Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 - January 12, 2012

makoto · Dec 1, 2011

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[Reference]Nuclide analysis results of ocean soil - inside the Port entrance of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
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The Yomiuri Shimbun's article "TEPCO decides the cancellation of Higashi-Dori NPP" on December 1

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11120101-e.html
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NHK world

N. Korea threatens action vs denuclearization

Thursday, December 01, 2011 02:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111201_01.html

Israeli President urges coordinated Iran sanctions

Thursday, December 01, 2011 15:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111201_24.html

Fukushima seeks govt aid for rice inspections

Fukushima Prefecture has asked for government assistance to carry out emergency checks of rice for radioactive materials.

Thursday, December 01, 2011 18:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111201_28.html
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Yomiuri online

H.I.H Prince Takamado Trophy 63rd All Japan Inter-Middle School English Oratorical Contest / Helping quake victims in need gives people joy

Sachiko Saito, a third-year student at Nanzan Girls' Middle School, won the 63rd All Japan Inter-Middle School English Oratorical Contest. The final of the annual speech contest was held Saturday at Yomiuri Hall in Yurakucho, Tokyo. The following is the full text of her winning speech, titled "Family, Friendship and Hope."

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/language/T111128005019.htm

Nuclear cleanup volunteers' invisible enemy

DATE, Fukushima--Some local governments in Fukushima Prefecture have started decontamination operations using volunteers to remove radioactive substances released after the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111130005907.htm

Nobel Prize laureate Tanaka to serve on N-plant committee

Nobel Prize laureate Koichi Tanaka will be a member of the Diet's committee to investigate the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it has been learned.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111130005986.htm
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Toshiba Ships its First Major Component for Nuclear Energy Project in U.S.

-- The Company Ships Condenser to be Used for Vogtle Unit 3 AP1000(TM) Nuclear Energy Plant of Georgia Power --
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2011_12/pr0101.htm
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/press_releases/AJ201112010022

Nuclear unions put heat on DPJ after Fukushima

Nuclear power labor unions targeted ruling party lawmakers with a major lobbying campaign in the months following the Fukushima nuclear accident to try to prevent the crisis from dealing a death blow to their industry, according to sources involved in the effort.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201112010019

Lighthouse in Fukushima shines once more

IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture—The Shioyasaki Lighthouse was illuminated on Nov. 30 for the first time since it was damaged in the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake.

Shioyasaki Lighthouse in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, is illuminated for the first time since the March quake on Nov. 30. (Eijiro Morii)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201112010047

Finally, soil within no-entry zone to be surveyed

The central government, responding to months of criticism from experts, has decided to measure levels of radioactive cesium in soil within the no-entry zone surrounding the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, sources said Nov. 30.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112010001

Fukushima governor wants all reactors decommissioned

FUKUSHIMA--Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato on Nov. 30 said he will ask Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the central government to decommission all nuclear reactors in the prefecture.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112010025

Strict radioactivity standards set for school lunches

The education ministry on Nov. 30 set its first radiation safety standards for lunches provided at elementary and junior high schools, which will apply to 17 prefectures in eastern Japan.

Municipal government employees check for radioactivity in school lunch ingredients in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 22. (Akira Sato)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112010023

TEPCO: Melted fuel eroded containment vessel floor at Fukushima reactor

Most of the fuel rods that melted in the pressure vessel of the No. 1 reactor of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant dripped into the containment vessel and ate into it, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112010004
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Fukushima residents tour German renewable village

FELDHEIM, Germany (AP) -- A group of residents from the radiation-stricken area around Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactors and a Tokyo actor are visiting Germany to learn how renewable energy could work in their homeland.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/news/20111201p2g00m0fe137000c.html

Toshiba ships 1st major nuclear reactor component to U.S.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it has shipped its first major component for a nuclear reactor to be built in the United States.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/01/20111201p2g00m0bu112000c.html

Gov't to aid infrastructure building in areas near Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The central government plans to carry out infrastructure projects, such as road and embankment improvement, on behalf of local governments in areas where voluntary evacuation advisories arising from the Fukushima nuclear crisis have been lifted, government sources said Wednesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/01/20111201p2g00m0dm015000c.html

Nobel winner, 9 others picked for nuclear crisis panel

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nobel chemistry laureate Koichi Tanaka and nine others were selected Wednesday as members of a special parliamentary committee to investigate the causes behind the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, lawmakers said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/01/20111201p2g00m0dm017000c.html

Japan mulls additional sanctions against Iran

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/01/20111201p2g00m0dm082000c.html

Gov't sets radiation limit for school meals in 17 prefectures

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government has instructed the education boards of 17 prefectures in eastern and northeastern Japan to set the upper limit on radioactive substance exposure for food and drink served in school meals at 40 becquerels per kilogram, officials said Thursday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/01/20111201p2g00m0dm085000c.html

9 power companies bought up political fundraising party tickets despite pledge

Nine power companies that own nuclear power stations bought tickets to politicians' fund-raising parties despite a pledge dating from the 1970s never to extend political donations, the Mainichi Shimbun has learned.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/01/20111201p2a00m0na013000c.html

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Jiji press

Toshiba Ships Component for U.S. Nuclear Reactor

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Toshiba Corp. <6502> said Thursday that it has completed the shipment of a condenser to be used for the planned No. 3 reactor of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in the U.S. state of Georgia.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120100565

Chugoku Electric's Mega Solar Plant Begins Operations

Hiroshima, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Chugoku Electric Power Co. <9504> said Thursday that its large photovoltaic power station in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, started commercial operations the same day.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120100701

Tokyo Rice Wholesaler Falls Victim of Nuclear Scare

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo rice wholesaler Watanabe Shoji K.K. has become the first firm that collapsed due to consumer fear of radioactive contamination of rice, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120100495

TEPCO May Give Up N-Reactor Construction in Northern Japan

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> may give up an ongoing project to construct a nuclear power reactor in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, informed sources said Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120100505

Japan Govt to Support Fukushima's Emergency Rice Testing

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will fully support emergency radiation checks on rice by Fukushima Prefecture, an official said Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120100824

Street Webcams Installed in Nuclear Disaster-Hit Village

Fukushima, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)--Four webcams have been installed in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Iitate, close to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, by Thursday to provide street views to villagers who have been forced to evacuate.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120100967
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02:45 JST 01 Dec 2011 37.1N 142.1E 30 km M4.4 Fukushima-ken Oki

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makoto · Dec 2, 2011

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Concerning the headlining article in the December 2, 2011 edition of the Mainichi Shimbun, ""Withdrawal from the nuclear fuel reprocessing business" was agreed upon in 2002, during discussion between TEPCO executives and senior METI officials".

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11120201-e.html
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TEPCO injects nitrogen into pressure vessels

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has started injecting nitrogen, an inert gas, into the pressure vessels of the crippled reactors to prevent another hydrogen explosion.

Friday, December 02, 2011 05:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111202_03.html

Genkai nuclear reactor 1 halted

Kyushu Electric Power Company has halted the No.1 reactor at the Genkai nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan. This means more than 80 percent of the nation's reactors are now offline. It remains unclear when or if any of them will be restarted.

Friday, December 02, 2011 07:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111202_02.html

TEPCO: Cooling stoppage info was not shared

A miscommunication between workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could have delayed a response to the accident on March 11th.

Friday, December 02, 2011 10:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111202_11.html

US wants allies to cut Iranian oil imports

Friday, December 02, 2011 13:08 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111202_17.html

Diet panel approves civil nuclear pacts

A committee of Japan's Lower House has approved civil nuclear cooperation treaties with 4 countries. The house is to vote on the agreements next week.

Friday, December 02, 2011 16:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111202_27.html

TEPCO issues interim report on Fukushima accident

The Tokyo Electric Power Company has released an interim report on its in-house probe into the nuclear disaster at the firm's Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

Friday, December 02, 2011 17:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111202_26.html

Proposal made for new "nuclear safety agency"

A panel of experts has proposed creating a third-party watchdog to monitor the performance of Japan's new nuclear safety agency to be launched next April.

Friday, December 02, 2011 18:12 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111202_24.html

Expert urges more disclosure from TEPCO

Professor Hisashi Ninokata of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, who is analyzing the accident, says the report explains more clearly how it progressed and puts forward measures to prevent similar incidents.

Friday, December 02, 2011 19:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111202_31.html

Kawauchi Village mayor reports on Chernobyl visit

The mayor of a village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has called on villagers to do their part to recover from radioactive contamination.

Friday, December 02, 2011 20:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111202_33.html
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Toshiba ships N-equipment to U.S.

Toshiba Corp. announced Thursday that the company had shipped its first major turbine equipment for a nuclear energy project in the United States, where construction of nuclear reactors is expected to resume for the first time in 34 years.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T111201006144.htm

All N-fuel may have fallen to outer vessel / TEPCO: Up to 68 tons likely melted in No. 1 reactor, eroding concrete of containment unit

Almost all the nuclear fuel inside the No. 1 reactor of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has melted, damaging the pressure vessel and eroding the concrete bottom of the containment vessel by up to 65 centimeters, the plant's operator has found.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111201006092.htm

TEPCO pulls plug on N-plant / Utility unable to secure funds due to huge compensation payouts

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has decided to discontinue construction of the No. 1 reactor at its Higashidori nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture, as it cannot secure sufficient funds due to compensation payments it is making in connection with the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, sources have said.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111201005563.htm

Fukushima Pref. to ask TEPCO to shut N-reactors

FUKUSHIMA--The Fukushima prefectural government will ask Tokyo Electric Power Co. to decommission all 10 reactors of its nuclear power plants in the prefecture, prefectural officials have said.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111201005348.htm
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Researcher: Pollen mask prevents cesium inhalation

A type of mask sold in drugstores for hay-fever sufferers may also prove effective in preventing internal exposure to radioactive cesium, a researcher at the University of Tokyo said.

Schoolchildren wear masks in summer to prevent internal exposure to radioactive materials in Fukushima city. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112020076a

Cesium-137 deposits 50 times more than previous record

TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Prefecture--Nearly 30,000 becquerels per square meter of cesium-137 fell on Tsukuba in March as a result of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the government's Meteorological Research Institute said Dec. 1.

The Meteorological Research Agency in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture (Yumi Nakayama)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112020003

The Prometheus Trap / Men in Protective Clothing

This is a compilation of the eight installments that appeared between Nov. 15 and 27.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112020100a
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Wary of criticism, officials shelved withdrawal from nuclear reprocessing business

Top officials from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) secretly met in 2002 to discuss withdrawing from a project to reprocess nuclear fuel at the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant in Aomori Prefecture, it has been learned.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20111202p2a00m0na002000c.html

Fukushima firms advised to put safety labels on products

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Internationally active Japanese companies Thursday advised Fukushima Prefecture firms to put labels on food and other products to show they had passed safety tests to reassure overseas consumers worried by the impact of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2g00m0bu109000c.html

Reactor idled at Kyushu Electric's Genkai nuclear plant for checks

SAGA, Japan (Kyodo)-- Kyushu Electric Power Co. idled the No. 1 reactor at its nuclear power plant in Genkai, Saga Prefecture, on Thursday for regular checks, leaving nine of the nation's 54 commercial reactors in operation.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2g00m0dm015000c.html

U.S. urges Japan to reduce oil imports from Iran

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2g00m0dm017000c.html

Test eyed near Fukushima plant in Jan. for tainted debris cleanup

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A government-sponsored test is likely to be held within a no-go zone around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in January to see if radioactive debris can be cleaned with water, sources close to the matter said Thursday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2g00m0dm022000c.html

High levels of cesium found in port soil at Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO (kyodo) -- High levels of radioactive cesium have been detected in seabed soil at the port by the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, the plant operator said Thursday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2g00m0dm023000c.html

Japan to export nuclear technology if wanted, Noda says

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Friday that Japan will consider exporting its nuclear technology, in principle, as long as it is still wanted by other countries.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2g00m0dm031000c.html

TEPCO study shows water level in spent fuel pool was dangerously low

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A study by Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, has shown that water in the No. 4 unit's spent fuel pool temporarily dropped to a level close to exposing the stored nuclear fuel, sources close to the matter said Thursday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2g00m0dm032000c.html

Reactor idled at Kyushu Electric's Genkai nuclear plant for checks

SAGA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. idled the No. 1 reactor at its nuclear power plant in Genkai, Saga Prefecture, on Thursday for regular checks, leaving nine of the nation's 54 commercial reactors in operation.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2g00m0dm033000c.html

Gov't panel calls for ways to ensure 'effective' nuclear regulation

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government panel agreed Friday to compile a proposal seeking to legally require atomic power plant operators to implement the latest nuclear safety practices and technology in the operation of existing facilities.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2g00m0dm133000c.html

Xenon 400,000 times normal found in Chiba air immediately after Fukushima nuke accident

CHIBA -- Radioactive xenon-133 some 400,000 times normal levels was detected in the atmosphere here immediately after the outbreak of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, a radiation survey organization said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2a00m0na007000c.html

Hunting registrations plunge in Fukushima amid nuclear crisis

The number of registered hunters in Fukushima Prefecture has plunged in the wake of the continuing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, with just 3,291 registrations as of Nov. 15, down from 4,779 the previous fiscal year.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2a00m0na011000c.html

Wholesaler handling Fukushima rice goes bankrupt

A Tokyo wholesaler that was handling rice from Fukushima Prefecture is set to become the nation's first rice wholesaler to go under due apparently to harmful rumors of radioactive contamination in connection with the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2a00m0na012000c.html

U.K. plutonium plan likely to influence Japanese nuclear policy

LONDON -- The United Kingdom came to have the world's largest plutonium stockpile because the development of fast-breeder reactors as well as facilities for reprocessing MOX fuel for use in light-water reactors hit a brick wall in both technological and economical developments, slowing down plutonium consumption to a much slower rate than had been planned.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2a00m0na014000c.html

TEPCO, industry ministry secretly agreed to abandon nuclear reprocessing plant in 2002

Senior officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) held a top secret discussion in 2002 about abandoning the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant project, the Mainichi has learned.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2a00m0na015000c.html

METI chief cites need for fundamental review of Japan's energy policy

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano stressed on Dec. 2 the need for a fundamental review of Japan's energy policy in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear accident but stopped short of speculating on the fate of the trouble-prone Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Fukui Prefecture.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/02/20111202p2a00m0na016000c.html
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Jiji press

Bit-isle to Set Up Mega Solar Plant in Hiroshima

Hiroshima, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)--Bit-isle Inc., a Japanese Internet data center operator, said Friday it will set up a large solar power station in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120200456

Mitsubishi Joins Offshore Undersea Power Transmission Biz in U.K.

