The Japanese Government's Empty Promise and Deceptive Comfort for Fukushima Evacuees 日本政府から福島避難者へ、空約束とごまかしの安心感

Posted by Mia on 22/11/13
Decontamination was a deciding factor for as a major part of the reconstruction and inviting The Olympics to Tokyo....

77% of the budget is still unused, Tepco refuses to cover all the cost of
decontamination. 除染費用77％は未使用。 東電が除染経費の支払いを拒否
-The Environment Ministry has failed to use as much as 76.6 percent, or 247.2 billion yen, of its budget for the decontamination of radioactive areas around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the Board of Audit said.
-The ministry faces another problem: Tokyo Electric Power Co. The operator of the stricken Fukushima plant refuses to cover all the costs of the decontamination work, as required under the law.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201310170058


BUT ...
Documents show government completely accepts TEPCO’s refusal to pay the cleanup 日本政府は今年の2月、すでに東電の支払い拒否を認めていた。
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201310270048
Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the embattled Fukushima No. 1
nuclear power plant, declared early this year (February), that it will not
repay radioactive cleanup costs in Fukushima Prefecture, forcing taxpayers
to shoulder the burden the Asahi Shimbun has learned.

AND ...
Tepco Subcontractors got a good deal out of the decontamination work. 東電系企業が除染下請け 復興予算を食い物に
http://asumaken.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-10224.html
Tepco subcontractors got deals to do the decontamination making huge profits, only to be proven later, that it is not effective. Although Tepco doesn't pay what is required to do under the law, their subcontractors still get huge profits.
(日刊ゲンダイ2013/11/7)
福島第1原発事故で汚染された地域の除染事業で､東電子会社などのﾌｧﾐﾘｰ企業が下請けに参入していることが明らかになった｡除染は国が税金で立て替えて進めている｡費用が返還されないままだと､事故を起こした東電側に利益が還流することになる｡

For Evacuees?
“The initial plan called for decontamination to be finished by the end of the current fiscal year........ The Environment Ministry plans to announce before
the end of the year a new schedule for the completion of the decontamination work.”
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201310190042


(Editor's note) The government admitted that decontamination work is not effective to reduce the amount of ionizing radiation in the atmosphere.
To avoid even more evacuation they had decided and announced that 20mSv/y is safe.
They still said 1mSv/y is a long term aim, but there is no other alternative plan announced to reduce the radiation apart from the in-effective decontamination work program.

Delaying tactics for Evacuees ...
Japan delaying 2-3 years to prepare the residents to return home near to the crippled nuclear plants 日本政府は除染が予定通りに終わらず、避難地区11市町村の帰還予定を2，3年、遅らす
http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/japan-delaying-cleanup-of-towns-near.html

What the Japanese Government Want is this...
The Japanese Government has announced in Fukushima "No More Repeating of Decontamination", "Giving up reducing to 0.23uSv/" 自己管理を提案　福島で政府説明会　再除染応ぜず
http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-japanese-government-announced-in.html
The officials have suggested to residents that it is ok to live there, even
if the level of radiation does not go down below 0.23uSv/h.
As long as they monitor their exposure levels by wearing a dosimeter and they manage to live carefully inside their houses so as not to be exposed to more than 0.23uSv/h.
政府が福島県田村市の除染作業完了後に開いた住民説明会で、空気中の放射線量を毎時０・２３マイクロシーベルト（年１ミリシーベルト）以下にする目標を 達成できなくても、一人ひとりが線量計を身につけ、実際に浴びる「個人線量」が年１ミリを超えないように自己管理しながら自宅で暮らす提案をしていたことが分かった…

What support has the Japanese Government give to evacuees?
The government said they are going to support the evacuees with a new
proposal. I am concerned because of this evidence of 50 mSv/y dose limit;
年間積算放射線量が５０ミリシーベルト超の「帰還困難区域」について、帰還まで長 期の時間がかかることを明確にした上で、移住先で住宅を確保できるよう賠償金を手厚くする.....
Those residents in the area with more than 50mSv/y will get sufficient
financial help from the government, but those in the remaining area will
not be going to get financial support.
http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/future-for-fukushima-evacuees-is-not.html

*Pregnant women offered free houses if they return to Fukushima
妊娠している女性や子供が、福島に帰還すると住居費が無料になる
http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/pregnant-women-offered-free-houses-if.html

*Japan’s plan to make radiation readings come out looking better -Plan to lower radiation readings OK’d 日本政府は住民の被爆を低く見積もるよう仕組んでいる。 JIJI NOV 12, 2013
http://nuclear-news.net/2013/11/13/japans-plan-to-make-radiation-readings-come-out-looking-better/#more-59479

How much they spend on those indivisual dosimeter?...
The Environment Ministry has requested 670 million yen ($6.7 million) in budget allocations for the next fiscal year for a program to distribute dosimeters to 4,200 residents from areas designated as "zones being prepared for the lifting of the evacuation order.” http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201311210067

*Information on the myth of ‘decontamination’
Japan decontamination is a failure – “”No Repeat of Decontamination” Posted by arclight2011part2

Also all the Olympic athletes need to be aware that ...
*Fukushima: Naraha-machi Governor, Mr. Matsumoto wants J village to be
used as a practice place for Tokyo Olympic 五輪でＪヴィレッジ活用を　楢葉町長「復興の 後押しに」
オリンピックを復興震災の目標??? 
 http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/blog-post_7168.html
A letter to all young athletes who dream of coming to Tokyo in 2020
東京オリンピックを目指している若い選手の方々へ Some Facts You Should Know About Fukushima
http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/a-letter-to-all-young-athletes-who.html