The Editorial Board of NY Times threw its weight behind Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumiʻs call for a national debate on nuclear energy in Japan in this Editorial.

Reuters is reporting on precautions being taken by Tokyo Electric as Typhoon Wipha moves through Japan here.

Safecast, an independent non profit organization, has mapped over 10 million radiation data points in Japan since the Daiichi incident.   They have won a prestigious Good Design Award under the category of Service and … Continue Reading →

CNN opinion piece by Mycle Schneider  (lead author of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report) says the situation at Fukushima Daiich is worse than we think, and that international action is appropriate.  He maps a game plan.  Read the article here.

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Hiroko Tabuchi  of New York Times reports on the mounting problems with contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi, and the politics at play in Japan here.… Continue Reading →

This schoolyard in Itate was decontaminated but is still unused.  Safecast, a nonprofit group formed in response to the Fukushima Daiichi event, has published an evaluation of the remediation effort in Japan.  Read the full report here.… Continue Reading →

What to do with spent fuel from reactors is in the news.

Reuters reports on the complex issues related to removing spent fuel from Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 here.

In the United States, an appeals court has ruled that  Yucca Mountain must be considered for spent fuel storage.  ABC reports on this.… Continue Reading →

Reports are coming in from a variety of sources that the ground water situation is getting out of hand at Fukushima Daiichi.  Some, including sources quoted by Wall Street Journal, are speculating that the saturation of the ground water could cause the reactor buildings to topple. A variety of solutions are being explored including the possibility of freezing the ground water around the reactor.  CNN is today quoting a top nuclear regulatory official as saying the situation is an … Continue Reading →

The Mainichi reports that a secret deal was reached between a Japan Prime Ministerial envoy and a U.S. DOE official.  Read the story.… Continue Reading →