"The most important and urgent task for Fukushima's recovery" - FUKUSHIMA MAIS MORTÍFERA QUE HIROSHIMA, NAGAZAKI E CHERNOBYL JUNTAS 11

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"The most important and urgent task for Fukushima's recovery"

November 11, 2013

Coalition calls for state-led approach to Fukushima cleanup

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated he will accept the ruling coalition parties’ proposal to pour taxpayers money into decontamination efforts to speed up the recovery from the

Fukushima nuclear disaster.

The package of proposals of the Liberal Democratic Party and junior coalition partner New Komeito also demanded that the government provide support to evacuees who abandon plans to return to their homes around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

“The government will step forward and work together with the ruling coalition,” Abe said after receiving the proposal at the prime minister’s office on Nov. 11.

The Abe administration will begin discussing how it will play a greater role in removing radioactive materials around the nuclear plant and supporting the livelihoods of the evacuees.

The ruling parties described decontamination and the construction of intermediate storage facilities for radioactive soil and debris as “the most important and urgent task for Fukushima’s recovery.”

They pressed the government to earmark taxpayers money for decontamination activities, beyond those already planned, from “the standpoint of public-works projects” to enable evacuees to return home at an early date.

They also urged the government to “take all possible measures,” including funding, for the construction of the intermediate storage facilities.

Under the current system, Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the Fukushima No. 1 plant, is required to shoulder the costs for decontamination.

The government has spent billions of yen to decontaminate municipalities affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. But radiation levels have not decreased substantially, and many evacuees are reluctant to...LINK

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