukushima delegation, expresses sympathy

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo on Sunday met a delegation from Fukushima Prefecture, one of the areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and expressed sympathy for the victims of the disaster........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/10/20111010p2g00m0dm003000c.html

M5.6 quake jolts Fukushima, Miyagi prefectures

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 jolted Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/10/20111010p2g00m0dm014000c.html
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11:46 JST 10 Oct 2011 37.5N 141.5E 50 km M5.6 Fukushima-ken Oki
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=424628&postcount=82

IAEA team in Japan; Fukushima starts thyroid tests

TOKYO (AP) -- Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in the Japanese city of Fukushima on Sunday to observe the massive decontamination effort following the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/10/20111010p2g00m0dm015000c.html

School sports festivals on in Fukushima, while being mindful of radiation

FUKUSHIMA -- While taking steps to prevent students' exposure to radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, schools here held athletic festivals on Oct. 9, the day before Japan's Health and Sports Day.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/10/20111010p2a00m0na005000c.html

City of Fukushima to decontaminate orchards on test basis

FUKUSHIMA -- The municipal government here is poised to conduct a test decontamination of local orchards tainted by radioactive substances leaking from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, officials said......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/10/20111010p2a00m0na011000c.html
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Jiji press

(Update) Japan Govt to Handle Disposal of Highly Toxic Waste

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan's national government will directly undertake the disposal of ash and sludge containing more than 8,000 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, under guidelines drawn up by the Environment Ministry Monday........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101000416

Japan Proposes Radiation Decontamination Plans

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Environment Ministry proposed Monday to decontaminate areas where the equivalent of one millisievert or more in annual radiation is measured because of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101100002
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Sankei news

a part of JR Jyoban line restarts
at JR Hirono station, Fukushima

near JR Hirono station, Fukushima

10/6

JR Iwakiota station, Minamisoma city, Fukushima

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JR Haranomachi station, Minamisoma city, Fukushima

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makoto · Oct 11, 2011

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

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

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Overview of dust sampling at the openings of Unit 1 Reactor Building in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

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[Reference]Overview of dust sampling at the openings of Unit 1 Reactor Building in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_111011_03-e.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111011_01.jpg

Support for companies to acquire US shale gas

The Japanese government has decided to subsidize private sector investment in shale gas fields in the United States.....

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 02:08 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_03.html

Govt reviews nuclear power generation costs

Japan's Atomic Energy Commission is creating a new estimate of the cost of nuclear power as part of a review of the country's nuclear policy......

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_20.html

Daycare center near Fukushima plant reopens

A daycare center some 20 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has reopened for the first time since the accident there in March.......

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 16:37 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_26.html

Tokai mayor wants nuclear reactor decommissioned

The mayor of Tokai Village, north of Tokyo, has called on the government to decommission a nuclear reactor at a local power plant......

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 19:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_27.html

Decontamination center opens in Date City

A public support center for residents seeking to remove radioactive material on their own has opened in Date City, Fukushima Prefecture......

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 19:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_31.html

Radiation checking facility opens

A facility that allows consumers to check radiation levels of food and other items has opened near Tokyo......

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 20:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_35.html near tokyo!? neither near nor far
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Asahi com

National power-saving campaign heading into winter

Retailers are being warmed by the promise of brisk cold-weather sales as the national "setsuden" summer campaign for conserving electricity seems to be sticking around for winter......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110100201.html

Tourism industry in Fukushima facing greatest challenge

IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture -- Just like 50 years ago, the magic of the hula is being counted on to save a resort in this community wracked by negative publicity from the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110100202.html

Electric battery spells end of noisy vendor stalls

Namco Bandai Games Inc., a major videogame company, has developed a "quiet" vendor stall using a battery from Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf electric vehicle......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110100121.html

Thyroid gland radiation checks start amid parents' anger

Parents of children who underwent thyroid gland examinations for radiation on Oct. 9 had harsh words for the central government and Tokyo Electric Power Co.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110100205.html

Fukushima futsal team breaks world record

A team in Fukushima Prefecture broke the world record for the longest futsal match by playing continuously for 37 hours......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110100206.html

TEPCO starts cutting pipe after hydrogen level drops

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Oct. 9 cut a pipe to install equipment to reduce radioactive leaks after confirming hydrogen levels posed no risk of exploding at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110100210.html

Government sets 2014 target for decontamination work

The Noda Administration is aiming to remove all radioactive materials scattered from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant by the end of fiscal 2013, a timetable that gives evacuees some idea of when they can return home.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110100212.html

Amateur protesters in the forefront of anti-nuclear demonstrations

The Internet and simple word-of-mouth are proving to be unbeatable combinations in getting ordinary folk to come together for a common cause.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110100211.html

Power companies waged campaign to win lawmakers' support

In a disturbing pattern dating to the 1990s, electric power companies have been found to be wooing Liberal Democratic Party Diet members at breakfast meetings organized by an industry organization, along with offering major campaign contributions and other perks, such as wining and dining at pricy Tokyo restaurants.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110100221.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

IAEA team inspects elementary school after decontamination work

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency visiting Japan to assist in the decontamination of areas near the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant inspected an elementary school Monday where work has already been done to remove radioactive substances.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/11/20111011p2g00m0dm006000c.html

IAEA team chief welcomes Japan's handling of decontamination waste

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The head of a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday hailed Japan's efforts in ensuring the safe handling and management of waste from the cleanup of radiation-tainted areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/11/20111011p2g00m0dm059000c.html

Gov't decontamination work to cover low-radiation areas

TOKYO (Kyod) -- The Environment Ministry has decided to widen the area covered by a government-funded decontamination project to those with a minimum annual radiation exposure of 1 millisievert in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, officials said Tuesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/11/20111011p2g00m0dm107000c.html

Fukushima festival divided between fighting radiation rumors, residents' safety

SUKAGAWA, Fukushima -- When small amounts of radioactive cesium were detected in the hay needed for this city's annual fire festival, event organizers decided to break tradition and use materials from other prefectures for the first time in history. However, when their decision was heavily criticized for intensifying radiation rumors, they began wondering whether their choice was correct or not.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/11/20111011p2a00m0na017000c.html

Students return to Fukushima schools for first time since start of nuclear crisis

IWAKI, Fukushima -- On Oct. 11, seven months after the earthquake and the beginning of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, students of three schools here returned to their classrooms for the first time since the disasters......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/11/20111011p2a00m0na019000c.html

Residents near Fukushima mountains face nuclear recontamination every rainfall

As the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Plant drags on, worries are growing particularly among Fukushima Prefecture residents over drawn-out and in some cases apparently futile nuclear decontamination operations......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/11/20111011p2a00m0na020000c.html
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Jiji press

TOKYO REPORT: "Smart House" Projects Gathering Steam

Tokyo, Oct. 11 (Jiji Press)--Projects to develop "smart houses" involving not only house builders but other businesses as well are moving into high gear in Japan against the backdrop of growing global trends toward energy saving.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101100618

Hitachi, MHI to Conduct Study on Smart City Project in China

Tokyo, Oct. 11 (Jiji Press)--Hitachi Ltd. <6501>, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. <7011> and the Japan Research Institute Ltd. said Tuesday that they will conduct a feasibility study on the development of a system to control energy use in an eco-friendly city being developed near Tianjin, China.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101100716

Hokkaido Electric to Build LNG-Fired Power Plant

Sapporo, Oct. 11 (Jiji Press)--Hokkaido Electric Power Co. <9509> said Tuesday it will build a liquefied natural gas-fired plant at Ishikari Bay New Port in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, its first such thermal power station.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101100767

Certain Progress Made in Containing N-Crisis: TEPCO Official

Tokyo, Oct. 11 (Jiji Press)--A Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> official said Tuesday that certain progress has been made in the company's effort to contain the accident at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant seven months after the crisis started on March 11.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101100376
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Sankei news

Fukushima animal rescue headquarters
in Sep, 173 dogs and 52 cats

IAEA team inspects elementary school
Date city, Fukushima

Students return to Fukushima schools, northern Iwaki city

makoto · Oct 12, 2011

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

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

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html

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Water injection practice at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

[Reference]Water injection practice at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_111012_02-e.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111012_01.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111012_02.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111012_03.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111012_04.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111012_05.jpg

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11101201-e.html

Todays radiation
新宿区: Shinjuku ward, Tokyo
0.056 μSv/h

All rice in Fukushima Pref. cleared for shipment

All rice harvested in Fukushima Prefecture this year has been cleared for shipment, with levels of radioactive material below the government set standard......

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 18:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_23.html

Japanese sake tested for radiation

Japan's tax officials have conducted preliminary radiation checks on sake and other alcoholic beverages in the wake of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.......

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 18:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_28.html

Yokohama tests soil for radioactive strontium

Officials in Yokohama City are testing soil for radioactive strontium following a report from a local resident in September that the substance had been detected in sediment on the roof of an apartment building......

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 19:28 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_31.html
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Yomiuri online

No-go zone soil to be moved in 2-1/2 yrs

Soil contaminated with radioactive substances in the no-entry zone and the expanded evacuation zone around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will be removed by the end of March 2014, the Environment Ministry has announced........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111011005550.htm

Thyroid cancer in Chernobyl

Several years after the 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the incidence of thyroid cancer rose among local children. Local authorities have recognized only thyroid cancer as being caused by the nuclear accident......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111011005301.htm

Fukushima govt aims to ease parents' anxiety / Prefecture underlines its intention to monitor affected children's health throughout their lives

Fukushima govt aims to ease parents' anxiety / Prefecture underlines its intention to monitor affected children's health throughout their lives......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111011005473.htm
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Asahi com

Sharapova never hesitated from coming to Japan

What tennis icon Maria Sharapova says, and does, has an impact on not only the sports world, but on her millions of her fans around the world.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110110229.html

Traveling aquarium helps to take kids' minds off Fukushima crisis

Children in Fukushima Prefecture don't have a whole lot to feel cheery about these days......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110110217.html

More Fukushima evacuees do not want to return home

An increasing number of residents who evacuated from their communities near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are resigned to never return home, according to a survey......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110110328.html

Estimated 13,000 square km eligible for decontamination

The central government will be responsible for decontaminating about 13,000 square kilometers across eight prefecture, or about 3 percent of Japan's total landmass, under new standards for cleaning up radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to Asahi Shimbun estimates.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110110214.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Tokaimura mayor calls for scrapping Tokai No. 2 nuclear plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The mayor of a village hosting the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power station in Ibaraki Prefecture told the central government on Tuesday that the plant should be scrapped because it is aging and located near an area where many people live, village officials said.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/12/20111012p2g00m0dm027000c.html

Noda vows safer use of nuclear energy in wake of Fukushima crisis

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda expressed his strong resolve in a message Tuesday to a nuclear disarmament campaign's meeting in California to boost safety over the civil use of nuclear energy in the wake of Japan's ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/12/20111012p2g00m0dm028000c.html

TEPCO holds disaster drill at crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A disaster drill was held at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. for the first time since the March earthquake and tsunami triggered the country's worst nuclear accident there.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/12/20111012p2g00m0dm066000c.html

Radioactive substance levels in Fukushima reactor building drop below legal limits

Concentrations of radioactive materials inside the No. 1 reactor building at the crisis-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have dropped far below legal exposure limits for nuclear workers, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced on Oct. 11......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/12/20111012p2a00m0na003000c.html

Radioactive strontium found in Yokohama, 250 km from Fukushima plant

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Radioactive strontium exceeding normal quantities has been detected in sediment from atop an apartment building in Yokohama, some 250 kilometers from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, city officials said Wednesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/12/20111012p2g00m0dm111000c.html

Fukushima starts thyroid check-ups for children, but many problems are still unsolved

