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Denne 15 min. video viser en gruppe kvinder fra det strålingsplagede Fukushima-område, som 28. december drog til Tokyo for at markere deres desperation og utilfredshed overfor Tepco, Tokyo Electric Power Company – det firma, som ejer Fukushima-værket og dermed er direkte ansvarlig for A-kraft-ulykken. Tepco har en meget lille stjerne i dagens Japan. Ikke bare på grund af den sløsethed, som overhovedet har muliggjort, at uheldet kunne ske, men fuldt så meget på grund af den i manges øjne helt utilstrækkelige måde, man efterfølgende har håndteret situationen på.

Under vejs (2:40 ff.) giver den i Japan ganske kendte skuespiller Toru Yamamoto, som har dedikeret sig til kampen for et Japan på vedvarende energi, sit besyv med. Det er meget intenst-kontrollerede artikulationer af meget stærke følelser, og ladningen bliver ikke mindre af, at de 40 kvinder ikke får lov at komme ind i Tepcos hovedkvarter, men må præsentere deres ærinde foran bygningen.

Teksten fra de to sidste indlæg kan ses herunder.

Hvis ikke de engelske undertekster vises automatisk, kan de hentes frem ved at klikke CC under video-billedet.

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Association to Strive for Nuclear Power Phase-Out Together with TEPCO

I’m Azumai from “Association to Strive for Nuclear Power Phase-Out Together with TEPCO” and I will submit the first letter of requests:

“December 28, 2011. To Mr. Toshio Nishizawa, President of Tokyo Electric Power Company.

On the occasion of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, you caused a global-scale fatal crime called ‘a nuclear earthquake disaster.’ This is an unprecedented event with multiple simultaneous severe accidents, and it will take an overwhelmingly long time until the nature is restored. On the other hand, life of the victims will run out much more quickly.

Already 9 months have passed since the start of the accident, but a horrible, unforgivable situation still continues where many victims, whose future course of life was suddenly severed, cannot obtain a foundation of their future lives and their compensation unless they damage their own eyes, ears, mouths, hands and feet, and their own savings. Above all, you have never once apologized as a perpetrator of this accident that your explanations to the local communities, “Nuclear plants are safe; They can withstand an earthquake,” was all lies and false.

The top management and everyone under them always only repeat a set phrase, “We are causing you great trouble and anxiety,” as if this were an affair of other people. You must immediately apologize genuinely, make substantial and effective compensation for our damages, not just with words, and take actions to prevent further sufferings and damages from occurring.”
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Requests from Fukushima Women Who Don’t Want Nuclear Plants

I’ll read the requests from “Fukushima Women Who Don’t Want Nuclear Plants”.

‘Letter of Requests for Immediate Abolition of Nuclear Power Plants and Complete Compensation to the Victims.’

On March 11, 2011, the accident of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant occurred on the occasion of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and it has changed the Japanese society completely. The safety myth of nuclear plants has been shattered and a large amount of radioactive materials has been spread throughout the world, causing huge environmental contamination.

In Fukushima, many people are still forced to live their daily lives in high level of radioactive contamination unparalleled in human history. There is no rebirth of Fukushima without the good health of people who bring it about. There is no rebirth when the residents are forced to be exposed to radiation.

The accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has revealed the human race cannot coexist with nuclear power. An energy that destroys human health is not needed. We strongly want the transition to a society based on alternative energies that can coexist with human life, and we request as follows. We expect your sincere answers in writing to this letter of requests…”
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En fuld transscription af vidoens engelske oversættelse kan ses på: 放射能メモ.

 

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Denne 20 min. video er fra en friluftskoncert i Kyoto, hvor Frying Dutchman afleverer human ERROR, en sang, et anklageskrift, som er blevet til i kølvandet på A-kraft-ulykken i Japan.

Tindrende vredesudladninger frit svævende på en ubekymret tilbagelænet musikalsk bund. Økonomien, teknologien, magten, energiselskaberne, A-kraft-mafiaen, forløjetheden, de efterplaprende medier, den moderne afsporethed, sanseløshed, forstillelse og kollektive bedøvethed – alt får en tur i Frying Dutchman’s rablende vridemaskine. Det nærmeste jeg kan komme dette udslag af vredens klarsyn er: lysende begavet civilisationskritik.

Og så fremmanes der faktisk gradvist en plan for Japans overgang til et post-fossilt samfund.

Human ERROR er nu kommet med engelske undertekster, så giv dig 20 minutter på briksen. Det handler om meget mere end Fukushima Daiichi.

Frying Dutchman indkalder til markeringer over hele verden op til etårsdagen for den tredobbelte katastrofe i Japan 11. marts 2011. Jeg har kopieret opfordringen ind nedenfor.

Se tidligere blog-indlæg om A-kraft-ulykkens efterdønninger i Japan: Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World, Fukushima – Helen Caldicott om sundhed og radioaktiv stråling, Fukushima – otte måneder i tvivl, Fukushima – links, Fukushima – No Nukes Art Project, Murakami: Vi må bygge en verden af “urealistiske drømmere”, Fukushima – stress tests, Fukushima – en lærestreg for menneskeheden, Fukushima – What are you doing?, Fukushima – nye grænseværdier og We Are All Fukushima.

Michael McAtteer: The Japanese Punk Band Giving Voice to ‘Generation Fukushima’, 13.03.2012.

www.fryingdutchman.jp.

 

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I weekenden var mere end 10.000 mennesker samlet i Yokohama til to dages Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World, mens yderligere 30.000 fulgte med via online transmissioner.

I skyggen af Fukushima-ulykken, hvis konsekvenser vi endnu kun har set begyndelsen af, står A-kraften et sted, hvor verden af mange grunde burde fravælge den. Der har igen og igen været argumenteret med, at det er et slag for klimaet. Men rent faktisk kan man for de samme investerede midler få langt mere energi langt hurtigere, sikrere og sundere ved at investere i vedvarende energi end ved at satse på A-kraft. Som Fukushima-ulykken har tydeliggjort, er A-kraften hverken sikker, ren eller billig. Og når det  som i Fukushima for snart et år siden går alvorligt galt, har det omfattende konsekvenser ud i de yderste afkroge af et helt samfund.

På konferencens hjemmeside www.npfree.jp er de to dages aktiviteter dokumenteret på video. Jeg vil her blot rette opmærksomheden på konferencens deklarationstekst. Den kan downloades i pdf-format nedenfor.

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Yokohama Declaration for a Nuclear Power Free World

The 11 March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and related melt down at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has led to great suffering for the people of Japan and has increased radioactive contamination across the globe. It has also sounded a warning bell throughout the world about the long-term health, environmental and economic risks of nuclear power.

As with Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, the accident at Fukushima has reminded us once again that nuclear technology is unforgiving and accidents cannot be contained. The situation is not under control as declared by the Japanese Government. The nuclear power plant is still unstable and workers continue to work under life-threatening conditions.

Radioactive contamination is spreading. This is a regional and global emergency. People are either forced to flee with their children or live with unacceptable health dangers and prolonged radiation exposure. In Fukushima prefecture, evidence of radioactive material has been found in the breast milk of mothers and the urine of children. Lives are threatened, including those of future generations. The regional economy has been destroyed.

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I lyset af – eller rettere skyggen af – den japanske A-kraft-katastrofe vil der 14.-15. januar 2012 være en stor konference: Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World.

Hvis man skal sige noget godt om A-kraft-ulykken ved Fukushima Daiichi-værket, som det gradvist fremstår som er den alvorligste A-kraft-ulykke i menneskehedens historie, så er det, at det har fået nationer verden over til seriøst at genoverveje deres A-kraft-politik. Og lande som Tyskland og Schweiz har allerede besluttet sig for en fuld udfasning af kernekraften.

