2006 Links
July - December 2006
2007
June 2006
30 June 2006
Status of Inspection of Low-Pressure Turbine Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station No. 5 (Follow-up)
Chubu Electric Power Company
http://www.chuden.co.jp/english/corporate/press2006/0630_1.html
29 June 2006
EDITORIAL/ U.S.-India nuclear deal
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200606290145.html
27 June 2006
Study: N. Korea lifts nuke arsenal
Bush calls for Pyongyang to say what's on missile
CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/26/korea.nuclear.reut/index.html
26 June 2006
U.S. nuclear-powered submarines make more port calls in Nagasaki, Okinawa prefectures
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200606260371.html
26 June 2006
Nuclear firm rapped over radiation
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060626a9.html
23 June 2006
India seeks power plant investment
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20060623a6.html
21 June 2006
Japan running on empty in the global race toward adopting renewable energy sources
BY KEIJI TAKEUCHI AND MICHIO INOUE
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200606210132.html
21 June 2006
Japan urges fissile material treaty
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060621b1.html
June 2006
Decision to Use the A-Bomb
Imperial Imperatives: Truman's "Hammer" and the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By Joseph Gerson
Vancouver World Peace Forum
http://www.afsc.org/newengland/pesp/DecisionToUseABomb.htm
18 June 2006
Film depicts double A-bomb victims
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060618b1.html
17 June 2006
Nobel winners call on US to ease up on North Korea
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/17/AR2006061700291_pf.html
17 June 2006
Suit seeking closure of nuke waste disposal plant refused
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060617a9.html
16 June 2006
Hamaoka reactor stops; no leak
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060616b1.html
15 June 2006
Mayor OKs nuclear ship deployment
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060615a2.html
15 June 2006
EDITORIAL: Overseas hibakusha
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200606150120.html
14 June 2006
Pre-'96 payments for overseas hibakusha denied
Top court reverses decisions that oblige government to pay medical allowances
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060614a4.html
14 June 2006
Windmills keep spinning clean power but electric utilities aren't interested
By KAZUNORI MORI
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060614f2.html
13 June 2006
Yokosuka mayor set to allow U.S. nuclear-powered carrier
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060613a4.html
10 June 2006
New A-bomb museum chief to revamp exhibits
By MIYA TANAKA
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060610f3.html
9 June 2006
EDITORIAL: Defense of the nonnuclear option
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20060609a1.html
9 June 2006
Mock tribunal on A-bombings slated
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060609f4.html
8 June 2006
Toshiba sets Westinghouse schedule
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20060608a5.html
7 June 2006
Long-lost A-bomb mural restored
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20060607a3.html
7 June 2006
Energy paper stresses need for 'resource diplomacy'
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20060607a6.html
5 June 2006
Kissinger worried about a Japan armed with nukes
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060605a6.html
3 June 2006
Aso urges Iran to accept nuke talks or risk isolation
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060603a8.html
1 June 2006
Tottori uranium cleanup to be finished
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060601a6.html
1 June 2006
Chinese trio registered at Hiroshima memorial
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060601a9.html
May 2006
31 May 2006
KEDO plan nixed for North Korea
AP
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-31-kedo-north-korea_x.htm
31 May 2006
Antinuclear activist Kawai, wife found dead in house fire
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060531a8.html
(A tragic loss of a wonderful anti-nuclear activist. I thank Dr. Kawai for his humor and
for all that he taught me. (Ed.))
29 May 2006
U.S. urges ally Japan to back India nuke pact
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605290088.html
27 May 2006
Relaunch of Mihama reactor OK'd
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060527b1.html
27 May 2006
A-bombing aftermath photos donated
Hiroshima, Nagasaki get Mahattan Project scientist-turned-activist's legacy
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060527f1.html
26 May 2006
Nuclear-powered carrier calls at port of Sasebo
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060526b1.html
26 May 2006
OVERCOMING MISTRUST
Whither the six-party talks?
By SCOTT SNYDER, RALPH A. COSSA, and BRAD GLOSSERMAN
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20060526a1.html
25 May 2006
Governor to approve restarting reactor
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605250125.html
24 May 2006
Steam leak halts reactor in Fukushima
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060524b2.html
24 May 2006
Yokosuka lets U.S. Navy put its best ships forward
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605240139.html
24 May 2006
The Aegis of America
BY FUMIAKI SONOYAMA
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605240140.html
24 May 2006
Where the dream of harnessing the sun's power could come true
· International reactor project gets go-ahead
· Commercial usage not guaranteed, say critics
James Randerson
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329487778-103690,00.html
23 May 2006
The end of KEDO: Why supplying a nuclear reactor to North Korea would
have increased proliferation risks in East Asia
Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/the-end-of-kedo
23 May 2006
The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal: The Right Approach?
