Nuclear Power and Fukushima Finances 4

Building Boxes, No Alternate Funding Source

In the late 1970s, the towns of Tomioka and Naraha went on a building spree. Recreation halls, lodging centers, roads, schools, sewers ... all built with "Electric Power Money." Tomioka and Naraha share Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant. Younger residents urged them to think 20 or 30 years in the future - but the office directing regional development using the grants didn't listen.

53 of 59 Fukushima Prefecture mayors support getting rid of nuclear power

In a poll of Fukushima Prefecture mayors conducted between June 29 and July 7, the Fukushima Minpo found that 53 of 59 supported Governor Sato's call for ridding the prefecture of nuclear power. Of the remaining 6 mayors, those of Date, Tamagawa, Naraha, and Iitate were noncommittal. The mayor of Koriyama did not respond.

Source:

Fukushima Minpo, online edition, 2011-7-8, http://www.minpo.jp/view.php?pageId=4147&newsMode=article&blockId=9863856 (accessed 2011-7-13)