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)--Mitsubishi Corp. <8058> said Friday that it has acquired a 50 pct stake in an offshore undersea power transmission business in Britain, becoming the first Japanese company to be involved in such operations abroad.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120200744

Johnan Shinkin to End Power Contracts with TEPCO

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)--Johnan Shinkin Bank said Friday that it will end power contracts with Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> at most of its offices next year in a bid to stop its reliance on nuclear power.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120200881

Asahi Breweries Celebrates Restart of Fukushima Plant

Motomiya, Fukushima Pref., Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)--Asahi Breweries Ltd. on Friday held a ceremony to mark the restart of its plant here that had been shuttered since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120200947

Japan Panel Wants New Nuclear Safety Agency Independent

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese panel drew up a recommendation Friday that a new nuclear safety agency, planned to be launched next April, secure independence and transparency.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120200510

Japan Diet Votes on Nuclear Pacts Put Off until Tues.

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Friday to defer until Tuesday House of Representatives votes to approve the country's nuclear cooperation pacts with Jordan, Russia, Vietnam and South Korea.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120200595

Proper Measures Taken against Tsunami: TEPCO

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> reported Friday that it had taken proper countermeasures against tsunami before the March 11 quake and ensuing tsunami crippled its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120200767

Japan to Bury Ash with Radioactive Cesium Over 100,000 Bqs

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Environment Ministry drew up rules on Friday that will allow incineration ash with radioactive cesium levels exceeding 100,000 becquerels per kilogram to be buried at final disposal sites shielded by concrete walls.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120200953

More Fukushima Areas Have Rice with Above-Limit Cesium

Fukushima, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)-- Rice harvested this year and containing radioactive cesium above the state-set limit was found at more farms in Fukushima Prefecture, the prefectural government said Friday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120200997

makoto · Dec 3, 2011

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

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

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Concerning the headlining article in the December 3, 2011 edition of THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS, "Abandon nuclear reprocessing was pointed in FEPC, TEPCO executives and senior METI officials".

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11120301-e.html

Vol. 3: "Radiation Monitoring at the site"

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111202005931.htm

Japan must clarify strategy on N-plant exports

The government has failed to come up with a clear picture of its strategy on exporting nuclear power plants, while Russia and South Korea are much more aggressive in this respect.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111202005221.htm
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Voluntary evacuee tells lawmakers of hardship since 3/11

An evacuee from Fukushima Prefecture told the Upper House Special Committee on Reconstruction how difficult life has become for her, and others like her, who have been displaced by the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201112030030

Children from Chernobyl disaster smile for calendar

Photojournalist Ryuichi Hirokawa's 17th annual calendar depicting the smiling children who live near the doomed Chernobyl nuclear plant is particularly poignant and meaningful this year, carrying powerful messages.

Children of Chernobyl in a calendar, photographed by Ryuichi Hirokawa.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112030086b

Local bank to stop buying electricity from TEPCO

Johnan Shinkin Bank is doing its best to lessen the nation's reliance on nuclear energy.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112030041

Fukushima food-makers incur extra costs to monitor safety of products

Food manufacturers operating in disaster-stricken Fukushima Prefecture have been forced to make costly efforts to reassure consumers about safety.

A technician checks radiation levels of beverages made in Asahi Breweries Ltd.'s Fukushima plant in Motomiya, Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 2. (Haruka Takashige)

A production line of low-malt happoshu beverages is reopened at Asahi Breweries Ltd.'s factory in Motomiya, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 2. (Haruka Takashige)
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Cesium-tainted ash being returned to Tokyo area

KOSAKA, Akita Prefecture--Rejected by residents, incinerated waste containing radioactive cesium is being returned to the Tokyo metropolitan area where it originated.

A crane lifts a container of incineration ash in Kosaka, Akita Prefecture, to return it to the Tokyo metropolitan area. (Naoto Kagaya)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112030061

TEPCO's interim Fukushima report short on answers

Tokyo Electric Power Co., in an interim report released Dec. 2, set out the line of defense it will attempt to hold against accusations of failures leading up to and during the crisis at its Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112030028

Japan to store emergency fuel in South Korea

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Bit-isle to start solar power business in Hiroshima next year

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Information technology firm Bit-isle Inc. said Friday it will launch a solar power generation business on publicly-owned land in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, amid growing concerns about an electricity shortage in the wake of the March disasters.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/03/20111203p2g00m0bu011000c.html

France's Total, Japan's Inpex eye gas field deal by year-end

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/03/20111203p2g00m0bu013000c.html

Ohio nuclear plant with cracked building can open

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/archive/news/2011/12/03/20111203p2g00m0in050000c.html

Johnan Shinkin Bank ends contract with TEPCO to use non-nuclear power

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Johnan Shinkin Bank said Friday it has terminated electricity contracts with Tokyo Electric Power Co. for its headquarters and most of its branch offices and will start buying power from a non-nuclear energy provider from January.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/03/20111203p2g00m0bu020000c.html

Excessive cesium levels detected in rice from more farms in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been detected in rice harvested at more farms in Fukushima city, the Fukushima prefectural government said Friday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/03/20111203p2g00m0dm004000c.html

Tsunami was direct cause of nuclear crisis: TEPCO investigation

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it has determined that the direct cause of the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant was a larger-than-expected tsunami that flooded key buildings after the March 11 earthquake, apparently defending itself from possible criticism that the accident could have been prevented.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/03/20111203p2g00m0dm005000c.html

TEPCO report depicts desperate workers left in tsunami-hit plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday its investigation into the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant shed light on how desperate workers at the site felt shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami resulted in the loss of power sources.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/03/20111203p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Two accused of electricity meter tampering to dodge 60 million yen in utility bills

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/03/20111203p2a00m0na005000c.html

TEPCO director opposed nuclear fuel recycling at industry body meeting

A Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) board member repeatedly voiced opposition to a nuclear fuel recycling project during an industry organization meeting sometime around 2002, it has been learned.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/03/20111203p2a00m0na006000c.html

Confusion clouds Education Ministry notices on radiation levels in school lunches

A radiation contamination guideline of 40 becquerels per kilogram that the government introduced in connection with school lunches was actually meant for selecting radiation measuring equipment, the ministry has announced.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/03/20111203p2a00m0na009000c.html

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ski area opens in Inawashiro town, Fukushima

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Tokyo Motor Show opens to public

....Many vehicles feature eco-friendly technologies. Japanese drivers have become increasingly aware of energy-efficiency following the March 11th disaster, which saw gas shortages in many areas across Japan.

Sunday, December 04, 2011 02:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111203_23.html

Hosono apologizes for govt's slow response

Japan's minister in charge of the nuclear crisis has apologized for the government's slow response in the aftermath of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He also says he will do all he can to decontaminate the area around the plant.

Sunday, December 04, 2011 02:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111203_24.html

Scientists study cesium-tainted soil in Fukushima

A team of scientists has conducted a study in Fukushima Prefecture after higher-than-permissible levels of radioactive cesium were detected in locally grown rice.

Sunday, December 04, 2011 02:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111203_25.html

SDF units to begin decontamination in Fukushima

Japan's Self-Defense Force units will begin work this week to decontaminate municipal offices around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Sunday, December 04, 2011 05:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111204_06.html

Australia to export uranium to India

Sunday, December 04, 2011 23:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111204_18.html

Decontamination project shown to media

Reporters have been shown a model project to remove radioactive materials discharged from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the evacuation zone around the facility.

Sunday, December 04, 2011 23:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111204_20.html
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TEPCO bias clear in N-crisis examination

Outside experts investigating the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. seem to have taken a sympathetic attitude toward TEPCO although they concluded the utility's safety measures were insufficient.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111203003438.htm

Trainees steer clear of Tohoku / Radiation fears apparently behind sharp drop in foreign interns

The number of foreign trainees in the disaster-affected prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima has nearly halved since the March 11 disaster, with many apparently afraid to return to the Tohoku region due to radiation fears.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111203003382.htm
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Event held in New York to pray for Fukushima

NEW YORK--New Yorkers gathered in Union Square on the evening of Dec. 2 to light candles and offer prayers and pledges for the reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201112040063c
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Miyagi Pref. begins thyroid testing for kids near Fukushima border

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- The Miyagi prefectural government began testing the thyroids of 83 children of up to elementary school age Sunday in the town of Marumori, which borders Fukushima Prefecture, to examine the health impact of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/04/20111204p2g00m0dm020000c.html

Decontamination work opened to media near Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Work under a government model project to remove radioactive materials from areas around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was opened to the media Sunday in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/04/20111204p2g00m0dm021000c.html
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Radioactive Water Leak Found at Fukushima N-Plant

Fukushima, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Sunday radioactive water has leaked from a desalination system at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120400225
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Miyagi Pref. begins thyroid testing for kids near Fukushima border

makoto · Dec 5, 2011

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Strontium-tainted water leak suspected

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says about 45 tons of strontium-tainted water may have leaked out of a water treatment device, with a portion of it spilling out of the facility.

Monday, December 05, 2011 06:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111205_03.html

TEPCO: Radioactive water may have leaked into sea

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says radioactive water leaked from a water treatment facility may have reached the sea through a gutter.

Monday, December 05, 2011 13:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111205_18.html

Fukushima compiles radiation cleanup policy

Fukushima Prefecture has compiled a policy paper on how to clean radioactive materials farmland and forests, which occupy about 80 percent of the prefecture. Fukushima hosts the damaged nuclear power plant.

Monday, December 05, 2011 14:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111205_21.html

TEPCO compensation center shown to media

Tokyo Electric Power Company has shown the media a center for processing compensation payments for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.

Monday, December 05, 2011 14:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111205_22.html

Solar power fair begins near Tokyo

A trade show exhibiting cutting-edge solar cells and other eco-friendly technologies has begun at a major convention center in Chiba city, near Tokyo.

Monday, December 05, 2011 18:38 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111205_25.html

Guides seek TEPCO compensation for fallen revenue

A group of Japanese tour guides is demanding compensation from the Tokyo Electric Power Company. They say the Fukushima nuclear accident caused a sharp drop in the number of foreign tourists.

Monday, December 05, 2011 19:33 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111205_28.html

TEPCO told to probe radioactive water leak

Japan's nuclear agency has ordered the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to explain the cause of the latest leakage of radioactive water into the ocean, and what measures will be taken to prevent a recurrence.

Monday, December 05, 2011 20:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111205_29.html

More rice shipment bans in Fukushima city

The government has banned rice shipments from part of Fukushima City following the discovery of radioactive contamination in the area.

Monday, December 05, 2011 20:54 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111205_30.html
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Govt bill eyes fuel reserves for disasters / Change based on gas shortage after March 11

The government plans to submit a bill to the ordinary Diet session next year that it hopes will ensure adequate supplies of fuel, including gasoline, after major disasters, it has been learned.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111204004161.htm
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No simple steps to carrying out decontamination work

FUKUSHIMA--Work to decontaminate areas around the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is, if nothing else, labor-intensive, painstaking and costly.

Power shovels remove top soil from an elementary school playground in Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, where high levels of radiation were confirmed in August. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112050004

TEPCO: 45 tons of radioactive water leaked at plant

Forty-five tons of radioactive water leaked from a processing facility at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and some has likely entered the sea, Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials said on Dec. 4.

Processed water gushes from a crack in the wall of the processing facility. (Tokyo Electric Power Co.)

Leaked water covers the floor of the processing facility. (Tokyo Electric Power Co.)

Leaked water seeps from the floor of the processing facility. (Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
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Plutonium brings no real chance of prosperity

Some readers appear to wonder why I recently write only about nuclear power generation in this column. I do so because I believe that it is a crucial issue that will determine the fate of Japan as well as the whole world.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20111205p2a00m0na001000c.html

Ohio nuclear plant with cracked building can open

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/05/20111205p2g00m0bu030000c.html

China says US solar probe reflects protectionism

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/05/20111205p2g00m0bu034000c.html

Australia reverses ban on uranium exports to India

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/archive/news/2011/12/05/20111205p2g00m0in111000c.html

German envoy sees energy saving as successful strategy

YAMAGATA (Kyodo) -- German Ambassador to Japan Volker Stanzel said Monday he thinks Germany's experience with energy serving has been highly encouraging.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/05/20111205p2g00m0dm124000c.html

TEPCO receives 2nd round of Fukushima crisis compensation claims

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Monday began to receive the second round of compensation claims from individuals affected by the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/05/20111205p2g00m0dm128000c.html

Water decontamination system at Fukushima nuke plant to get major upgrade

A radioactive decontamination system at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will get a new lease on life -- and far better performance -- when an essential part is upgraded on Dec. 6, the plant operator has said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/05/20111205p2a00m0na006000c.html

New contaminated water leak at Fukushima nuke plant may have hit ocean

Highly radioactive water may have escaped into the ocean from a water purification unit at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear station, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced on Dec. 4.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/05/20111205p2a00m0na012000c.html
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Japan Sets Guidelines on Pet Rescue in Fukushima No-Go Zone

Tokyo, Dec. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Environment Ministry and the Fukushima prefectural government on Monday drew up guidelines on private-sector animal protection organizations' entries into the 20-kilometer no-go zone set around the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant for the rescue of pets left within the zone.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120500381

Water Leak Estimated at 300 Liters at Fukushima N-Plant

Fukushima, Dec. 5 (Jiji Press)--Up to 300 liters of radioactive water is estimated to have leaked from a temporary building at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into a ditch outside the building, TEPCO officials said Monday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120500431

Only 7 Municipalities in Fukushima Have Decontamination Plans

Fukushima, Dec. 5 (Jiji Press)--Only seven municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture have so far drawn up decontamination plans following the nuclear accident in northeastern Japan, a survey showed Monday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120500637

Governor Opposed to Genkai N-Reactor's Immediate Decommissioning

Saga, Dec. 5 (Jiji Press)--Saga Governor Yasushi Furukawa said Monday he does not believe immediate decommissioning is needed for the No. 1 reactor at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s <9508> Genkai nuclear power plant.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120500658

Japan Widens Fukushima Area under Rice Shipment Ban

Tokyo, Dec. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan on Monday widened the area of Fukushima covered by a rice shipment ban after radioactive cesium above the state-set limit was detected again in rice harvested in the prefecture, which is home to a crippled nuclear power plant.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120500844

U.S. Special Envoy for N. Korea to Visit S. Korea, Japan, China

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decontamination project on the roof of Okuma town office

TEPCO compensation center in Koto ward, Tokyo

Pathfinder · Dec 5, 2011

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TEPCO told to probe radioactive water leak
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Japan's nuclear agency has ordered the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to explain the cause of the latest leakage of radioactive water into the ocean, and what measures will be taken to prevent a recurrence.

