東電支援枠１５．４兆円に拡大　賠償費用上振れで１．９兆円増

　政府は１５日、東京電力福島第１原発事故の賠償費用の上振れを受け、財源となる交付国債の支援枠を１．９兆円増やし、１５兆４０００億円とする方針を固めた。２０２４年度予算案に計上する。８兆円の廃炉費用を含めると、原発事故の処理費用は総額２３．４兆円に膨らむ。
　追加分の内訳は、賠償が１．３兆円、中間貯蔵が６０００億円。賠償費用は、原子力損害賠償・廃炉等支援機構が政府から交付された国債を原資に肩代わりした上で、東電が返済する仕組み。他の電力会社も拠出しており、電気料金を通じて国民の負担増につながる可能性がある。（2023/12/15-17:50）

The Japanese government expects that compensation and other costs related to the 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant will rise 1.9 trillion yen from its current projection, it was learned Friday.
   The growth reflected the revision in December last year of government criteria for compensation to people affected by the unprecedented triple meltdown at the plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in northeastern Japan.
   Another factor is an increase in compensation to fishery operators due to the releases into the ocean of tritium-containing treated wastewater from the plant, which began in August this year.
   As a result, the total amount of government compensation bonds to be utilized to support TEPCO's compensation payments is expected to reach 15.4 trillion yen.
   The estimates were unveiled at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters for accelerating reconstruction of areas hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.