Japan’s Necessary Nuclear Future | The Diplomat
The Diplomat tackles the thorny issue of Japan’s energy needs and how they can be met. The people’s outrage at the nuclear industry is understandable. However, while this is hardly a time that lends itself to thoughtful reflection, that is precisely what is in order. Before the earthquake, Japan produced a third of its electricity [...]
Energy Shift Japan! | Japan For Sustainability
A friend forwarded me a ezine from Japan For Sustainability. (I’m a little leery of the term “sustainability”, especially after reading this article by Jeffrey Tucker, but let that pass). It included synopses of a number of interesting articles, some of which I might introduce here later, and I also discovered this map: Trends in [...]
World critical of Japans failure to disclose info : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE The Daily Yomiuri
The 5th installment of Yomiuri newspaper’s series on the Fukushima nuclear crisis. As mentioned before, these articles contain interesting content, but overall they are somewhat confusing, or possibly confused. The articles seem to be trying to find fault, yet they also include information that seems to refute the criticism. For example, TEPCO has in earlier [...]
Rural sports complex turns into base camp for nuclear workers | The Japan Times Online
The Japan Times provides more details of the working conditions at Fukushima, and reports on Kan’s visit there. Update:I don’t think this is the complete truth, but this article and others on the same subject seem to indicate that the government and TEPCo are aware of people’s concern and anxiety over a) the workers on [...]
Japan orders immediate safety upgrade at nuclear plants
21:30 JST March 30: Japan ordered an immediate safety upgrade at its 55 nuclear power plants on Wednesday in its first acknowledgement that standards were inadequate when an earthquake and tsunami wrecked a facility nearly three weeks ago, sparking the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986. via Japan orders immediate safety upgrade at nuclear [...]
Still No Need to Panic About Radiation Leaks at Fukushima? | Japan Probe
Lost in translation! Well done, Japan Probe. The original article includes a list of useful, informative links. Check it out. The comments are fun, too. As time goes by, there hasn’t been much of a decline in the international panic and fear over the situation at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Reports about leaks localized within [...]
Japan may have lost race to save nuclear reactor | World news | The Guardian
The headline is typical media hype, but this Guardian article contains a couple of nuggets (mouse-tip again to Marketing Japan): In the light of the Fukushima crisis, Lahey said all countries with nuclear power stations should have “Swat teams” of nuclear reactor safety experts on standby to give swift advice to the authorities in times [...]
Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
This is very good. I’ve added the IAEA website to my list of sources. Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident Update (23 March, 20:00 UTC) Brief update on state of Fukushima Daiichi reactors Japanese authorities today announced a number of developments at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where reactor cooling systems were disabled following the massive earthquake [...]
