news roundup

Kagoshima residents drop restart lawsuit on the Sendai nuclear plant after power company threatens harassment lawsuit http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/18/national/some-residents-drop-petition-to-halt-restart-of-sendai-reactors-in-kagoshima/#.VL0k9EfF_Cs TEPCO blames increase

NRA bracing for reactor restarts http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150105_16.html Permanent radioactive waste disposal facing significant hurdles http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/05/national/permanent-radioactive-waste-disposal-facing-significant-hurdles/#.VKtXfCvF_Cs U.N. disaster conference scheduled for Sendai

A telling look into the fourth year of many being nuclear refugees. http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/01/the-fourth-winter-of-fukushima Japan may export nuclear reactors to Kazakhstan

Takahama could restart in spring http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141213p2a00m0na012000c.html Ikata nuclear plant is one step closer to obtaining restart approval https://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2014/12/326990.html Taiwan set

8 Countries With Nuclear Power Plants Most At Risk Of Tsunamis http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/8-Countries-With-Nuclear-Power-Plants-Most-At-Risk-Of-Tsunamis.html Japan’s nuclear industry group delays decision on MOX

Tsunami evacuees caught in $30 billion Japan money trap http://www.trust.org/item/20141031005413-ux955/?source=leadCarousel OPPD employee raked in 1.2 million while the plant failed

Alarm after serious breakdowns at ageing Hunterston nuclear plant http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/alarm-after-serious-breakdowns-at-ageing-hunterston-nuclear-plant.25565033 Japan rises to challenge of becoming ‘hydrogen society’ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/12/national/japan-rises-challenge-becoming-hydrogen-society/#.VDqr1fldUrk As

Germany declares export of nuclear waste to Savannah River to be illegal blocking the action http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/atommuell-gutachten-castor-transport-in-usa-illegal-a-992292.html#ref=plista 1/3 of security cameras

Govt. drafts bill on Fukushima radioactive waste http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140927_13.html Atomic Energy Agency finds more effective way to measure radiation in reservoirs

Three years later, Fukushima radiation leaves towns eerily empty http://www.cbsnews.com/news/three-years-later-fukushima-radiation-leaves-towns-eerily-empty/ Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140830/fukushima-nuclear-plant-chief-feared-catastrophe-easte

20 tons of fish returned to Japan from South Korea http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140821-00000035-yonh-kr&pos=3 Whitebait fishing resumes off Fukushima Pref. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140826_31.html TEPCO bypass

Kepco: the monstrous 500-pound gorilla of Kansai http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/16/national/kepco-monstrous-500-pound-gorilla-kansai/#.U_Db4PldUrk Work on the trench freezing operation stopped at Fukushima Daiichi. Dry ice

Gov’t raises max allowable ambient radiation level in nuclear disaster cleanup zones http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140731p2a00m0na022000c.html TEPCO is now dumping 15 tons of

A reporter has lived in Iitate village in Fukushima for the last two years to film a documentary about life