Discussants: Henry Sokolski
Teresita Schaffer
Council on Foreign Relations
http://www.cfr.org/publication/10731/
23 May 2006
Successes and failures of Pakistan's nukes
M B Naqvi
International The News
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=7588
22 May 2006
British Nuclear Group renews Japan reprocessing contract
BNG
http://www.britishnucleargroup.com/content.php?pageID=31&nID=851
21 May 2006
Ministry plans to appeal ruling on A-bomb victims
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060521a4.html
19 May 2006
Rice leads push for US to open talks on peace deal with North Korea
· Bush to back away from nuclear confrontation
· White House fears policy failure will encourage Iran
By Suzanne Goldenberg
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329484288-104490,00.html
17 May 2006
Radioactive water leaks at Mihama
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060517b5.html
17 May 2006
Display site eludes long-lost A-bomb mural
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060517f1.html
16 May 2006
MHI in reactor parts deal with two U.S. firms
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20060516a3.html
15 May 2006
EDITORIAL/ A-bomb illness victims
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605150101.html
15 May 2006
Power plant security info leaked onto Net
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060515a3.html
15 May 2006
Nuclear plant links reactor with energy grid
By Wang Ying
China Daily
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-05/15/content_589474.htm
14 May 2006
Fuel program may violate U.S.-Japan nuclear pact
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060514a4.html
14 May 2006
N.Korea appears to restart nuclear reactor - report
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/14/AR2006051400951_pf.html
13 May 2006
A-bomb victims win recognition
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605120392.html
12 May 2006
Toshiba sets 2 trillion yen expansion plan
BY YUKAKO ONO
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605120191.html
12 May 2006
Reactors that will come under safeguards identified
The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2006/05/12/stories/2006051204791500.htm
10 May 2006
Rokkasho safe to operate: high court
Judges rule assessment of uranium enrichment plant was proper
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060510a4.html
7 May 2006
Japan offers to cooperate in U.S. nuke fuel program
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060507a5.html
3 May 2006
Criminal action over nuclear leak
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/4970236.stm
3 May 2006
Newsmaker: An invitation to close the nuclear umbrella
BY SHINICHI IKEDA
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605030097.html
2 May 2006
Nuclear plants get new quake standards
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605020113.html
April 2006
28 April 2006
EDITORIAL/ 20 years after Chernobyl
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200604280140.html
26 April 2006
EDITORIAL
Learning from Chernobyl
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20060426a1.html
25 April 2006
Chernobyl survivor on musical mission
Soprano sings to keep memory alive, and to further her healing process
By MIYA TANAKA
(Includes report on Chernobyl 20th anniversary symposium held in Tokyo)
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060425f3.html
25 April 2006
Japan, EU urge Iran to halt nuke enrichment
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060425a3.html
18 April 2006
Yokosuka mayor likely to accept deployment of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200604180256.html
15 April 2006
A-bomb legacy fading: filmmaker
American seeks hibakusha stories for future generations
By MANDY WILLINGHAM
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060415f1.html
14 April 2006
North issues threat over six-party delay
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060414a2.html
13 April 2006
Japan raps Iran over enrichment
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060413a9.html
13 April 2006
Wu: Efforts to resume six-party talks fail
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200604130127.html
12 April 2006
Water leak at Japan nuclear plant
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4902282.stm
12 April 2006
Toshiba: Flow test data faked at 3rd nuke plant
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200604120390.html
11 April 2006
Efforts under way to revive six-party talks
But key N. Korea-U.S. meeting unlikely
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060411a1.html
9 April 2006
Impact on US-Pakistan Relations and the Nonproliferation Regime
Excerpts from Leventhal-Andersen Debate
(includes comments on Japan's plutonium program and the proposed Fissile Materials Cut-off Treaty)
Nuclear Control Institute
http://www.nci.org/06nci/04/Excerpts%20from%20Leventhal-Andersen%20Debate.htm
8 April 2006
N. Korean negotiators slated to meet in Tokyo
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200604080122.html
7 April 2006
EDITORIAL
Nuclear safety called into question
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20060407a1.html
7 April 2006
26 hibakusha repeat attempt to get health benefits
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060407a8.html
4 April 2006
Nuclear screening at seaports in Japan eyed by U.S., Tokyo
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060404a1.html
3 April 2006
Arms group condemns Japanese nuclear plan
UPI
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060331-040352-5544r
1 April 2006
Safety Assurance In Rokkasho
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060401a4.html
March 2006
31 March 2006
Government drafts plans for reactor to succeed Monju
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060331a9.html