Officials from the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency inspected the situation on Monday.

Tokyo Electric Power Company discovered on Sunday that at least 45 tons of radioactive water had leaked from a purification device at the plant. The utility says the water leaked through a cracked wall of the building into a gutter that drains into the Pacific Ocean.

TEPCO says it took workers about 21 hours before they noticed the leak.

The utility says the contaminated water contained radioactive cesium. It also contained levels of radioactive strontium that could pose health risks in case of internal exposure.

TEPCO says it will take at least two weeks to analyze the strontium level in the water.
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makoto · Dec 6, 2011

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Japanese eco firms at World Petroleum Congress

Japanese sustainable-energy companies are showcasing their products and services at an international energy conference in Qatar's capital of Doha.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111206_10.html

Meiji to replace cesium-tainted powdered milk

Major Japanese food company Meiji says it will replace about 400,000 cans of powdered milk for free, after samples of the product were found to contain radioactive cesium.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011 16:51 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111206_23.html

Lower House approves civil nuclear agreements

The Lower House of Japan's Diet has approved civil nuclear cooperation agreements with Jordan, Russia, Vietnam and South Korea.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011 17:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111206_22.html

Test to see safety of mountainside nuclear plants

Japanese engineers have carried out an experiment to check the safety of nuclear power plants located near mountain slopes.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011 19:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111206_28.html

TEPCO: Radioactive strontium leaked into the sea

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says about 150 liters of radioactive contaminated water, containing radioactive strontium, has leaked into the sea.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011 21:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111206_30.html
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World expectations high for Japan's N-technology

The government's maintaining the policy of promoting the nuclear power plant exports, even after the outbreak of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, is believed to reflect the ability of Japanese nuclear technology to support world energy demands, which is increasing the expectations of the international community.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111205005014.htm

Model decontamination starts / Project to test effectiveness of various methods before full-scale work

FUKUSHIMA--An experimental decontamination project is now under way in parts of Fukushima Prefecture, including the town of Okumamachi, which is located within the 20-kilometer no-entry zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111205005557.htm
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Rice rink to stay closed this year

KAWAMATA, Fukushima Prefecture--One of the joys of winter in this northern farming community was when rice paddies froze over to become an impromptu ice rink.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201112060098a

A-bomb photographer makes Fukushima accident final work

At the age of 90 and with his frail 37-kilogram body weakened by cancer, photojournalist Kikujiro Fukushima remains determined to complete his final project.

Kenichi Hasegawa, a rancher in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, who lost all his cattle after the nuclear accident (Provided by Kikujiro Fukushima)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112060035a

Up to 1 million people could get Fukushima compensation

Up to 1 million residents of municipalities within 50 kilometers of the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will be eligible for nuclear accident compensation, a government committee decided on Dec. 5.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112060011

Fukushima sets 'no cesium' goal for farm products

Fukushima prefectural government officials plan to remove radioactive materials from farmlands and forests until no radioactive cesium is detected from agricultural, livestock and forestry products.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112060035

Panel doubts TEPCO claim tsunami caused nuke accident

Not a few members of the government panel looking into the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are skeptical about Tokyo Electric Power Co. pointing the finger of blame at an unprecedented tsunami.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112060052
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Swiss man's solo trek across Japan aims to reassure foreign tourists

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/travel/news/20111206p2g00m0dm121000c.html

Qatar and UK's Centrica agree to invest in energy

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0bu084000c.html

Lessons from Fukushima crisis should be applied in Turkey: Edano

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano expressed hope Monday for the deepening of bilateral cooperation with Turkey in the area of nuclear power generation, including exports of related Japanese technology, saying the lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear crisis should be utilized in quake-prone Turkey.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0bu107000c.html

Activists invade nuclear plant site in France

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0in091000c.html

Indonesia ratifies global ban on nuclear tests

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0in126000c.html

Iwate, Fukushima children report life-changing visit to Hungary

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Children from disaster-hit Iwate and Fukushima prefectures reported on their life-changing experiences during a two-week study program in Hungary this summer at the invitation of Hodmezovasarhely city, at the Hungarian Embassy on Monday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Animal welfare groups to enter no-go zone in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The Environment Ministry said Monday it will allow animal protection groups to enter a no-go zone near the Fukushima Daiichi power complex to rescue pets left behind there for the first time since the nuclear crisis erupted in March.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0dm017000c.html

Cargo-related accidents jump in quake-hit region due to debris transport

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0dm018000c.html

Tour guides seek gov't mediation for compensation after atomic crisis

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A group of 15 licensed guides for foreign tourists filed for government mediation to seek compensation payments from Tokyo Electric Power Co. totaling 27.5 million yen due to a plunge in the number of visitors from abroad following the nuclear crisis at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0dm025000c.html

Noda eager to enhance nuclear cooperation with Turkey

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Monday expressed his eagerness to enhance economic cooperation and advance talks on a bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation accord with Turkey, a Foreign Ministry official said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0dm030000c.html

Japan's lower house OKs nuclear cooperation accords with 4 countries

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's bilateral civil nuclear cooperation accords with Jordan, Russia, South Korea and Vietnam were approved Tuesday by the House of Representatives.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0dm077000c.html

Number of welfare recipients reaches nearly 2.06 million

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0dm138000c.html

Long-term care planned for firefighters who worked at Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Fire and Disaster Management Agency aims to conduct physical checkups and mental health care for some 260 firefighters who were mobilized to work at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after the March earthquake and tsunami, agency sources said Tuesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0dm141000c.html

Radioactive cesium found in Meiji baby formula

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Radioactive cesium of up to 30.8 becquerels per kilogram has been found in baby formula manufactured and sold by Meiji Co., the major food company said Tuesday, citing an internal inspection.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2g00m0dm142000c.html

Gov't agency tells TEPCO to take steps to prevent radioactive water leaks

The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) instructed Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on Dec. 5 to take measures, including installing leakage detectors, to prevent radioactive water from leaking from the crippled Fukushima No. Nuclear Power Plant after a massive amount of water containing radioactive substances was found spilling from a water processing facility there.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/06/20111206p2a00m0na007000c.html

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Jiji press

Inpex to Supply 4 M. Tons of Aussie LNG to TEPCO, 4 Others

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)--Inpex Corp. <1605> said Tuesday it has signed contracts with five Japanese utility firms to annually supply a combined 4 million tons of liquefied natural gas produced in Australia, for 15 years from 2017.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120600704

Japan Lower House OKs Nuclear Pacts with 4 Countries

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)--The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan's parliament, passed bilateral nuclear pacts with Jordan, Russia, Vietnam and South Korea each by a majority vote at a plenarry session Tuesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120600545

GSDF to Start Decontamination Work in Fukushima Wed.

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops will start radiation decontamination work mainly in the 20-kilometer no-go zone around Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant Wednesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120600549

Radioactive Cesium Found in Meiji Baby Formula

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japanese food maker Meiji Co. said Tuesday that radioactive cesium of up to 30.8 becquerels per kilogram has been detected in one of its baby formula products.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120600823

Yoko Ono Visits Fukushima to Encourage Disaster-Hit Kids

Fukushima, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)--Yoko Ono, widow of former Beatle John Lennon, visited the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima Tuesday to encourage elementary school children affected by the March disaster.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120600892　they know Yoko Ono?

Compensation Set for Voluntary Fukushima Nuclear Evacuees

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government panel Tuesday adopted guidelines calling for paying 80,000 yen in compensation to people who voluntarily evacuated after the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120600907

TEPCO Puts Radioactive Water Leak into Sea at 150 Liters

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Tuesday that 150 liters of radioactive water is estimated to have leaked into the sea from a building at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Sunday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120601061
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Sankei news

leakage treatment with sandbags

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12:16 JST 06 Dec 2011 37.6N 142.2E 30 km M4.4 Fukushima-ken Oki

jma http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/2/20111206122057391-061216.html

makoto · Dec 7, 2011

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

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Our comments on the article of the December 7, 2011 edition of THE YOMIURI NEWSPAPERS, "TEPCO to dispose of thermal power plants"

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11120701-e.html

[Reference]Outflow of water leaked from the evaporative condensation apparatus at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/111206e16.pdf
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NHK world

Japanese firms to buy Australian LNG

Wednesday, December 07, 2011 00:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111207_01.html

TEPCO admits strontium leaked into Pacific Ocean

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said on Tuesday that about 150 liters of water containing radioactive strontium has been discharged into the sea. The leak occurred even though the operator took preventive measures after similar incidents in April and May.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011 05:07 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111207_03.html

Meiji to step up radiation monitoring

Japanese food company Meiji says it will step up radiation monitoring of its products and release data online.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011 10:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111207_12.html

Powdered milk makers to boost radioactivity tests

Japanese dairy companies are tightening tests on their products, after radioactive cesium was detected in powdered milk made by the major Japanese food company Meiji.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011 18:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111207_29.html

Jang Keun-suk named nuclear summit PR ambassador

Wednesday, December 07, 2011 19:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111207_22.html

Radioactive ash returned from Akita

Akita Prefecture in northern Japan has begun to return radioactive ash from the incineration of garbage to the prefecture the ash was sent from. The ash had been brought to Akita from 10 municipalities in 6 prefectures located near Tokyo.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011 19:29 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111207_28.html

Japan reiterates opposition to Kyoto Protocol

.....In reference to the March disasters and the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Hosono said the Japanese people are actively dealing with the global climate issue despite the disasters.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011 21:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111207_30.html
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AJW

Students show dark sides of nuke accident in drama

Instead of standards such as "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," or Shakespeare, the drama club at Iwaki Sogo High School wanted to stage something edgier and darker, centered around the Great East Japan Earthquake.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201112070060a

Yoko Ono brings smiles to Fukushima schoolchildren

FUKUSHIMA--Schoolchildren in this northern city got a special visit and words of encouragement on Dec. 6 from Yoko Ono.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201112070001

First Japanese in space becomes Fukushima evacuee

Japan's first man in space is now roaming the Earth as an evacuee, having lost everything, after abandoning his farm in Fukushima Prefecture because of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201112070036

Cesium found in milk powder made by Japan's Meiji
*REUTERS

Japan's Meiji Holdings said on Dec. 6 that radioactive cesium was found in infant milk powder made by the food and dairy firm, in the latest food scare to grip the country nearly nine months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112070033

Kansai Electric to manually shut Mihama nuclear unit
*REUTERS

Kansai Electric Power Co. will manually halt its Mihama No. 2 nuclear reactor as a safety precaution after it discovered unusual levels of coolant leaking from a valve inside the containment vessel, but there have been no radiation leaks, a company spokesman said on Dec. 7.

