Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown: PBS

Watch Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/japans-nuclear-meltdown/

Strong quake hits off Japan near Fukushima

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  People crowd at Sendai railway station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 after trains were halted following a strong earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan. It is the same region …

• TOKYO (Reuters) – A strong quake centered off northeastern Japan shook buildings as far away as Tokyo on Friday and triggered a one-meter tsunami in an area devastated by last year’s Fukushima disaster, but there were no reports of deaths or serious damage.

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Major quake strikes off Japan, setting off small tsunami

CNN
By Alex Zolbert and Jethro Mullen, CNN
December 7, 2012 — Updated 1237 GMT (2037 HKT)

Tokyo (CNN) – A powerful earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday evening, rattling buildings in Tokyo and setting off a small tsunami.

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6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japanese coast

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 8:28 PM EDT, Mon October 1, 2012

(CNN) — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s eastern coast early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
With a depth of 9 kilometers (5.6 miles), the tremor was about 96 kilometers (almost 60 miles) east-northeast of Miyako and 550 kilometers (342 miles) north-northeast of Tokyo, according to the U.S. agency.
The quake occurred just over a year and a half since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a huge tsunami off Japan, resulting in thousands of deaths and the world’s worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century.
The Japan Meteorological Agency, however, did not issue any tsunami warnings or advisories immediately after the Tuesday morning quake, according to its website. No such warnings were issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center either.
A little more than 30 minutes after this first earthquake, another significant, if slightly weaker one, hit the same general area.
This 5.1-magnitude tremor was about the same distance from Tokyo as the first and about 107 kilometers (66 miles) east of Miyako — which was among the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami — according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Tuesday’s second quake was much deeper than the first, rooted about 38 kilometers (23.6 miles) below sea level.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/01/world/asia/japan-earthquake/index.html

The Crisis in Fukushima Sixteen Months After 3-11, What Has Changed?

A Talk By Mr. Yasuteru Yamada
Wednesday, August 1 at 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Cowell Hall Rm. 106, University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton St., between Masonic & Parker

Mr. Yasuteru Yamada represents the Skilled Veterans Corps for Fukushima, an organization composed of retired engineers and other professionals who have volunteered to repair and maintain the reactors. Its members feel that, since their lifespans are limited, they can handle the health risks better than younger people, and spend more time on site. So far, the Japanese government is refusing their assistance.

For information about Mr. Yamada, contact: gabriellarandazzo@gmail.com or 707-888-0923

NY 6/29/2012 “Never Restart Japan’s Nuclear Plants!” — Interview 3

Ryuchi Sakamoto

In Tokyo, Thousands Protest the Restarting of a Nuclear Power Plant

NYTimes
By MARTIN FACKLER
Published: June 29, 2012

TOKYO — Shouting antinuclear slogans and beating drums, tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the Japanese prime minister’s residence on Friday in the largest display yet of public anger at the government’s decision to restart a nuclear power plant. <article>

Hidemi Takahashi of Tokyo Tech

Hidemi Takahashi of Tokyo Tech, exhibiting at the TechConnect / CleanTech Open in Santa Clara, California, June 22, 2012, voices his message and support for the recovery efforts in Tohoku.
http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/

“Stress Test Meeting” Interrupted: Audience’s Protest and Poignant Words from A Fukushima Woman

Published on Jun 3, 2012 by tokyobrowntabby2
On January 18, 2012, Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) held a hearing to discuss with a committee of experts the results of the “stress test” for judging whether to restart Kansai Electric’s Ooi Nuclear Power Plant. The hearing was supposed to be open to public, but at the last minute NISA decided to hold the meeting in a separate room without the audience. The angry audience, who were locked out in a room with a TV monitor, eventually rushed into the meeting room and made a protest.

In the middle of the confusion, an unidentified woman from Fukushima came out of the audience. This video clip shows part of the protest from the audience and the woman’s poignant words.

Before this hearing, three of the committee members were found to have received donations from a nuclear-related company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. One of them is Dr. Koji Okamoto, Professor of the University of Tokyo and Moderator of this meeting, to whom the woman from Fukushima addressed her last question.

The original, longer version (http://youtu.be/jIRqDsHJ3OY) was created by OurPlanet-TV (http://www.ourplanet-tv.org/?q=node/287). OurPlanet-TV is an independent net-based media and welcomes donations.

関連情報 (related information, in Japanese only)：http://torajiyama.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-354.html

Translation and captioning by tokyobrowntabby.
Video editing by sievert311 (http://www.youtube.com/user/sievert311).

French version is at kna60′s channel: http://youtu.be/hfxLUS9js_0

Women’s “Die-In” against the Restart of Ooi Nuke Plant (Jun/07/2012)

Published on Jun 10, 2012 by tokyobrowntabby2
On June 7, 2012, about 70 women including 10 women from Fukushima did a “die-in” in front of the Prime Minister’s Official Residence to protest against the restart of Ooi Nuclear Power Plant. Before the die-in, 10 Fukushima women visited the Cabinet Office and met with officials to submit a letter of requests addressed to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

This video clip shows the words from the Fukushima women and part of the die-in.

On the very next day, June 8, 2012, Prime Minister Noda held a press conference and declared he would restart Ooi Nuclear Power Plant.

The original video (http://youtu.be/ODNhDhw_-VY) created by OurPlanet-TV (http://www.ourplanet-tv.org/?q=node/287). OurPlanet-TV is an independent net-based media and welcomes donations.

Translation and captioning by tokyobrowntabby.
Video editing by sievert311 (http://www.youtube.com/user/sievert311).