Fukushima Prefecture, home of the crippled Fukushima No.1 Nuclear power plant, began long-term health check-ups of children for thyroid abnormalities on Oct. 9, but many problems are yet to be solved, sources reveal.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/12/20111012p2a00m0na012000c.html

Gov't unveils plan to expand decontamination project areas; local reactions mixed

The government has unveiled plans to sharply expand a government-funded decontamination project to areas with annual radiation emissions of 1 millisievert or more, prompting mixed reactions from local government officials and residents......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/12/20111012p2a00m0na013000c.html

TEPCO to simplify guidelines for those seeking compensation over nuclear disaster

Residents affected by the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant will receive more simplified guidelines to seek compensation from its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the utility announced, after coming under fire for sending out notoriously complicated and lengthy manuals......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/12/20111012p2a00m0na014000c.html
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Jiji press

Mitsubishi Electric to Rebuild Damaged Fukushima Facility

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--Mitsubishi Electric Corp. <6503> said Wednesday it will rebuild a production base for surveillance cameras in Fukushima Prefecture that was damaged in the March 11 earthquake.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101200618

Toyota Home Develops Tech for Smart House

Nagoya, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Home, Toyota Motor Corp.'s <7203> housing unit, said Wednesday it has developed and commercialized technologies for use in next-generation environment-friendly housing.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101200771

Japan to Share N-Crisis Lessons with Int'l Community: Noda

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, in a message to a nuclear disarmament meeting held in the United States on Tuesday, stressed the country's intention to share lessons from its ongoing nuclear crisis with the rest of the world........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101200221

Govt to Set Up Experts' Panel on Electricity Rates

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to set up a panel of experts to discuss electricity rates, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yukio Edano said Wednesday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101200545

Radioactive Cesium below Limit in Fukushima Rice

Fukushima, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima prefectural government said Wednesday that harvested rice in all locations surveyed in the northeastern Japan prefecture contained radioactive cesium at levels below the permissible limit.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101200695

(Update) Radioactive Cesium below Limit in Fukushima Rice

Fukushima, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--The Fukushima prefectural government said Wednesday that harvested rice in all locations surveyed in the northeastern Japan prefecture contained radioactive cesium at levels below the permissible limit........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101200887

High Radiation Levels Detected in Tokyo's Setagaya

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--The government of Tokyo's Setagaya Ward said Wednesday that radiation levels as high as 2.707 microsieverts per hour have been detected on a local sidewalk.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101200997
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Sankei news

Hirono Power Station
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirono_Power_Station
Hirono town, Fukushima

makoto · Oct 13, 2011

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

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

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07:28
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Drill confirms safety of Fukushima nuclear plant

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says the facility could be kept safe even if its reactor-cooling system is knocked out by another huge earthquake.....

Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:03 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_14.html

High radiation in Tokyo residential area
*please read follow up news

A sidewalk in Setagaya ward, in the western part of Tokyo, has shown a radiation level of 2.707 microsieverts per hour, much higher than other areas in the same ward......

Thursday, October 13, 2011 12:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_22.html

High radiation level affects school routes
*please read follow up news

Tokyo's Setagaya Ward has changed school routes in order to keep children away from the small area where a relatively high level of radiation has been detected......

Thursday, October 13, 2011 16:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_30.html

High radiation levels found in Tokyo
*please read follow up news

High radiation levels have been observed in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward.......

Thursday, October 13, 2011 17:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_31.html

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Setagaya hotspot unrelated to Fukushima

High levels of radioactivity observed in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward have been found to have nothing to do with the nuclear disaster in Fukushima......

Thursday, October 13, 2011 20:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_41.html

MEXT says "radioactive radium"
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Yomiuri online

Sewing up stable oil supply / Changing energy needs see govt renew focus on Mideast ties

RIYADH--Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano has secured promises from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to provide a stable supply of crude oil, government sources said......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T111012005828.htm

10% of compensation forms filed / TEPCO's arduous application process blamed for claimants' slow response

Little more than 10 percent of the about 70,000 households that have received application forms for compensation from Tokyo Electric Power Co. over the disaster at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have returned the papers, it has been learned......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111012005321.htm

Strontium detected in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA--The Yokohama city government has launched a survey on soil in the city's Kohoku Ward after private analysis found radioactive strontium in accumulated dirt on the rooftop of a local apartment building.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111012005067.htm
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Asahi com

Classes resume at kindergartens in evacuation areas

MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture -- Children arriving for the first day of school on Oct. 11 at Aoba Kindergarten in the Haramachi district of Minami-Soma were greeted with more than just smiling teachers and classmates....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110120294.html

Radio personality, 83, cheers quake victims with show

FUKUSHIMA -- Every Monday at 1 p.m., the cheerful voice of "Happy Chie" is transmitted over the airwaves here, continuing to soothe the grief and distress of victims of the March 11 disaster with her musings in local dialect and loud laughter......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110120295.html

Tokyo's imported food radiation checks suspended since April

The Tokyo metropolitan government has not checked imported foods for radiation since April, citing differences in the safety standards for domestic products after the accident at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110120297.html

DPJ nuclear power skeptics finding themselves isolated

Members of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan opposing nuclear power are finding themselves increasingly isolated and frustrated as the party appears set to return to pushing for nuclear power under the new administration.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110120299.html

Radioactive strontium detected in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA -- Tests found 195 becquerels of strontium-90 per kilogram in sediment in Yokohama, the first time the radioactive isotope has been detected outside the 100-kilometer radius of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110120298.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

French firm wins license for Idaho uranium plant

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- France's state-owned nuclear reactor builder on Wednesday won a U.S. license to build and operate a gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plant in Idaho, a key step in the company's plans to expand production of nuclear fuel in the United States......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/13/20111013p2g00m0bu078000c.html

Taiwan, China to sign nuclear safety pact

TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Taiwan and China are set to sign an agreement on nuclear safety next week, but a plan to ink an investment protection pact will be postponed, Taiwan's top cross-strait policy-making body said Wednesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/13/20111013p2g00m0bu079000c.html

TEPCO to entrust Oze park management to state, private groups

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. will ask the state and local governments as well as private institutions to take over a part of its conservation activities in Oze National Park, where the utility owns around 40 percent of the land, sources close to the issue said Thursday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/13/20111013p2g00m0dm005000c.html

Japan's food radiation limits set too high: Belarusian scientist

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A visiting Belarusian scientist, who has offered advice to residents affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, said Wednesday that he believes Japan's food radiation limits have been set too high and urged the nation to lower them to realistic levels......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/13/20111013p2g00m0dm010000c.html

High radiation dose readings marked in spots in Tokyo, Chiba

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- High radiation doses were reported Thursday in spots in Tokyo and neighboring Chiba Prefecture, both over 200 kilometers away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, with their readings found to exceed current dose levels in some evacuation zones around the plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/13/20111013p2g00m0dm011000c.html

Fukushima Pref. declares all newly harvested rice safe for shipment

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Newly harvested rice from nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima Prefecture is safe for shipment after tests showed all samples cleared the government-set allowable limit for radioactive cesium, with 80 percent of the crop found to be completely free of contamination, prefectural government officials said Wednesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/13/20111013p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Radiation 47 times higher than criteria detected from nuclear waste

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Radiation dosages 47 times higher than acceptance levels have been detected from vitrified radioactive waste at a storage facility in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Thursday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/13/20111013p2g00m0dm116000c.html

EU agrees to accept Japan nuclear experts as observers for stress tests

BRUSSELS-- The European Nuclear Safety Regulator Group (ENSREG) agreed on Oct. 11 to accept nuclear experts from Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) as observers for stress tests on nuclear power plants in the European Union......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/13/20111013p2a00m0na016000c.html
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Jiji press

Mitsui Fudosan Unit to Install Bulk Power System in New Condos

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)--Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co. said Thursday that its newly built condominium buildings will adopt a high-voltage power system that offers occupants cheaper electricity......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101300757

Radiation Levels Rise at Setagaya Hot Spot

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)--Radiation levels in a recently found hot spot in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward rose to 3.35 microsieverts per hour on Thursday, Setagaya officials said......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101300468

Officials Work on Japan Prem. Noda's China Visit This Year

....... At a separate meeting with Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Chen Jian, Yamaguichi requested Beijing lift its restrictions on agricultural imports from Japan introduced following the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station, which was badly damaged in the March 11 disaster.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101300692

Japan, S. Korea Nuke Envoys Urge Concrete Steps by N. Korea

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101300785

High Radiation Levels in Tokyo's Setagaya Traced to Mysterious Bottles

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)--The cause of high radiation levels detected on a road in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward is almost certainly the contents of bottles found at a nearby house, Setagaya Mayor Nobuto Hosaka said at a news conference Thursday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101300955

Japan's Annual Energy Report to Soften Pro-Nuclear Power Stance

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan's government will soften its pro-nuclear power stance in an upcoming annual report on energy, according to a draft.........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101300973

TEPCO Special Biz Plan to Come in 2 Stages

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)--A special business plan for Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> to receive financial assistance for huge nuclear compensation will be made in two stages, officials said Thursday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101300978

Mini-Radiation Hot Spot Found near Tokyo

Chiba, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)--Radiation levels of up to 1.55 microsieverts per hour were detected in a children's theme park in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, Thursday, municipal officials said.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101400023
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Sankei news

High levels of radioactivity observed in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward
high radiation from 4 or 5(3 or 4?) old bottles in box

Decontamination by max 1.4 μSv/h at Funabashi Andersen Park
Funabashi city, Chiba pref
*max 1.4 μSv/h: official

makoto · Oct 14, 2011

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

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

a worker

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07:26
Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html

Survey results of pipe penetration on 1st floor of Unit 1 reactor building of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

[Reference] Completion of installing the roof panel of the cover for the reactor building at Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_111014_02-e.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111014_01.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111014_02.jpg

Voices against nuclear arms at former test site

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the mayor of Nagasaki City have spoken against nuclear weapons at a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the closure of a nuclear test site in Kazakhstan........

Friday, October 14, 2011 06:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_03.html

Radium may be cause of radiation in Setagaya

The Japanese education ministry says the high level of radiation detected in a residential area in Tokyo is likely to have come from radium 226, and has nothing to do with the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.......

Friday, October 14, 2011 07:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_11.html

600 μSv/h from surface of bottles

Radioactive cesium found in mushrooms in Kanto

Yokohama City has stopped using dried shiitake mushrooms in school lunches after detecting 350 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in its stocks.....

Friday, October 14, 2011 11:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_14.html

Education ministry compiles booklets on radiation

The education ministry has published booklets designed to provide students with basic knowledge on radiation, in response to increasing calls for such materials in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear plant accident......

Friday, October 14, 2011 13:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_18.html

Hot spot in Funabashi City

Funabashi City, in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, says relatively high levels of radiation have been detected at a local park.......

Friday, October 14, 2011 13:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_19.html

IAEA team reports to nuclear crisis minister

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have advised the Japanese government on how to effectively remove radioactive substances resulting from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant......

Friday, October 14, 2011 21:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_35.html

IAEA team holds news conference

The IAEA team held a news conference after submitting its report to the Environment Minister.......