Også i Japan så det en overgang ud til, at man helt ville opgive A-kraften og slå ind på en udvikling, hvor den vedvarende energi relativt hurtigt kom til at dække 100% af det japanske behov. Landet har ressourcerne til det, og de vulkanske landskaber har geotermisk varme lige under fødderne næsten lige meget, hvor man borer. Men den slags kommer ikke af sig selv. Der ligger en kolossal inerti i forhold til så fundamentalt at ændre et samfunds infrastruktur, så lige nu er det mindre sikkert, at Japan tager skridtet fuldt ud.

Jeg følger situationen i kølvandet på Fukushima-ulykken tæt – det er foruroligende at erfare, hvor store implikationer, det har for samtlige 120 mio. japanere. Havde det været en vindmøllepark, som var blæst over ende, havde der for længst stået nye møller.

Nu står man til trods for erklæringer om at have nået en tilstand af “cold shutdown” med næsten totale kernenedsmeltninger og et oprydningsarbejde, som forventes at tage 30-40 år. Alene sikringen af det frilagte, nedsmeltede brændsel forventes at tage 10 år. Overskrifterne fra den samling af Fukushima – links, som jeg løbende opdaterer, giver en klar fornemmelse af, hvor langt ud i et samfunds afkroge, en sådan ulykke skaber kaos og fortvivlelse. Det er derfor højest berettiget at holde en sådan konference – og man har blandt andet indbudt Søren Hermansen fra Samsø Energiakademi til at fortælle, hvor enkelt det på Samsø har været at lave en fuld omlægning til vedvarende energikilder.

Se mere på konferencens hjemmeside: Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World.

Se tidligere blog-indlæg om Fukushima-ulykken: We Are All Fukushima, Fukushima – nye grænseværdier, Fukushima – What are you doing?, Fukushima – en lærestreg for menneskeheden, Fukushima – stress tests, Fukushima – patienten i bedring, Fukushima – No Nukes Art Project, Fukushima – links, Fukushima – otte måneder i tvivl samt Fukushima – Helen Caldicott om sundhed og radioaktiv stråling.

Kazuaki Nagata: Yokohama antinuclear conference draws thousands of activists, experts, Japan Times 15.01.2012.

Antinuclear conference calls for full support of victims in Fukushima, (Kyodo) Mainichi Daily News 15.01.2012.

Kazuaki Nagata: Antinuclear conference under way in Yokohama, Japan Times 14.01.2012.

Louis Templado: POWER TO THE PEOPLE: Anti-nuke energy conference starts in Yokohama, Asahi Shimbun 14.01.2012.

Sophie Knight: Conference to present vision of a nuclear-free Japan, Asahi Shimbun 13.01.2012.

NGOs, nuclear experts to draw up plans to phase out nuclear power, Mainichi Daily News 12.01.2012.

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I denne 13 min. video giver den australske læge og forfatter Helen Caldicott en tankevækkende læsning af situationen omkring Fukushima-ulykken, hvor hun stiller det helt basale spørgsmål, hvorfor vi overhovedet har atomkraft og gør op med myten om, at A-kraften skulle være billig, ren, sikker og klimavenlig.

Helen Caldicott: The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Perspective, Global Research 12.05.2011.

Helen Caldicott: Unsafe at Any Dose, New York Times 30.04.2011.

Helen Caldicott: Fukushima: Nuclear Apologists Play Shoot the Messenger on Radiation, Global Research 30.04.2011.

Helen Caldicott: How nuclear apologists mislead the world over radiation, The Guardian 11.04.2011.

Helen Caldicott: The medical and economic costs of nuclear power, Global Research 18.10.2009.

Ovenstående eksempler findes i blogindlægget Fukushima – links.

I dag er det otte måneder siden, at et jordskælv ud for Japan udløste en voldsom tsunami, som sine steder nåede 10 km ind i landet og spredte død og ødelæggelse over en flere hundrede kilometer lang kyststrækning. Mere end 20.000 mennesker omkom, heraf er ganske mange endnu ikke fundet og bliver det aldrig. I titusindvis af mennesker har måttet flytte i lejre og midlertidige boliger, og der forestår et kolossalt genopbygningsarbejde, som det vil tage adskillige år at gennemføre.

Oven i alt dette ramte tsunamien Fukushima Daiichi-værket, at A-kraftværk med seks reaktorer placeret langs kysten. Ikke bare nødstrømsforsyningen, men stort set alle sikkerhedsforanstaltninger svigtede, og tre af reaktorerne løb løbsk, mens store mængder brugt brændsel, som ikke kunne holdes nedkølet, udgjorde endnu en tikkende bombe i en fjerde reaktor.

Her otte måneder efter ser det ud til, at situationen langsomt er ved at være under kontrol. Men der har været meget omfattende radioaktive udslip, og efterhånden som det står klart, at der har været tale om kernenedsmeltninger i tre af reaktorerne, nærmer Fukushima-ulykken sig verdens største A-kraft-ulykke. Samtidig holder alle vejret for, at der ikke kommer et stort efterskælv, som man ofte ser det kort tid efter store jordskælv. For med eksploderede reaktorbygninger og serier af intermistiske løsninger ville endnu en tsunami af samme størrelse igen bringe ulykken helt ud af kontrol.

Hvor ødelæggelserne fra jordskælv og tsunami trods deres omfang er afgrænsede og håndterbare, da får en A-kraft-ulykke af dette omfang en gennemgribende indvirkning på et helt samfund. Det har været tankevækkende at følge, hvordan konsekvenserne af et sådant teknologisk kollaps breder sig som ringe i vandet til alle dele af samfundet – ved at lade øjnene løbe ned over link-samlingen i det forudgående blog-indlæg, Fukushima – links, får man en fornemmelse af, hvor omfattende ravage en sådan ulykke har i et højteknologisk samfund. Siden 11. marts har det præget hver eneste dag for samtlige 126 millioner japanere, og ingen kan endnu sige noget om, hvornår og i hvilken udstrækning tingene igen bliver “normale”.

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Den oprindelige link-side med links om udfoldelsen af problemerne efter Fukushima Daiichi-katastrofen var efterhånden blevet så lang, at det var på tide at opdele den. Herunder finder man således links fra tredje år, (det andet halvår), mens de to forudgående indlæg, Fukushima links år 1, og Fukushima links år 2 rummer links fra de første to år efter katastrofedagen. Og link-siden for år tre blev efterhånden så uhåndterlig lang, at den er delt i to: Fukushima links år 3 – første halvår samt nærværende Fukushima links år 3 – andet halvår.

Siden juni 2012 har jeg næsten dagligt lavet små optegnelser over udviklingen omkring genstarten af de japanske reaktorer og vedtagelsen af en ny energiplan, som bringer Japan ind i en udvikling baseret på vedvarende energi. Disse optegnelser er holdt månedsvis – se tilsvarende optegnelser for juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november og december 2012, januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november og december 2013 samt januar, februar og marts 2014. I den forbindelse er der medtaget ganske mange links til belysning af den politiske side af energiplanens tilblivelse, som ikke findes herunder.

Det har vist sig, at både Mainichi og Kyodo inddrager de fleste af deres nyhedsartikler. Frem for at fjerne disse links fra oversigten er de givet en brun farve og link-henvisningen er fjernet. Hvis det er noget, man meget gerne vil læse, vil en Google-søgning på overskriften (sat i gåseøjne) ofte afsløre, at der er en tredjepart, som har indkopieret artikelteksten. Dette vil blot være uoverkommeligt at gøre for samtlige artikler, så jeg har valgt at lade overskriften stå for at bevare overskriftsbilledet af en proces med mange variable.