Mihama nuclear power plant (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112070075

TEPCO: Another leak of radioactive water into the sea

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Dec. 6 that 150 liters of water containing strontium leaked from a water treatment facility in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and flowed into the Pacific Ocean.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112070005

INTERVIEW: TEPCO president noncommittal on liability, rate hike

On Dec. 6, The Asahi Shimbun sat down for a conversation with Toshio Nishizawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112070020
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Hardship continues for Fukushima evacuees despite gov't compensation measures

As a government panel on Tuesday recommended compensation payments to people in voluntary evacuation areas around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, evacuees have spoken out about how the disaster has affected their lives, and called for more understanding from the government.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/news/20111207p2a00m0na019000c.html

China, US launch radiation checks at Shanghai port

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2g00m0bu130000c.html

TEPCO, 4 others sign deal to buy LNG from Australian project

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. and four other Japanese firms signed a contract Tuesday with an Australian unit of Japan's Inpex Corp. to buy liquefied natural gas from an Australian LNG project for 15 years from 2017, TEPCO and Inpex said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2g00m0bu139000c.html

TEPCO mulls selling some thermal plants to raise compensation fundsTOKYO, Dec. 7, Kyodo

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. is considering selling some of its existing thermal power plants and shelving plans to build new ones to cover massive compensation payments related to the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2g00m0bu142000c.html

Yoko Ono visits Fukushima, encourages children forced to evacuate

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Famed artist Yoko Ono visited the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, on Tuesday and encouraged children who have been forced to evacuate in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20111207p2g00m0et154000c.html

Afghan message encourages Japan kids from nuclear crisis-hit town

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- A message of encouragement and a gift pencil from Afghan children were delivered Tuesday to Japanese children forced to evacuate from the Fukushima prefectural town of Okuma, home to some units of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2g00m0dm008000c.html

H.K. gov't says Meiji milk formula imported from Japan is safe

HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- Japanese milk formula imported into Hong Kong is safe to consume as government tests since March have found no contamination even though radioactive cesium was recently found in several batches of Meiji milk powder, the government's food safety center said Tuesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2g00m0dm022000c.html

Turkey keen to have Japanese nuclear plant despite Fukushima crisis

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Turkey remains interested in having Japan build a nuclear power plant in the Sinop region on the Black Sea coast, despite the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said Tuesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2g00m0dm024000c.html

Damages recommended for voluntary evacuation zones in Fukushima

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government panel Tuesday recommended that 400,000 yen in damages be paid to pregnant women and minors aged 18 or younger who evacuated or remained in the voluntary evacuation zone since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2g00m0dm027000c.html

Water containing strontium leaked into sea from Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday that around 150 liters of water containing strontium and other radioactive substances has flowed into the Pacific Ocean from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2g00m0dm028000c.html

Gov't panel divided over whether to reduce dependence on nuclear power generation

A government panel charged with reviewing and mapping out Japan's basic energy policy started on Dec. 6 to debate how best the resource-poor country could meet its energy needs, with opinions sharply divided over whether the country should reduce its reliance on nuclear power generation.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2a00m0na012000c.html

Gov't nuke crisis compensation guidelines criticized for lack of rationale

Dissatisfaction is rife over new guidelines drawn up by a government panel to determine compensation payments for victims of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster who stayed put or evacuated voluntarily.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2a00m0na017000c.html

Fukushima crisis raises nuclear energy costs to level on par with thermal power generation

The disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant is expected to boost the cost of nuclear energy to levels on par with those for energy produced by thermal power plants, a development that is likely to prompt the government to seek a fine balance between costs, stable supply and environmental factors in formulating the country's new energy policy.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/07/20111207p2a00m0na018000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan Baby Formula Makers to Reinforce Radiation Checks

Tokyo, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--Major Japanese baby formula makers are planning to reinforce their radiation checks after radioactive cesium below the tentative health limit was detected in one of Meiji Co.'s products.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120700952

TEPCO May Sell Thermal Plants to Cover N-Crisis Costs

Tokyo, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> is considering selling off its existing thermal power plants to cover costs of handling the crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it was learned Wednesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120700421

GSDF Starts Decontamination Work in Fukushima

Fukushima, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--Some 900 Ground Self-Defense Force troops on Wednesday started radiation decontamination work mainly in the 20-kilomater no-go zone around Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120700441

Louvre Starts to Use Toshiba-Made LED Lights

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120700475

Work Starts to Move Disaster Debris from Miyagi to Tokyo

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--Work started Wednesday to transport part of debris from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Onagawa for test incineration in Tokyo.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120700452

TEPCO Adds New Measures against Water Leaks at Fukushima Plant

Tokyo, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Wednesday that it has drawn up additional measures to prevent leaks of radioactive water at its disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120700567

Hokkaido Governor to Return Pay over Manipulation of Nuclear Views

Sapporo, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--Hokkaido Governor Harumi Takahashi said Wednesday she will return part of her pay to take responsibility for a local government official's involvement in manipulating public opinion on nuclear power.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120700785

China Continues Import Ban on Baby Formula from Japan

Beijing, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--China is continuing an import ban on baby formula produced in Japan, imposed to deal with last year's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Japan and this year's nuclear crisis there, officials said Wednesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120700738

Hokkaido Electric Submits N-Reactor Stress Test Report

Sapporo, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--Hokkaido Electric Power Co. <9509> on Wednesday submitted to the government a report on the results of its stress tests for one of its nuclear power reactors in northern Japan.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120701017

Rice with Above-Limit Cesium Found in Another Fukushima City

Fukushima, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--Rice containing radioactive cesium above the state-set limit has been found in another Fukushima Prefecture city, officials said Wednesday, showing a wider area of the northern Japan prefecture has been affected after the nuclear accident.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120701048
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Sankei news

GSDF Starts Decontamination work

Decontamination work in Iitate village office

makoto · Dec 8, 2011

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

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

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"Regarding the smooth payment of compensation" http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11120805-e.html

Regarding the headline article on December 8, 2011 edition of Mainichi Shimbun, "TEPCO Substantially Nationalized, 1 Trillion Yen Capital Injection, Government-Led Reform Next Summer"

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11120801-e.html

Regarding the article of Weekly Post December 9 Issue (p153-154) "Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant was cyber-attacked"

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11120802-e.html

[Reference]Emergency Security Measures "Nighttime Training" Conducted on Dec. 7
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_111208_02-e.pdf
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NHK world

Japanese seafood sampling party held in Shanghai

Several Japanese seafood companies have taken part in a fair in Shanghai to promote the safety of Japan's maritime products.

Thursday, December 08, 2011 02:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111208_02.html

Kansai Electric reactor shut down at Mihama

The operator of the Mihama nuclear power plant in western Japan says it has shut down one of 3 reactors because of an ongoing leak of radioactive water within the reactor.

Thursday, December 08, 2011 05:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111208_03.html

Rice output down due to March disaster

The March 11th disaster has led to slumping rice harvests in northeastern Japan. Fukushima is especially hard hit.

Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111208_21.html

Japan's current account surplus in Oct. down

....Imports meanwhile rose 21.3 percent, because of a surge in energy-related imports which compensated for reduced nuclear power generation after the March disaster.

Thursday, December 08, 2011 15:04 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111208_24.html

US envoy for N.Korea calls for dialogue with South

Thursday, December 08, 2011 17:12 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111208_27.html

Costa Rica asks Japan for renewable energy support

Thursday, December 08, 2011 17:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111208_26.html

Diet panel launched to probe nuke accident

Japan's Diet has launched a panel of experts to investigate the cause of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

Thursday, December 08, 2011 19:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111208_29.html

TEPCO plans to release radioactive water into sea

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it is considering releasing low-level radioactive water into the nearby sea. The Japanese fishery industry strongly opposes the plan.

Thursday, December 08, 2011 20:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111208_30.html

CERN to announce Higgs boson research results

Thursday, December 08, 2011 20:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111208_33.html
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Yomiuri online

TEPCO set to sell off some power plants

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will consider canceling the construction of new thermal power plants and selling some existing ones to secure compensation funds for the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it has been learned.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T111207006390.htm

Govt panel sets N-payment scope, amounts

The government panel for settling disputes over compensation for damage due to the nuclear crisis has added 23 cities, towns and villages in Fukushima Prefecture to the range of municipalities covered by an additional guideline.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111207005778.htm
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AJW

Toshiba LEDs cast Louvre in new, warm light

PARIS--In the famed City of Light, one of its most beloved institutions is now being lit with power-saving light-emitting diode devices.

The Louvre, lit up by Toshiba LED devices (Osamu Yajima)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/AJ201112080068a

Finnish Santa Claus pays Fukushima evacuees an early visit

KAZO, Saitama Prefecture--Santa Claus may be universal, but the one who turned up to visit child evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster needed an interpreter nevertheless.

Santa Claus meets evacuated children at the former Kisai Senior High School in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 7. (Toshiyuki Takeya)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201112080013

Fisheries demand TEPCO drop water-release plan

Fisheries cooperatives on Dec. 8 demanded Tokyo Electric Power Co. rescind its plan to release radioactive water from its crippled nuclear plant into the sea, saying the move would further damage their industry.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112080064
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Gov't to place TEPCO under its control in bid to split company

The government intends to place Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) under its control in a bid to take the initiative in reforming the crisis-hit utility and carrying through fundamental reform of its energy policy.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/column/news/20111208p2a00m0na006000c.html

News Navigator: How much time and money are needed to dispose of the Fukushima reactors?

Heavy costs and decades of work are expected to be needed to dispose of the reactors at the devastated Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. The Mainichi answers common questions readers may have about the costs and time needed for the work.

Question: How much is the disposal of the Fukushima plant's No. 1 through 4 reactors expected to cost?

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/newsnavigator/news/20111208p2a00m0na007000c.html

Gates discussing new nuclear reactor with China

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2g00m0bu057000c.html

Chubu Electric, Shizuoka Gas to buy natural gas from Qatar

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. and Shizuoka Gas Co. said Wednesday they have agreed with a Qatari state-run gas company to buy liquefied natural gas to secure a stable supply of the energy source as demand for it is growing worldwide.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2g00m0bu074000c.html

Police agency cites need for measures against nuclear crisis

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The National Police Agency on Wednesday stressed the need to revise Japan's security measures against a nuclear crisis, as one could result not only from natural disasters but also from terrorism.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Panel to say preparation against tsunami at Fukushima plant was possible

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A government panel tasked with investigating the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant plans to point out in its interim report that it was possible to take measures in advance to prevent large tsunami waves from causing loss of power sources at the plant, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2g00m0dm014000c.html

GSDF troops begin cleanup at Fukushima municipal gov't offices

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- About 900 Ground Self-Defense Force troops began decontaminating local government buildings on Wednesday in areas around the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2g00m0dm015000c.html

Cesium-tainted rice found in another city in Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- The Fukushima prefectural government said Wednesday it detected excessive levels of radioactive cesium in rice harvested in Nihonmatsu, following similar contamination of the crop produced in two other cities in the prefecture.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2g00m0dm016000c.html

Gov't to decide Dec. 16 on 'cold shutdown' of Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is set to decide Dec. 16 that the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been brought under control by achieving a stable state called "cold shutdown," government sources said Wednesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2g00m0dm022000c.html

Kansai Electric shuts nuclear reactor on malfunction

TSURUGA (Kyodo) -- Kansai Electric Power Co. said Thursday it has shut down the No. 2 nuclear reactor at its power plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture due to technical trouble.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2g00m0dm035000c.html

TEPCO mulling release of low-level radioactive water in sea

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it is considering releasing into the Pacific Ocean low-level radioactive water now stored in tanks at the premises of its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as storage capacity may run short by next March.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2g00m0dm139000c.html

Angry residents hinder acceptance of tsunami rubble in Osaka

OSAKA -- Prefectural government talks on guidelines for accepting tsunami rubble ground to an unceremonious halt here on Dec. 7 as irate residents shouted their concerns and demanded participation.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2a00m0na010000c.html

Three Mile Island lessons could help resolve Fukushima nuke disaster

Lessons learned from the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster in the United States are playing a serious role in the handling of the meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, according to a Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) scientist.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2a00m0na011000c.html

Gov't to put troubled TEPCO under its control with infusion of 1 trillion yen

The government is set to provide Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) with an infusion of 1 trillion yen in public funds to place the utility plagued by the Fukushima nuclear crisis under its control, government sources said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2a00m0na013000c.html

TEPCO president plans streamlining measures, wants help for compensation

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) President Toshio Nishizawa indicated in an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun on Dec. 7 that to get the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant under control, pay compensation to those affected by the disaster, and provide a steady power supply, the company will embark on streamlining measures.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2a00m0na014000c.html

Long and tough road ahead for work to decommission Fukushima nuclear reactors

It is expected to take more than 30 years to decommission crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, and workers tasked with the difficult mission would have to venture into "uncharted territory" filled with hundreds of metric tons of highly radioactive nuclear fuel, experts say.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2a00m0na016000c.html

TEPCO boss part of utility group in shady deal on publication of radiation books

The education ministry commissioned a group managed by top executives of utility firms to produce supplementary books on radiation for elementary, junior and senior high school students even after the outbreak of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, it has been learned.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/08/20111208p2a00m0na021000c.html
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2 Fukushima Credit Cooperatives Eye Public Funds

Fukushima, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--Two credit cooperatives in Fukushima Prefecture are considering seeking public funds under a special legal provision for lenders in disaster-hit areas, sources said Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120800500

INTERVIEW: TEPCO May Seek More Aid for Nuclear Compensation

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> may seek additional financial assistance if its compensation payments to people affected by the nuclear crisis increase further, President Toshio Nishizawa indicated Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120800949

Kansai Electric Halts No. 2 Reactor at Mihama N-Plant

Fukui, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> halted the No. 2 reactor at its Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, early Thursday due to a pressure valve problem.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120800128

Japan Govt Mulls Public Fund Injection into TEPCO

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--The government is considering injecting public funds into Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> in an effective move to nationalize the troubled power utility, in order to help the firm better cope with the ongoing nuclear crisis and ensure speedy compensation payments over the accident, it was learned Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120800492

TEPCO Mulls Dumping Tainted Water at N-Plant into Sea

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> is considering dumping radioactive water at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex into the sea after lowering the levels of contamination below the legal limit, it was learned Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120800499

Citizens File Suit to Halt Southern Japan N-Power Plant

Matsuyama, Ehime Pref., Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--A group of local residents filed a suit on Thursday seeking a halt to all three reactors at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s <9507> Ikata nuclear power plant in southern Japan.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120800824

Japan Imposes More Fukushima Rice Shipment Ban

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japan imposed a shipment ban Thursday on rice grown in yet another area of Fukushima Prefecture after radioactive cesium above the state-set limit was discovered.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120800905

Rice with Above-Limit Cesium Found in More Fukushima Districts

Fukushima, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--Rice containing radioactive cesium above the government-set limit has been found in more districts of Fukushima Prefecture, the prefectural government said Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120801030

TEPCO Takes Water Dumping Off Plant Management Plan

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Thursday it has taken an idea of dumping into the sea radioactive water accumulating at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant off a medium-term plant management plan.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120801060

Japan to Boost Debt Guarantees for TEPCO Bailout Fund

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to boost the size of state debt guarantees given to a fund set up to promote compensation payments related to the country's nuclear crisis, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120900025
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Sankei news

Liam Ó Maonlaí visits Iwaki city, Fukushima

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S. T. Corporation announces 7900 yen radiation meter

Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc.(KEPCO) shows spent fuel pit　in Oi plant

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JMA

07:01 JST 08 Dec 2011 37.3N 141.6E 20 km M4.0 Fukushima-ken Oki

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makoto · Dec 9, 2011

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

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

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Comments concerning the page 2 article in the December 9 morning edition of the Mainichi Newspaper titled, "Had the reactor condenser begun running within an hour following the tsunami, the Unit 1 reactor meltdown would not have occurred. (Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES) analysis)"

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11120901-e.html

Comments in response to December 9th newspaper reports concerning "Nationalization and Capital infusion", "Electricity Rate Increases", "Restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station."