30 March 2006
Nuclear-reprocessing test to start
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603300168.html
29 March 2006
Tokai unveils replica of deadly uranium plant
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060329b7.html
29 March 2006
Nuclear agency OKs Shikoku Electric MOX plan
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060329a7.html
(Also Rokkasho safety agreement)
28 March 2006
Industry ministry OKs 6th pluthermal project
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603280489.html
28 March 2006
Pluthermal power not a matter to take lightly
BY AKITO KUWAYAMA
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603280139.html
27 March 2006
Genkai, Saga grant request to burn MOX
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060327a1.html
25 March 2006
TEPCO missed crack in nuclear reactor pipe
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603250134.html
25 March 2006
Court: Reactor should shut down
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603250135.html
25 March 2006
Court orders new reactor's halt
Ruling days after startup issued over quake risk
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060325a1.html
24 March 2006
Japan court orders reactor closed
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4839970.stm
24 March 2006
Japan's shaky nuclear record
By Sarah Buckley
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3548192.stm
24 March 2006
ONLY VICTORY: CAN KEEP PURSUING CATCH
Fishermen fail to halt reactor plan
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060324a6.html
24 March 2006
RoK interested in Vietnam nuclear power project
Thanh Nien News
http://www.thanhniennews.com/print.php?catid=1&newsid=13816
23 March 2006
Saga assembly OKs MOX plan
Governor, however, wants minister's safety assurance
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060323a9.html
22 March 2006
Blaze at Japanese nuclear plant
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4832712.stm
22 March 2006
Utility to pay energy group's bills
By NORIYUKI SHIGEMASA
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603220113.html
17 March 2006
Oil firms adjust footing amid Iran's nuclear follies
By KANAKO TAKAHARA
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060317a3.html
15 March 2006
Atomic bomb exhibit planned in Nevada, home of nuclear testing
By YOSHIHIRO TAI and KAZUYO NAKAMURA
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603150185.html
15 March 2006
30 A-bomb survivors apply for radiation illness benefits
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060315a7.html
13 March 2006
Aomori set to give green light to test on plutonium separation
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603130118.html
13 March 2006
AREVA signs agreement to supply MOX fuel to Japanese utility CHUBU
AREVA Press Release
http://www.areva.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=arevagroup_
en%2FPressRelease%2FPressReleaseFullTemplate&cid=1141898735032
10 March 2006
Japan's 55th Nuclear Power Generator Set to Start
Planet Ark
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35579/story.htm
10 March 2006
India's Gas Centrifuge Program: Stopping Illicit Procurement and the
Leakage of Technical Centrigue Know-How
By David Albright and Susan Basu
Institute for Science and International Security
http://www.isis-online.org/publications/southasia/indianprocurement.pdf
6 March 2006
Kepco to scrap plans for reactor in Kyoto
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060306a2.html
5 March 2006
Vote sought on Rokkasho test run
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060305b1.html
5 March 2006
Tighter controls on exports to ward off WMD spread
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060305a7.html
4 March 2006
Utility seeks OK to use MOX fuel
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603040139.html
4 March 2006
EDITORIAL/ U.S.-India nuclear pact
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603040128.html
3 March 2006
Japan to launch nuclear reprocessing plant
Reporter: Shane McLeod
ABC (Lateline)
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1583771.htm
March 2006
Questions Surround Iran's Nuclear Program
IAEA Resolution on Iran
Paul Kerr
Arms Control Today
http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_03/MARCH-iranquestions.asp
2 March 2006
New dawn for nuclear power is distant
By Matthew L. Wald and Heather Timmons
International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/01/business/nuke.php
2 March 2006
Ikata pluthermal plan basically OK: safety panel
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060302b1.html
2 March 2006
China whipped past Japan in wind power in '05: report
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20060302a4.html
2 March 2006
45% of A-bomb survivors have thyroid disease: study
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060302a2.html
1 March 2006
Toshiba suspends 100 billion yen coal power plants over CO2, profit concerns
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603010157.html
1 March 2006
Iran told nuke issue could harm business ties
By TARO KARASAKI
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200603010155.html
February 2006
28 February 2006
Iran rejects Japan's call to end uranium program
By TARO KARASAKI
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200602270309.html
28 February 2006
Iran's foreign minister tells Japan Tehran has a right to nuke program
By REIJI YOSHIDA
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060228a3.html
27 February 2006
Nuclear carrier unwelcome
By KIROKU HANAI
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20060227kh.html
24 February 2006
More coal-fired power plants threaten emissions targets
By TAKAO IKEUCHI
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060224f2.html
23 February 2006
ADOPTING A PROBLEM CHILD?