Jeg har sat paper.li-siden Fukushima Blues op, så den opdateres hver morgen kl. 8 dansk tid med nyhedsartikler, videoer mv. om om Fukushima-katastrofen og dens udfoldelse i det japanske samfund. Der dukker indimellem regulære skæverter op, men omvendt kommer Fukushima Blues langt omkring i informationsstrømmen omkring Fukushima Daiichi.

Gå direkte til links for september, oktober, november, december 2013 samt januar og februar 2014.

Se samtlige blog-indlæg om Fukushima.

 

Marts 2014

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Fukushima nuclear disaster taking toll on corporate and family finances, Mainichi 11.03.2014.

Three Years After: Silent prayers offered throughout Japan at 2:46 p.m. on 3/11, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2014.

Survivors cling to memories of lost and missing, (Kyodo) Japan Times 11.03.2014.

Full recovery from 3.11 still a long way away, (leder) Mainichi 11.03.2014.

Three Years After: Asahi poll shows 3/11 survivors believe memories of disaster fading, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2014.

Survivors still overwhelmed by 3/11 losses, (Kyodo, staff) Japan Times 11.03.2014.

3.11 survivors show deepened feelings of isolation: survey, Mainichi 11.03.2014.

Yutzuru Tsuboi: Don’t let disaster-stricken Tohoku region remain as Tokyo’s ‘colony’, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2014.

Yuriy Humber & Masumi Suga: Reactors still feared despite new rules, Japan Times 11.03.2014.

Japan marks 3 years since quake-tsunami disasters, nuclear crisis, (Kyodo) Mainichi 11.03.2014.

Three Years After: Abe promises opening of expressway through disaster area by next spring, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2014.

David McNeill: Stakes high as ailing U.S. Navy sailors take on Tepco over Fukushima fallout, Japan Times 11.03.2014.

Pain remains three years on from 3.11 disasters, Mainichi 11.03.2014.

Humans not cut out to control nuclear energy, (Vox Popoli) Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2014.

Quake coverage to cost 15.5% more, (Jiji) Japan Times 11.03.2014.

Residents’ views should come first in Tohoku reconstruction work, (leder) Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2014.

Jacob Adelman: Tokyo radiation less than the level in Paris, (Bloomberg) Japan Times 11.03.2014.

Regulators vow to steer Fukushima plant decommissioning swiftly, Kyodo 11.03.2014.

Ida Torres: Plans to restart nuclear plants, move residents back to Fukushima criticized, Japan Daily Press 11.03.2014.

Japan renews resolve to achieve Fukushima plant decommissioning, Kyodo 11.03.2014.

Ida Torres: Japan remembers victims of earthquake-tsunami disaster on 3rd anniversary, Japan Daily Press 11.03.2014.

Justin McCurry: Japan’s Fukushima recovery: What’s been done and what’s still to do, Christians Science Monitor 11.03.2014.

Anonymous Senior Tepco Employee: No one knows what to do at Fukushima, it’s impossible to fix – Reactors not under control – “We just can’t deal with the melted fuel”, Energy News 10.03.2014.

3rd Anniversary of the Triple Disaster in Japan: If Only It Had Been Just Earthquake and Tsunami…, EXSKF 10.03.2014.

267,000 still evacuees three years on, (Kyodo, staff) Japan Times 10.03.2014.

2,100 lanterns lit up in memory of tsunami victims, Mainichi 10.03.2014.

Shinichi Sekine: Three Years After: DPJ’s ‘no-nuclear’ bill obliterated after regime change, Asahi Shimbun 10.03.2014.

Mizuho Aoki: Tohoku kids stressed, haunted by trauma, Japan Times 10.03.2014.

Half of disaster-hit municipalities fear rise in unsuccessful bids, Mainichi 10.03.2014.

Three Years After: Decontamination planned for agricultural reservoirs in Fukushima, Asahi Shimbun 10.03.2014.

32,000 join anti-nuclear power rally in Tokyo: organizers, Mainichi 10.03.2014.

Keisuke Iwata: Tsunami-hit fishermen tap Net to regroup, Japan Times 10.03.2014.

267,000 people remain evacuees 3 yrs after quake-tsunami disaster, Mainichi 10.03.2014.

Japan has record deficit, lowers growth estimate, (AP) Asahi Shimbun 10.03.2014.

Patrick St. Michel: Clarify your role, prepare before a disaster strikes, Japan Times 10.03.2014.

Gov’t must stand at helm in decommissioning of Fukushima reactors, (leder) Mainichi 10.03.2014.

Tohoku three years after the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami, (billedserie) Japan Times 10.03.2014.

Around 20 percent of local journalists involved with 3.11 disaster coverage could have PTSD, Mainichi 10.03.2014.

Taro Karasaki: Three Years After: Actor Matsuyama demonstrates subtle touch in Fukushima film, Asahi Shimbun 10.03.2014.

Toru Hanai & Elaine Lies: Life indoors exacts toll on Koriyama children, (Reuters) Japan Times 10.03.2014.

Maan Pamintuan-Lamorena: Non-profit Safecast continues measuring Japan’s radiation levels with help from volunteers, Japan Daily Press 10.03.2014.

Fukushima fisherman holds boat-launching ceremony, Mainichi 10.03.2014.

Ida Torres: Survey says 80% of Japanese don’t want nuclear plants anymore, Japan Daily Press 10.03.2014.

Nuclear watchdog should continue with reforms reflecting lessons from Fukushima, (leder) Asahi Shimbun 10.03.2014.

Japan to restart safe nuke plants, Abe says before quake anniversary, (Kyodo) Mainichi 10.03.2014.

Ida Torres: PM Abe says government keen on restarting ‘safe’ nuclear reactors, Japan Daily Press 10.03.2014.

UK Medical Experts Say Seemingly Large Number of Thyroid Cancer in Children in Fukushima Is Likely Due to Hypersensitive Ultrasound, EXSKF 10.03.2014.

Maan Pamintuan-Lamorena: PM Abe vows to speed up reconstruction efforts 3 years after Japan’s disasters, Japan Daily Press 10.03.2014.

Fukushima 3rd Anniversary; Technical Report Unit 2, Simply Info 10.03.2014.

Ida Torres: Tokyo anti-nuclear rally brings tens of thousands of protesters as disaster anniversary approaches, Japan Daily Press 10.03.2014.

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Den oprindelige link-side med links om udfoldelsen af problemerne efter Fukushima Daiichi-katastrofen var efterhånden blevet så lang, at det var på tide at opdele den. Herunder finder man således links fra tredje år (det første halvår), mens de to forudgående indlæg, Fukushima links år 1, og Fukushima links år 2 rummer links fra de første to år efter katastrofedagen. Og link-siden for år tre blev efterhånden så uhåndterlig lang, at den er delt i to: Fukushima links år 3 – første halvår samt Fukushima links år 3 – andet halvår.

 

Siden juni 2012 har jeg næsten dagligt lavet små optegnelser over udviklingen omkring genstarten af de japanske reaktorer og vedtagelsen af en ny energiplan, som bringer Japan ind i en udvikling baseret på vedvarende energi. Disse optegnelser er holdt månedsvis – se tilsvarende optegnelser for juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november og december 2012, januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november og december 2013 samt januar, februar og marts 2014. I den forbindelse er der medtaget ganske mange links til belysning af den politiske side af energiplanens tilblivelse, som ikke findes herunder.