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/topics/11120902-e.html
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NHK world

Japan draws up additional sanctions against Iran

Friday, December 09, 2011 05:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_04.html

Increasing treated water becomes another headache

Rising amounts of water which has low-levels of radioactivity is starting to be a burden for the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

Friday, December 09, 2011 05:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_05.html

Fukushima residents' radiation exposure revealed

Health checkups show that some Fukushima residents were exposed to 15 millisieverts of radiation in the first 4 months after the nuclear disaster.

Friday, December 09, 2011 10:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_12.html

Western countries increase pressure on Iran

.Friday, December 09, 2011 12:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_16.html

Ex-Fukushima plant chief has esophageal cancer

Tokyo Electric Power Company says the former head of the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. The company quotes his doctor as saying it is very unlikely that his disease was caused by radiation exposure.

Friday, December 09, 2011 13:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_20.html

Japan announces more sanctions against Iran

Friday, December 09, 2011 13:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_22.html
Iranians, Japanese firms express dismay
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_42.html

Gov't to regularly check baby items for radiation

Japan's health ministry has decided to conduct quarterly checks of radiation levels of products intended for infants.

Friday, December 09, 2011 15:12 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_23.html

Diet approves civil nuclear agreements

Japan's Diet has approved civil nuclear cooperation agreements with Jordan, Russia, Vietnam and South Korea, paving the way for Japanese exports of nuclear-related technology.

Friday, December 09, 2011 15:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_28.html

"Speaking dosimeter" debuts

A speaking radiation detector has been developed to help visually-impaired people avoid radioactive contamination.

Friday, December 09, 2011 21:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111209_41.html
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Yomiuri online

Govt raises fund limit for TEPCO

The government plans to raise the limit of its financial assistance to the state-backed Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund, tasked with financing the troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co., from 2 trillion yen to 5 trillion yen, it was learned Thursday.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T111208006386.htm

TEPCO head plans to sell thermal power plants

Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa admitted in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun that the company is considering selling thermal power plants as part of its business restructuring measures. He also said TEPCO is considering using more independent power producers (IPPs) in procuring electricity. Nishizawa emphasized that TEPCO will implement thorough corporate restructuring before raising power utility bills.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T111208005705.htm
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AJW

Half of Fukushima examinees exposed to radiation above annual limit

FUKUSHIMA--Hundreds of residents in Fukushima Prefecture checked for radiation exposure after the nuclear accident there had levels exceeding what the government says is the safe annual limit.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201112090007

GSDF starts decontamination work in no-entry zone

NAMIE, Fukushima Prefecture--Ground Self-Defense Force personnel started decontamination work in the no-entry zone around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Dec. 8.

Self-Defense Forces members carry out decontamination work at Namie town hall in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 8. (Hiroshi Kawai)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112090069a

Petition for nuke referendums to start in Tokyo, Osaka

A citizens group will circulate a petition beginning Dec. 10 for local referendums on nuclear power generation, with the goal of obtaining 300,000 signatures in Tokyo and 60,000 in Osaka.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112090036

TEPCO shelves plan to dump radioactive water into sea

After a strong protest from fisheries cooperatives, Tokyo Electric Power Co. will postpone the planned release of radioactive water into the sea from the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112090056
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

US solar company to cut 20 pct of work force

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0bu116000c.html

Chugoku Electric to set up quake-proof building at Shimane plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Chugoku Electric Power Co. said Thursday it will set up a quake-proof emergency response building at the Shimane nuclear power plant in the western Japan city of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, in light of the Fukushima nuclear accident.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Japan, Costa Rica to boost cooperation in economy, renewable energy

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla agreed Thursday that the two nations will boost their cooperation in various fields such as the economy and renewable energy.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm020000c.html

Japan slaps fresh sanctions on Iran over nuclear ambitions

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm029000c.html

Fukushima governor apologizes over cesium-tainted rice

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato apologized to consumers on Thursday over the excessive levels of radioactive cesium found in rice harvested in three cities in the nuclear crisis-hit prefecture, less than two months after he declared this year's crop safe for shipment.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm035000c.html

US official: Fukushima fuel worries were justified

ATLANTA (AP) -- The top U.S. nuclear official in Japan said Thursday that his team warned higher-ups that a spent fuel pool at a malfunctioning nuclear plant could be at risk of running dry, an issue that created a political controversy between U.S. officials and their Japanese counterparts.,U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission official Charles Casto was assigned to direct site operations for the U.S. government's response to the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant shortly after the accident last March. The plant was struck by a massive earthquake and a tsunami on March 11 that disabled its emergency cooling systems, leading to meltdowns, explosions and radioactive releases.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm036000c.html

Lower house panel seeks cut in budget for prototype nuclear reactor

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The House of Representatives' audit panel called on the government Thursday to reduce spending on development of the country's prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju and of its nuclear fuel cycle program.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm037000c.html

TEPCO considering 10% rise in electricity bills: sources

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. is considering temporarily raising electricity charges by 10 percent from the fall of 2012 and seeking the restart from the spring of 2013 of nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture suspended for checkups, sources close to the matter said Thursday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm038000c.html

300 campaigners file suit to suspend nuclear plant operation in Ehime

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- About 300 campaigners filed a lawsuit Friday in Ehime Prefecture demanding Shikoku Electric Power Co. suspend the operation of its nuclear power plant in the town of Ikata in the prefecture.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm105000c.html

Ex-chief of crippled Japan nuke plant has cancer

TOKYO (AP) -- A utility spokesman says the former chief of Japan's crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant has cancer but doctors do not believe it is related to radioactive exposure.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm106000c.html

Japan's parliament OKs nuclear accords with 4 countries

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's parliament approved on Friday bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation accords signed with Jordan, Russia, South Korea and Vietnam before the Fukushima disaster.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm154000c.html

Some Fukushima residents exposed to up to 37 millisieverts of radiation

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Residents in three municipalities near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been exposed to up to some 37 millisieverts of radiation during the four months after the powerful earthquake and tsunami on March 11 crippled the plant, Fukushima prefectural government officials said Friday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2g00m0dm155000c.html

TEPCO drops plan to release low-level radioactive water in sea

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has dropped plans -- at least for now -- to release low-level radioactive water from the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean after protests from fishermen.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2a00m0na005000c.html

Professor reprimanded for comparing Fukushima farmers to AUM members

Gunma University reprimanded one of its professors on Dec. 7 for comparing the actions of Fukushima Prefecture farmers to those of the AUM Shinrikyo cult that carried out the sarin gas attacks on Tokyo subways in 1995.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2a00m0na008000c.html

Emergency condensers could have saved Fukushima reactor from core meltdown

The core meltdown at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant's No. 1 reactor would never have happened if emergency condensers had resumed operation within an hour of the tsunami's arrival, a nuclear safety agency has determined.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2a00m0na009000c.html

Japan's nuclear pacts with 4 countries to take effect in January

The House of Councillors approved Japan's bilateral civil nuclear cooperation accords with Jordan, Vietnam, South Korea and Russia in a plenary session on Dec. 9, ratifying the closely watched pacts in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2a00m0na010000c.html

Radiation levels in Koriyama children exceed annual limit: survey

KORIYAMA, Fukushima -- Radiation levels detected in children in this city near the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant exceed the government-set annual limit, a municipal government study has revealed.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2a00m0na011000c.html

At northern U.K. nuclear facility, decades of dismantling work remain

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/09/20111209p2a00m0na014000c.html
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Jiji press

TEPCO Targets 100 B. Yen of Additional Cost Cuts

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday it now expects to make cost cuts of 2,648.8 billion yen over the next 10 years, about 100 billion yen more than previously estimated.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120900890

(Update) TEPCO Targets 100 B. Yen of Additional Cost Cuts

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday it now expects to make cost cuts of 2,648.8 billion yen over the next 10 years, 103.3 billion yen more than previously estimated.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011120901102

Ex-Fukushima N-Plant Chief Suffers from Esophagus Cancer

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday that Masao Yoshida, former chief of its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, suffers from esophagus cancer.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120900503

(Update) Ex-Fukushima N-Plant Chief Suffers from Esophagus Cancer

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Friday that Masao Yoshida, former chief of its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, suffers from esophagus cancer.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120900596

TEPCO Fukushima N-Plant to Avoid Not Having Insurance

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> is in the final stage of negotiations with a foreign nonlife insurer on a contract for its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant that will replace the existing insurance policy not to be renewed, it was learned Friday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120900745

Japan to Start Regular Radiation Checks on Baby Formula

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan will start checking the radiation levels of commercial baby formula, toddler formula and baby food every few months, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare officials said Friday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120900774

Japan Orders Rice Shipment Halts for More Fukushima Pref. Districts

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's central government on Friday ordered rice shipment halts for two new districts in Fukushima Prefecture, after above-limit radioactive cesium was detected in rice grown there.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120900988

Swift Device Recovery Would Have Prevented Reactor Meltdown: Report

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)--A swift recovery of emergency cooling device would have prevented a meltdown at one of the crippled reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 power plant, a government-linked organization said Friday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011120901128
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Sankei news

"Speaking dosimeter" for visually-impaired people
50000 yen

makoto · Dec 11, 2011

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

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

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NHK world

Vietnam welcomes approval of civil nuclear pact

The Vietnamese government has welcomed the approval by Japan's Diet of a civil nuclear cooperation agreement between the 2 countries.

Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:19 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111210_10.html
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Yomiuri online

TEPCO N-plant to get foreign insurer

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will likely conclude a new contract with a foreign insurer for the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, as Japanese firms have refused to renew the current arrangement, according to sources.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T111209005223.htm

SDF battling with brooms, brushes

TOMIOKAMACHI, Fukushima--Self-Defense Forces members have begun decontamination work in the no-entry and expanded evacuation zones in Fukushima Prefecture, using only such low-tech implements as brooms, deck brushes and shovels.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111209006358.htm

IN THE NEWS / Concert director dreams of solar-powered shows

Throughout his 40-year-career, creating innovative, visually entertaining music concerts has been the top priority for concert director and stage set designer Kuniyoshi Ichikawa, 61.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111209005421.htm

Residents exposed to high doses of radiation

A Fukushima prefectural government survey on residents' external radiation exposure showed those in government-set evacuation zones were likely exposed to annualized radiation doses of up to 14 millisieverts, government sources said Friday.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111209006244.htm
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AJW

TEPCO: Plant chief's cancer not related to radiation

Masao Yoshida, former chief of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, has been diagnosed with esophagus cancer, but the disease was not likely caused by radiation exposure during emergency operations, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said on Dec. 9.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112100081n

Quake exceeded TEPCO's "once in 10,000 years" scenario

The movement of the bedrock under the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant during the Great East Japan Earthquake was larger than pre-quake estimates used by the plant’s operator in its disaster planning, according to government simulations.

The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on March 24 (Air Photo Service)

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/analysis/AJ201112100003

TEPCO plans to cut 2.6 trillion yen in costs

Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to cut costs by 2.6488 trillion yen ($34.1 billion) over the next 10 years, up 100 billion yen from the previous target, under its "emergency special business plan."

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112100021

S. Korea, Russia to survey radiation in seawater

SEOUL--South Korea and Russia agreed on Dec. 9 to jointly conduct a survey on radioactive contamination in the seawater around the Japanese archipelago caused by the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112100024

Campaign for nuclear referendum starts in Tokyo, Osaka

A citizens' advocacy group began a campaign to collect signatures in Tokyo and Osaka on Dec. 10 for referendums on the use of nuclear power.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112100034

Fukushima officials: Rice checks inadequate

After a spate of rice crops were found with cesium levels exceeding safety limits, the Fukushima prefectural government has come under fire for insufficient testing and initial announcements that this year's harvest was safe.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112100008

Radioactive water leaks at Japan's Kyushu nuclear plant

Water containing radioactive materials leaked inside a nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan, but was contained and did not escape into the environment, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said on Saturday.