Friday, October 14, 2011 22:21 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_38.html
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Yomiuri online

Geothermal energy rules to be eased

The government announced measures Wednesday to relax development restrictions under the Natural Parks Law to expand the use of geothermal energy for power generation......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111013002504.htm

High radiation detected in residential area of Tokyo / Suspicious cardboard box discovered in nearby house

Radiation measuring more than 3 microsieverts per hour was detected Thursday above a sidewalk in a residential area of Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, a day after the ward office announced that 2.71 microsieverts per hour had been recorded at the same site.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111013005715.htm
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Asahi com

Occupy Tokyo movement targets nuclear policy

An Occupy Tokyo movement has been gathering momentum, but unlike the demonstrations against corporate greed in the United States, the protest planned in the Japanese capital is focused more on abolishing nuclear energy......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110130219.html

Inspections failed to detect cesium-tainted 'Sayama' tea

Government tests that detected levels of radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit in tea products made with famous "Sayama tea," a high-end brand of green tea leaves produced mainly in the southwestern region of Saitama Prefecture, have left a bitter taste in producers' mouths.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110130285.html

Contaminated mushrooms bad news for picking season

Long a fall tradition in Japan, mushroom-picking season is headed for a down year, after recent reports surfaced of high levels of radiation contamination in the fungi in Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110130220.html

Governor declares Fukushima's rice is safe

The governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Yuhei Sato, said Oct. 12 that all rice grown in the prefecture is safe to eat.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110130280.html

Radiation on Tokyo sidewalk exceeds parts of no-entry zone

Radiation exceeding levels in the no-entry zone around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has been found on a sidewalk in Tokyo......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110130284.html

High cesium levels found in parts of Niigata Prefecture

Relatively high levels of radioactive cesium have been detected in parts of Niigata Prefecture, according to the science ministry........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110130279.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Solar company Solyndra says its CEO resigned

DOVER, Delaware (AP) -- The chairman and CEO of a California solar energy company that sought bankruptcy protection after receiving a half-billion-dollar loan guarantee from the Obama administration has resigned.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0bu076000c.html

GE to build large solar panel factory in Colorado

NEW YORK (AP) -- General Electric Co. will build the largest solar factory in the U.S. near Denver....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0bu077000c.html

Azerbaijani envoy calls for cooperation in energy field with Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Azerbaijani Ambassador-designate to Japan Gursel Ismayilzada called for expanding bilateral cooperation in the field of energy resource development by promoting human resource exchanges and introducing Japan's technology to the Central Asian country, in a recent interview.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0bu099000c.html

Japan, S. Korea nuclear envoys agree to work closely on N. Korea

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs discussed on Thursday the latest situation regarding Pyongyang with his new South Korean counterpart........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0dm008000c.html

Extra school texts on radiation fail to detail nuke accident

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The education ministry on Friday unveiled supplementary school texts on radiation compiled in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, but critics blasted them for failing to adequately describe the disaster or associated health risks......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Edano asks Wen to lift restrictions on food imports from Japan

GUANGZHOU, China (Kyodo) -- Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano asked Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday to lift restrictions soon on food imports from Japan imposed in the wake of the nuclear crisis in northeastern Japan caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0dm015000c.html

3rd extra budget to focus on fishery restoration, decontamination

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government will focus on restoring the fishery industry and decontaminating areas affected by the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in a third supplementary budget for fiscal 2011 planned to finance full-fledged reconstruction following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, government sources said Thursday..........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0dm016000c.html

TEPCO's special operating plan to be crafted in 2-stage process

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. ought to craft a special operating plan, which is likely to include cost-cutting and other restructuring measures, in two stages to secure funds to pay massive compensation related to the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the fund-providing body said Thursday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0dm017000c.html

Gov't white paper on energy not to call for promotion of nuclear energy

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government white paper on energy, which is expected to be approved by the Cabinet soon, will not call for the promotion of nuclear energy in line with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's policy of reducing the nation's reliance on nuclear power following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, government sources said Thursday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0dm018000c.html

Setagaya radiation unrelated to nuclear crisis: gov't

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A high radiation dose detected in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Thursday is probably due to radium and unrelated to the nuclear crisis at the crippled, radioactive cesium-leaking Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the education ministry said.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0dm019000c.html

TEPCO, Tohoku Electric sees record fall in power output in April-Sept.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Tohoku Electric Power Co., both hit hard by the March earthquake and tsunami, reported Friday the steepest declines ever in amounts of power generated and purchased for the April-September quarter.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0dm072000c.html

Kyushu Electric managers to stay on, Edano dissatisfied

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. announced on Friday a three-month, 100-percent salary cut for its chairman and president over a scandal involving the company manipulating public opinion in favor of restarting reactors at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2g00m0dm073000c.html

TEPCO failed to report re-evaluation of quake resistance for equipment at Fukushima plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has failed to submit a report to the government on the re-evaluation of quake resistance of most of the equipment at its Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant more than five years after the country's safety guidelines were revised.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2a00m0na010000c.html

Radiation-tainted sludge, ash to be buried in Tokyo Bay landfill

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to bury some 3,000 tons of sludge and incineration ash contaminated with radioactive materials in a Tokyo Bay landfill area as part of a breakwater construction project, it has been learned........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2a00m0na015000c.html

Tsunami twice as high as anticipated could hit Hamaoka nuclear plant, says researcher

The Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, could be hit by a tsunami 1.5 to 2 times as high as anticipated for defense systems currently being constructed, according to a researcher at the University of Tokyo......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/14/20111014p2a00m0na017000c.html
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Jiji press

Kyushu Electric Allows President Manabe to Stay On

Fukuoka, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s <9508> board of directors Friday endorsed President Toshio Manabe's decision to stay in his post......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101400917

Toyota Working to Supply Power to Local Communities

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Motor Corp. <7203> is working on a program to provide local communities with electricity generated with renewable sources, officials said Friday.........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101500001

(Update) High Radiation Levels in Tokyo Traced to Mysterious Bottles

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--The cause of high radiation levels detected on a road in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward is almost certainly the contents of bottles found at a nearby house, Setagaya Mayor Nobuto Hosaka said at a news conference Thursday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101400038

Japan N-Reactor Operating Rate Hits Another Record Low

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--The operating rate of nuclear reactors in Japan in September slipped 5.8 percentage points from the previous month to 20.6 pct, the lowest since comparable data became available in April 1977, industry data showed Friday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101400480

Kyushu Electric Distances Saga Governor from Scandal

Fukuoka, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> in its final report released Friday stopped short of holding Saga Governor Yasushi Furukawa responsible for prompting the utility to try to manipulate public opinion over the restart of nuclear reactors......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101400649

Hokkaido Electric Involved in Nuclear Symposium Plots: Panel

Sapporo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Hokkaido Electric Power Co. <9509> was systematically involved in all suspected cases of manipulating views expressed by members of the public at nuclear energy symposiums sponsored by the central and Hokkaido governments, an independent panel said Friday........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101400672

Japan Health Min. Komiyama Owns TEPCO Shares

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan's health minister Yoko Komiyama and some other cabinet members own shares in Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501>, the asset list of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's cabinet revealed Friday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101400774

Japan Urges China to Lift Food Import Restrictions

Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano requested Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday that Beijing ease restrictions on agricultural imports from Japan imposed after the disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101400883

(Update) Hokkaido Electric Involved in Nuclear Symposium Plots: Panel

Sapporo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Hokkaido Electric Power Co. <9509> was systematically involved in all suspected cases of manipulating views expressed by members of the public at nuclear energy symposiums sponsored by the central and Hokkaido governments, an independent panel said Friday.........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101400975

Japanese Minister Rails at Kyushu Electric Report

Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano on Friday harshly criticized the final report submitted by Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> on a scandal involving an e-mail campaign by the utility to manipulate public opinion in favor of the restart of suspended nuclear reactors.........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101401001

Radiation Dose Limit for Fukushima Plant Workers to Be Lowered

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese health ministry will lower its accumulative radiation dose limit for workers at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station in early November, officials said Friday........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101401012

IAEA Advises Japan about Radiation Decontamination

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan should focus its radiation decontamination efforts on measures really effective, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report Friday........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101401030

Noda, Putin Agree to Advance Economic Cooperation

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to advance bilateral economic cooperation, including on energy development.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101500004

Trace Levels of Strontium Detected near Tokyo

Yokohama, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Trace levels of strontium have been detected at three locations in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, the city government said Friday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101500014

Japan Submits U.N. Resolution Calling for Nuclear Abolition

New York, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan on Friday presented a draft U.N. resolution calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons for the 18th consecutive year......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101500159
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Sankei news

remove bottles at Setagaya ward, Tokyo
90s women lived there until February
she and her family not know about bottles

makoto · Oct 16, 2011

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

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

Implementation of "On-site Practicesite Practice", training of emergency countermeasures for safety at Fukushima

Placement of power-supply car(Unit4)

10/13

Connection of power cables(Unit 2)

10/13

Transporting the water from the anti-earthquake fire fighting water tank

10/13

Transporting the water to the reactor building (temporary tank) (Unit 2)

10/13

Carrying out a spare generator (mock) (turbine building at Unit 4)

10/13

Transporting to seawater condenserbuilding at Unit 4

10/13

wheel loader

10/13

backhoe

makoto · Oct 16, 2011

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

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

Current Situation of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Pictures -J Village Edition -

<iframe width="165" height="165" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.ch/maps?hl=fr&gl=ch&vpsrc=0&sll=37.244171,141.001837&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=37.244251,141.001775&spn=0.002818,0.003519&z=16&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.ch/maps?hl=fr&gl=ch&vpsrc=0&sll=37.244171,141.001837&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=37.244251,141.001775&spn=0.002818,0.003519&z=16&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">J Village</a></small> Japan Football Village(soccer National Training Center)

Situation of returning personal dosimeters etc

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_01.jpg
Situation of personal dosimeters rental (1), (2)
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_02.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_03.jpg

Situation of Tyvek rental etc

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_04.jpg
Storage area of Tyvek
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_05.jpg
Situation of full face masks and anoraks rental
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_06.jpg

Situation before departure of bus (1)

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_07.jpg
Situation before departure of bus (2)
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_08.jpg

Radioactive wastes dump (Tyvek etc) (1)

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_14.jpg

Radioactive wastes dump (Tyvek etc) (2)

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_15.jpg

Situation of vehicle screening

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_10.jpg

Vehicle decontamination(inside)

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_12.jpg

Vehicle decontamination(outside)

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_11.jpg

J Village Medical Center

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_17.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_18.jpg
Appearance of J Village Medical Center
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_16.jpg

Current Situation of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Pictures -J Village Edition -
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_111015_03-e.pdf

makoto · Oct 16, 2011

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

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

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html

11:24

11:52

12:19
JNN liva cam http://youtu.be/1ogb-uPvaAw

11:41
cat

12:36

13:34
photo taking

13:41
Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html

Reactor building of Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power StationResult of temperature measurement by infrared camera from right above the reactor

Reactor building of Unit 3, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power StationResult of temperature measurement by infrared camera from right above the reactor

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Result of temperature measurement by infrared camera from right above the reactor
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_111015_04-e.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_42e.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111015_43e.jpg

Noda and Putin agree on energy cooperation

The prime ministers of Japan and Russia have agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in the energy sector......

Saturday, October 15, 2011 02:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_03.html

Radioactive cesium found in plankton off N-plant

High concentrations of radioactive cesium have been found in plankton from the sea near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant......

Saturday, October 15, 2011 06:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_08.html

Japan submits draft resolution on N.Korea

The Japanese government and other nations have submitted a draft resolution on nuclear disarmament to a UN General Assembly committee on weapons reduction.....