Det har vist sig, at både Mainichi og Kyodo inddrager de fleste af deres nyhedsartikler. Frem for at fjerne disse links fra oversigten er de givet en brun farve og link-henvisningen er fjernet. Hvis det er noget, man meget gerne vil læse, vil en Google-søgning på overskriften (sat i gåseøjne) ofte afsløre, at der er en tredjepart, som har indkopieret artikelteksten. Det vil blot være uoverkommeligt at gøre for samtlige artikler, så jeg har valgt at lade overskriften stå for at bevare overskriftsbilledet af en proces med mange variable.

Hen over sommeren 2013 har jeg sat paper.li-siden Fukushima Blues op, så den hver morgen kl. 8 dansk tid opdateres med nyhedsartikler, videoer mv. om om Fukushima-katastrofen og dens udfoldelse i det japanske samfund. Der dukker indimellem regulære skæverter op, men omvendt kommer man med Fukushima Blues langt omkring i informationsstrømmen omkring Fukushima Daiichi.

Gå direkte til links for marts, april, maj, juni, juli og august.

Se samtlige blog-indlæg om Fukushima.

 

September 2013

… opdateres løbende.

 

NHK: Attempts to stop Fukushima contamination flowing into ocean have failed — Japan Nuclear Expert: “Most likely flowing fairly quickly into sea” from nearby Reactor No. 2, Energy News 11.09.2013.

Now Japan must deliver, (leder) Japan Times 11.09.2013.

Christian Sarich: Miso Soup Found to Protect Against Radiation Exposure, Natural Society 11.09.2013.

Scrap nuclear power in Sweden: Social Democrat, The Local 11.09.2013.

Fukushima Unit 4 Fuel Removal Risks, Simply Info 11.09.2013.

Ministry angers residents by pushing back Fukushima cleanup, Asahi Shimbun 11.09.2013.

Decontamination work delayed in 7 Fukushima municipalities, Mainichi 11.09.2013.

Finlay Colville: Recharged Japan Solar PV Industry Hits 10 GW of Installed Capacity, SolarBuzz 11.09.2013.

David McNeill & Miguel Quintana: Return to the radiation zone: Fukushima clean-up operation mired in fear and misinformation, The Independent 11.09.2013.

Kazuaki Nagata: No. 1 chief pleased with Olympics bid; tritium reading doubles, Japan Times 11.09.2013.

Japan ponders Fukushima options, but TEPCO too big to fail, (Reuters) Asahi Shimbun 11.09.2013.

Xinhua: “Indications are that there is a second leak” at Fukushima, says Japan expert – Fish over 140 km from plant have shown extremely high levels of contamination, Energy News 11.09.2013.

Jon Day & Liu Tian: TEPCO failing to solve Japan’s nuke crisis, but gov’t keeping away on financial concern, Xinhua News 11.09.2013.

Japan Marine Expert: Fukushima radioactive tanks may have already been emptied into Pacific Ocean -Xinhua, Energy News 11.09.2013.

2011 disaster survivors stuck in housing limbo, Asahi Shimbun 11.09.2013.

Eric Johnston: Kansai not overly enthusiastic about Tokyo landing Olympics, Japan Times 11.09.2013.

Finlay Colville: Recharged Japan Solar PV Industry Hits 10 GW of Installed Capacity, SolarBuzz 11.09.2013.

Japan disaster, economic crisis prompt IAEA to cut nuclear growth projection, Eco-Business 10.09.2013.

Fredrik Dahl: Japan disaster, economic crisis prompt IAEA to cut nuclear growth projection, Reuters 10.09.2013.

Marco Evers: Japan’s Nuclear Migraine: A Never-Ending Disaster at Fukushima, Der Spiegel 10.09.2013.

Minoru Matsutani: Japan hopes to blow ahead in renewables with floating wind farm, Japan Times 10.09.2013.

Fukushima victims angered at decision not to prosecute officials, Asahi Shimbun 10.09.2013.

Water highly irradiated near leaky tank, (AFP-Jiji, Kyodo) Japan Times 10.09.2013.

Disaster areas critically short of manpower, (Jiji) Japan Times 10.09.2013.

Japan Times: Prime Minister telling “outright lie”? — Experts: Nuclear material “has kept gushing into Pacific far beyond man-made bay” — Fukushima fisherman: “He must be kidding… he doesn’t know what’s going”, Energy News 10.09.2013.

Mari Saito: Fukushima plant operator names U.S. adviser to aid clean-up, Reuters 10.09.2013.

Japan Nuclear Expert: I was “flabbergasted” by Olympic speech — Fukushima reactors are actually destroyed and constantly leaking in ocean – Contamination dumping into sea – PM: “It’s contained in 0.3 km² area of harbor”, Energy News 10.09.2013.

Abe wasn’t originally going to mention radioactive water leak in Olympic speech, Mainichi 10.09.2013.

Doubt cast on Abe’s assurance to IOC about Fukushima leaks, Asahi Shimbun 10.09.2013.

Reiji Yoshida: Abe’s assurance to IOC on nuclear plant called into question, Japan Times 10.09.2013.

Japan disaster, economic crisis prompt IAEA to cut nuclear growth projection, Eco-Business 10.09.2013.

Speeches by Tokyo bid committee members during final presentation to IOC, Mainichi 10.09.2013.

Candy Chan & Amy Nip: Ban all fish from Japan to ease fears, says Hong Kong food expert, South China Morning Post 10.09.2013.

Leak from Fukushima tank contaminating groundwater, Asahi Shimbun 10.09.2013.

Abe’s assurance over Fukushima radioactive water comes under question, Mainichi 10.09.2013.

New hotspot: TEPCO detects high groundwater radiation at Fukushima plant, RT 10.09.2013.

Fukushima refugees disappointed that ex-PM, TEPCO execs escape prosecution, Mainichi 10.09.2013.

Ko Shu-ling: Taiwan’s 4th nuclear plant might be ready for loading fuel rods in Sept.: ministry, Kyodo 10.09.2013.

Lucas W. Hixson: Spread of contamination likely to prevent TEPCO from pumping groundwater into the ocean, Enformable 10.09.2013.

High radiation detected at Fukushima monitoring well: reports, (AFP) France 24 09.09.2013.

Kazuaki Nagata: Reactor makers look abroad as home market fizzles, Japan Times 09.09.2013.

Prosecutors decide not to indict anyone related to Fukushima nuclear accident, Asahi Shimbun 09.09.2013.

Ida Torres: Japanese fishermen object to planned release of Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean, Japan Daily Press 09.09.201

Masaaki Kameda: Games nod pressures Tokyo to act, Japan Times 09.09.2013.

Stress-induced deaths in Fukushima top those from 2011 natural disasters, Mainichi 09.09.2013.

Feed-in-tariff system should be used to recharge local communities, (leder) Asahi Shimbun 09.09.2013.

Phred Dvorak: A New Groundwater Problem, Wall Street Journal 09.09.2013.

Nuclear Consultant: They will have to maintain Fukushima ice wall for hundreds of years if ever installed, Energy News 09.09.2013.

Philippa H. Stewart: Fukushima’s financial fallout, Aljazeera 09.09.2013.

Kan, Tepco execs avoid charges over nuclear disaster, (Kyodo) Japan Times 09.09.2013.

Gundersen: Spent fuel likely to break when pulled from Fukushima Unit 4 pool – Racks have been distorted; Fuel rods overheated – Suspects some will be stuck there for long, long time, Energy News 09.09.2013.

