information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
November 28, 2013 Govt. to pick potential sites for nuclear waste http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131128_15.html A Japanese government panel has proposed a new way for the government to find potential disposal sites for nuclear waste. It...
December 21, 2013 TEPCO detects record radiation at Fukushima’s reactor 2, new leak suspected http://rt.com/news/fukushima-record-radiation-leak-616/ No. 2 reactor buildings of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear power plant (AFP Photo / Pool) TEPCO...
December 2, 2013 Power-saving months start amid tight supply http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131202_15.html Japan's government and electric power companies are calling for energy-saving measures amid supply concerns in the coming winter...
December 25, 2013 Tons of contaminated water likely leaked from barriers at Fukushima plant http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201312250044 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN An estimated 225 tons of radioactive rainwater likely leaked from cracks in...
To the workers of Fukushima. To the first to intervene at the most terrible moments of the nuclear disaster To those who - day after day - are up against an ever-worsening situation To those who will have to replace them for many years to come. To their...
November 25, 2013 Nuclear damage compensation fund asks assistance http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131125_29.html A Japanese fund is asking the government and financial institutions to extend money to help Tokyo Electric Power Company compensate...
December 9, 2013 Panel considers more payments to nuclear evacuees http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131209_39.html A government panel has proposed that Tokyo Electric Power Company make additional payments to people who cannot return to their...
December 3, 2013 Govt. panel urges additional wastewater measures http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131203_41.html A government panel has drafted a report on additional measures to control the radioactive wastewater accumulating at the damaged...
December 3, 2013 Fukushima town to add supplementary compensation http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131203_19.html A town near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has decided to supplement compensation from the plant operator with additional...
December 7, 2013 Fault survey begins at Mihama plant http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131207_20.html Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has begun a 2-day survey of faults running beneath a nuclear plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture. Nine...
December 23, 2013 Nuclear power backers picking up steam on reactor restarts http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/analysis/AJ201312230062 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster triggered feverish calls among citizens and even politicians...
November 25, 2013 Only a third of evacuees want to return http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131125_18.html Only one-third of people evacuated from areas near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are willing to return to their homes,...
November 30, 2013 TEPCO relocates spent fuel at Fukushima plant http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131201_01.html The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it has successfully transferred a batch of highly radioactive spent...
November 27, 2013 Fukushima verifying thyroid check results http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131127_40.html Fukushima Prefecture has held the first meeting of an expert panel to examine ongoing medical checks of local young people for thyroid...
December 14, 2013 TEPCO: Not all pumped-in water reached overheating Fukushima reactors http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/analysis/AJ201312140030 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Fire engines were used in a desperate, and ultimately futile, attempt to pump water...
November 28, 2013-11-28 Regulators plan field survey on geologic faults at Kashiwazaki plant http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/regulators-plan-field-survey-on-geologic-faults-at-kashiwazaki-plant/#.UpeSLifij9m Kyodo The Nuclear Regulation...
November 29, 2013 Press Releases 2013 Press Release (Nov 29,2013) Exposure Dose Evaluation of the Workers at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2013/1232637_5130.html We have been evaluating the exposure...
November 24, 2013 o ! Spelling it out: People opposed to the state secrets bill hold a protest banner at a rally in Tokyo's Yurakucho district Tuesday. | KYODO NATIONAL | KANSAI PERSPECTIVE Secrets bill raises fears among nuclear foes http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/24/national/secrets-bill-raises-fears-among-nuclear-foes/#.UpJhuiewT9n...
December 12, 2013 (decontamination) Govt. recommends simpler cleaning up methods http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131212_29.html NHK has learned that the Environment Ministry has advised some Fukushima municipalities to adopt simpler methods...
February 11, 2014 . Troubled waters?: A worker holds a fish during an analysis of radioactive materials in the specimen at the Marine Ecology Research Institute's central laboratory in Onjuku, Chiba Prefecture, in December. Leaks of contaminated water...
December 31, 2013 Drafts show A-bomb survivor bridged differences in anti-nuke speech at U.N. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201312310065 By KYOSUKE YAMAMOTO/ Staff Writer NAGASAKI--Recently discovered drafts of the historic...
February 5, 2014 Fukushima governor proposes new waste storage plan http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140205_32.html The governor of Japan's Fukushima Prefecture says he will propose that storage facilities for highly radioactive waste be...
December 4, 2013 IAEA: Tritium may have to be discharged into sea http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131204_38.html Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency say tritium in wastewater at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
December 17, 2013 Govt. seeking fuel retrieval technologies http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131218_18.html The Japanese government on Wednesday began to publicly solicit information on technologies that can safely remove nuclear fuel debris...
December 18, 2013 French journalists inspect Fukushima Pref. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131218_22.html French journalists have toured Fukushima Prefecture to see how residents are tackling radiation contamination from the accident at...
