Here are the topic summaries of today's Fukushima updates. Please click the link for the full reports.
The
public approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems to be
rising. In parallel, public opinion on nuclear energy policy has
improved since Abe took office... Construction of the enclosure for the
removal of the spent fuel bundles from Fukushima Daiichi unit #4 is
progressing smoothly. (with link)... The Nuclear Regulatory Authority
has decided to broaden the time-span used for the definition of active
earthquake faults... The fisheries along the coastline of Iwate and
Miyagi Prefectures are gradually recovering from the impact of the
3/11/11 tsunami, but fishermen are still hurt by radiation bans on
certain fish... Japan’s Health Ministry wants all workers at
contaminated waste disposal sites to
be monitored for internal and external radiation exposure... Toshiba is
developing a small nuclear reactor to be used in mining Canadian tar
sands for fossil fuels.
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