Hirotaka Kojo & Eiji Zakoda: Quake reconstruction budget still used for unrelated projects, Asahi Shimbun 09.09.2013.

Radio: Problems looming at Fukushima plant; Soil unstable, risk of liquefaction – CBC: If fuel pool comes down, release could be dozens of times larger than Chernobyl, Energy News 09.09.2013.

Asahi poll: 72% criticize government’s response to Fukushima radioactive water leak issue, Asahi Shimbun 09.09.2013.

Japan Prime Minister’s Fiction vs. Fact: Fukushima contamination has never done any damage to Tokyo; Radioactive water at plant was “blocked” – Study: Tokyo was contaminated – Experts: Radioactive water is constantly flowing out to sea and almost impossible to stop, Energy News 09.09.2013.

Lake H. Barrett: Fixing Fukushima’s water problem, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 09.09.2013.

David Icke: Boycott The Radioactive 2020 Olympics Of Death, 08.09.2013.

Yoichi Shimatsu: Boycott The Radioactive 2020 Olympics Of Death, rense.com 08.09.2013.

Abe hopes Tokyo Olympics will ring out period of deflation, Asahi Shimbun 08.09.2013.

Gundersen: Fukushima reactor cores are in crisis as bad as ‘China Syndrome’, Energy News 08.09.2013.

Hosting Olympics to lift Japan’s GDP by 0.5%: estimate, (Kyodo) Japan Times 08.09.2013.

Ed Odeven: What others are saying about Tokyo’s winning Olympic bid, Japan Times 08.09.2013.

Tokyo wins bid to host 2020 Olympics, (Kyodo) Japan Times 08.09.2013.

Tokyo emerges triumphant in race for 2020 Summer Games, Asahi Shimbun 08.09.2013.

Tokyo Olympics to be held from July to August 2020 under theme ‘Discover Tomorrow’, Mainichi 08.09.

Masaaki Kameda: Tokyo Olympic bid committee makes last-ditch pitch for 2020 Games, Japan Times 08.09.2013.

The Characterization of Chernobyl Findings by Fukushima Medical University’s Thyroid Survey, Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog 08.09.2013.

Richard Osley & Oscar Quine: ‘The safe Games’: Judges convinced over Fukushima fallout fears as Tokyo wins the race to host 2020 Olympics, The Independent 08.09.2013.

Elain Lies: Japan anticipates Olympic boost, but Fukushima shadows linger, Reuters 08.09.2013.

Nuclear Expert: Biggest concern at Fukushima is the huge source of radioactivity from molten fuel and spent fuel pools winding up in ocean – “The health of the entire Northern Pacific is at stake”, Energy News 07.09.2013.

Finland seeks lessons after Fukushima on nuclear complacency culture, (Reuters) Asahi Shimbun 07.09.2013.

Stephen Wilson: Tokyo, Istanbul, Madrid make final 45-minute pitches ahead of 2020 vote, Japan Today 07.09.2013.

Jin Nishikawa: Science panel recommends strengthening inspection of Fukushima-grown produce, Asahi Shimbun 07.09.2013.

Inose slams Fukushima coverage, (AFP-Jiji) Japan Times 07.09.2013.

Momentum for 2020 Games with Tokyo: Tokyo Gov. Inose, Mainichi 07.09.2013.

Rowan Hopper: Fukushima: health disaster or PR fail? Japan Times 07.09.2013.

South Korean ban on Japanese seafood imports could hurt fisheries industry as a whole, Asahi Shimbun 07.09.2013.

Charlie Smith: IOC grants Tokyo 2020 Olympics, despite ongoing concerns over Fukushima power plant, straight.com 07.09.2013.

Rowan Hopper: Fukushima: health disaster or PR fail? Japan Times 07.09.2013.

Fukushima residents rap Tokyo Olympics bid chief over nuclear crisis, Kyodo 06.09.2013.

Keiji Hirano: Outgoing antinuclear mayor attacks Japan’s nuclear exports, Kyodo 06.09.2013.

Ida Torres: Anti-nuclear mayor calls gov’t export of nuclear power ‘unethical’, ‘shameful’, Japan Daily Press 06.09.2013.

Mattt Slater: Olympics: How Madrid has edged ahead in 2020 host city vote, BBC news 06.09.2013.

S. Korea bans fishery imports due to radioactive water leak on eve of Olympic vote, Asahi Shimbun 06.09.2013.

2,020 candles cheer Tokyo for successful bid to host 2020 Olympics, Mainichi 06.09.2013.

Reconstruction Agency must listen to victims of nuclear disaster, (leder) Asahi Shimbun 06.09.2013.

Crime up among No. 1 plant staff, (Jiji) Japan Times 06.09.2013.

Tokyo Olympic bid committee on the defensive over radioactive water at Fukushima nuke plant, Mainichi 06.09.2013.

South Korea bans fisheries imports from Fukushima area, BBC News 06.09.2013.

Kazuaki Nagata: At stake in bid – ¥3 trillion, Japan Times 06.09.2013.

Nuclear Engineer: Fuel appears damaged in Fukushima Unit 4 pool and will fall apart if they pull it up – Make sure your radiation monitor works so you know what’s going on when something drops, Energy News 06.09.2013.

Gov’t agency kept meetings on nuke disaster support off-record, withheld documents, Mainichi 06.09.2013.

Team holds second Olympics presentation rehearsal, (Kyodo) Japan Times 06.09.2013.

Meeyoung Cho & Mari Saito: South Korea extends Japan fisheries ban as Fukushima concerns grow, Reuters 06.09.2013.

Masaaki Kameda: Experts uncertain about Tokyo bid, Japan Times 05.09.2013.

Tokyo Olympic bid news conference hit with questions about nuke plant contamination, Mainichi 05.09.2013.

David Hueston: JOC delegates in radiation spin control, (Kyodo, AP) Japan Times 05.09.2013.

Atsushi Akutsu: Japan assures IOC Tokyo is safe ahead of Summer Games vote, Asahi Shimbun 05.09.2013.

The Road Less Taken: Energy Choices for the Future, (med transskript af videoen) Fairewinds 05.09.2013.

Hamaoka plant holds Nankai drill, (Jiji) Japan Times 05.09.2013.

TV: People will be consuming radioactive material coming from Fukushima – Seafood “much further away” from region will have unacceptable levels of contamination at times, says senior scientist, Energy News 05.09.2013.

Chisaki Watanabe: Japan Fuel Cell Market Ripe After Fukushima, Bloom Energy Says, Bloomberg 05.09.2013.

Michael Greger: Fukushima and Radioactivity in Seafood, (m. video) 04.09.2013.

Eleazar David Melendez: 2020 Olympics Likely To Go To Madrid: Source, Huffington Post 04.09.2013.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid Shadowed by Fukushima, Discovery News 04.09.2013.

NRA team still seems leaning toward ruling fault under Aomori nuke plant is active, (Jiji, Kyodo) Japan Times 04.09.2013.

Prime minister’s office rushes to address Fukushima contamination as Olympic vote nears, Mainichi 04.09.2013.

Trade minister says Japan in contact with U.S., others on Fukushima water crisis, (Reuters) Asahi Shimbun 04.09.2013.

Ministry meeting on greenhouse gases scheduled, but carbon dioxide off the agenda, Mainichi 04.09.2013.

Mizuho Aoki: Tokyo sets up English website on radiation, Japan Times 03.09.2013.

Mayor gets disaster response award, (Kyodo) Japan Times 03.09.2013.

Fukushima leaks won’t be threat to Tokyo Olympics – bid leader, RT 03.09.2013.

New radiation spike found near Fukushima nuclear plant water tanks, Asahi Shimbun 03.09.2013.

