5/21/2011 JST | Crisis center kept in dark on SPEEDI data

Source: The Japan Times
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011

Kyodo

The crisis management center was not informed about SPEEDI data predicting how radioactive substances would spread from the damaged Fukushima No.1 power plant, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Friday.
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5/21/2011 JST | Tepco suffers record ¥1.24 trillion group loss as president takes the fall

Source: The Japan Times
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011 JST
by: KAZUAKI NAGATA Staff writer

With the nuclear crisis pressing hard on management, Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday reported a record group net loss of ¥1.24 trillion for fiscal 2010.
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5/20/2011 | Tepco Credit-Default Swaps Surge Above Levels BP Hit After Gulf Oil Spill

Source: Bloomberg
Date: Friday May 20, 2011
by: Yusuke Miyazawa and Akiko Ikeda

The cost of protecting Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s debt from default surged to a record amid reports the utility will post Japan’s largest corporate loss when it announces earnings today following the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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5/21/2011 JST | U.N. chief launches system-wide study on Fukushima nuclear accident

Source: Japan Today
Date: Saturday 21st May, 03:29 AM JST

NEW YORK — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Friday launched a system-wide study on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident triggered by the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan.
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5/20/2011 | New RadiationNews™ Google gadget available

Source: bearishtrader
Date: Friday, May 20, 2011

New RadiationNews™ Google gadget can be added to iGoogle or embedded in your own website.