Saturday, October 15, 2011 14:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_19.html
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Yomiuri online

Students to receive radiation info booklets

The government on Friday unveiled new supplementary materials for primary, middle and high school students about the basics of radiation in the wake of the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111014005505.htm
mext http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shuppan/sonota/detail/1311072.htm Japanese

Bottles behind radiation scare / Substance in Tokyo likely radium 226, not tied to Fukushima crisis

Radioactive material found in bottles under the floor of a house was responsible for the high level of radiation recently detected in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry has announced......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111014005121.htm
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Asahi com

SOCCER/ TEPCO Mareeze members to form new women's team in Sendai

Tokyo Electric Power Co. and J.League side Vegalta Sendai have reached a basic agreement allowing the Sendai-based soccer club to form its own women's team by accepting players from TEPCO Mareeze, the Nadeshiko League announced Oct. 13.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110140357.html

BIZ BRIEF: Mitsubishi subsidiary develops gas-fired power plants in California

Diamond Generating Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., has developed two gas-fired power plants in California to support the integration of intermittent renewable energy into the grid.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110140338.html

High radiation in Tokyo came from radium unrelated to Fukushima

The substance that caused alarming radiation levels on a Tokyo sidewalk is believed to be radium 226 and has nothing to do with the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110140324.html

KEPCO to request electricity-saving campaign in winter

Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) will ask companies and households in its service area to reduce electricity usage this winter to prevent possible electricity shortages when the utility's nuclear reactors are offline, sources said.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110140336.html

NISA: TEPCO lax on anti-quake measures at Fukushima plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co. failed to take anti-quake measures on about 600 important pieces of equipment at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, even though revised safety guidelines in 2006 required such action.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110140327.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Mitsubishi to build 2 gas-fired power plants in California

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Mitsubishi Corp. said Friday it will build two gas-fired power plants, with a combined generating capacity of 1 million kilowatts, at a cost of $1.16 billion in California to support the integration of intermittent renewable energy into the grid......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/15/20111015p2g00m0bu027000c.html

Noda, Putin agree to enhance energy cooperation

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to enhance energy cooperation between the two countries, sharing the view that bilateral economic ties have been deepening recently, the Foreign Ministry said......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/15/20111015p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Many schools in Fukushima still limit time spent outdoors by students

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Many elementary and junior high schools in the city of Fukushima limit the time their students spend outside school buildings despite completion of soil decontamination, as parents continue to voice health concerns, local education board officials said Saturday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/15/20111015p2g00m0dm013000c.html

IAEA team praises Japan after Fukushima visit

TOKYO (AP) -- A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency praised Japan on Friday for steps it has taken to reduce radiation exposure for the public, particularly children, near the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/15/20111015p2g00m0dm014000c.html

Radioactive bottles removed from Setagaya house

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Several dozen bottles deemed to be the source of high levels of radiation detected in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward were removed Friday from under the floor of a house by government officials......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/15/20111015p2g00m0dm015000c.html

Kyushu Electric waters down finding on nuclear business scandal

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. angered industry minister Yukio Edano on Friday as it watered down a third-party finding that the Saga governor was behind a scandal of misrepresentation of public opinion on its nuclear power business in the region, in a final report on the problem......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/15/20111015p2g00m0dm016000c.html

Radium-filled bottles removed from Tokyo home; local radiation levels drop

Bottles of radium-226 found under the floor of a home in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward are in the hands of a radioactive materials processing organization after the government removed the toxic vessels on Oct. 14......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/15/20111015p2a00m0na017000c.html

TEPCO completes cover around Fukushima plant's No. 1 reactor; 3 and 4 next

A cover enclosing the ruined No. 1 reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has been completed, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced on Oct. 14.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/15/20111015p2a00m0na019000c.html
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Jiji press

Kansai Electric to Seek Power Saving This Winter

Osaka, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> plans to ask clients to save electricity this winter to cope with possible supply shortages, people familiar with the matter said Saturday......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101500359

Kyushu Electric Ready to Review Scandal Report

Fukuoka, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> is ready to review its final report on its behind-the-scene maneuvering to manipulate public opinion at events on nuclear energy, if it receives any request for such action, a senior official said Saturday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101500172

INTERVIEW: Ex-IEA Head Calls on Japan to Mull Int'l Power Grids

Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan should consider cooperating with such nations as South Korea and Russia to establish international power grids, former International Energy Agency Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka has said.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101500256
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Sankei news

Anti-nuclear 200 demonstrates Koriyama city, Fukushima

Onahama port, Fukushima

a vacant house at Setagaya ward, Tokyo

makoto · Oct 16, 2011

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

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

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html

13:19

17:53
JNN live cam http://youtu.be/1ogb-uPvaAw

13:44
2 unmarked police cars

13:59
Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html

Fukushima workers to win Spain's Asturias award

Five representatives of workers who helped to contain the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant will attend a ceremony of Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Award next week......

Sunday, October 16, 2011 15:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_11.html

Solar vehicle race starts in Australia

Solar vehicles began a 3,000-kilometer race in Darwin, northern Australia, on Sunday.....

Sunday, October 16, 2011 22:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/16_16.html
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Yomiuri online

Doubts over how to teach radiation

New supplementary materials about the basics of radiation will be distributed to primary, middle and high schools, but how exactly they should be used remains unclear......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111015002434.htm

Radiation booklet plan gets mixed reception

The government's plan to distribute new supplementary material on energy to schools, focusing on the basics of radiation, is receiving mixed reactions.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111015002391.htm

NISA secretly calculated Fukushima meltdown risks / Agency considered worst-case scenario of 'China syndrome'

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency secretly calculated the possibility of a worst-case meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 power plant, it has been learned......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111015002539.htm
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Asahi com

Noda orders task force set up to secure natural resources

Japan is about to pull out all the stops to secure a stable supply of natural resources over the mid- to long-term to power its massive industrial base......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110150199.html

Nagasaki University to establish research institute for nuclear arms abolition

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110150200.html

Response overwhelming for Fukushima decontamination workshops

KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture -- Some were looking for work. Others just wanted to help out. And still others were simply eager to finally return to their hometowns......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110150202.html

Noda and Putin talk energy in first phone call

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Russian opposite number Vladimir Putin discussed energy supply in a telephone conversation on Oct. 14, officials said......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110150248.html

IAEA: Cleanup of low contaminated areas will be ineffectual

Japan should take a pragmatic approach in cleaning up forests and areas with low radiation levels as it will likely prove ineffective despite the enormous amounts of time and costs, according to an international nuclear watchdog.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110150309.html

TEPCO wraps damaged reactor in protective cover

A makeshift canopy with protective shields built over a damaged reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has been completed, two weeks later than initially scheduled......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110150247.html

Study: Fukushima storage pool was vulnerable to aftershocks

Aftershocks of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake could have significantly worsened the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in the weeks after the disaster, according to a government simulation......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110150305.html

Radioactive strontium found in Yokohama gutter

YOKOHAMA -- Radioactive strontium has been found in a street gutter in Yokohama, appearing to confirm that the radioactive isotope has spread far beyond districts close to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110150314.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Paper shows Japan feared aftershocks at nuke plant

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan feared three months after the Fukushima nuclear power plant was hit by a tsunami that aftershocks could further damage one of its fuel storage pools, causing rods inside to melt and spew radiation within hours, according to a newly released document.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/16/20111016p2g00m0dm003000c.html
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Jiji press

85 Pct of Japanese Back Active Energy Development: Jiji Poll

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--More than 80 pct of Japanese people think the country should act aggressively to develop new energy sources, a Jiji Press poll showed......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101600268
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Sankei news

panorama photo

JR Jyoban line Shinchi station
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinchi_Station
Shinchi town, Fukushima
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/panorama/data/2011/1013shinchimachi/

Shinchi station
<iframe width="300" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CH3u3yeWOnE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> 3/20?

joint memorial service for disaster victim
Nihonmatsu city, Fukushima

decontamination symposium
Fukushima city, Fukushima

makoto · Oct 17, 2011

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

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

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html

07:19

07:25

18:49

23:32
JNN live cam http://youtu.be/1ogb-uPvaAw

07:19

07:28
Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html

Polyester covering installed at No.1 reactor

A covering of thick polyester sheets has been attached to steel frames at the damaged No.1 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant......

Monday, October 17, 2011 05:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_02.html

Cold shutdown will be achieved within this year

The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company say that a cold shutdown of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be achieved by the end of this year......

Monday, October 17, 2011 05:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_04.html

Tokyo testing electric taxis

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has begun road tests to gauge the performance and economy of electric cars, with the help of taxi drivers......

Monday, October 17, 2011 14:29 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_13.html

Back to School in outside 20-kilometer no-go zone

Some schools in Minami Soma City, Fukushima, have resumed classes after being closed during the earthquake-triggered nuclear crisis.......

Monday, October 17, 2011 14:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_12.html

Fukushima farmer awarded by FAO

A fruit grower located within the Fukushima nuclear disaster region has won an award by a UN food agency for her contribution to advances in agriculture......

Monday, October 17, 2011 18:19 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_24.html

Contaminated materials storage

The government has indicated that it will soon present a plan on how long contaminated materials from the Fukushima nuclear accident will need to be stored at temporary storage sites........

Monday, October 17, 2011 19:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_25.html

TEPCO reports measures to ensure cold shutdown

Tokyo Electric Power Company has submitted a report to the government on the steps it will take to ensure a state of cold shutdown at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.......

Monday, October 17, 2011 20:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_21.html

Revising evacuation status

Japan will begin discussions earlier than originally planned on redefining which areas are subject to evacuation orders.....

Monday, October 17, 2011 20:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_28.html
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Yomiuri online

Lawyers to help file claims for N-crisis compensation

A new system will see lawyers execute complicated application procedures on behalf of people seeking compensation from Tokyo Electric Power Co. for damage caused by the crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to sources......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111016003281.htm
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Edano reiterates condemnation of Kyushu Electric

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Industry minister Yukio Edano on Sunday reiterated his condemnation of Kyushu Electric Power Co. for watering down in a report a third-party finding that the Saga governor was behind an effort to misrepresent public opinion regarding its nuclear power business in the region.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/17/20111017p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Gov't to set up panel to review electricity rate system

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government said Monday it will set up an advisory panel to correct problems in the current electricity rate system, with an aim of reaching a conclusion early next year.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/17/20111017p2g00m0dm099000c.html

U.N. honors Fukushima Pref. woman as Asia-Pacific model farmer

BANGKOK (Kyodo) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on Monday honored Satoko Anzai from Fukushima Prefecture as a model farmer in the Asia-Pacific region, recognizing her agricultural innovation and efforts to help nuclear disaster evacuees......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/17/20111017p2g00m0dm102000c.html

Gov't and TEPCO to aim for 'cold shutdown' of Fukushima reactors by year-end

The government and the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) are expected to announce that they will aim for a stable condition called "cold shutdown" of the nuclear reactors at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant by the end of this year, slightly earlier than the originally planned deadline of mid-January......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/17/20111017p2a00m0na007000c.html

Children in Fukushima return to schools after evacuation order lifted

MINAMISOMA, Fukushima -- Children returned to their schools here on Oct. 17 after the area's designation as an emergency evacuation preparation zone was lifted late last month, more than half a year after the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant broke out.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/17/20111017p2a00m0na012000c.html

International nuclear decontamination symposium agrees on importance of locals' opinion

FUKUSHIMA -- A symposium of international experts on nuclear decontamination met in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 16, where they agreed that the participation of locals is necessary for decisions on cleaning up radiation......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/17/20111017p2a00m0na015000c.html

Photos released by TEPCO show huge piles of used radioactive gear

Photos released by the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) show huge piles of plastic bags containing used radioactive gear and other radioactively contaminated waste at a facility near the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/17/20111017p2a00m0na016000c.html

Student gives parting words to tsunami victims at ceremony

NIHONMATSU, Fukushima -- A ceremony for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami was held here on Oct. 16, with a high school student representing victims' families as she gave a speech of both grief and determination to press forward......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/17/20111017p2a00m0na018000c.html

Residents' feelings mixed over discovery of radioactive strontium in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA -- Residents have expressed mixed feelings over the discovery of radioactive strontium in Yokohama's Kohoku Ward, some 250 kilometers away from the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/17/20111017p2a00m0na019000c.html