NRA experts agree ‘crush zone’ at Oi nuclear plant is not active fault, Mainichi 03.09.2013.

Justin McCurry: Japan earmarks £300m+ for Fukushima cleanup, The Guardian 03.09.2013.

Fukushima water release unavoidable: Japan watchdog, AFP 03.09.2013.

Shunsuke Kimura: Academic society recommends releasing radioactive tritium into sea, Asahi Shimbun 03.09.2013.

Reiji Yoshida: Abe steps in to tackle nuclear water crisis, Japan Times 03.09.2013.

Gov’t to spend 47 bil. yen to fight Fukushima toxic water, (Kyodo) Mainichi 03.09.2013.

Government to spend ¥47 billion to tackle water problem at Fukushima plant, Asahi Shimbun 03.09.2013.

Mari Yamaguchi: Japan to fund costly ice wall around Fukushima reactors to contain radioactive water leaks, AP 03.09.2013.

Japan to Spend Almost $500 Million on Water Crisis at Fukushima Nuclear Plant, (Reuters) New York Times 03.09.2013.

Kishida eyes nuke projects in Brazil, (Kyodo) Japan Times 03.09.2013.

Radioactive water leaks call Japan’s crisis management capability into question, (leder) Mainichi 03.09.2013.

Clare Leschin-Hoar: In the Aftermath of Radiation, Is Fish From the Pacific Ocean Safe to Eat? Take Part 03.09.2013.

Residents file criminal complaint against TEPCO over Fukushima leaks, Asahi Shimbun 03.09.2013.

Tepco dealt another criminal complaint, (Kyodo) Japan Times 03.09.2013.

Fear and Fukushima, World Nuclear News 03.09.2013.

Iori Mochizuki: Approx. 90% of contaminated water tank is already full, Fukushima Dairy 03.09.2013.

No active fault under Oi plant, NRA team says, (Jiji) Japan Times 03.09.2013.

Professor: Fukushima Unit No. 4 “an immediate problem” – Building is sinking, over 30 inches in places – Extraordinary possibility plant could be back at March 2011 if situation continues – Risk of fission accident in fuel pool, Energy News 03.09.2013.

Phred Dvorak & Mari Iwata: Fukushima Cleanup to Test Japan Government, Wall Street Journal 03.09.2013.

Japanese government turns on TEPCO after latest Fukushima failures, (audio) ABC 03.09.2013.

Fukushima No. 4 fuel pool “is perhaps the greatest threat humanity has ever faced” – CEO, Energy News 03.09.2013.

Evgeny Sukhoi: Fukushima radioactive leak is ‘the greatest threat humanity ever faced’ – expert, The Voice of Russia 02.09.2013.

Anthony Bond: New radiation leaks from Fukushima could be ‘lethal within four hours’ as safety  concerns at nuclear power plant increase, Daily Mail 02.09.2013.

Tanks said built in haste, bound to leak, (Jiji) Japan 02.09.2013.

High radiation levels detected in water leaking from Fukushima plant tank pipes, Mainichi 02.09.2013.

Justin McCurry: Fukushima: Japan promises swift action on nuclear cleanup, The Guardian 02.09.2013.

Don’t let Fukushima nuke disaster devolve into another Battle of Guadalcanal, Mainichi 02.09.2013.

Leaking pipe connecting tanks adds more woes at Fukushima plant, Asahi Shimbun 02.09.2013.

News Navigator: What is ALPS, and can it solve the radioactive water crisis? Mainichi 02.09.2013.

Oi reactor halt leaves just one unit still online, (Kyodo) Japan Times 02.09.2013.

Don’t let Fukushima nuke disaster devolve into another Battle of Guadalcanal, Mainichi 02.09.2013.

Oi reactor checks to temporarily halt nuclear power generation, (Kyodo) Japan Times 01.09.2013.

New disaster evacuation rules say firefighters must flee before helping others, Mainichi 01.09.2013.

Chubu Electric eyes April rate hike, (Kyodo) Japan Times 01.09.2013.

Governor: Who instructed Tepco to lie for months and say Fukushima didn’t melt down? “It should have been explained there were reasons why lies had to be told”, Energy News 01.09.2013.

RO Waste Water Leak at #Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Spot with 1,800 Millisieverts/Hr “Dose Equivalent” Found, Hilarity Ensued, EX-SKF 01.09.2013.

High radiation readings suggest new tank water leak at Fukushima, (Kyodo) Mainichi 01.09.2013.

Ryuta Koike: Leaks suspected from more tanks at Fukushima plant, Asahi Shimbun 01.09.2013.

Edan Corkill: Naoto Kan speaks out, Japan Times 01.09.2013.

Fukushima plant worker says leaks were feared when water tanks constructed, Kyodo 01.09.2013.

Tetsuji Hashimoto: Radiation readings spike at water tank at Japan’s ruined nuclear plant, (Reuters) Chicago Tribune 01.09.2013.

New radioactive hotspots suggest more leaks at Fukushima, RT 01.09.2013.

Douglas A. Yates: Fukushima’s comeback: Radiation from unending mess could threaten Alaska’s fisheries, Daily News Miner 01.09.2013.

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Den første side med links om udfoldelsen af problemerne efter Fukushima Daiichi-katastrofen var efterhånden blevet så lang, at det var på tide at opdele den. Herunder finder man således links for andet år, 11.03.2012 til 11.03.2013, mens det forudgående indlæg, Fukushima links – år 1, rummer links fra det første år efter katastrofedagen 11.03.2011. Et tredje indlæg Fukushima links – år 3, rummer links fra 11.03.2013 og frem.

Siden juni 2012 har jeg næsten dagligt lavet små optegnelser over udviklingen omkring genstarten af de japanske reaktorer og vedtagelsen af en ny energiplan, som bringer Japan ind i en udvikling baseret på vedvarende energi. Disse optegnelser er samlet månedsvis, se: juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december 2012 samt januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august og september 2013. I den forbindelse er der medtaget ganske mange links til belysning af den politiske side af energiplanens tilblivelse, som ikke findes herunder.

Gå direkte til links for marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december 2012 samt januar og februar 2013.

Se samtlige blog-indlæg om Fukushima.

 

1.-11. marts 2013

Steve Chao: Japan tsunami exacts heavy toll two years on, Aljazeera 11.03.2013.

Former Prime Minister: Half the people in Japan were close to being evacuated after start of Fukushima crisis, Energy News 11.03.2013.

Steven Mufson: In U.S., nuclear energy loses momentum amid economic head winds, safety issues, Washington Post 11.03.2013.

Marissa Fessenden: A Silver (Actually Cesium) Lining: Traces of Fukushima Disaster Fallout Help Scientists Track Tuna, Scientific American 11.03.2013.

Charles Digges: Displaced Fukushima survivors come to terms with never going home again, Bellona 11.03.2013.

Report: Fukushima Daiichi equal to or greater than Chernobyl? “Some startling results”, Energy News 11.03.2013.

Lucas W. Hixson: Two years have passed since Japan nuked the rest of the world, Enformable 11.03.2013.

Political leadership needed for disaster recovery, (leder) Mainichi 11.03.2013.

The top priority is building homes for disaster victims, (leder) Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Two years after the 3/11 disasters, (leder) Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Nuclear watchdog vows to regain trust 2 yrs after Fukushima accident, Kyodo 11.03.2013.

Ian Wilson: David Suzuki Says Japan Wasted Time to Rework Atomic Plan, Bloomberg 11.03.2013.

Antony Froggatt: Nuclear reactor operators must be financially liable for disasters, The Guardian 11.03.2013.

