除染集約型復興政策と福島の地域経済

抄録

This paper examines reasons related to governmental budget constraints that explain why the Japanese government has never given an evacuation order to areas with more than 5 mSV of radiation exposure per year. Both TEPCO and the government seek to obscure the accident and its resultant damage; they avoid clearly explaining the entire contaminated zone. The evacuation zone is set only for a 20-km radius of the plant and the area of exposure over 20 mSV, enabling the central and local governments and TEPCO to compensate at a minimum cost by means of decontamination projects. Ignoring possible public health risks, the governments and TEPCO can ensure the national economy's balance by avoiding the issue of a new, astronomical, and unaffordable national bond for the indemnity of additional evacuation compensation.