information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
June 5, 2013 Kan: Only nuclear-free society can avoid accidents http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130605_19.html Japan's former prime minister Naoto Kan says the only way to completely avert nuclear accidents is to build a society that can...
June 4, 2013 Environmental government white paper removes risks of nuclear power http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201306040085 By TETSU KOBAYASHI/ Staff Writer In line with the Abe administration's push for the restart of nuclear reactors,...
June 5, 2013 Nuclear evacuation guidelines updated http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130605_18.html Japan's nuclear regulator has decided further details of its guidelines for local residents in case of a nuclear plant accident. In February...
June 5, 2013 Nuke regulators inspect damaged Fukushima reactor building to analyze disaster NRA officials inspect the fourth floor of the damaged No. 1 reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on May 31. (Photo courtesy of the NRA)...
Experts Explain Effects of Radioactive Water at Fukushima http://akiomatsumura.com/2013/06/experts-explain-effects-of-radioactive-water-at-fukushima.html June 5, 2013 Introduction by Akio Matsumura Contaminated water is posing a new problem at the Fukushima...
June 6, 2013 TEPCO reports another radioactive water leak from storage tank http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201306060083 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Tokyo Electric Power Co. has disclosed yet another case of radioactive water leaking from...
June 6, 2013 http://www.beyondnuclear.org/radiation-health-whats-new/2013/6/6/un-radiation-panel-children-more-vulnerable-to-radiation-eve.html UN radiation panel: children more vulnerable to radiation, even so, no detectable health effects from Fukushima...
June 6, 2013 Keidanren chief visits Fukushima nuclear plant http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130606_37.html The head of Japan's top business federation has pledged technological support for the decommissioning of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi...
June 10, 2013 Inside Fukushima two years on: radiation levels too high to enter reactors Two years on from the second-worst nuclear disaster in history, The Telegraph's Julian Ryall visits the Fukushima nuclear plant to see what progress - if any - is...
June 11, 2013 Restrictions to ease on Fukushima roads http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130611_27.html Authorities will ease traffic restrictions on 2 main routes in a zone designated uninhabitable near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear...
June 12, 2013 Suit over patient deaths JIJI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/12/national/suit-over-patient-deaths/#.UbdDwNhBpg4 A damages suit has been filed against Tokyo Electric Power Co. by 15 relatives of four patients who died in 2011 in...
June 11, 2013 Removal of nuke fuel debris at Fukushima plant set for 2020 By JIN NISHIKAWA/ Staff Writer http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201306110092 The extraction of melted nuclear fuel rod debris at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...
June 15, 2013 Nuclear regulators inspect Ohi power plant http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130615_12.html Japan's nuclear regulators are inspecting the Ohi power plant on the Sea of Japan coast for whether it meets safety requirements that...
Decontamination device leaking at Fukushima plant http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130617_30.html Workers at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have found contaminated water leaking from a newly-installed filtering system....
June 18, 2013 http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/06/tepco-found-2-pinholes-on-multiple-nuclide-removing-system-alps/ NRA Tepco found 2 “pinholes” on multiple nuclide removing system ALPS Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More...
Japan's regulators to allow 2 reactors to continue http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130620_04.html Japan's nuclear regulators are expected to allow the only 2 reactors currently online in the country to continue operation. The Nuclear Regulation...
June 19, 2013 19.06.2013_No153 / News in Brief Japan’s Regulator Approves New Safety Guidelines http://www.nucnet.org/all-the-news/2013/06/19/japan-s-regulator-approves-new-safety-guidelines Security & Safety 19 Jun (NucNet): Japan’s Nuclear Regulation...
June 19, 2013 Marubeni to set up floating wind turbine off Fukushima in world first by Chisaki Watanabe Bloomberg Breezing up: A 2.4-megawatt wind turbine developed by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization and Tokyo Electric Power...
June 18, 2013 Nuclear plants to seek restart under new guideline http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130618_29.html Six nuclear power plants will apply for restart under new safety guidelines to be adopted by the country's nuclear regulators...
June 20, 2013 Robot carries out survey inside Fukushima reactor http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130620_17.html A remote-controlled robot with a 7-meter-long arm has carried out a survey inside a reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi...
June 19, 2013 Fukushima Pref. complains to TEPCO http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130619_38.html Fukushima Prefecture has demanded that Tokyo Electric Power Company quickly determine how the groundwater was contaminated with radioactive material,...
June 20, 2013 TEPCO withheld data on contaminated well water for weeks http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201306200076 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN After finding tritium levels higher than the safety standard in well water at the crippled Fukushima...
Lack of safety checks at Monju reactor more serious than initially thought http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201306220053 By HIDEKI MUROYA/ Staff Writer TSURUGA, Fukui Prefecture--The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been forced...
June 21, 2013 Mega Solar' power plant to be built in Fukushima http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130621_33.html The mayor of Iitate Village in Fukushima Prefecture says a large solar power plant will be built in the village that was seriously...
June 24, 2013 Nuclear authority to allow 2 reactors to run http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130624_21.html Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority is set to allow the only 2 reactors remaining online in the country to continue operation. Experts...