Kyushu Electric Power Co's Genkai nuclear power plant (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112100052
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Editorial: Japan needs more discussion before exporting atomic energy technology

The Diet's approval of atomic energy agreements, which the government has signed with Jordan, Vietnam, Russia and South Korea, has opened the way for exports of nuclear power plants to these countries, but the decision came too hasty and has not been thought through.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/editorial/news/20111209p2a00m0na027000c.html

TEPCO to depend on foreign companies for Fukushima plant insurance

TOKYO (Kyodo) Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to seek insurance from foreign companies for its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant as Japanese insurers have refused to renew coverage expiring in January, industry sources said Friday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0bu246000c.html

Costa Rican president eager to work with Japan on renewable energy

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla expressed optimism Friday that the Central American country may be able to generate all of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2015 and showed eagerness to work with Japan in the field.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0dm160000c.html

Radiation detector for blind developed in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- An association representing visually impaired people in Fukushima Prefecture said Friday it has developed a radiation detector that reads out results in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0dm162000c.html

Researchers to monitor radiation in forest via wild monkeys

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Researchers from Fukushima University are planning to measure forest radiation levels in the aftermath of the nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture by placing specially designed monitoring collars on wild monkeys, they said recently.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0dm163000c.html

Japan's reactor capacity utilization rate rebounds to 20.1% in Nov.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The utilization ratio of Japan's 54 commercial nuclear reactors came to 20.1 percent in November, rebounding for the first time since the March 11 disaster crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, with 10 in operation as of the end of the month, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0dm171000c.html

Meiji ignored info on cesium-tainted baby food for 2 weeks

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Food maker Meiji Co. received information on three occasions in mid-November about radioactive cesium in its baby food but paid no heed to the leads for about two weeks until it finally looked into the matter when approached by Kyodo News and a citizens' group earlier this month, Kyodo learned Friday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0dm174000c.html

Nuclear agency OKs TEPCO's mid-term Fukushima plant management plan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government's nuclear safety agency determined Friday that Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s medium-term facility management plan for the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is appropriate.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0sp176000c.html

TEPCO to cut costs by extra 103 bil. yen, mull sales of power plants

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it has revised its cost reduction target to 2.65 trillion yen through fiscal 2020, 103.3 billion yen more than its initial plan, to secure funds for massive compensation payments related to the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0dm177000c.html

Japan PM: Crippled nuke plant stable by year's end

TOKYO (AP) -- Work to stabilize Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear power plant is on track and the government plans to declare it stable by the end of the year as planned, the prime minister said Friday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0dm178000c.html

1st batch of quake debris from Miyagi arrives in Tokyo

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The first batch of rubble from Onagawa town in quake-hit Miyagi Prefecture arrived Saturday in Tokyo under an agreement through which the capital will help the town dispose of 100,000 tons of debris by March 2014.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0dm180000c.html

Radioactive water leaks at Kyushu Electric's Genkai reactor

SAGA (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Saturday that 1.8 tons of coolant water containing radioactive materials had leaked within a purification system at an idled reactor at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2g00m0dm181000c.html

TEPCO goal of rationalizing operations doubtful

Questions remain as to whether Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the tsunami-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, will be able to achieve its goal of rationalizing its operations under its newly released action plan.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2a00m0na033000c.html

Massive signature campaign on nuclear power launched in Tokyo, Osaka

A residents' advocacy group seeking support for a local referendum on the use of nuclear power launched a pro-and-con nuclear power signature campaign in Tokyo and Osaka on Dec. 10.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/10/20111209p2a00m0na038000c.html
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Jiji press

Radioactive Water Leaks inside Kyushu Electric N-Plant

Fukuoka, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)--Coolant water containing radioactive materials has leaked inside the Genkai nuclear power plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Saga, officials at the plant's operator said Saturday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121000234

Japan Civic Group Seeks Referendums on Nuke Power

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese civic group began to collect signatures Saturday to realize referendums on nuclear power plants in Tokyo and Osaka.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121000271

makoto · Dec 11, 2011

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http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/analysis/AJ201112110127a

Wrapping paper shows Fukushima kids' drawings

NEW YORK--In time for the Christmas season, Japanese women have started selling gift-wrapping paper in New York featuring pictures drawn by children in disaster-stricken Fukushima Prefecture.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201112110046a
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Psychological care to be provided to orphans in quake-hit areas

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/11/20111211p2g00m0dm009000c.html

Nobel laureate, citizens urge abolition of nuclear reactors

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe and antinuclear activists held a rally in Tokyo on Saturday calling for the abolition of nuclear reactors in the aftermath of radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/11/20111211p2g00m0dm010000c.html
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Jiji press

TEPCO to Sell Stake in CATV Operator

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> is in talks to sell its 17 pct stake in cable television operator Japan Cablenet Ltd. to KDDI Corp. <9433>, people familiar with the matter said Sunday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011121100047
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Sankei news

9 months since the earthquake

Miharu town, Fukushima

makoto · Dec 12, 2011

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

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NHK world

Full decontamination to start in Fukushima in Mar.

Japan's Environment Ministry says it will delay the start of full decontamination work for no-entry zones and government-designated evacuation zones in Fukushima Prefecture until late March.

Monday, December 12, 2011 05:35 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111212_03.html

Japan,US urge North to take denuclearization steps

Monday, December 12, 2011 14:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111212_21.html

All preconditions to declare cold shutdown met

Japan's nuclear watchdog has approved measures that will be implemented over the next 3 years to ensure stability at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Monday, December 12, 2011 18:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111212_26.html

Fire breaks out at facility of Tsuruga nuke plant

A fire broke out at the site of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture on Monday evening. Workers at the plant have brought it under control.

Monday, December 12, 2011 22:12 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111212_33.html
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AJW

Campaign for nuclear referendums draws mixed response

A campaign for local referendums on nuclear power has attracted strong interest from citizens opposed to nuclear energy, although some anti-nuclear groups are keeping their distance.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112120019
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Editorial: Decommissioning of Fukushima plant will need cooperation and vigilance

Experts of a Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) committee have drawn up a report on the procedures to decommission the stricken Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20111212p2a00m0na002000c.html

Reid defends U.S. nuclear chief amid complaints

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/archive/news/2011/12/12/20111212p2g00m0in070000c.html

Gov't nuclear cleanup work has to wait at least until late March

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Environment Ministry said Sunday that full-fledged efforts to decontaminate areas highly polluted by radioactive matter from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster cannot begin until late March or later.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/12/20111212p2g00m0dm016000c.html

Radiation rose slightly after water leak at Genkai plant

SAGA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A radiation reading at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture rose slightly above the usual range after coolant water leaked there Friday, the prefectural government said Sunday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/12/20111212p2g00m0dm018000c.html

Environment parliamentary secretary says state's radiation monitoring not trusted

SHIZUOKA -- Satoshi Takayama, parliamentary secretary of the environment, said Dec. 10 that local governments should carry out radiation monitoring of rubble caused by the March 11 natural disasters and subsequent nuclear crisis because such radiation checks by the central government are not trusted by the public.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/12/20111212p2a00m0na010000c.html

Economist's long struggle against nuclear power finally gains recognition

Up until less than a year ago, Kenichi Oshima's struggle to educate his compatriots about the high cost of promoting nuclear power in Japan was either simply neglected, or at times even criticized.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/12/20111212p2a00m0na011000c.html
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Jiji press

INTERVIEW: Skylark to Actively Open Restaurants in Disaster Areas

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011121200831

Most Schools in Disaster-Hit Areas Back in Original Buildings

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121200637

Univ. of Tokyo, Others Eye Efficient Power Exchange System

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--The University of Tokyo and others have launched a private-academia project aimed at forging an efficient power system that would allow households and municipalities that tap natural energy sources to trade electricity flexibly with utilities.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121200807

Man Dies during Decontamination Work in Fukushima

Fukushima, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--A 60-year-old man engaged in radiation decontamination work in Fukushima Prefecture died during the mission Monday afternoon, the Japanese government's local headquarters on combating the nuclear disaster said.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121200883 RIP
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Sankei news

led illumination at Iwaki city, Fukushima pref

makoto · Dec 13, 2011

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NHK world

Fire under control at Tsuruga nuclear plant

A fire at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, has been brought under control. There are no reports of radioactive materials having leaked to nearby areas.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 03:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111213_05.html

Areva to post huge loss

French nuclear energy giant Areva says it will post a huge loss in 2011. It blamed business set-backs following the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 06:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111213_10.html

Japan's emissions grow in FY2010

....Environment minister Goshi Hosono said the government still hopes to achieve that goal by introducing alternative energy and asking the public to cut energy use.

But he warned that Japan may face a difficult situation in the coming 2 years due to the Fukushima nuclear accident.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111213_19.html

Edano spurns releasing radioactive water into sea

Industry Minister Yukio Edano has rejected an idea being considered by the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to discharge low-level radioactive water into the sea.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 15:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111213_21.html

Fukushima releases radiation checkup results

Japan's Fukushima Prefecture says a survey shows that radiation exposure levels among residents near the damaged nuclear plant are low, with little health impact.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 17:19 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111213_25.html

Radioactive cesium detected in Tokyo grade school

An extremely high reading of radioactive cesium has been detected on a groundsheet at an elementary school in Tokyo.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 19:59 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111213_32.html

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Yomiuri online

Osaka Gas to raise electricity output by 2020

OSAKA--Osaka Gas Co. plans to boost its annual output of electricity by 1 million kilowatts--equivalent to the output of a nuclear reactor--by fiscal 2020, mainly by buying more power from independent power producers, sources at the utility said Monday.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T111212004276.htm

No Monju test runs in FY12, govt says

The government has announced it will not resume test operations for a Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, during fiscal 2012 in light of the current domestic situation following the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111212004271.htm

Grim job situation continues in Tohoku

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111212004444.htm
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AJW

BIZ BRIEF: MHI to build power plant in Thailand

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/biz_briefs/AJ201112130035

Tsunami victim expresses hope in Christmas lights

A bereaved father who lost his two children and both parents in the March 11 disaster refuses to give up hope and is trying to console the souls of those who perished.

A message in lights for tsunami victims says, "Thank you. We will make our home a place where everyone can smile together." The photograph was taken at a home in the Haramachi district of Minami-Soma in Fukushima Prefecture. (Hiroshi Kawai)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201112130002

Study shows wide variation in Fukushima radiation exposure

FUKUSHIMA--A member of the public living near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was exposed to more than 14 times the government’s safe annual limit of radiation, the Fukushima prefectural government announced Dec. 13.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201112130044

Asahi poll: 57% of Japanese say no to nuclear power

Fifty-seven percent of voters are opposed to nuclear power generation, while 30 percent are in favor, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112130013

Shiga battling red tape in preparing for nuclear disaster

OTSU--Shiga Prefecture, despite its proximity to the nation's largest concentration of nuclear reactors, has been denied access by the science ministry to a key computer simulation program that would allow it to prepare better for nuclear disaster.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112130036
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Nuclear countries came close to solving problem of radioactive waste

LONDON -- A group of nuclear experts came within an inch of finding a solution to problems involving the final disposal of radioactive waste in 2002, the year the international community shifted its focus to the fight against terror.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/news/20111213p2a00m0na001000c.html

Remember past enthusiasm for nuclear science as we edge towards non-nuclear future
*By Kenji Tamaki, Expert Senior Writer

It's been pointed out in many quarters that the field of nuclear power in Japan has been failing to attract the interest of students. There was a time not so long ago, however, that nuclear energy was at the cutting edge -- the superstar of scientific disciplines.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20111213p2a00m0na022000c.html

Chubu Electric to enter wind-power generation project in Thailand

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. said Monday it will participate in Thailand's first wind-power generation project and sell generated power to the country's Electricity Generating Authority.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/13/20111213p2g00m0bu088000c.html

French nuclear giant Areva to post large loss

PARIS (AP) -- France's state-controlled nuclear engineering giant Areva said Monday it will post a massive full-year loss in 2011 because it had to set aside more than euro2 billion ($2.65 billion) to deal with the impacts of a troubled mining project in Namibia and Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in March.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/13/20111213p2g00m0bu098000c.html

Fire breaks out at waste facility of Tsuruga nuclear plant

TSURUGA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A fire broke out Monday evening at a waste disposal facility of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, but no one was injured and there was no environmental impact, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/13/20111213p2g00m0dm026000c.html

Gov't to forgo test run of Monju reactor in fiscal 2012

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government will not earmark funding for a test run of the country's prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju in the budget for fiscal 2012, starting next April, following a Diet panel's call to cut spending on the reactor and its nuclear fuel cycle program, Japan's science minister said Tuesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/13/20111213p2g00m0dm142000c.html

Fukushima gov't estimates radiation exposure of up to 19 millisieverts

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Residents near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have been exposed to up to 19 millisieverts of radiation in the four months after the plant was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Fukushima prefectural government said Tuesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/13/20111213p2g00m0dm143000c.html

Fishermen's OK needed to dump nuclear plant water into sea: Edano

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano on Tuesday called into question the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant operator's plan to release low-level radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, saying doing so without consent from fishermen should not be allowed.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/13/20111213p2g00m0dm144000c.html

Gov't panel sees renewable energy costs dropping to level of nuclear energy by 2030

Technological innovations will help reduce the cost of renewable energy to a level near that of nuclear power plant energy by 2030, a government cost-examination panel has estimated.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/13/20111213p2a00m0na008000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan N-Plant Utilization Rate Stops Falling

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan's nuclear plant utilization rate rose in November after eight months of decline, thanks to a resumption of a southwestern Japan reactor, an industry group said Tuesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011121300412

Marubeni, Toshiba Win Geothermal Plant Order in Indonesia

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Marubeni Corp. <8002> and Toshiba Corp. <6502> have received an order to build a geothermal power plant in Indonesia, the trader and the electric appliance maker said Tuesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=ind&k=2011121300706

One Fukushima Resident Receives 14.5 Millisieverts over 4 Months

Fukushima, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--One resident in Fukushima Prefecture received cumulative external radiation doses of 14.5 millisieverts in the four months after the start in March of the nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the prefecture said Tuesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121300534

Nuclear Power Cost Seen 50 Pct Higher Than 2004 Estimate

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Nuclear power generation in Japan is estimated to be 50 pct costlier than forecast in 2004, but is still cheaper than other energy sources such as thermal power and renewables, a government panel said in a report Tuesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121300674

(Update) Nuclear Power Cost Seen 50 Pct Higher Than 2004 Estimate

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Nuclear power generation in Japan is estimated to be 50 pct costlier than forecast in 2004, but is still cheaper than other energy sources such as thermal power and renewables, a government panel said in a report Tuesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121300921

Physicists Eye Discovery of Hypothetical Particle in 2012

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121300960
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Barça met Fukushima children at Yokohama city, Kanagawa pref

i want to see Iniesta

makoto · Dec 14, 2011

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

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Tepco is looking for 13 workers
*it cannot contact with 13 workers now, 13 workers have no radiation exposure test

作業月= working month

01 YAUCHI
*his first name is unknown
02 IIYAMA
*his first name is unknown
03 Hiroshi HONDA
04 Kiyoto SUSAKI
05 Akira ÔTA
06 Noriyuki NAKAZAWA
07 Toshihiro ÔTA
08 Kazuo KITAMURA
09 Wataru SUZUKI
10 Shinichi SUZUKI
11 Kôichi SATÔ
12 Shôichi TAKEDA
13 Kazuo SATÔ
http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/images/wbclist-j.pdf
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NHK world

