Antinuke Groups Reveal an Agenda Conflict in Warsaw Walkout
November 22, 2013 Yesterday, hundreds of environmental activists walked out of the UN Climate Conference in Warsaw. Among the dissenters were Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, two of the most prominent international antinuclear groups. Among the cited reasons for...November 21, 2013
Because of the international Press hullabaloo prior to the start of the spent fuel transfer from F. Daiichi unit #4, we will post what has happened each day of the process as part of the regular updates until Press interest wanes. Fukushima Daiichi Unit #4 Spent Fuel...Former Tepco Engineer Tries to re-open the F. Daiichi Earthquake Debate
November 20, 2013 In 2012, Japan’s congressional investigation into the Fukushima accident (NAIIC) said it was possible that the unit #1 accident was started by the 3/11/11 earthquake. A few plant workers said they saw water leaking in the vicinity of the unit’s...November 18, 2013
The removal of spent fuel from F. Daiichi unit #4 has begun. Four spent fuel bundles have been uneventfully removed from their storage racks and placed in a transfer cask. Preparatory work began this morning at 9:50am (Japan Time) when the large polar crane was used...Former Japan PMs are Chasing Unicorns
November 15, 2013 For several weeks, former Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi has proclaimed the antinuclear gospel across Japan. On Tuesday, another former PM, Morihiro Hosokawa, threw his hat into the same tumultuous ring. Both say that because more than half of the...November 14, 2013
Tepco has located some leak sources from F. Daiichi unit #1 containment. It seems that at least two pipes inside the suppression pool (torus) room are leaking. One is a small broken pipe with a flow that is said to look like gushing tap-water. The pipe appears to be...Japan makes a rational exposure calculation decision
November 13, 2013 This week, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority decided to use actual dosimeter readings for radiation exposures in repopulating communities. Previously, the agency took aircraft-borne monitor readings and estimated exposures based on the assumption...November 11, 2013
The Tokyo government plans on injecting $50 billion into nuclear damage liability (NDF) funding. The monies are intended for evacuee compensation and environmental decontamination. Currently, the fund has a $50 billion limit, but a new “accelerated Fukushima disaster...Japanese Politician Falls Prey to an Antinuclear Paradigm
November 9, 2013 One of the long-standing tenets of the antinuclear demographic is that their “evidence” is largely unknown to most people. They feel that if their concepts were widely reported, the world would necessarily turn against their great Satan – nuclear...November 7, 2013
The removal of spent fuel from F. Daiichi #4’s pool has been delayed up to 2 weeks. The delay is due to Japan’s Nuclear Energy Safety Organization wanting a test run on removal of a shipping cask from the pool and transferring it to the on-ground common fuel storage...Cherry-picking Japanese Press Feeds Spent Fuel Fears
November 6, 2013 In a previous Commentary, we predicted that Japan’s Press will trumpet apocalyptic concepts as the removal of spent fuel from Fukushima Daiichi unit #4 approaches. Well…it’s happening. Japan’s leading English-language newspaper, Japan Times, has begun...November 4, 2013
A ruling party executive stunned Japan with a comment about Fukushima evacuees. Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), feels it is inevitable that some evacuees will never go back home, “The time will definitely come that...November 1, 2013
Nearly a fourth of Japan’s quake/tsunami recovery projects are nothing of the sort. The total of misused money has been about $14.5 billion. The possibility of a large diversion of recovery funding came to light last year, but now the ugly numbers have been tabulated...The Business of Being a Fukushima Refugee
October 30, 2013 On Saturday, October 26th, an Asahi Shimbun article included (buried at the end) a breakdown of how much money Fukushima evacuees have received from Tepco since April of 2011.(1) It took me several days to get my mind around the numbers. Many times, I...This site requires a lot of work. We hope you find our efforts valuable and rewarding. Please consider offering your support. There is no minimum amount. Feel free to donate as you see fit, without restriction. Thank you...
