January 13, 2012
The municipal governments near Fukushima Daiichi are meeting to discuss the Tokyo plans for a waste storage facility in Futaba. The first rounds of talks were on Thursday. The only government not in attendance was Futaba, which expressed displeasure with Tokyo’s...January 10, 2012
The nuclear energy debate petition drive in Tokyo is failing to get enough signatures. The civic group called “Minnade Kimeyo (Let all of us decide)” started collecting signatures on Dec. 10. They need one-fiftieth of the population to sign, which would...January 9, 2012
The top nuclear news stories across Japan this past weekend superficially concern the topic of P.M. Noda wanting the build a waste storage facility in Futaba. However, the issue of displeasure with the recent “cold shutdown” declaration dominated the numerous news...How many full meltdowns were there at Fukushima?
The latest JAIF posting of pressures and temperatures inside the three damaged RPVs at Fukushima continues to suggest that only unit #1 experienced a complete core-relocating meltdown. Units #2 and #3 RPV temperatures indicate severe melting of core materials, but not...January 6, 2012
The latest JAIF posting of pressures and temperatures inside the three damaged RPVs at Fukushima continues to suggest that only unit #1 experienced a complete core-relocating meltdown. Units #2 and #3 RPV temperatures indicate severe melting of core materials, but not...January 4, 2012
The nuclear energy debate in Japan continues to have an “us vs. them” atmosphere. However, Banri Kaieda, former head of the Ministry of Economy, has offered a suggestion that makes all the sense in the world. He said both sides of the debate should end to their...January 2, 2012
A new Fukushima investigative panel will begin its work this month. The panel was assembled by Japan’s Parliament (Diet) and is designed to work independent of the government itself. The prior investigative panel, which issued its preliminary report recently,...December 30, 2011
Today’s Fukushima updates begin with a stark example of news media “spin-doctoring”. The following summaries are from two separate sources, both of which are among the most widely-read newspapers in Japan. The juxtaposing of the two shows how one news event can...December 28, 2011
The executive summary of the government panel’s investigative report on the Fukushima accident released Monday, is a severe disappointment. It does draw a few conclusions that are unquestionably correct. Pointing a guilty finger at the nation’s overly...December 28, 2011
The executive summary of the government panel’s investigative report on the Fukushima accident released Monday, is a severe disappointment. It does draw a few conclusions that are unquestionably correct. Pointing a guilty finger at the nation’s overly...December 26, 2011
The post-TMI de-facto moratorium on nuclear plant construction in America may have ended. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the Westinghouse/Toshiba Pressurized Water system design, acronym AP1000. This is also significant news in Japan because Toshiba...December 23, 2011
The government panel investigating the cause(s) of the Fukushima accident has once again pointed to operator error as a possible reason for unit #3’s meltdown. Operators stopped cooling water flow into #3 RPV because emergency battery power was running low. The...To be, or not to be? Cold shutdown is the question.
To be, or not to be? Cold shutdown is the question. In one of the most horrendous editorials to yet come out of Japan, Mainichi Shimbun says the recent cold shutdown announcement is essentially a scripted government stunt. Their rationale stems from “road map”...December 21, 2011
The prestigious American National Academy of Science has posted a research paper that promises to shatter all existing concepts of radiation risk. A research team out of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories has discovered that low dose radiation exposure results in an...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...