Woman stays near Fukushima plant hoping missing husband will return

MINAMISOMA, Fukushima -- Shortly after her home was washed away by tsunami triggered by the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, Maya Monma, 32, decided to continue to live relatively close to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant to wait for her missing husband to come back, while worrying about the effects of radiation on her young daughters......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/17/20111017p2a00m0na021000c.html
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Jiji press

Toyota to Study Energy Self-Sufficiency in Miyagi

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Motor Corp. <7203> said Monday it will start a feasibility study at an industrial complex in northeastern Japan to build a regional self-sufficient energy system mainly using renewable sources......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101700691

Schools Resume in Fukushima District 7 Months after Disaster

Minamisoma, Fukushima Pref., Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Students returned to their original schools in a district formerly covered by an evacuation advisory Monday, some seven months after the March 11 disaster touched off the country's worst radiation crisis.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101700306

Panel Head Cites Again Roles of Saga Governor over E-Mail Scandal

Saga, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--An e-mail scandal in June over Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s <9508> suspended nuclear reactors was triggered by comments from Saga Governor Yasushi Furukawa, the head of an independent panel to the utility reiterated Monday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101700491

TEPCO Aims to Stabilize Fukushima Reactors by Year-End

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> on Monday set the goal of bringing reactors at the power supplier's disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to a state of stability known as cold shutdown by the year-end......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101700706

Hokkaido Electric Postpones Plu-Thermal Introduction

Sapporo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Hokkaido Electric Power Co. <9509> President Yoshitaka Sato said Monday that the company will postpone for the time being the introduction of a controversial plutonium-recycling program at its Tomari nuclear plant in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101700810

(Update) TEPCO Aims to Stabilize Fukushima Reactors by Year-End

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> on Monday set the goal of bringing reactors at the power supplier's disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to the state of stability known as cold shutdown by the year-end......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101700829

TEPCO Draws Up Medium-Term Safety Steps at Fukushima Plant

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Monday that it has drawn up a set of measures that should be taken to ensure the safety at its disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after the facility's damaged reactors are brought under control.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101700879

Japan Eyes Fukushima Pref. as Medical Device Mfg. Zone

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--A panel of the Japanese central government plans to make Fukushima Prefecture a special zone for medical equipment development and production, sources said Monday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101700887

High-Level Radiation Found at Tokyo Elementary School

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--High levels of radiation in the air have been found at an elementary school in Tokyo's Adachi Ward, officials of the ward said Monday........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101800033
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Back to School

makoto · Oct 18, 2011

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

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Decontamination starts in Fukushima city

The city of Fukushima, about 60 kilometers from the crippled Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, has started to remove radioactive materials from all private houses in the city.......

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 02:06 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_05.html

TEPCO identifies risks that could cause meltdown

The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says the water-injection system, which has external pipes, is the area that's most likely to cause possible problems in future.......

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 08:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_10.html

Fukushima City begins decontamination work

Fukushima City has launched a massive campaign to clean up radioactive materials, with the ultimate goal of decontaminating all homes and public facilities.......

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_18.html

High radioactivity measured at Tokyo school

A radioactivity level higher than that of areas near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has been detected at a Tokyo elementary school......

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 17:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_24.html

Ozawa on nuclear accident at Fukushima

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa says he wasn't aware of all the dangers of nuclear power generation. But he said he believes that Japan can now present alternatives to nuclear energy.......

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 19:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_27.html

Rice shipped from city in Fukushima

Farmers in Nihonmatsu City in Fukushima Prefecture have started shipping rice from this year's harvest after radioactive contamination levels dropped below the government-set limit......

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 20:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_30.html
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Yomiuri online

Schools restart in ex-emergency evacuation zones

MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima--Five primary and middle schools in Mimami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, restarted classes in their hometown Monday for the first time since the government dissolved emergency evacuation preparation zones that included all or part of five municipalities in the prefecture......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111017004345.htm
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Asahi com

Investigation of faults under nuclear plant to resume

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) will reopen its investigation into whether Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori plant in Aomori Prefecture is sitting on active seismological faults.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110170399.html

TEPCO refusing to pay out for burglaries in no-entry zone

Reports on burglaries in homes in the no-entry zone from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant shot up nearly 30 times in the first nine months of this year from a year earlier, police say......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110170328.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Closure of British MOX plant causes multibillion yen loss

LONDON (Kyodo) -- Japan's electric power industry suffered multibillion yen losses due to the closure of a plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel plant in Britain, industry sources said Tuesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2g00m0bu096000c.html

Fukushima nuclear evacuees to undergo mental health checks

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- The Fukushima prefectural government will conduct mental health checks from next month on about 200,000 residents who had to evacuate in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, its health committee said Monday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2g00m0dm016000c.html

Saga gov. said in Aug. he may have to quit over nuclear scandal: lawyer

SAGA (Kyodo) -- Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa said in early August that he would have to resign if his remarks that led to a scandal involving the misrepresentation of local opinion regarding nuclear power became known to the public, a lawyer who headed an independent panel set up to investigate the matter said Monday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2g00m0dm018000c.html

Hokkaido Electric freezes plutonium-thermal generation project

SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- Hokkaido Electric Power Co. will freeze a plutonium-thermal power generation project at the No. 3 reactor of its Tomari nuclear plant due to a scandal involving the misrepresentation of local opinion regarding the project, its president Yoshitaka Sato said Monday.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2g00m0dm020000c.html

TEPCO to ask gov't for 700 bil. yen to meet compensation needs

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to ask the government for roughly 700 billion yen in aid to cover its immediate compensation payments in connection with the nuclear disaster at its power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2g00m0dm021000c.html

Year-end 'cold shutdown' target for Fukushima plant cited in road map

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. stipulated on Monday in the latest work schedule to contain the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant that they will seek to achieve a stable condition called "cold shutdown" by the end of this year, as earlier stated by government officials......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2g00m0dm022000c.html

Noda vows to make efforts to clean up radiation-tainted areas

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesday pledged to make every effort to remove radioactive substances leaked from a crippled nuclear power plant during his second trip to Fukushima Prefecture since taking office last month........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2g00m0dm050000c.html

High levels of radiation detected near elementary school pool in Tokyo

High levels of radiation were detected near a pool at an elementary school in Tokyo, prompting officials to cordon off the area......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2a00m0na005000c.html

Criteria for 'cold shutdown' of Fukushima nuclear plant remain vague and ambiguous

The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) unveiled a revised roadmap to contain the crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on Oct. 17, clearly stipulating that they would aim for a stable condition called a "cold shutdown" of the reactors by the end of this year, but the criteria used to thrash out the work schedule are vague and ambiguous......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2a00m0na006000c.html

PM hints at approval for some nuclear reactors under construction

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has suggested that he will give the green light to operations of some nuclear reactors under construction......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2a00m0na015000c.html

Decontamination work underway in Fukushima, but many choosing not to return

FUKUSHIMA -- District-wide radiation decontamination work got underway on Oct. 18 in the Onami district of Fukushima city, but regardless, many families are choosing to have their children live elsewhere to avoid exposure to radiation.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/18/20111018p2a00m0na020000c.html
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Jiji press

TEPCO Considers Requesting 700-B.-Yen Compensation Aid

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> is planning to seek about 700 billion yen in assistance from a body to help the firm's compensation payments to those damaged from the crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, informed sources said Tuesday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101800410

Kyushu Electric to Rewrite Scandal Report

Fukuoka, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> will rewrite a report on its manipulation of public opinion in favor of nuclear energy, in response to severe criticism, informed sources said Tuesday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101800369

Japan to Set Up Consultation Team for Nuclear Compensation

Koriyama, Fukushima Pref., Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Tuesday that the government will set up a consultation team composed of 100 experts to facilitate compensation payments to people affected by the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101800859

Winter Power Supply Seen to Fall below Demand Slightly: Fujimura

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Electricity supply is expected to fall short of demand by several percents at some power companies in Japan this winter, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Tuesday........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101800905

Japan Underlines Nuclear Plant Export

Paris, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano emphasized Tuesday that Tokyo will continue to promote nuclear plant export even after the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101800993

Above-Limit Cesium Found in Tea Produced in Tokyo

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Three samples of green tea produced in Tokyo have been found to contain radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram, the Tokyo metropolitan government said Tuesday.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101900032
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Sankei news

Rice shipped from city in Fukushima

Fukushima City begins decontamination work

Noda inspects decontamination work in Fukushima

makoto · Oct 19, 2011

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

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Vol. 4: "Training for the recovery of the reactor water injection system"

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 18:28 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_29.html

Municipalities decline nuclear power subsidies

Four Japanese municipalities have demonstrated their opposition to nuclear power by declining government subsidies for hosting nuclear plants......

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 19:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_34.html

Radioactive cesium detected in Tokyo tea leaves

Radioactive cesium in levels above the government standard has been detected in tea leaves produced in Tokyo and Saitama, north of the capital.......

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 20:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_37.html
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Yomiuri online

Sending kids to school becomes heartwrenching decision

MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima--It was back to school Monday for five primary and middle schools for the first time since emergency evacuation preparation zones were opened for parts of Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, and Hisae Suzuki had a special request. "Could you drive the kids to school?" she asked her 65-year-old mother.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111018004795.htm

High radiation detected at Tokyo school

Radiation of nearly 4 microsieverts per hour--a level that slightly exceeds the government-set benchmark for designating evacuation zones--was detected Monday at a primary school in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, ward officials said.....

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111018004800.htm

Fukushima city begins full-scale decontamination efforts

FUKUSHIMA--The Fukushima municipal government on Tuesday began the first phase of decontamination for the entire city, beginning with the Onami district, where high radiation has been detected.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111018004826.htm

TEPCO to seek 1 trillion yen in government aid

Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to ask the government for as much as 1 trillion yen in aid to cover compensation costs for damage caused by accidents at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to sources......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111018004113.htm
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Asahi com

BIZ BRIEF: Mitsubishi's new optical transmitter saves 50% on power

......Mitsubishi says the increasing use of high-speed, large-volume optical transmission devices at data centers is resulting in considerable power savings.

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110180299.html

Group eyes referendum on use of nuclear power in Tokyo, Osaka

A citizens advocacy group will mount a petition drive in Tokyo and Osaka to seek support for a local referendum on the use of nuclear power.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110180281.html

Five schools reopen in Minami-Soma near nuclear plant

MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture -- Three elementary and two junior high schools reopened here Oct. 17 for the first time since families fled from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident that started in March......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110180232.html

TEPCO to seek government funds, not power rate increase

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will not seek higher electricity rates but instead ask the central government for about 700 billion yen ($9 billion) to compensate victims of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant accident, sources said.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110180282.html

Cesium detected in air until August at 100 km from Fukushima plant

Radioactive cesium discharged from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was detected some 100 kilometers from the stricken facility even until late August, research shows......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110180290.html

Radiation detected at Tokyo elementary school

Higher than normal airborne radiation was detected at an elementary school in northeastern Tokyo, the Adachi Ward government said Oct. 17.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110180292.html

School's radioactive compost was 74 times the maximum

UTSUNOMIYA -- Compost handled by students at an agricultural high school in Tochigi Prefecture contained 74 times more radioactive cesium than the government's safety standard......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110180383.html

Revised road map eyes cold shutdown by year-end

The government has revised its road map for ending the Fukushima nuclear crisis by saying it intends to achieve cold shutdown by the end of the year......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110180283.html

Little progress made in disposing of radioactive rice straw

Farmers in eight prefectures are stuck with about 7,200 tons of rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium, the farm ministry said Oct. 17, as local governments struggle to find storage areas.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110180293.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Japan, U.S. to enhance cooperation in energy resources development

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan and the United States will enhance cooperation in developing methane hydrates, considered a new energy source known as "burning ice," Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Wednesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2g00m0bu100000c.html

