Minami-Soma to turn down nuclear subsidies

[kristopher]

Minami-Soma to turn down nuclear subsidies
2011/08/05


MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Hit hard by the nuclear disaster, Minami-Soma city will again decline subsidies given to host communities of nuclear plants to send a clear anti-nuclear message to the government and electric power companies.

Minami-Soma has received 500 million yen ($6.48 million) in subsidies since 1986 for being part of the planned site of Tohoku Electric Co.'s Namie-Odaka nuclear power plant.

Municipalities are required to apply for the subsidies in May and in October. Minami-Soma did not apply in May after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

... "In response to the (Fukushima) accident, we won't accept nuclear power plants now nor in the future," Minami-Soma Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai told The Asahi Shimbun. "By not applying for the subsidies, this city will make it clear that it is against the new plant construction."

Minami-Soma's decision ...

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201108040320.html