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Japan Prime Minister and other officials unaware of key emergency response system SPEEDI until after Fukushima Daiichi disaster

NHK reports an independent panel investigating the Fukushima nuclear accident has found that the prime minister was not aware of SPEEDI, the government’s system that can predict the spread of radioactive materials quickly.  While the government was attempting to cope with multiple reactors that were in various stages of meltdown, key government decision-makers were forced […]

Fukushima nuclear accident gave rise to excessive restrictions and exposed the press

Freedom of the press in Japan fell last year to a ranking of only 22nd in the world, from 11th the year before, due to “excessive restrictions” on reporting the Fukushima nuclear crisis, according to the global nonprofit group Reporters Without Borders.   [quote] “Japan coverage of the tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear accident gave […]

Japans Nuclear Debate – KEPCO Officials Conduct Door to Door Polling In Local Towns

With their reactors largely idled, Japan’s nuclear companies, a collection of regional monopolies, have seen their values drop by as much as 50 percent. Some have been forced to fire up old thermal plants, raising the possibility of higher electricity bills. Anti-nuclear groups in Osaka have gathered tens of thousands of signatures, raising the possibility of […]

TEPCO Employees Taking Voluntary Retirement Up Threefold In 2011

Before the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, TEPCO hired some 1,000 new workers a year.  Before the March 11th disaster, some 1,000 workers quit the company a year, including those who leave at the mandatory retirement age. In 2011 the number of employees taking voluntary retirement saw a three-fold increase […]

NISA instructs Japanese Nuclear Plants to Prepare For Faults

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says utilities should prepare for fault movements that take place 5 kilometers or more from the plants. The agency says the fault that yielded the  magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Fukushima Prefecture in April last year resulted in the movement of a fault that was thought to be inactive […]

NISA admits did not keep records of meetings after Fukushima Disaster

It has been revealed that the government’s nuclear disaster taskforce did not keep any records of its meetings after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident.  NHK asked to see the minutes last November, but it only received a list of agenda items for each of the 21 meetings and found there were no other […]

Radioactive Cesium found in newly constructed housing in Namie Japan

The officials say high-levels of contamination was found at a 3-story apartment building in Nihonmatsu City that was completed last July.  The city checked the condo for radiation in December after regular monitoring found that children living there had been exposed to higher levels of radiation than other children over a 3-month period. The city […]

TEPCO to get approval for rate increase from Japanese Government

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will seek permission from the government to raise household rates in March or later after discussing the matter with the government-backed entity providing financial support to the beleaguered utility, Executive Vice President Takashi Fujimoto said. Tepco plans to follow that procedure because it is “now receiving huge assistance from the government” […]

March 14th, 2011 – Any inconsistencies or statements that undermine will have lasting effects

From: Doane, Maraaret To: Borchardt. Bill; Brenner, Elio Cc: Ramsey. Jack; Henderson. Karen; Mamish. Nader; Virailio. Martin; Weber. Michael Subject: OIP Analysis no2.docx Date: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:34:00 PM Attachments: OIP Analysis no2.docx Attached is an updated OIP Analysis/Guidance Document for Japan. Please let me know if you have concerns or revisions. I’d like to […]

Search for missing still undergoing as last evacuation shelters closed in Fukushima

All of the primary shelters for evacuees in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the ensuing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant have been closed down in Fukushima Prefecture, it has been announced. The Fukushima Prefectural Government said all the primary shelters in the prefecture — including schools […]

Japan cuts Free flights to Japan campaign budget

Japan takes a complete turnaround from its initial offering of 10,000 free flights for foreigners visiting the country in 2012 as recent announcement says the country is no longer giving such freebie. Back in October this year, the proposal to offer free flights was seen as a remedy to the subdued state of tourism in […]

Worker manually stopped RCIC due to fears that reactor might leak radiation

A worker at the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear station manually stopped a coolant injection system in the plant‘s No. 3 reactor following the disaster for fear that the reactor would be damaged and lead to a radiation leak, its operator said.  Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has defended the worker’s judgment as […]

TEPCO publishes decommissioning plan – Total costs still unreleased

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, did not specify the cost of decommissioning the plant’s reactors in its work schedule announced Dec. 21 — apparently to obscure the possibility of the utility becoming insolvent and no longer viable as a company. Tokyo Electric Power Co. […]

Japan PM announces ready to move past Fukushima Disaster

Now that Japan has declared victory in the first, crisis phase of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, attention is turning to the next phase: the decades-long process of cleaning up and dismantling the reactors. Speaking at his office in Tokyo, Noda said today that the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) had contained the nuclear crisis […]

Japan finds evidence that Fukushima Daiichi may have been caused by human error

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, has claimed that it had “taken various measures to prevent nuclear disaster” and that the tsunami that hit the plant following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 “far exceeded predictions.” However, a government committee investigating the nuclear crisis has found that […]

Shizuoka Governor Speaks Out Against Hamaoka Nuclear – ‘Should Not Reopen’

SHIZUOKA, Japan: Japan is struggling to put an end to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.   A full-scale decontamination of areas around the facility is also set to take place with the help of the Self Defense Force.   A government panel believes all this would cost at least US$73 billion. Shizuoka […]

Japan too eager to export nuclear tech despite lack answers about safety

The government’s nuclear power development and plant export policies were put on hold under the administration of then Prime Minister Naoto Kan following the March 11 outbreak of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. But the current administration of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has made a fresh start in promoting nuclear […]

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