Arrangement plan in adjacent area and subsidy

Questions whether the three laws for developing power resources have fulfilled their function for making the agreement with inhabitants, and the direction for strengthening the measures are discussed. The first part deals with the location problem of power plants. The most important reason why inhabitants refuse the public acceptance for nuclear power plants is the fear for safety and the hitherto nuclear national policy. Therefore, the adjacent area arrangement measures must be completed. The second part deals with the three laws for developing power resources now in force and the problems thereof. The tax for promoting the development of power resources amounts to about 33,200 million yen in 1977. The subsidy granted to the adjacent area for locating a power plant is for example about 3,500 million yen for a plant of 1 million kW output. Attentions must be paid to (1) the object facilities for the granted subsidy, (2) the time and term of granting subsidy, and (3) the fundamental plan for the adjacent area arrangement. The third part deals with the features of adjacent area arrangement for locating a nuclear power plant. The fourth part deals with the author's opinion for promoting such measures of the above described fundamental plan. The fundamental plan must be composed as follows: (1) the assessment of community, (2) the arrangement plan based on the direction of developing the economical society of the area, and (3) so called physical facility arrangement plan. (Iwakiri, K.)