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Nuclear industry subsidies and other payments to Japan’s local governments

2.5 trillion yen in nuclear money doled out to local governments since 1966, Mainichi Daily News, 19 Aug 11, Local governments have received at least 2.5 trillion yen in “nuclear money” in the form of subsidies, fixed property taxes and other payments since the start of nuclear power generation in Japan in 1966, a tally by the Mainichi shows.

But the total is certain to be much higher because many local governments are not releasing data on nuclear power-related fixed property taxes and donations.

The Mainichi compiled the tally based on data from the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, which operates under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and interviews with local governments.

Of the 2.5 trillion yen, about 915 billion yen came from subsidies based on the nation’s three power source-related laws, enacted in 1974, while 892 billion yen came from fixed property taxes that cities, towns and villages have slapped on operators of nuclear power plants.

Hokkaido and 12 other prefectures have also collected roughly 675 billion yen in nuclear fuel tax from electric companies that have built nuclear power stations in those prefectures. In addition, these utilities have donated some 53 billion yen to local governments concerned, the Mainichi found……

The village of Tomari in Hokkaido, host to the Tomari Nuclear Power Plant, collects 50 percent of its revenue from nuclear money, and other local governments hosting nuclear power plants are also heavily reliant on nuclear money. … http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110819p2a00m0na007000c.html


August 19, 2011 - Posted by | business and costs, Japan

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