Physicists: Progress made in hunt for Higgs boson

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 02:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111214_01.html CERN~~

TEPCO warned against radioactive water leak

Radioactive water leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has earned the operator a reprimand. It was the second seepage from the plant's desalination equipment in less than 10 days.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 04:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111214_04.html

Noda to declare cold shutdown at Fukushima plant

The Japanese government will soon declare that a state of cold shutdown has been achieved for all the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 08:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111214_10.html

Areva to cut up to 1,500 jobs

French nuclear energy giant Areva says it will cut up to 1,500 jobs over the next 5 years and suspend projects due to business setbacks following the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 09:33 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111214_09.html

US Congress may toughen sanctions on Iran

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 13:36 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111214_16.html

Govt releases rules for nuclear fallout cleanup

Japan's Environment Ministry has issued specific rules and procedures for cleaning up fallout from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 17:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111214_27.html

Kyushu Electric submits test results of 3 reactors

Kyushu Electric Power Company submitted the results of primary safety assessments for 3 suspended nuclear reactors on Wednesday.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 19:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111214_31.html
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Yomiuri online

Interim storage facilities planned for near N-plant

The Environment Ministry plans to build interim facilities to store soil and ash contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, in the prefecture's Futaba county, sources said Tuesday.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111213004771.htm

Back on track

Rolling stock used on the JR Joban Line is lowered onto railway tracks Tuesday. A section between Haranomachi and Soma stations in Fukushima Prefecture will reopen later this month for the first time since March 11, but remains isolated since much of the line remains closed. East Japan Railway Co. is unsure when full services will resume on the Joban Line, which runs between Tokyo's Ueno Station and Sendai.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20111214dy01.htm
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AJW

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SOCCER/ Messi, Barca teammates bring smiles to evacuees

YOKOHAMA--Argentine striker Lionel Messi and his FC Barcelona teammates on Dec. 13 met with children in Yokohama who evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

FC Barcelona players meet with kids from Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 13 in Yokohama. (Shiro Nishihata)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ201112140003

High radioactive cesium levels found at Tokyo school

Radioactive cesium more than 10 times the standard for waste disposal has been detected on lawn covers that had been placed in a schoolyard from mid-March until early April at Horinouchi Elementary School in Tokyo's Suginami Ward.

Contaminated covers detected with highly concentrated levels of radioactive cesium at Horinouchi Elementary School in Tokyo's Suginami Ward
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112140064e

Toshiba camera recognizes radioactive hot spots

Toshiba Corp. has developed a gamma camera that can help detect radioactive hot spots and facilitate decontamination, the company said Dec. 13.

Toshiba's radiation measurement gamma camera shows radiation levels.(Provided by Toshiba Corp.)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112140027

Physicists close in on elusive subatomic particle

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201112140059
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

U.S. anxious to secure nuclear waste disposal site as China emerges on scene

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/news/20111214p2a00m0na013000c.html

Osaka Gas develops small system to generate biogas from kitchen waste

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Osaka Gas Co. said Tuesday it has developed a compact system to generate fuel biogas from kitchen waste by teaming up with Daiki Axis Co., an effluent processing equipment maker.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2g00m0bu075000c.html

Toshiba develops portable gamma camera to show 'hot spots'

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it has developed a portable gamma camera that can show "hot spots" with high radiation levels on the screen of a personal computer hooked up to it.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2g00m0bu076000c.html

Japan's Nov. power output down for 9 straight months of decline

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The amount of power generated and purchased by Japan's 10 utilities in November fell 5.4 percent from a year earlier to 72.05 billion kilowatt-hours, down for the ninth straight month, an industry body said Tuesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2g00m0bu081000c.html

Toyota Tsusho to sell Australia coal bed methane to Britain's BG

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Tsusho Corp. said Tuesday it has concluded a 20-year contract with major British energy firm BG Group Plc to sell coal bed methane gas to be tapped at an Australian field in which the Japanese trading house has a 15 percent stake.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2g00m0bu114000c.html

Hitachi gets U.S. order for pollution control devices for power plant

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2g00m0bu120000c.html

Swiss charge 3 men in nuclear smuggling case

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2g00m0in066000c.html

Physicists close in on elusive subatomic particle

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2g00m0in068000c.html
Confirmation of 'God particle' tantalizingly close: Japanese physicist
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2a00m0na015000c.html

U.S. should learn lessons from Fukushima, keep nuke plants: daily

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The United States should continue operating its nuclear power plants by improving their safety, learning a lesson from the accident at the Fukushima plant in Japan, the USA Today newspaper said Tuesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2g00m0dm019000c.html

Nuclear disaster response recommendations shelved 10 days after explosion

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government shelved the Nuclear Safety Commission's proposal to evacuate residents around the damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant and provide iodine to them after receiving a forecast on the spread of radioactive materials, government sources said Tuesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2g00m0dm030000c.html

Kyushu Electric submits safety assessments for 3 nuclear reactors

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. submitted on Wednesday primary safety assessment reports on three idled nuclear reactors to the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency in a step to restarting them.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2g00m0dm092000c.html

Lawyers to help people affected by nuclear crisis negotiate compensation with TEPCO

A group of lawyers said on Dec. 13 that it would help people seriously affected by the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant collectively negotiate compensation with Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO).

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2a00m0na009000c.html

Man continues to live alone in Fukushima no-entry zone despite criticism

A man is continuing to live at his home inside the 20-kilometer no-entry zone set up around the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, saying that while he understands the reasons behind the evacuation orders and why criticism could be leveled at him, he wants to stay as long as possible.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2a00m0na020000c.html

Gov't to designate 'difficult-to-return zones' near crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

The government is expected to consider designating areas that are exposed to more than 50 millisieverts per year of radiation from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant as zones that are difficult for local residents to return to possibly for the next several decades and buying out tracts of land there.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/14/20111214p2a00m0na021000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan to Name Districts Requiring Radiation Decontamination

Tokyo, Dec. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Environment Ministry will soon designate districts requiring decontamination because of pollution with radioactive material from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, ministry officials said Wednesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121400429

Kyushu Electric Submits Stress Test Results on 3 N-Reactors

Fukuoka, Dec. 14 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> submitted the results of stress tests it carried out on three nuclear reactors in southwestern Japan to the government Wednesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121400842

Fukushima N-Plant Should Be Nationalized: Ex-Prem. Hatoyama

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and a ruling party lawmaker proposed Thursday that the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant should be nationalized to have independent scientists find out whether the worst-case scenario occurred there.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121400878

makoto · Dec 15, 2011

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - November 1, 2011 +

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

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NHK world

40 years estimated to scrap Fukushima plant

Japan's government and the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant say it will take up to 40 years to decommission the plant's damaged reactors.

Thursday, December 15, 2011 05:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111215_04.html

Scrapping works to be completed in 3 phases

The new timetable says that work to decommission the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will be completed in 3 phases.

Thursday, December 15, 2011 05:42 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111215_05.html

US, N.Korea to talk on food aid in Beijing

Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:56 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111215_15.html

Scientists aim to confirm Higgs existence in 2012

Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111215_16.html

Fukushima: No to nuclear power subsidies

Fukushima Prefecture will no longer apply for government subsidies for hosting nuclear power plants.

Thursday, December 15, 2011 16:14 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111215_21.html

US, N.Korea discuss food aid

Thursday, December 15, 2011 18:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111215_29.html
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Yomiuri online

Radiation doses vary with evacuation patterns

FUKUSHIMA--Evacuation patterns affected the differing levels of external radiation to which residents of Fukushima Prefecture were exposed in the first four months of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to the prefectural government.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111214004738.htm
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AJW

Fukushima disaster puts Indian nuclear plant on hold

KOODANKULAM, India--If residents in a southern Indian community didn't know anything about nuclear power--even with a plant being built in their backyard--the disaster at Fukushima came as a rude wake-up call.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/south_east_asia/AJ201112150075b

Fukushima radiation 47 times higher than combined 45 prefectures

The level of cesium fallout in Fukushima Prefecture in the four months after the March 11 disaster at the nuclear power plant there has been assessed at 6.83 million becquerels per square meter.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112150025

Hatoyama says Fukushima plant should be nationalized

The crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant should be placed in government hands to ensure a proper account of the disaster is given, says former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112150003

Noda to declare cold shutdown of nuke reactors

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is set to announce that reactors at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have finally achieved a state known as cold shutdown.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112150005
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

US moves closer to approving new nuclear reactor

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/15/20111215p2g00m0bu085000c.html

Osaka Gas eyes power generation business in Southeast Asia

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/15/20111215p2g00m0bu094000c.html

Iran may move its nuclear enrichment plants

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/archive/news/2011/12/15/20111215p2g00m0in133000c.html

Japan to clean up areas with radiation of 1 millisievert or more

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Environment Ministry issued an ordinance Wednesday to clean up more than 100 municipalities with an annual radiation exposure of at least 1 milliseivert in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/15/20111215p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Japan, IAEA discussing large amount of unaccounted-for nuke materials

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has started backstage talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency on the discovery of unaccounted-for or unreported enriched uranium and plutonium in large quantities of nuclear waste disposed of by Japanese facilities, hoping to ward off international criticism with an early report to the IAEA, senior government officials said Wednesday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/15/20111215p2g00m0dm026000c.html

1st Fukushima town assembly held locally after evacuation

IWAKI (Kyodo) -- The town assembly of Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture, on Thursday became the first of the nine municipalities whose administrative functions were relocated following the Fukushima nuclear crisis to hold a regular meeting back on home ground.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/15/20111215p2g00m0dm066000c.html

Japan, U.S. hold nuclear disaster drill in Yokosuka

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Japan and the United States held a joint nuclear disaster drill Thursday in Kanagawa Prefecture under the scenario of a leakage of radioactive substances from the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/15/20111215p2g00m0dm067000c.html

Gov't admits nuclear substances found in waste, unreported to IAEA

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government admitted Thursday that nuclear substances have been found in the waste of domestic facilities subject to International Atomic Energy Agency inspection, but left unreported to the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/15/20111215p2g00m0dm145000c.html

Cesium can be removed completely from dead leaves and weeds: research team

A Japanese researcher and a businessman have developed a technique to remove radioactive cesium from dead leaves and weeds completely and reduce the volume of such plants containing the radioactive substance by about 90 percent.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/15/20111215p2a00m0na009000c.html
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Jiji press

Tottori Pref. Eyes Safety Pact on Shimane N-Plant

Tottori, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--The western Japan prefecture of Tottori plans to sign a safety accord by the end of the year with Chugoku Electric Power Co. <9504> over the utility's Shimane nuclear plant in neighboring Shimane Prefecture, it was learned Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121500735

Nuke Materials in Waste in Japan Go Unreported

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--Nuclear materials in radioactive waste stored at a research center in Japan have not been reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121500770

March Disaster, N-Crisis Top Jiji Press' 2011 List of Top 10 Japan News Events

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--Following are this year's top 10 news events in Japan and overseas selected by Jiji Press editors, with the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent nuclear crisis topping the domestic list:

--Japan--
(1) Huge Quake, Tsunami Ruin Northeastern Region on March 11, Trigger Nuclear Crisis in Fukushima Pref.
(2) Many Nuclear Reactors Suspended after March Disaster, Causing Power Shortages
(3) "Nadeshiko Japan" National Soccer Team Wins FIFA Women's World Cup

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121500929

Aging of No. 1 Reactor Unrelated to N-Crisis: Govt Agency

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--A nuclear safety agency of the Japanese government said Thursday that the aging of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant's No. 1 reactor has had nothing to do with the accident at the disaster-crippled power station.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121501084

Not to Easily Dump Tainted Water into Sea: TEPCO

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> said Thursday that it will not easily dump radioactive water into the sea from its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121501079

Panel Sees Annual Exposure Limit of 20 Millisieverts Appropriate

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--A government working group said Thursday the current state-set target of limiting annual radiation exposure to 20 millisievelts per person is appropriate.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121501081

No-Go Zone Designation Could Be Lifted with 20 Millisieverts: Hosono

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--It could be possible for the government to consider lifting the designation of the no-go zone and evacuation preparation areas set around Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant once radiation doses there decline to 20 millisieverts per year, nuclear disaster management minister Goshi Hosono said Thursday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121600012

U.S. Ready to Support Japan's Radiation Cleanup: Poneman

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--Visiting U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman on Thursday showed the country's readiness to support Japan's radiation decontamination work in areas around Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121600045

makoto · Dec 16, 2011

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Press Release (Dec 16,2011)
Progress status of "Roadmap towards Restoration from the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station" on December 16
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11121606-e.html
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NHK world

US, N.Korea to continue talks on food aid on Fri.

Friday, December 16, 2011 05:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_01.html

TEPCO won't release treated water to sea for now

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has decided for the time being not to release decontaminated water into the ocean.

Friday, December 16, 2011 07:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_02.html

Two killed in blaze on Russian nuclear icebreaker

Friday, December 16, 2011 07:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_05.html

Noda to declare "cold shutdown" of reactors

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will declare on Friday that the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are in a state of cold shutdown.

Friday, December 16, 2011 07:57 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_09.html

Govt team sets radiation exposure limits

A government working group has proposed a radiation exposure limit of 10 millisieverts per year or less for areas contaminated by the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, to be achieved within 2 years.

Friday, December 16, 2011 10:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_10.html

Iran to put uranium in reactor in February

Friday, December 16, 2011 12:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_16.html

Noda declares "cold shutdown" of reactors

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been successfully brought to a state of cold shutdown.

Friday, December 16, 2011 17:32 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_27.html

Reactor decommissioning to take 40 years

With a condition of cold shutdown achieved, the focus now shifts to scrapping the crippled reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, after removing the melted nuclear fuel. The job may take up to 40 years.