Institute develops real-time system for radiation monitoring car

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The National Institute of Radiological Sciences said Tuesday it has developed a system for a monitoring car to gauge radiation and identify radioactive substances on a real-time basis while examining the site of a nuclear accident.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2g00m0dm008000c.html

German testing firm starts food radiation measuring service in Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese unit of Tuv Rheinland Group, a major German inspection and certification service provider, said Tuesday it has launched services to measure radioactive content in agricultural, dairy and food products......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Gov't plans consultation service to clean up radioactive 'hot spots'

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to soon set up a unit to offer advice on how to guard against radiation from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the recent discoveries of alarmingly high radioactive concentrations in and around Tokyo, science minister Masaharu Nakagawa said Tuesday.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2g00m0dm010000c.html

Kyushu Electric to revise report on misrepresentation of public opinion

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. will revise its report on a scandal related to the misrepresentation of public opinion regarding the restart of reactors at its nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, following criticism from the industry minister, industry sources said Tuesday.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2g00m0dm022000c.html

Japan needs to raise nuclear safety to top int'l level: Edano

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano said Tuesday during a ministerial meeting of the International Energy Agency in Paris that Japan needs to raise the safety standard of its nuclear power generation to the top international level in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2g00m0dm023000c.html

Japan asks Turkey to proceed with talks on nuclear plant deal

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan asked Turkey on Tuesday to continue with talks on a nuclear power plant deal in the latter country, while confirming with the United States plans to strengthen technical cooperation on nuclear power between the two countries......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2g00m0dm024000c.html

TEPCO failed to act on 10% probability assessment for worst-case tsunami

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. estimated in 2006, using a new calculation method at the time, that the probability of a worst-case tsunami hitting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was around 10 percent at the most over a span of 50 years, but the utility did not take measures based on the assessment, a nuclear energy expert at the company said Tuesday......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2g00m0dm025000c.html

Saga governor rules out resignation over nuclear plant dispute

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa reiterated Wednesday that he will not step down over his alleged involvement in manipulating public opinion to resume reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant in the prefecture.........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2g00m0dm075000c.html

Tokyo ward decontaminates areas near elementary school

Officials from Tokyo's Adachi Ward, where high radiation levels were detected near an elementary school, announced Oct. 18 that radiation levels decreased significantly after they took immediate measures to decontaminate the affected areas.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2a00m0na003000c.html

Fukushima farmers confident in rice crop's quality, but fear consumers won't buy

NIHONMATSU, Fukushima -- Shipments of the year's rice harvest from this city began on Oct. 18, but while farmers express confidence the crop came out well, they worry that radiation fears will keep consumers away......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2a00m0na012000c.html

Environmental associations detect high radiation in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward

Two environmental associations in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward met the ward's mayor, Katsunori Aoki, on Oct. 18, seeking radiation tests and decontamination measures after they detected radiation of up to 5.47 microsieverts per hour in the ward......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2a00m0na015000c.html

Disgruntled elderly woman in temporary evacuee housing grills prime minister

OTAMA, Fukushima -- During a visit to temporary housing for disaster evacuees on Oct. 18, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was pressed for answers by an elderly woman whose life has been turned upside down by the Fukushima plant disaster........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2a00m0na017000c.html

Discovery of radiation 'hot spots' in Tokyo sparks calls for decontamination standards

Officials have called for government standards on radiation decontamination measures following a spate of discoveries of radiation "hot spots" in the Tokyo metropolitan area.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/19/20111019p2a00m0na021000c.html
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Jiji press

Mitsubishi Electric Eyes 1.3-T.-Yen Smart Grid Sales

Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref., Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. <6503> aims to achieve 1.3 trillion yen in annual sales from smart grid and other environment-friendly energy infrastructure systems in fiscal 2015 that ends in March 2016, its president said Wednesday........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101900367

Kawasaki Heavy to Develop Tidal Power System

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)--Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. <7012> said Wednesday that it will develop a tidal current power generation system and conduct trials in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, and Britain......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101900779

(Update) Mitsubishi Electric Fully Launches Smart Grid Tests

Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref., Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)--Mitsubishi Electric Corp. <6503> said Wednesday it has fully launched two-year tests on smart grid systems in the two western Japan cities of Amagasaki and Wakayama......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011101900909

Japan to Boost Post-Fukushima Energy Cooperation with U.S., France

Paris, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano agreed with his U.S. and French counterparts Tuesday to step up cooperation in the energy field.....

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101900312

Saga Gov. Again Says He Will Not Resign over Nuclear Scandal

Saga, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)--Saga Governor Yasushi Furukawa Wednesday reiterated he has no intention of stepping down over a scandal involving an alleged attempt to promote nuclear power.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101900463

Mayor of Nuclear Crisis-Hit Village to Speak at N.Y. Music Event

Fukushima, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)--Norio Kanno, mayor of the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, will deliver a speech at a music festival in New York on Feb. 18, the organizer of the event announced Wednesday.........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011101900874

TEPCO to Prevent Water Leaks at Fukushima Plant with Coagulant

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> plans to inject a coagulant agent into the basements of the buildings for reactors at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in order to prevent leaks of highly radioactive water there into adjacent turbine buildings, TEPCO officials said Wednesday........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102000006
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Sankei news

Kawasaki Heavy to Develop Tidal Power System

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16:05 JST 19 Oct 2011 37.0N 140.7E 10 km M4.1 Fukushima-ken Hamadori

jma http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/3/20111019160915391-191605.html

10/19 M4.1 Fukushima
Earthquake Early Warning "EEW"
<iframe width="300" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uluRk4b_EjI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

makoto · Oct 20, 2011

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

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

06:13 JST 20 Oct 2011 37.0N 140.7E 10 km M4.1 Fukushima-ken Hamadori

jma http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20111020061721384-200613.html

06:21 JST 20 Oct 2011 37.0N 140.7E 20 km M4.4 Fukushima-ken Hamadori

jma http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20111020062459384-200621.html

makoto · Oct 20, 2011

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

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

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html

00:01
JNN live cam http://youtu.be/8Cpx6f0e0OM

07:24

07:24
Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html

Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station(Handout at Press Conference)
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_111020_01-e.pdf

IEA to consider emergency release of oil reserves

Major oil consuming countries have agreed to consider more flexible ways to release oil reserves in emergencies....

Thursday, October 20, 2011 06:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_11.html

Nuke committee drafts disaster-response revisions

Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission has drafted a plan for expanding areas that should be fully prepared against nuclear accidents to within 30 kilometers of nuclear power plants, from the current 10 kilometers......

Thursday, October 20, 2011 16:14 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_25.html

Tokai University wins solar car race in Australia

A team from Japan's Tokai University has won a solar car race across Australia, clinching its 2nd consecutive championship.......

Thursday, October 20, 2011 16:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_30.html

Fukushima assembly OKs reactor decommission

The assembly of Fukushima prefecture has adopted a petition calling for the scrapping of all 10 nuclear reactors in the prefecture.......

Thursday, October 20, 2011 19:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_33.html
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Yomiuri online

Hot spot decontaminated at Tokyo primary school

Soil around a small "hot spot" detected at a primary school in Tokyo was removed Tuesday, as the local ward office started measuring radiation levels at hundreds of other facilities it operates.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111019004399.htm
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Asahi com

Japan, U.S. to test methane-hydrate extraction in Alaska

Japan and the United States plan to start early next year a joint experiment to extract methane hydrate from deep underground in Alaska to secure a supply of the relatively new natural resource, sources said.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110190344.html

Startup of decontamination work draws a prime minister

FUKUSHIMA -- Normally, workers washing down a home in the city's Onami district wouldn't attract much interest, but on Oct. 18, the event even drew Japan's prime minister to Yoshiharu Suda's home......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110190299.html

3 tons of radioactive water leaks at Fukushima facility

Three tons of radioactive water leaked from an absorption unit within a treatment facility that purifies highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, said Oct. 18........

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110190343.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Journalists' responsibilities heavy in face of unprecedented crisis (Part 1)

The unprecedented disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, in which fuel meltdowns were found to have taken place simultaneously at three reactors, poses a massive challenge to the media.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20111020p2a00m0na008000c.html

US solar firms file trade complaint against China

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seven U.S. solar panel companies filed a federal trade complaint Wednesday against Chinese companies they accuse of dumping solar products on global markets to depress prices........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/20/20111020p2g00m0bu078000c.html

Irisohyama to build plant to make energy-saving LED light bulbs

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Major daily living product maker Irisohyama Inc. plans to build a plant to manufacture light bulbs using energy-saving light-emitting diodes utilizing an area in Tosu, Saga Prefecture that was vacated by a subsidiary of Panasonic Corp., sources close to the matter said Wednesday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/20/20111020p2g00m0bu083000c.html

Mitsubishi Electric aims for 1.3 tril. yen in smart grid business sales

AMAGASAKI (Kyodo) -- Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Wednesday it plans to expand its "smart grid" power delivery system business, and aims to boost annual sales of related products to 1.3 trillion yen by fiscal 2015 from 800 billion yen in the past year to March......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/20/20111020p2g00m0bu087000c.html

IEA agrees to promote nuclear, other low carbon technologies

PARIS (Kyodo) -- The International Energy Agency agreed at a ministerial meeting Wednesday in Paris that it will seek diversification of energy sources through the promotion of low-carbon technologies, including nuclear power.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/20/20111020p2g00m0bu090000c.html

Funding body urges TEPCO to make thorough cost-cutting efforts

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A state-backed entity that would offer financial assistance to Tokyo Electric Power Co. over massive compensation payouts related to the Fukushima nuclear crisis pressed the utility on Wednesday to carry out thorough cost-cutting efforts in seeking the entity's aid........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/20/20111020p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Panel proposes widening nuclear evacuation perimeter to 30 km

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The secretariat of the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan proposed on Thursday expanding the maximum evacuation perimeter around a nuclear power plant to a 30-kilometer radius from the current 10 km in the event of a future nuclear accident......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/20/20111020p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Fukushima crisis could have been avoided: French nuclear commission

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The chief of the French atomic energy commission said Wednesday that Japan may have been able to avoid a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant if it acted more quickly to pour seawater to cool the reactors after they lost their cooling functions in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/20/20111020p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Most detailed radioactive contamination maps yet published online

The most detailed government maps yet of cesium concentrations and radiation levels stemming from the crisis-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant are now available online........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/20/20111020p2a00m0na007000c.html
Related link
MEXT map http://ramap.jaea.go.jp/ japanese
GSI version http://ramap.jaea.go.jp/map/map.html japanese
PDF http://ramap.jaea.go.jp/map/mapdf/index.html japanese

GSI version

*The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan(GSI)

Only 3 companies to make quick return to industrial area near nuclear plant

Only three of 19 companies surveyed by the town of Naraha, near the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex, have said they will quickly return to the town's industrial zone -- despite the lifting of an evacuation preparation advisory over part of the town.....

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/20/20111020p2a00m0na010000c.html

Cheesemaker robbed of customers by Fukushima nuclear disaster to end business

MARUMORI, Miyagi -- A man is closing his cheese factory after 12 years of business, after radiation fears from the Fukushima nuclear disaster took away his customers......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/20/20111020p2a00m0na024000c.html
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Jiji press

Biz Leader Calls for Restart of Fukushima No. 2 N-Plant

Fukushima, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Tadashi Okamura expressed his hope Thursday that Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant will be restarted in light of concerns about power supply shortages........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011102000892

Tokai Univ. Wins 2nd Straight Victory in World Solar Car Race

Adelaide, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Tokai University won its second consecutive victory at one of the world's largest solar car races Thursday, traveling some 3,000 kilometers across Australia........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102000589

Japan May Subject Up to 30-km Radius to N-Accident Emergency Steps

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--A working group of Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission proposed Thursday designating areas up to 30 kilometers around a nuclear plant in trouble as a special zone in which quick countermeasures should be taken........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102000650

Struggling Japanese Green Tea Producers Tap U.S. Market

Chicago, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--A group of Japanese green tea producers introduced their teas to the food industry of the United States at a promotional event in Chicago Thursday, in a bid to tap the U.S. tea market amid struggling sales at home........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102100653

makoto · Oct 21, 2011

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

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

measuring?