Geoff Bumfiel: Depression And Anxiety Could Be Fukushima’s Lasting Legacy, NPR (audio) 11.03.2013.

Japan marks 2nd anniversary of March 11 disasters, Mainichi 11.03.2013.

Wolfgang Weiss: Long-term impact on mental health the main concern in Fukushima, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

A recharged power industry, Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Fukushima plant decommissioning may last until 2051, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Elanor Warnock: Food Exports Still Restricted by Radiation Fears, Wall Street Journal 11.03.2013.

‘Light of hope’ transferred to tsunami memorial in Fukushima Prefecture city, Mainichi 11.03.2013.

Hiroko Tabuchi: Uprooted by Tsunami, Church’s Flock Regroups, New York Times 11.03.2013.

Tetsuya Kasai: About 60 percent of Fukushima evacuees cannot return home by 2017, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Justin McCurry: Japan marks tsunami anniversary, The Guadian 11.03.2013.

Mizuho Aoki: Residents failed by fitful rebuilding, Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Let there be no mistake, the Fukushima crisis continues, (Vox Populi) Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

TEPCO vows to stand by Fukushima people 2 yrs after nuclear accident, Kyodo 11.03.2013.

Fukushima family holds hope for daughter born on March 11, Mainichi 11.03.2013.

Master woodworker puts grief into altar for 3 children lost to tsunami, Mainichi 11.03.2013.

Lynne Peeples: Fukushima And The Navy: Sailors Sue Japan Nuclear Plant Owner, Saying Disaster Made Them Sick, Huffington Post 11.03.2013.

Solar plant domes spring up in Fukushima’s shadow, New Scientist 11.03.2013.

Activists fault WHO report on Fukushima radiation, (AFP) Global Post 11.03.2013.

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes: Fukushima disaster: Long road to nuclear clean-up, BBC News 11.03.2013.

Kumi Naidoo: Fukushima disaster: holding the nuclear industry liable, The Guardian 11.03.2013.

Aya Takada & Yuriy Humber: Fukushima Seeks Revival in Radiation-Free Farms With No Soil, Bloomberg 11.03.2013.

Fukushima Meltdown’s 2nd Anniversary Brings Protests Against Japan’s Reliance on Nuclear Power, (video) Democracy Now 11.03.2013.

Lennox Samuels: Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup Bogged Down in Bureaucracy, Could Take Decades, The Daily Beast 11.03.2013.

Asger Røjle: Japan: Atomulykke tvinger unge par til skilsmisse, DR 11.03.2013.

Nation marks second year since calamity, (Kyodo) Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Then and now: Photos compare changes in disaster zone, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Son recalls fond memories of climbing mountain with mom before tsunami, Mainichi 11.03.2013.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission chief says U.S. plants safer since Fukushima, (AP) Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Kasumasa Sugimura: Memories of wife, daughters help disaster victim move forward, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Evacuees may have to leave private housing used as temporary units, Mainichi 11.03.2013.

Shunichi Kawabata: Ishinomaki: Two years on, firefighters still searching for bodies, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Tepco’s survival tied to reactors, rate hikes, (Jiji) Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Radiation in most seafood products from disaster areas below limit: agency, Mainichi 11.03.2013.

Masakatsu Higashino: Otsushi: Many survivors are leaving, deterred by slow recovery, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Eric Johnston: Nuclear evacuees bide time in Kyoto but fret over future, Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Takayuki Kihara: Okuma: Town that co-hosts Fukushima plant remains deserted, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Abe vows to create disaster-resilient Japan on quake anniversary, (Kyodo) Mainichi 11.03.2013.

Victims of 2011 disaster remembered; survivors move on, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Radiation within 80-km radius of Fukushima plant fallen by half, (Kyodo) Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Recovery slow as Japan marks 2 years since tsunami, (AP) Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Mami Maruko: Unable to return, Futaba residents fear becoming lost tribe, Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Louis Templado: Checking Back: British father who refused to flee feels vindicated 2 years later, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Ayako Mie: Protesters rail against Abe, reactors, Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Satioshi Shiba: American woman returns to keep disaster victims in peoples’ thoughts, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Dreux Richard: Toxic management erodes safety at ‘world’s safest’ nuclear plant, Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Tetsuya Kasai: About 60 percent of Fukushima evacuees cannot return home by 2017, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Rikuzentakata, Okuma remember disaster victims, (Kyodo) Japan Times 11.03.2013.

Hidefumi Nogami: Prometheus Trap / ‘Shadow units’ (4): Selection of personnel for Fukushima mission limited by unit makeup, Asahi Shimbun 11.03.2013.

Roger Pulvers: Tohoku has been truly rent asunder for untold generations yet to be born, Japan Times 10.03.2013.

Helen Caldicutt: Ravages of Fukushima disaster will never end, Sydney Morning Herald 10.03.2013.

Fukushima forests found to be radioactive, Aljazeera 10.03.2013.

Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan, (AFP) The Raw Story 10.03.2013.

Mari Saito and Sophie Knight: Thousands in Japan anti-nuclear protest two years after Fukushima, Reuters 10.03.2013.

Thousands protest in Japan on eve of Fukushima nuclear disaster anniversary, Deutsche Welle 10.03.2013.

Anti-nuclear rallies mark run-up to Fukushima anniversary, (video) Euronews 10.03.2013.

Hiroshi Matsubara: Fitting In: Disaster catalyst for foreign women seeking true home in Japan, Asahi Shimbun 10.03.2013.

Jason Clenfield: Fukushima Toxic Waste Swells as Japan Marks March 11 Disaster, Bloomberg 10.03.2013.

Tepco: It’s ‘really impossible’ for us to keep storing liquid from Fukushima reactors We need to think about discharging it into ocean, (video) Energy News 10.03.2013.

Tepco to wait to decommission Fukushima plant? – Official: “The radiation will be reduced”, (video) Energy News 10.03.2013.

James Green: Filmmaker reveals enduring cost of Fukushima contamination, Asahi Shimbun 10.03.2013.

Winifred Bird: Two years on, Fukushima evacuees seek justice and a normal life, Japan Times 10.03.2013.

Tsunamien: Så vildt var det – og sådan ser der ud i dag, (dobbeltbilleder) Politiken 10.03.2013.

Eric Johnston: Plummeting debris estimates belie pleas for disposal aid, Japan Times 10.03.2013.

Ko Ota: Manga artists creating book to help orphans in disaster areas, Asahi Shimbun 10.03.2013.

Matthew Daly: Nuclear chief: US plants safer after Japan crisis, AP 10.03.2013.

Winifried Bird: Giving the children of Fukushima a place to play is not easy, Japan Times 10.03.2013.

Anti-nuke protests fill streets around world before 3/11 anniversary, Asahi Shimbun 10.03.2013.

Radiation ‘may affect reproduction’, (Kyodo) Japan Times 10.03.2013.

The pall of Fukushima overshadows our energy future, (leder) New Scientist 10.03.2013.

Stolen JAEA laptops had Fugen data, (Kyodo) Japan Times 10.03.2013.

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Siden jordskælvet og den gigantiske tsunami ud for Japans nordkyst 11. marts i år har jeg løbende fulgt udviklingen, særligt omkring den A-kraft-ulykke ved Fukushima Dai-ichi-værket, som ikke bare har ført til nedsmeltningen af tre reaktorer, men har sat et helt land på den anden ende.

Det har været en øjenåbner, i hvor høj grad et sådant teknologisk kollaps har kunnet få en altgennemgribende indvirkning på 126 millioner menneskers hverdag og på en lang række områder vil have alvorlige implikationer mange år frem i tiden, ikke bare i Japan, men kloden rundt. Jeg har derfor løbende samlet links til informationer omkring Fukushima-ulykken, som findes kronologisk nedenfor.

