information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
February 7, 2014 TEPCO revises strontium data at Fukushima plant to record level http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201402070096 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Tokyo Electric Power Co. corrected its radioactivity readings for groundwater from a...
January 17, 2013 Safety screening of nuclear fuel plant begins http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140117_29.html Japanese nuclear regulators have begun procedures for safety screening of a spent nuclear fuel processing plant in Rokkasho Village...
January 7, 2013 Abe meets next TEPCO chairman http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140107_41.html Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked the next chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company to make the most of its ability and resources to handle...
February 20, 2014 100 tons of radioactive water spills at Fukushima plant after workers ignore alarm http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201402200051 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN A warning alarm was ignored and 100 tons of highly radioactive water...
January 4, 2014 TEPCO seeks refunds of evacuation payments from employees, rejects ADR settlement http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140104p2a00m0na005000c.html Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is seeking refunds of compensation payments...
December 25, 2013 Screening sought to restart Shimane reactor http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131225_13.html Chugoku Electric Power Company has applied to Japan's nuclear regulator for a safety screening needed to restart an idle reactor....
January 8, 2014 Fukushima students restart school http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140108_23.html Elementary and junior high school students in Fukushima Prefecture have returned to class after winter vacation. Nearly 3 years after the nuclear...
January 19, 2014 New leak found in Fukushima plant’s wrecked No. 3 building http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201401190019 By TOSHIO KAWADA/ Staff Writer A new water leak, possibly from the effort to cool a crippled reactor, has been...
December 18, 2013 NRA to conduct new survey at Tsuruga No.2 reactor http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131218_31.html Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has decided to conduct a fresh geological survey at Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui...
January 3, 2014 Students to tell about Fukushima, Tohoku in Paris http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140103_14.html High school students from Fukushima and other disaster-hit prefectures in northeastern Japan are busy preparing presentations...
December 24, 2013 Fukushima decontamination effort extended up to 3 years http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201312240062 By HIROHIKO NAKAMURA/ Staff Writer The Environment Ministry has decided to extend state-run radiation removal...
December 25, 2013 Air dose rates halved 30 months after Fukushima accident http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201312250062 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Air dose levels in an 80-kilometer area surrounding the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power...
December 15, 2013 TEPCO share sales to fund decontamination work http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131215_10.html The government of Japan has increased the estimated cost of decontamination work by 10 billion dollars , as a result of the Fukushima...
December 23, 2013 Robots compete at U.S. trials to work at sites like Fukushima plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201312230001 REUTERS HOMESTEAD, Florida--As a squat, red-and-black robot nicknamed CHIMP gingerly pushed open a...
http://akiomatsumura.com/2014/01/the-nuclear-olympics-crisis-and-opportunity-in-tokyos-election.html The Nuclear Olympics: Crisis and Opportunity in Tokyo’s Election January 15, 2014 Japan , Nuclear , Politics Akio Matsumura Since the Fukushima accident,...
December 10, 2013 Govt. panel calls for quick wastewater measures http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131210_46.html A government panel has called for quick backup measures to control radioactive wastewater accumulating at the damaged Fukushima...
December 11, 2013 100 billion yen planned for Fukushima storage facilities http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201312110055 By HIROBUMI OHINATA/ Staff Writer The government plans to include 100 billion yen ($970 million) in the fiscal...
February 3, 2014 Government explains groundwater bypass plan http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140203_29.html The Japanese government has sought the understanding from the nation's fisheries industry to release groundwater into the sea at...
December 15, 2013 PHOTO: Flowers from Fukushima http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201312150008 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--With Christmas just around the corner, staff at Nemoto Engei in the city’s Haramachi...
December 16, 2013 Contaminated waste at public apartments shocks Fukushima residents A pile of contaminated waste is placed in a park at a public apartment complex in Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture. (Mainichi) http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20131216p2a00m0na015000c.html...
December 15, 2013 Japan lacks decommissioning experts for Fukushima In this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 photo released by the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning, members of International Expert Group (IEG) confer with a Tokyo Electric...
December 9, 2013 Test harvest of rice less than radioactivity limit http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131209_13.html A village affected by fallout from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says rice planted in its most contaminated...
December 14, 2013 Scientists develop method to wash most radioactive cesium from farm soil http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201312140053 By NOBUTARO KAJI/ Staff Writer KYOTO--Researchers say they have developed a new technology for...
December 12, 2013 Tomioka seeks decommissioning of Fukushima Daini http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131211_43.html The assembly of Tomioka Town in Fukushima Prefecture has approved a petition calling for the decommissioning of the Fukushima...
December 12, 2013 18 firms told to end overwork at Fukushima plant Japan's labor watchdog has told 18 firms to end overwork among employees at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A labor standards inspection office in Fukushima Prefecture gave the correction...