07:18

07:28
Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html

Isolation Condenser of Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclaer Power Station

3rd floor in Reactor Building of Unit 2, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

[Reference]Result of Airborne Radiation and Temperature of 1st to 5th floor in Reactor Building of Unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Surveyed by Robot
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_111021_03-e.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111021_1.jpg
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/images/111021_2.jpg

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/index-e.html

China, Taiwan nuke accident agreement

Friday, October 21, 2011 06:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_12.html

Japan to give away air tickets to 10,000 visitors

......That's down 25 percent from the same month last year, marking the 7th month of decline following the March 11th disaster.

The decline is largely attributed to the Fukushima nuclear accident, but the stronger yen is also making travel to Japan more expensive.......

Friday, October 21, 2011 20:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/21_37.html
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Yomiuri online

Companies inflating decontamination costs

FUKUSHIMA--Reports are emerging of companies charging exorbitant prices for decontaminating homes in Fukushima Prefecture, which has borne the brunt of the crisis at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111020003915.htm

ANALYSIS / N-accident preparation zone plan poses myriad challenges

The central government must have detailed discussions and provide financial assistance to the municipalities concerned if it implements the Nuclear Safety Commission's proposal to expand the zones where intensive measures must be taken in preparation for potential nuclear crises........

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111020006021.htm

Wider areas to brace for N-accidents / Proposal adds zones 30 km from N-plants

A Nuclear Safety Commission working group has proposed that areas up to 30 kilometers from a nuclear power plant be required to take precautions against accidents at the plant, a distance triple the current level of eight to 10 kilometers, group officials said Thursday.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111020005813.htm
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Asahi com/Asahi Japan Watch(AJW)

Government to release expanded radiation map

The science ministry plans to release a map by the end of the year that will show an expanded view of radiation contamination in 22 prefectures......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110200398.html

Second temp shelter opens for pets of Fukushima evacuees

Close to 400 pet dogs and cats have been forced into temporary makeshift shelters in Fukushima Prefecture because their owners live in temporary housing or other arrangements that do not allow animals.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110200331.html

Scientist: Algae species can absorb radioactivity

A species of green algae, only 0.01 millimeter in size, can effectively eliminate radioactive cesium and strontium, according to researchers at the University of Yamanashi and Toho University.......

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110200332.html
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Journalists strived to get truth about nuclear fallout to public (Part 2)

The question of how much and where radioactive materials were dispersed by the hydrogen explosions at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have been of the utmost importance to residents of both Fukushima Prefecture and beyond, and one we began to pursue soon after the nuclear disaster started to unfold.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20111021p2a00m0na007000c.html

Tokyo Gas considers joining in more LNG development projects overseas

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Gas Co. President Tsuyoshi Okamoto said Thursday that the utility is considering taking part in more projects to develop gas fields overseas to procure liquefied natural gas more stably......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/21/20111021p2g00m0bu094000c.html

Tokai Univ. car charges to World Solar Challenge race win down under

ADELAIDE (Kyodo) -- A solar-powered car from Japan's Tokai University won the 2011 World Solar Challenge on Thursday after driving 3,000 kilometers from the top to the bottom of Australia........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/21/20111021p2g00m0dm024000c.html

Fukushima assembly adopts petition for decommissioning local reactors

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- The Fukushima prefectural assembly adopted on Thursday a petition calling for decommissioning all 10 reactors at the prefecture's two nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at one of them following the March earthquake and tsunami.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/21/20111021p2g00m0dm030000c.html

2 boys in Fukushima Pref. internally exposed to radiation

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two boys in Fukushima Prefecture were found to have been internally exposed to the highest levels of radiation detected during checks conducted on nearly 4,500 local residents in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the northeastern prefecture, the prefectural government said Thursday........

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/21/20111021p2g00m0dm031000c.html

Local gov'ts facing widened evacuation perimeter against nuclear reactor restarts

As the government moves to expand emergency evacuation zones around the nation's nuclear plants to 30 kilometers, all the municipalities affected are now against unconditional reactor restarts at their local plants, a Mainichi survey released Oct. 20 has found.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/21/20111021p2a00m0na002000c.html

City assembly members find radiation hotspot in Chiba, call for better monitoring

MATSUDO, Chiba -- City assembly members checking local radiation levels have revealed they discovered a hotspot emitting 7.0 microsieverts per hour near a greenhouse here.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/21/20111021p2a00m0na009000c.html

Fukushima salmon fishermen look ahead to uncertain future

FUKUSHIMA -- If this was a regular year, the nets of salmon fishermen in this prefecture would be heavy with thrashing fish caught on their way up-stream to spawn. A great many of the fish would also be set aside to let nature take its course under the fishermen's supervision, millions of their progeny released into the local rivers in the spring with hopes of their return as adults in four years.......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/21/20111021p2a00m0na015000c.html
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Jiji press

Mitsui, 5 Others to Build Mega Solar Plant in Japan

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--Major Japanese trader Mitsui & Co. <8031> said Friday that it will build what will be one of the largest solar power plants in the country jointly with five other companies, including Mitsui Chemicals Inc. <4183>.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011102100912

Chugoku Electric Likely to Receive 100-B.-Yen Loans

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--Mizuho Corporate Bank and some other banks are in final stage of talks on providing about 100 billion yen of loans to Chugoku Electric Power Co. <9504> by the end of March 2012, it was learned Friday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011102200042

Radiation Experts to Be Sent to Fukushima for Decontamination

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan's science and technology minister Masaharu Nakagawa on Friday announced plans to shortly send radiation experts to Fukushima Prefecture to decontaminate areas polluted with radioactive materials released from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102100612

Govt OKs Fukui Pref.'s Nuclear Fuel Tax on Idled Reactors

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--The internal affairs ministry said Friday that it has decided to approve plans by the central Japan prefecture of Fukui to impose nuclear fuel taxes on suspended reactors......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102100672

Foreign Visitors to Japan Down 25 Pct in Sept.

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--The number of visitors to Japan fell 24.9 pct in September from a year earlier to 539,000, down for the seventh straight month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Friday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102100714

TEPCO Looks to Avoid State Involvement in Management

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> President Toshio Nishizawa said Friday that the company aims to avoid government involvement in its capital and management......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102100899

Kansai Electric, Authorities to Set Common Power-Saving Goal

Osaka, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> plans to join local and national governments to set a common power-saving goal for the coming winter, it was learned Friday.......

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102100928

TEPCO Links March 15 Blast Sound to No. 4 Reactor

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> concluded Friday that an explosion heard on the early morning of March 15 at the ravaged Fukushima No. 1 plant resulted from a blast at the No. 4 reactor building, not at the No. 2 reactor.........

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102101003

Heroes of Fukushima Receive Prestigious Spanish Award

Oviedo, Spain, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japanese workers who strove to contain their country's worst-ever nuclear crisis received Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for Concord for 2011 at a ceremony Friday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102200199
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Sankei news

<iframe width="170" height="170" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.ch/maps?hl=fr&gl=ch&vpsrc=6&sll=36.995068,140.981722&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=36.995167,140.981669&spn=0.002913,0.003626&z=16&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.ch/maps?hl=fr&gl=ch&vpsrc=6&sll=36.995068,140.981722&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=36.995167,140.981669&spn=0.002913,0.003626&z=16&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">shioyasaki lighthouse</a></small> Iwaki city, Fukushima

shioyasaki lighthouse is under repairs

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TBSi

during dig 57.5 μSv/h at Kashiwa city, Chiba pref
*before decontamination: 20μSv/h
<iframe width="300" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Srm6S7giW3A?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> what's in the ground?
after fukushima, many people have radiation detector
they are discovering past hidden contamination place....

makoto · Oct 22, 2011

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

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

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html

20:15

20:17

20:19

20:23
JNN live cam http://youtu.be/8Cpx6f0e0OM

16:43

16:55
Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html

Status of equipment hatch in the reactor building at Unit 3, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11102201-e.html
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NHK world

"Heroes of Fukushima" receive Spanish award

Five Japanese emergency workers have received this year's Prince of Asturias Award for Concord in Spain, representing those who worked to help contain the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Saturday, October 22, 2011 10:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/22_12.html
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Yomiuri online

Many in Fukushima jobless / Nearly 70% of those in temporary housing unable to find work

FUKUSHIMA--Nearly 70 percent of temporary housing unit residents in Fukushima Prefecture, who were working before the March 11 disaster, have not been able to get jobs since, according to a prefectural government survey.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111021005665.htm

Natl debt likely to top 1 quadrillion yen in FY11

The national debt will likely exceed 1 quadrillion yen at the end of fiscal 2011 after reconstruction bonds worth 11.55 trillion yen are issued to fund the third supplementary budget for the year, it was learned Friday.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111021004576.htm
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Asahi com/AJW

BIZ BRIEF: Mitsui Chemicals to build large solar/wind plant

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. announced on Oct. 21 it has signed a basic agreement to study the feasibility and collaboration in constructing Japan's largest solar and wind electricity generation facility in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/press_releases/AJ2011102115410

Radiation checks to strengthen for marine products, seawater

The science ministry and the Fisheries Agency will strengthen testing on marine products and widen the survey for seawater for radiation contamination from the damaged Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102115419

Fukushima municipalities seek post-decommissioning subsidies

FUKUSHIMA -- Eight municipalities near the Fukushima No. 1 and Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plants were to ask the government Oct. 21 to create a grant system that pays subsidies for hosting nuclear plants even after they are decommissioned.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102115405

30-km anti-disaster zone proposed for nuclear accidents

A government panel plans to extend areas required to take precautions in the event of a nuclear accident, an expansion that would cover 135 municipalities and nearly 8 million people.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102115389

Voluntary evacuees from Fukushima seek compensation

Residents who voluntarily evacuated from areas around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant say they should receive compensation or at least a government acknowledgment that their homes are no longer safe.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102115399

Disaster relief robot Quince stuck in Fukushima reactor

The first disaster relief robot made in Japan to be used at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has been stranded in the No. 2 reactor building since Oct. 20.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102215456

China to review nuclear power plant projects

HONG KONG -- China plans to review its nuclear power plant projects that were temporarily suspended after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident in March.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102215495

Ministry forms call center to report radiation hot spots

The science ministry will set up a call center Oct. 24 for members of the public to report so-called radiation hot spots.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102215477

TEPCO to sell off 400 billion yen in assets this year

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Oct. 21 decided to sell off 400 billion yen ($5.2 billion) in assets this fiscal year. While the utility plans to sell off some 700 billion yen in assets within three years, it plans to sell more than half that amount before this fiscal year ends in March.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102215461
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Journalists keep close eye on Fukushima nuclear worker radiation exposure (Part 3)

The wide perception gap that has surfaced between Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the government and other parties has raised serious questions about the management of plant workers' radiation exposure.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20111022p2a00m0na003000c.html

6 firms to build 'mega solar' power plant in Aichi Pref.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Six Japanese firms, including Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and Toshiba Corp., said Friday they have reached a basic agreement on a project to build a "mega solar" power plant and a wind power plant in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/22/20111022p2g00m0bu027000c.html

Chinese nuclear industry confident of safety despite Fukushima crisis

HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has had limited impact on China's appetite for nuclear power as self-developed technology is advanced, efficient and safe, the China Nuclear Energy Association said Friday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/22/20111022p2g00m0bu030000c.html