Friday, December 16, 2011 19:06 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_28.html

Overseas reactions to "cold shutdown"

Overseas reaction has been mixed to the news that the state of cold shutdown has been achieved for the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda made the announcement on Friday.

Friday, December 16, 2011 20:24 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_29.html

Govt to review evacuations zones around nuke plant

The Japanese government says it will revise the demarcation of no-entry and evacuation zones near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant now that the crippled reactors have become stable.

Friday, December 16, 2011 20:49 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_30.html

Kansai Electric halts reactor for regular checks

The operator of a Japanese nuclear power plant has shut down another reactor for regular inspections. The suspension means that 87 percent of all nuclear reactors in Japan are now offline.

Friday, December 16, 2011 21:20 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111216_32.html
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Yomiuri online

NUCLEAR CRISIS--9 MONTHS ON / Govt pressure on N-agency cast doubt on meltdown

Nine months have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake triggered the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. This is the first installment in a two-part series that looks into problems facing the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, among other issues, and what is required to create a new nuclear safety agency in April.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111215006237.htm

Hatoyama: Nationalize Fukushima N-plant

Only by bringing the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into government hands can scientists thoroughly discover what caused the nuclear crisis, former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says in an article published in the Dec. 15 issue of the British science journal Nature.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111215005428.htm

Publishers revise textbook entries about nuclear energy

Publishers have revised school textbooks to weaken wording about the safety of nuclear energy while mentioning the dangers in response to a surge of requests after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201112160013

Paper with ties to power plant cancels anti-nuke book

With increasingly heightened public concern over nuclear power after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident, a related scandal came to light over a possible attempt by a newspaper company to conceal anti-nuclear statements.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112160024

Study: Cesium did not penetrate forest soil

Radioactive cesium did not penetrate the soil in forests in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, in the two months after the crisis started at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to a study.

Radiation released from cesium attached to a cedar branch is exposed to light. The parts that grew after the nuclear accident are light-colored, indicating the amount of radioactive materials absorbed is limited. (Provided by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112160062a

Radiation test errors trigger widespread false alarms

Mix-ups and disagreements over radiation measurements are adding to confusion about the extent of contamination in Japan due to the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112160019

Evacuation-zone radiation limit set; criticism rises

An expert panel of the Cabinet Office on Dec. 15 endorsed the "most stringent" safety standard for radiation levels in evacuation zones and called for placing priority on decontaminating children's living environments.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112160006

Prime minister declares nuclear crisis under control

Japan's worst nuclear accident has been brought under control, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda declared on Dec. 16, but some experts and the Fukushima governor took issue, saying much remains to be done.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112160059
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)

Ill-prepared TEPCO must heed lessons and warnings

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, has claimed that it had "taken various measures to prevent nuclear disaster" and that the tsunami that hit the plant following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 "far exceeded predictions." However, a government committee investigating the nuclear crisis has found that the utility had been ill-prepared, even pointing to evidence that the ongoing disaster may have been caused by human error.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20111216p2a00m0na005000c.html

EU study: clean energy costs no more in long run

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2g00m0bu106000c.html

Hungary targeting expansion of nuclear energy use

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2g00m0bu111000c.html

'Absolutely no progress being made' at Fukushima nuke plant, undercover reporter says

Conditions at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant are far worse than its operator or the government has admitted, according to freelance journalist Tomohiko Suzuki, who spent more than a month working undercover at the power station.

Suzuki's video
Inside of Fukushima Plant
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http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2a00m0na002000c.html

GSDF nearly completes cleanup at Fukushima municipal gov't offices

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ground Self-Defense Force troops have almost completed an operation from Dec. 7 to decontaminate local government office buildings of four municipalities around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, GSDF Gen. Eiji Kimizuka said Thursday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2g00m0dm026000c.html

U.S. official shows readiness to help Japan scrap crippled reactors

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman expressed readiness Thursday to offer cooperation to Japan over its efforts to decommission the crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and decontaminate the land around the plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2g00m0dm031000c.html

IAEA conveys grave concern over unreported nuclear substances from Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency has conveyed to Japan its grave concern over not being informed about nuclear substances found in the waste of domestic facilities subject to IAEA inspections, government officials said Thursday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2g00m0dm032000c.html

Report praises emergency teams for their support after March disaster

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An annual government report praised on Friday firefighters and rescue teams from across Japan for their "historic" support in response to the March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster and the subsequent nuclear crisis in northeastern Japan.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2g00m0dm098000c.html

Japan gov't declares 'cold shutdown' of crippled Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government announced on Friday that the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has achieved a stable state of cold shutdown, in a sign that the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl has been brought under control nine months after its outbreak.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2g00m0dm160000c.html

Decommissioning Fukushima plant to take max. 40 years

It will take 30 to 40 years for Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and the government to decommission the No. 1-4 reactors at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, according to a road map made available to the Mainichi Shimbun on Dec. 15.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2a00m0na004000c.html

Broken pump shaft found in coolant system at Genkai nuclear plant

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- The operator of the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture that leaked coolant water last week reported to the prefectural government on Friday that it has found a broken pump shaft in the primary coolant system for the plant's No. 3 reactor, local government officials said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2g00m0dm164000c.html

Gov't panel finds breakdown in chain of command in nuclear crisis response

A coolant injection system meant to serve as a last defense against an explosion at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor had been disabled at the discretion of workers on site, suggesting that a possible breakdown in the chain of command led to the severity of the ongoing nuclear crisis.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/16/20111216p2a00m0na020000c.html
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Jiji press

Japan's Power Sales Down 5.4 Pct in Nov.

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--Electricity sales by 10 major Japanese power suppliers in November dropped 5.4 pct from a year before, the sharpest decline ever for the month, an industry group said Friday.

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Kyushu Electric to Face Suit to Halt 4 N-Reactors

Saga, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--Members of a Japanese civic group and others will sue Kyushu Electric Power Co. <9508> to seek a halt to all four nuclear reactors at the company's Genkai power plant in southwestern Japan, it was learned Friday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121600415

Only 10 Pct of Fukushima Rice Checked for Radiation

Fukushima, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--Fukushima Prefecture has completed emergency radiation checks on only 10 pct of rice harvested this year in its municipalities where excessive levels of radioactive cesium were found in advance.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121600416

Damaged N-Reactors Brought to Stable Condition: Japan Govt

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan has brought the damaged nuclear reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 power plant to a stable condition called cold shutdown, a government taskforce concluded on Friday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121600628

Kansai Electric Nuclear Reactor Halted for Maintenance

Fukui, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> suspended operations at the No. 2 reactor at its Oi nuclear power station in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui for routine checks on Friday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121600738

Narita Users Seen to Rise during Winter Holidays

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(Update) Japan Declares N-Plant Stabilized 9 Months after Accident

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government declared Friday that Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has now been stabilized nine months after the world's second-worst nuclear crisis started at the facility that was stricken by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121600785

Govt to Study Purchasing Land near Crippled N-Plant: Noda

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reiterated Friday that the government will consider buying land near the disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, in an effort to support those who have been forced to evacuate from the areas.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121600969

FOCUS: Japan Still Faces Difficult Tasks over Crippled TEPCO Plant

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan still faces difficult tasks ahead even though Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Friday declared that Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant is now stable.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121600947
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US nuclear head: "cold shutdown" marks milestone

The chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Japan's declaration of a state of cold shutdown at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant marks an important milestone.

Saturday, December 17, 2011 14:52 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111217_14.html

Hosono visits Fukushima Daiichi plant

Nuclear crisis minister Goshi Hosono has thanked 150 workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for their efforts during the 9 months since the accident.

Saturday, December 17, 2011 22:56 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111217_21.html
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NUCLEAR CRISIS--9 MONTHS ON / Focus on radiation screenings ended up claiming patients' lives

This is the second and last installment in a two-part series that looks into problems facing the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, among other issues, and what is needed for a new "nuclear safety agency" to be established in April.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111216005954.htm

20 mSv yardstick set for repatriating residents

A government working group has recommended that people be allowed to live in areas around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as long as the accumulated radiation exposure does not reach 20 millisieverts per year.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111216005953.htm

Govt to buy land as site for N-soil storage

The government is making arrangements to buy land in Futaba County, Fukushima Prefecture, as the site for a planned interim storage facility for contaminated soil and ash from areas surrounding the nearby Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111216005331.htm

N-plant procedure ignored? / Workers 'didn't check' reactor pressure day before explosion

A government panel has found that workers at the No. 3 reactor of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant stopped operation of a high-pressure core cooling system without checking if a substitute pumping system would work on March 13, one day before a hydrogen explosion occurred there, sources said.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111216005550.htm
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'Tokyo Denryoku' makes Google's top searched-for list

WASHINGTON--For the first time in 11 years that the Google search engine has released the most-searched-for words of the year, a kanji word has made the fastest-rising list, beating out the late Steve Jobs and his iPad2.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112170060n

Village in Fukushima evacuation zone plans for return

The local government in Iitate, a village in Fukushima Prefecture where high radiation levels forced all residents to evacuate, announced its reconstruction plan on Dec. 16.

A dosimeter in front of the Iitate village office in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 30 shows a reading of 2.46 microsieverts per hour. Not a soul is to be seen nearby. (Shinichi Fujiwara)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112170002

Chernobyl rumors persist 25 years later

Twenty-five years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the same misconceptions and rumors about the contaminated site and the evacuees linger on.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112170055a

Nuke crisis sends companies fleeing from Fukushima

In a different kind of competition where jobs and tax money are the prize, sporting goods giant Xebio Co. is fielding a steady stream of suitors from local governments from around the nation.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112170088a

Long road looms for next stage at Fukushima nuke plant

With the government declaring Dec. 16 that Step 2 of the road map for bringing the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant under control has been completed, that starts the long and difficult next stage, which could take decades.

Police officers keep watch at a checkpoint to the no-entry zone in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. (Kengo Hiyoshi)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112170019

Few believe assertion that Fukushima crisis is over

In a rush to fulfill a pledge to the international community to bring the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant under control, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda may have jumped the gun in his announcement on Dec. 16 declaring the crisis is over.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112170007
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News Navigator: What is a 'cold shutdown' at the Fukushima nuclear plant?

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has announced that the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Plant has achieved a stable state of cold shutdown. The Mainichi answers questions readers may have about cold shutdowns in the wake of the disaster at the plant.

Question: What does it mean when a nuclear reactor has achieved a "cold shutdown?"

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/newsnavigator/news/20111217p2a00m0na015000c.html

Editorial: Gov't declares cold shutdown at nuclear plant, but crucial steps lie ahead

Nine months after the outbreak of an unprecedented nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, the government has declared a stable "cold shutdown" at the plant, representing a major milestone in its handling of the disaster.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/editorial/news/20111217p2a00m0na002000c.html

Russian customs seize Iran-bound radioactive metal

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2g00m0in057000c.html

U.S. firms can join cleanup work around Fukushima plant: U.S. official

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides said Friday that U.S. enterprises stand ready to take part in Japan's efforts to decommission crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and decontaminate areas around the plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2g00m0dm003000c.html

Kansai Electric shuts Oi nuclear reactor for periodic checkup

TSURUGA (Kyodo) -- Kansai Electric Power Co. idled the No. 2 nuclear reactor at its power plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Friday for a periodic checkup, leaving only seven of the nation's 54 commercial reactors in operation.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2g00m0dm006000c.html

Towns seek decommissioning of Hamaoka nuclear power plant

SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) -- The assemblies of two municipalities near the suspended Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture passed resolutions Friday seeking the decommissioning of the plant or opposing its relaunch.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2g00m0dm010000c.html

IAEA welcomes Japan's announcement of cold shutdown at Fukushima plant

VIENNA (Kyodo) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday welcomed the Japanese government's announcement that the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has achieved a stable state of cold shutdown.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Condition of Fukushima Daiichi plant declared to be in cold shutdown

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The following is the current condition of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which paved the way for the government to announce Friday that the complex has achieved a stable state of cold shutdown.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2g00m0dm013000c.html

Daunting tasks await Japan after cold shutdown of Fukushima plant

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Friday finally declared a state of cold shutdown at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, only to find itself facing a long and thorny road toward the goal of scrapping the stricken reactors and restoring shattered public confidence in the government's nuclear policies.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2g00m0dm014000c.html

Noda vows to speed up radiation decontamination work

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Friday reiterated eagerness to speed up efforts to decontaminate areas tainted by radioactive substances, following the declaration of "cold shutdown" at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2g00m0dm015000c.html

People remain afraid of returning to homes near Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) -- People who were evacuated from their residences near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remain concerned about the huge obstacles to their returning home despite the government's declaration Friday that the nuclear crisis has been brought under control nine months after its outbreak.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2g00m0dm016000c.html

TEPCO faces tough challenges after 'cold shutdown' of Fukushima nuclear reactors

The government declared on Dec. 16 that the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant has been brought to a stable "cold shutdown," paving the way for full-fledged work to decommission the plant's crippled nuclear reactors, but enormous financial difficulties loom for the operator of the nuclear complex.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2a00m0na003000c.html

72-year-old who lost three family members to tsunami gives up on returning home

FUKUSHIMA -- A woman who lost three family members to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has abandoned hope that she'll ever return to her home near the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, bidding it goodbye during a temporary visit inside the no-entry zone in November.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/12/17/20111217p2a00m0na013000c.html
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Jiji press

70 Pct of Japanese Fret about N-Reactor Safety: Jiji Poll

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)--Nearly 70 pct of Japanese were still concerned about the safety of nuclear reactors in November, eight months after the country's worst nuclear crisis was touched off by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, a Jiji Press poll revealed Saturday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121700155

52 Workers at TEPCO Nuclear Plant Infected with Norovirus

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)--A total of 52 workers at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have been infected with norovirus, the utility said Saturday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011121700206 Please take care
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