東電支援枠１５．４兆円に決定　賠償費増え、１．９兆円追加―政府

　政府は２２日、原子力災害対策本部を持ち回りで開き、東京電力福島第１原発事故の賠償費用などの財源となる交付国債の発行枠を１５．４兆円に拡大する方針を決めた。現行から１．９兆円の増額となる。東電による被災者への賠償基準の見直しや、処理水の海洋放出に伴う水産事業者への賠償の拡大などが理由。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、除染土などの中間貯蔵が０．６兆円。２０２４年度予算案に反映する。政府は昨年１２月に原発事故の被災者に対する賠償基準を見直し、約１４８万人に対する追加支払いを決定。地価上昇などに伴い、住宅の再取得にかかる費用も増額した。処理水放出に対する中国やロシアの禁輸措置で、水産事業者が被った損失への補償も織り込んだ。（2023/12/22-11:10）

Japan on Friday decided to raise its limit on government bonds issued mainly to help Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. pay compensation over the 2011 nuclear accident at its Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
   The bond issuance cap will rise by 1.9 trillion yen to 15.4 trillion yen, according to the decision made by the government's Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters.
   The expansion mainly reflects a revision to the criteria for compensation to people affected by the triple meltdown at the plant in northeastern Japan.
   In December last year, the government revised the criteria, freshly granting such payments to 1.48 million people. Compensation for costs necessary to reacquire homes increased as a result of higher land prices.
   Another reason behind the bond cap hike is an increase in compensation paid to fishery operators after TEPCO began releasing into the sea in August 2023 tritium-containing treated wastewater from the plant. Fishery operators have been hit by import bans implemented by China and Russia on Japanese fishery products due to the water release.