A few reliable sources of information covering the breaking news of Japan’s nuclear facilities:
Union of Concerned Scientists
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research: Arjun Makhijani
Fairewinds Associates: Arnold Gunderson
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Beyond Nuclear
Recent News Items
Fukushima disaster could have been avoided, nuclear plant operator admits – The Guardian, October 15, 2012
Spent fuel rods drive growing fear over plant in Japan – The New York Times, May 26, 2012
Fukushima in review: A complex disaster, a disastrous response – Summary from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 1, 2012
Japan nuclear plant may be worse off than thought – The New York Times, March 29, 2012
Japan weighed evacuating Tokyo in nuclear crisis – The New York Times, February 27, 2012
Japanese struggle to protect their food supply – The New York Times, January 21, 2012
The Fukushima Black Box – The Economist, January 7, 2012
Japan Says Decommissioning Damaged Reactors Could Take 40 Years – The New York Times, December 21, 2011
Siumlation determines much of East, Northeast likely contaminated – The Japan Times, November 18, 2011
Fukushima fallout fears over Japan farms – BBC, November 15, 2011
TEPCO finds sign of fresh nuclear fission at Fukushima reactor – The Mainichi Daily News, November 2, 2011
Fukushima disaster produces world’s worst nuclear sea pollution – The Maritime Executive, October 28, 2011
Fukushima station discharged more radiation than estimated – Bloomberg, October 27, 2011
Japanese seek out ‘hot spots’ – The Wall Street Journal, October 19, 2011
Citizens’ testing finds 20 hot spots around Tokyo – The New York Times, October 14, 2011
Japan ‘scared’ of telling truth to Fukushima evacuees – Australian Broadcasting Corporation, September 29, 2011
Nuclear legacy: photos tell tale of 2 ghost towns – The Associated Press, September 3, 2011
Japan Triples Airborne Radiation Checks as ‘Hot Spots’ Spread – Bloomberg, August 24, 2011
News Release: NRC Complicit in Radiation Exposure Cover-up in Japan – Citizen Action New Mexico, August 11, 2011
Japan Foreign Minister: “Stop Claiming Food is Safe” – The Japan Times, August 8, 2011
TEPCO reports second deadly radiation reading at Fukushima Nuclear Plant – Bloomberg, August 3, 2011
New Hot Spots Beyond Evacuation Zone – Kyodo News, July 21, 2011
Japan’s ‘Major Problem’ With Radioactive Cattle Gets Even Bigger – Bloomberg, July 21, 2011
Letter to commissioners regarding early-identified nuclear safety changes – July 19, 2011
Press release: Analysis concludes nuclear task force’s safety recommendations are insufficient – Friends of the Earth, July 19, 2011
Analysis of NRC’s post-Fukushima task force review – Arjun Makhijani, July 19, 2011
Revealed: British government’s plan to play down Fukushima – The Guardian, June 30, 2011
Four Minute Interview with famed physicist Michio Kaku: Fukushima ‘still a ticking time bomb’ – CNN, June 21, 2011
Fukushima: It’s much worse than you think – Al Jazeera, June 16, 2011
The Big Lies Fly High, by Karl Grossman, June 16, 2011
Fukushima Containment Vessels May Be Leaking, Tepco Says – Bloomberg, May 25, 2011
UN probes Japan nuke plant; more melted fuel found – Associated Press, May 24, 2011
US was warned on vents before failure at Japan’s plant – The New York Times, May 18, 2011
Ocean Radioactivity Far Worse than Chernobyl – Woods Hole Institute, May 20, 2011
Japanese reactor damage is worse than expected – NY Times, May 13, 2011
Gov’t, TEPCO in uphill battle to contain Fukushima reactors, set to review roadmap – The Mainichi Daily News, May 5, 2011
Gunderson Postulates Unit 3 Explosion May Have Been Prompt Critically in Fuel Pool – Fairwinds Associates, April 26, 2011
Huge radiation release led to severity hike – The Yomuiri Daily, April 14, 2011
Japan ups nuke crisis severity to match Chernobyl – The Associated Press, April 12, 2011
Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant – The New York Times, April 5, 2011
Tainted Groundwater Found At Japan Nuclear Plant – National Public Radio, March 31,2011
Cleanup questions as radiation spreads – The New York Times, March 31, 2011
Radioactive iodine detected in ocean, despite gains at Japanese plant – The New York Times, March 31, 2011
Video: US Nuclear Failures – The Rachel Maddow Show, March 30, 2011
IAEA Confirms Very High Levels of Contamination Far from Reactors, March 30, 2011
Japan may have lost race to save nuclear reactor – The Guardian UK, March 29, 2011
Video: Nuclear analyst Cirincione discusses worst-case scenario – CNN, March 27, 2011
Lack of data from Japan distresses nuclear experts – The Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2011
Breach in Japanese Reactor Suspected – AP, March 25, 2011
The Future of Fukushima Prefecture – In the best case, hundreds of thousands of evacuees will spend months away from home – Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine, March 24, 2011
Concern in Tokyo over radiation in tap water – The News & Observer, March 23, 2011
Contamination at Fukushima plant to last ‘decades’: experts – AFP, Paris, March 21, 2011
Japan Extended Reactor’s Life, Despite Warnings – The New York Times, March 21, 2011
Nuclear disaster focuses attention on spent-fuel rods here – Wilmington Star News, March 19, 2011
A Price Too High? – The New York Times Op-Ed Column by Bob Herbert, March 18, 2011
Radiation spreads amid frantic repairs – The New York Times via The News & Observer, March 18, 2011
Learning from Japan’s nuclear disaster – Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute, March 17, 2011
Greater Danger Lies in Spent Fuel Than in Reactors – The New York Times, March 17, 2011
Statement by Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research – March 16,2011
Impacts for North Carolina
Japan’s nuclear crisis comes home as fuel risks get fresh look – McClatchy Newspapers, April 12, 2011
More stringent, coordinated Fukushima fallout monitoring needed to determine risk to U.S. milk and water – News Release from IEER, April 7, 2011
Internal NRC documents reveal doubts about measures to ensure U.S. plants survive Fukushima-type events – News Release from Union of Concerned Scientists, April, 6, 2011
US health-care system unprepared for nuclear disaster – The Washington Post, April 7, 2011
Radiation elevated in NC after Japan incident – NBC News, March 28, 2011
Jim Warren debates Duke Energy on Japan crisis and NC nuclear – WFAE Charlotte Public Radio, March 22, 2011
Nuclear disaster focuses attention on spent-fuel rods here – Star News, March 19, 2011
Shearon Harris spent fuel storage causes concern – ABC News, March 18, 2011
Critics question Shearon Harris emergency plans – ABC News, March 18, 2011
Scrutiny grows for Carolinas nuclear plants – The Charlotte Observer, March 18, 2011
Japan disaster reminds us: Storing spent fuel rods in pools poses a major nuke-plant danger – The Independent Weekly, March 17, 2011
Progress Energy logs most nuclear mishaps – The News & Observer .biz blog post, March 17, 2011
Pools of Nuclear Fire – Counterpunch, March 16, 2011
Japanese nuclear crisis may pose troubles for Duke’s plans – WFAE Charlotte public radio, March 15, 2011
Can Shearon Harris withstand a disaster? – ABC News, March 14, 2011