Toshiba faces major hurdles with Westinghouse
By YURI KAGEYAMA
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20060223a8.html
22 February 2006
MOX plan to get Saga governor's nod
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060222a4.html
21 February 2006
France and India agree on atom deal
By Amelia Gentleman
International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/20/news/chirac.php
18 February 2006
Town approves MOX reactor plan; OK expected from Saga governor
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060218a8.html
17 February 2006
TEPCO to import crude oil
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200602170171.html
16 February 2006
EDITORIAL/ Pluthermal project
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200602160134.html
16 February 2006
Electric power companies move into gas supply
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200602160137.html
16 February 2006
Mitutoyo suspected of evading rules on nuke-tied exports
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200602160149.html
16 February 2006
Japan regrets Iran's nuclear step
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060216b6.html
14 February 2006
Firm searched over sensitive tech exports
Thailand, China illegally got gauges like one found in Libya nuke complex
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060214a2.html
14 February 2006
Balancing Iran oil, nukes tough for Japan
By KO HIRANO
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20060214a7.html
11 February 2006
Toshiba suspected of falsifying more reactor flow meter data
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060211b1.html
9 February 2006
Duma demands an end to nuclear reprocessing at Mayak
Russian ecologists still weighing pros and cons of Rosatom plan
By Vera Ponomareva, Translated by Charles Digges
Bellona
http://www.bellona.org/en/international/russia/nuke_industry/siberia/mayak/41938.html
9 February 2006
Toshiba: Market clout justifies Westinghouse price
By YUKAKO ONO
Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200602090177.html
9 February 2006
Brazil hibakusha suit rejection overturned
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060209a2.html
9 February 2006
Japan wants in on U.S. nuke plan
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060209b1.html
8 February 2006
Saga: Pluthermal project safe to run
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200602080177.html
8 February 2006
Governor opens Saga door to MOX plan
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060208a2.html
7 February 2006
Toshiba seals Westinghouse deal
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20060207a7.html
6 February 2006
Poll: Nuke workers fear deadly accident
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200602060103.html
3 February 2006
Firm hopes to start carbon credit exchange in Japan
By SITI RAHIL
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060203f3.html
January 2006
30 January 2006
11th return of vitrified residues to Japan
Cogema Press Release
http://www.cogemalahague.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=cogema_en/
communique/communique_full_template&c=communique&cid=1132047413064&p=1039482707003
26 January 2006
Rep. Markey Voices Concern Over Nuclear Reprocessing By Japan
Congressman Ed Markey Press Release
http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1088&Itemid=125
28 January 2006
U.S. Democrats urge Japan to halt nuclear fuel plan
The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060128a8.htm
26 January 2006
Nuclear Energy Plan Would Use Spent Fuel
By Peter Baker and Dafna Linzer
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502229.html
26 January 2006
US may overturn nuclear fuel reprocessing ban
New Scientist
By Rob Edwards
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8639
26 January 2006
Plutonium monitor could help nuclear police
Daily Times
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C01%5C26%5Cstory
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25 January 2006
Japan Firms Look to Uranium Amid Nuclear Revival
By Ikuko Kao
Planet Ark
http://www.planetark.com/avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=34667
25 January 2006
South Korea to try best to resolve nuclear issue
Xinhua
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/25/content_515446.htm
17 January 2006
Japan Takes Diplomatic Role in Iran Nuclear Issue
By Steve Herman
Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-01-17-voa29.cfm
16 January 2006
Energy providers at odds over emissions standards
By TOSHIYUKI OTAKI
The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200601160091.html
15 January 2005
Settlement in Mihama steam leak
The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060115a9.htm
14 January 2006
WWF faults Sydney parley for fostering fossil fuel dependence
By ERIKO ARITA
The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060114b3.htm
8 January 2006
Pluthermal to use 6.5 tons a year
The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060108a5.htm
8 January 2006
KEDO workers pull out of DPRK light-water reactor project
China View
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/08/content_4024862.htm
6 January 2006
Rokkasho tests break plutonium pledge, activists tell IAEA
By ERIC JOHNSTON
The Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060106a8.htm
4 January 2006
Japan willing to discuss nuclear energy issues with India
South Asia News
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southasia/printer_1073310.php