BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua)-According to the BBC, the Japanese Cabinet decided at its meeting on Tuesday (June 14) to support the relevant bill against the nuclear radiation accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under the Tokyo Electric Power Company-the Atomic Force Damage Compensation Support Agency Law.

The Japanese Cabinet stated that the purpose of enacting this bill is to make appropriate compensation to the victims as soon as possible, so as to avoid adverse effects on the stability of the Fukushima nuclear power plant and the related causes of handling accidents and ensure a stable power supply.

The contents of the bill include that in order to urge TEPCO to make "prompt and appropriate compensation", TEPCO and other power companies will invest to establish an "operation committee" for compensation, and the aid funds invested by the Japanese government will be made into a "special business plan" by TEPCO and the operation committee, and then approved by the competent minister.

After the cabinet meeting, Banri Kaieda, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, said at a press conference that TEPCO, which is supported by the government, should "slim down" in the future by selling the company's assets at an appropriate price, and try not to shift the compensation burden to the electricity bill.

However, TEPCO's assets have automatically "slimmed down". 3 1 1 The day before the Great East Japan Earthquake, TEPCO's share price, which closed at 2 155 yen per share, fell sharply for three months and fell to 146 yen on June 9. Stimulated by the good news that the cabinet decided on the compensation bill on Tuesday, it only rose to the level of 230 yen.

Kaida also told the media that TEPCO is prepared to increase the electricity tariff by 16%, saying that it cannot be within this range. This shows the government's position of allowing the increase of electricity tariffs, and also shows that TEPCO's compensation, whether it is government-funded support or transfer of electricity tariffs, is actually the result of people paying the bill.

The bill is based on the principle of compensation framework decided by the Japanese government a month ago. Some Japanese weekly magazines and netizens described that the essence of compensation framework is to avoid TEPCO collapse, and the unfair treatment of criticizing the government for rescuing TEPCO and letting small and medium-sized enterprises go bankrupt is the root of TEPCO system corruption.

However, no one can deny that TEPCO can't go bankrupt now. Not only a capital and eight counties in the capital rely on TEPCO for power supply, but also the victims of nuclear radiation leakage accidents are waiting for TEPCO's compensation.

However, Japan's decision not to set a limit on TEPCO's compensation for accidents has also attracted criticism from the United States and other international nuclear energy circles, accusing Japan of setting a precedent for international nuclear energy accident compensation disputes without a bottom line.

Kaida also said on Tuesday that the cabinet is ready to submit the bill to the National Assembly for deliberation as soon as possible, with a view to its early establishment.

However, because Prime Minister Naoto Kan is facing the pressure of resignation from inside and outside the ruling party and the political situation is uneasy, most Japanese media reported on Tuesday that it is not clear when the bill will be established.

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Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, July 28th, Japan's House of Representatives passed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident compensation bill on July 28th. The bill will come into effect after being considered and passed by the Senate.

This bill is called "Atomic Energy Damage Compensation Support Agency Act". According to the bill, the Japanese government will set up a new "atomic energy damage compensation support organization", and the power companies will pay the compensation burden to the organization according to a certain proportion. Once the compensation is excessive, the power company can apply for financial assistance from the supporting institutions, which will provide assistance through capital injection, shareholding, purchase of corporate bonds and debt guarantee. The bill stipulates that the government has the social responsibility to promote the atomic energy policy and should take comprehensive measures in compensation.

On the same day, the Japanese House of Representatives also passed the Emergency Countermeasures for Victims of Atomic Energy Accidents Act submitted by five opposition parties, including the Liberal Democratic Party. The bill stipulates that when victims demand compensation, the government is obliged to pay more than half of the compensation for power companies.

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According to Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, August 3, the Japanese Senate passed a bill on compensation for the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on August 3, and the Japanese government will set up an organization responsible for compensation support as soon as possible according to this bill.

The Atomic Energy Damage Compensation Support Agency Act was passed by the Japanese House of Representatives on the 28th of last month and will take effect immediately after being passed by the Senate. According to the bill, the Japanese government will set up a new "atomic energy damage compensation support organization", and the power companies will pay the compensation burden to the organization according to a certain proportion. Once the compensation is excessive, the power company can apply for financial assistance from the supporting institutions, which will provide assistance through capital injection, shareholding, purchase of corporate bonds and debt guarantee.

According to Japanese media reports, the Japanese government will set up the "Atomic Energy Damage Compensation Support Agency" as early as the middle of this month to check the assets that Tokyo Electric Power Company can use to pay compensation.

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On June 4th, 65438, the Japanese government confirmed the Organization Law of Atomic Energy Damage Compensation Support. Although the content of the bill is to prepare for possible accidents in the future, after the draft of Fukushima nuclear accident compensation is passed, a special agency will be set up to be responsible for nuclear accident compensation.

The core content of the bill is to set up a new specialized agency to smoothly promote the compensation for the Fukushima nuclear accident, and the government and financial institutions will inject capital into the Tokyo Electric Power Company to speed up the compensation and maintain a stable power supply. TEPCO can seek assistance from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant if the compensation for the accident exceeds its solvency.

According to this draft, the Japanese government will set up a new "atomic energy damage compensation support organization" including TEPCO, and the power companies with nuclear power plants in Japan will pay the compensation burden to this support organization according to a certain proportion.

The draft stipulates that in order to ensure the stability of power supply, if necessary, the Japanese government will issue "delivery bonds" that can be cashed at any time to inject public funds into support institutions.

According to the draft, a management committee composed of experts will be set up in the name of a supporting organization to decide the proportion of the burden borne by each power company and provide financial assistance to TEPCO. This draft was submitted to the National Assembly for deliberation in June 5438+04.

Due to the recent political turmoil in Japan, the market is worried that TEPCO, which faces huge compensation of trillions of yen, may fall into a business crisis if the compensation case is delayed by Congress.

On the same day, the Japanese government also issued a 20 1 1 version of the white paper on disaster prevention, which defined the March 1 1 earthquake as an "unprecedented compound disaster". The white paper points out that it is necessary to re-predict the scale and disaster degree of future earthquakes. Although the white paper recorded the accident summary of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, it did not mention that the radioactive material diffusion simulation map was not released in time and the reactor core melted. An official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry explained: "The white paper only records what has been determined before the end of May."

It should be possible to refer to the handling of large-scale environmental infringement cases such as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Of course, in the nuclear power plant leakage incident, due to the large number of claimants and the huge amount of claims, the power company cannot afford it, and it is necessary to use public funds to establish a compensation fund, and the government finance is likely to pay for it.