Japan electricity sales mark record fall in April-Sept. on disaster

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Electricity sales by Japan's 10 regional utilities from April through September posted a record year-on-year fall of 7.9 percent to 422.24 billion kilowatt-hours due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, an industry body said Friday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/22/20111022p2g00m0bu031000c.html

3 major Japanese banks lend 80 bil. yen to Kyushu Electric

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Three major Japanese banks on Friday provided Kyushu Electric Power Co. a total of 80 billion yen in loans to help cover the utility's additional fuel costs and bond redemptions.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/22/20111022p2g00m0bu032000c.html

Hokuriku Elec. ups damages in suit vs. Hitachi over 2006 reactor trouble

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Hokuriku Electric Power Co. has raised its damages claim against Hitachi Ltd. in a lawsuit over defective Hitachi-made turbine blades that forced it to suspend a nuclear reactor in 2006, sources familiar with the case said Friday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/10/22/20111022p2g00m0bu033000c.html

'Heroes of Fukushima' express deep gratitude for Spanish award

OVIEDO SPAIN (Kyodo) -- A group of five Japanese emergency workers who were honored by the Prince of Asturias Foundation in Spain earlier this year expressed their deep gratitude to the European country Friday, saying they will never forget its kindness.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/22/20111022p2g00m0dm005000c.html

TEPCO to make efforts to avoid capital injection: Nishizawa

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa said Friday his company is hoping to avoid capital injection from a state-backed entity, although it would receive financial aid from the entity over its massive compensation payments related to the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/22/20111022p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Gov't cost-cutting unit to study Monju reactor's abolition

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government panel tasked with cutting wasteful spending will examine whether the trouble-hit Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor should be decommissioned when it screens government projects in late November, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/22/20111022p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Chiba Pref. city finds major radioactive hot spot on public land

KASHIWA, Chiba -- Officials here announced Oct. 21 the city government has discovered a hot spot emitting extremely high radiation of 57.5 microsieverts per hour on a plot of public land in a residential district.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/22/20111022p2a00m0na027000c.html
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"Heroes of Fukushima" receive Spanish award

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TEPCO Eyes Asset Sale of Up to 400 B. Yen in FY 2011

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> is planning to sell up to 400 billion yen in assets such as shareholdings and real estate by the end of March, as part of a restructuring effort to address the nuclear crisis, it was learned Saturday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102300004

High-Concentration Radioactive Cesium Found near Tokyo

Kashiwa, Chiba Pref., Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Radioactive cesium measuring a maximum of 276,000 becquerels per kilogram has been detected in underground soil in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, the city government said Saturday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102300009
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276000 becquerels/1kg from soil, Kashiwa city, Chiba pref
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makoto · Oct 23, 2011

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http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11102301-e.html
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NHK world

Fukushima power plant video shows progress

Tokyo Electric Power Company has released new footage of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It reveals the progress made over the 7 months since the March 11th disaster.

Sunday, October 23, 2011 05:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_03.html

Japan, France to propose nuclear efforts

Japan and France plan to announce a joint communique on nuclear safety, which will include the creation of an international response team for nuclear emergencies.

Sunday, October 23, 2011 09:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_04.html

Japan, France to cooperate on nuclear safety

The prime ministers of Japan and France have agreed to cooperate in improving the safety of nuclear power plants.

Sunday, October 23, 2011 16:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_21.html
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Yomiuri online

Fillon to back global growth plan

......In connection with the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Fillon said all countries with nuclear power plants must adhere to the highest safety standards.

This could be accomplished, he said, by ensuring the independence of nuclear safety authorities in all countries and having inspections of nuclear power facilities carried out by third parties.......

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/T111022002255.htm
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Companies plan Japan's largest solar power station

Mitsui Chemicals Inc., in tandem with group companies and other partners, plan to spend 18 billion ($235 million) to build what is expected to be Japan's largest solar power station.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/environment/AJ2011102215522

TEPCO never pushed electrical safety plan at nuke plant

A plan to connect six reactors at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which could have reduced the damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, never left the drawing board, according to sources.

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http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102315544
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Jordan strongly urges Japan to ratify nuke pact by year-end

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Jordan has strongly urged Japan to ratify a bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation accord by year-end, warning that without the pact, a Japan-France engineering consortium will lose its chance of winning a bid to build a nuclear power plant there, several diplomatic sources said Saturday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/23/20111023p2g00m0dm057000c.html

High-level radioactive cesium detected in soil in Kashiwa

CHIBA (Kyodo) -- The municipal government of Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture said Saturday it found a high level of radioactive cesium in soil of city-owned land.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/23/20111023p2g00m0dm058000c.html

Japan, France agree to boost cooperation on nuclear safety

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his French counterpart Francois Fillon agreed Sunday that the two countries will bolster cooperation on nuclear safety, following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/23/20111023p2g00m0dm063000c.html

New algae a better radioactive absorber than currently used mineral, researchers say

CHUO, Yamanashi -- A new type of algae is better at absorbing radioactive strontium and iodine than a mineral currently being used to treat radioactively contaminated water, say scientists.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/23/20111023p2a00m0na002000c.html science has turned many impossibilities into possibilities
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High Radiation near Tokyo May Be Linked to N-Crisis: Govt

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan's science and technology ministry said Sunday the radioactive contamination that has been detected in soil near Tokyo is likely to have resulted from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102300263
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makoto · Oct 24, 2011

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

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http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11102401-e.html
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US, North Korea to start talks in Geneva

Monday, October 24, 2011 06:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_02.html

China's vice premier visits North Korea

Monday, October 24, 2011 06:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_04.html

US-N.Korea to start talking on nuclear issue

Monday, October 24, 2011 11:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_16.html

Hotspot hotline

Japan's science ministry has launched a telephone hotline to deal with public concerns about radiation exposure in areas outside Fukushima Prefecture. The prefecture hosts the damaged nuclear complex.

Monday, October 24, 2011 11:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_20.html

Nuke energy experts discuss technological issues

Nuclear energy experts will be organizing a summary of lessons learned from the Fukushima plant accident. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency brought together the 6 specialists for their first panel meeting on Monday.

Monday, October 24, 2011 17:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_27.html

US, North Korea begin direct talks in Geneva

Monday, October 24, 2011 19:06 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_34.html

Parts of TEPCO's accident manuals made public

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has made public a large portion of Tokyo Electric Power Company's procedural manuals for nuclear accidents.

Monday, October 24, 2011 21:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_33.html
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Yomiuri online

TEPCO to sell shares in wind power firm

Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to sell some of its shares in a wind power development subsidiary to raise funds to help pay compensation for damage caused by the crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it has been learned.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T111023002728.htm
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Govt to check Fukushima pollen / Cedar pollen may carry cesium on the wind, but at 'harmless' levels

The Forestry Agency will start checking for radioactive substances in cedar pollen in Fukushima Prefecture as early as next month in response to the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the agency said.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111023002966.htm

Forests to be used to store radioactive soil / Agency to let local govts open temporary sites

The Forestry Agency has decided to allow local governments to use plots of land in state-owned forests to temporarily store soil and rice straw contaminated with radioactive substances from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111023003048.htm
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Obama sets up new team to bring North Korea to heel

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/korean_peninsula/AJ2011102415623

Cyber-attack stole Mitsubishi warplane, nuke plant data

Sensitive information concerning vital defense equipment, such as fighter jets, as well as nuclear power plant design and safety plans, apparently was stolen from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. computers during a cyber-attack in August, sources said.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/AJ2011102415638

Fukushima dumplings the surprise hit of gyoza festival

TSU--Unlike most produce from Fukushima Prefecture that consumers tend to shy away from, the gyoza dumplings from Fukushima at a national festival here on Oct. 22 were so popular, they sold out within hours of going on sale.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ2011102415554

Retail outlet displays radiation levels of produce

Instead of dietary fiber and calories, a retailer in Tokyo is displaying levels of radioactive cesium found in its fruits and vegetables, to alleviate any concerns about radioactive materials on produce.

*ヨウ素=Iodine セシウム=Cesium 検出せず=ND ベクレル=becquerel
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102315550

New cesium hot spot found in northwestern Chiba

A new radioactive hot spot found in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, is probably the result of fallout from the quake-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the science ministry said.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102415581

Expert: Radioactive materials reached Kanto via 2 routes

Radioactive materials from the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant reached the Kanto region mainly via two routes, but they largely skirted the heavily populated areas of Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, an expert said.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ2011102415591
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Journalists must empower those who have to stay near Fukushima plant (Part 4)

Eight days after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant began to unfold, samples of spinach and raw milk were found to be contaminated with radioactive iodine in amounts exceeding the provisional permissible amount set by the Food Sanitation Act.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20111024p2a00m0na008000c.html

U.S.-North Korea talks to start in Geneva

GENEVA (AP) -- Talks were set to begin Monday between U.S. and North Korean diplomats about restarting negotiations on Pyongyang's nuclear programs.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/archive/news/2011/10/24/20111024p2g00m0in028000c.html

New levee prevents total power loss at nuclear plant in Ibaraki

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture run by Japan Atomic Power Co. managed to avoid a total power loss during the March 11 earthquake and tsunami thanks to a levee the company was reconstructing voluntarily, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/24/20111024p2g00m0dm007000c.html

Residents to file suit seeking halt of Tsuruga reactors

OTSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- A group of residents from Shiga and nearby prefectures plan to file a lawsuit to suspend the restart of two nuclear reactors at the Tsuruga plant in neighboring Fukui Prefecture, arguing an accident at the plant would contaminate Lake Biwa, their water source, and be life-threatening, according to sources involved in the suit.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/24/20111024p2g00m0dm084000c.html

Radioactive soil traced to contaminated rainwater due to broken ditch

Rainwater contaminated with radioactive fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant likely leaked through a broken ditch, causing high levels of radioactive cesium in the soil in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, the central government said Oct. 23.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/24/20111024p2a00m0na004000c.html

Edano tells TEPCO to cut 'at least' 2.5 tril. yen in costs

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Industry minister Yukio Edano on Monday instructed Tokyo Electric Power Co. to commit to cutting "at least" 2.5 trillion yen in costs over 10 years before receiving funds to help it pay compensation over the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/24/20111024p2g00m0dm105000c.html

Municipalities reluctant to host storage facilities for contaminated waste

Nearly half of the municipalities that need to decontaminate radioactive materials emitted by the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant refuse to accommodate interim storage facilities for contaminated soil and waste, a Mainichi survey has found.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/24/20111024p2a00m0na012000c.html

Local gov'ts struggle to secure radioactive waste sites amid residential opposition; survey

Local governments' efforts to decontaminate radioactive materials emitted by the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant are now in motion, but progress is hindered by an unresolved question -- where to store and dispose of contaminated soil and waste?

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/10/24/20111024p2a00m0na015000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan to Help Hard-Hit Disaster Areas with Energy-Saving Steps

Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to pick one area each from the three prefectures hit hardest by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami as targets of its financial support for projects to save energy and tackle the aging society.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102400302

Japan to Cooperate with Vietnam on N-Plant Construction: Sengoku

Hanoi, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku said Monday that Japan is willing to cooperate in the construction of nuclear power plants in Vietnam as much as possible, including infrastructure improvements in surrounding areas.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102400643

FOCUS: Natural Gas in Spotlight after N-Crisis in Japan

Paris, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--Natural gas has come into the spotlight as an alternative energy source since Japan's nuclear crisis because it is viewed as more environmentally friendly than oil and coal as a fuel for thermal power generation.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102400763

TEPCO N-Reactor Manual Proves Useless

Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--The House of Representatives' special science committee on Monday disclosed Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> emergency nuclear reactor operation manual, which proved to be almost useless in the March accident.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102400882
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