Det er stort og småt mellem hinanden, nyheder, baggrund, teknik, lidelse, håb og politiske rænkespil, som kan læses på mange forskellige måder – jeg har med denne liste søgt at fastholde et øjebliksbillede af, hvordan en sådan ulykke udfolder sig på utroligt mange planer, og hvordan den overhovedet bliver begribelig – fra fortvivlelsen og usikkerheden overfor, om livsvilkårene i landskaberne omkring Fukushima Dai-ichi-værket nogensinde vil heles, til globale overvejelser om, hvordan vi møder klimaudfordringen og bedst sikrer livsgrundlagets videregivelse til kommende generationer.

Udvælgelsen er sket løbende og rummer usorteret, hvad jeg umiddelbart har hæftet mig ved under vejs. Endda håber jeg, at den kan have værdi for andre.

Den japanske presse har været kaldt verdens kedeligste – der er en tradition for at videregive et ganske nøgternt-positivt billede af det japanske samfund. Opgaven som samfundets vagthund, som står stærkt i den vestlige presses selvforståelse, bliver i Japan varetaget af en noget tandløs godmodigt aldrende lænkehund, som nok heller ikke hverken ser eller hører så godt mere. Hvis man skal finde mere kritiske kommentarer og analyser, skal man derfor til udenlandske medier. Endda har man han ad vejen set medierne markere sig ganske markant.

I en situation med tredobbelt katastrofe – jordskælv, tsunami og kernenedsmeltninger – kalder situationen måske også på en anden presse. Selv efter massakren på Utöy holdt den norske presse længe tilbage med kritik af, hvordan det overhovedet kunne ske, og hvordan det kunne tage så mange timer for politiet at nå frem.

På den korte bane har de japanske medier tilsvarende en vigtig opgave i at medvirke til at holde modet oppe og styrke samfundets sammenhængskraft frem for at eksponere inkompetente politikere, svigtende ledelse og dømmekraft, afdække det omfattende misbrug af daglejere til det farligste oprydningsarbejde, eller bore i, hvorfor Tepco (Fukushima-værkets ejer) ikke for år tilbage havde revideret sikkerhedsrutinerne og sikkerhedsforanstaltningerne, når der adskillige gange har været påpeget, at de var helt utilstrækkelige.

Og tag ikke fejl. Japanerne ved, at deres samfundsinstitutioner har svigtet. Lige under overfladen ligger vreden, frustrationen og fortvivlelsen. Og man har i de seneste måneder set mennesker på gaden for at protestere og markere et ønske om et Japan uden A-kraft i et hidtil uset omfang. I en tid, hvor internettet er blevet reelt interaktivt, er fortielsens strategi dømt til at mislykkes.

Smerten, frustrationen, indignationen, fortvivlelsen og vreden efter Fukushima er så stor og så gennemgribende i det japanske samfund, at der i allle afkroge af samfundet graves i, hvordan det kunne ske, og hvordan det vil kunne undgåes i fremtiden. Så tingene får ikke bare lov til at komfortabelt at glide tilbage i business as usual.

Illustrationerne i højre margin er plakater fra siden nonukeart.org, som fanger nogle af de mange stemninger og dilemmaer, som Fukushima-ulykken har kastet det japanske samfund ud i. Se mere derom i det foregående blog-indlæg, Fukushima – No Nukes Art Project.

Denne link-samling er med tiden så lang, at den er delt op efter år, så efter denne side, Fukushima links – år 1, følger Fukushima links – år 2 samt Fukushima links – år 3.

I et efterfølgende blog-indlæg, Fukushima – otte måneder i tvivl, har jeg prøvet at lave en lille otte-måneders-status i en stadig meget uafsluttet situation.

Siden juni 2012 har jeg næsten dagligt lavet små optegnelser over udviklingen omkring genstarten af de japanske reaktorer og vedtagelsen af en ny energiplan, som bringer Japan ind i en udvikling baseret på vedvarende energi. Disse optegnelser er holdt månedsvis – se tilsvarende optegnelser for juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november og december 2012, januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november og december 2013 samt januar, februar og marts 2014. I den forbindelse er der medtaget ganske mange links til belysning af den politiske side af energiplanens tilblivelse, som ikke findes herunder.

Det har vist sig, at både Mainichi og Kyodo inddrager de fleste af deres nyhedsartikler. Frem for at fjerne disse links fra oversigten er de givet en brun farve og link-henvisningen er fjernet. Hvis det er noget, man meget gerne vil læse, vil en Google-søgning på overskriften (sat i gåseøjne) ofte afsløre, at der er en tredjepart, som har indkopieret artikelteksten. Dette vil blot være uoverkommeligt at gøre for samtlige artikler, så jeg har valgt at lade overskriften stå for at bevare overskriftsbilledet af en proces med mange variable.

Jeg har sat paper.li-siden Fukushima Blues op, så den opdateres hver morgen kl. 8 dansk tid med nyhedsartikler, videoer mv. om om Fukushima-katastrofen og dens udfoldelse i det japanske samfund. Der dukker indimellem regulære skæverter op, men omvendt kommer Fukushima Blues langt omkring i informationsstrømmen omkring Fukushima Daiichi.

Gå direkte til links for marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november og december 2011 samt januar og februar 2012.

Se samtlige blog-indlæg om Fukushima.

 

1.-11. marts 2012

Robert Peter Gale: Assessing Fukushima, one year later, Washington Post 11.03.2012.

Seven Lives, Seven Fates. Japan – One Year After the Catastrophe, Der Spiegel 11.03.2012.

Yukiya Amano: Beyond Fukushima, Al Jazeera 11.03.2012.

Erik Holm: Et år efter Fukushima: Atomkraften okser videre, Ingeniøren 11.03.2012.

Andrew DeWit: Japan’s Remarkable Renewable Energy Drive- After Fukushima, The Asia-Pacific Journal, 11.03.2012.

Justin McCurry: Japan marks first anniversary of earthquake and tsunami, The Guardian 11.03.2012.

Roger Pulvers: Japan’s disasters must prompt a radical rethink of citizens’ quality of life, Japan Times 11.03.2012.

Matthew Penney: The Fukushima Anniversary: Japanese Press Reactions, The Asia-Pacific Journal 11.03.2012.

Once ‘ideal’ Fukushima village begins to drift apart after nuclear disaster, Mainichi 11.03.2012.

Reiji Yoshida: 869 Tohoku tsunami parallels stun, Japan Times 11.03.2012.

Municipalities around Fukushima nuclear plant divided over ‘new town’ scheme, Mainichi 10.03.2012.

Mitsuro Obe: March 11, One Year On: Occupy METI, Wall Street Journal 10.03.2012.

High radioiodine levels found in thyroids of Fukushima residents post-meltdown, Mainichi 10.03.2012.

Richard Black: Global fallout: Did Fukushima scupper nuclear power? BBC News 10.03.2012.

TEPCO to indicate in March whether all Fukushima reactors to be scrapped, (Kyodo) Mainichi 10.03.2012.

Andrew Revkin: Nuclear Risk and Fear, from Hiroshima to Fukushima, New York Times 10.03.2012.

The dream that failed, The Economist 10.03.2012.

Japan conditionally allows rice planting in cesium-detected areas, (Kyodo) Mainichi 10.03.2012.

Blow-ups happen. Nuclear plants can be kept safe only by constantly worrying about their dangers, The Economist 10.03.2012.

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