Wisdom of nuclear power plant compensation to take money before damage High growth to bubble period

Wisdom of nuclear power plant compensation to take money before damage High growth to bubble period

The fishermen's words, "It is too late to take money after the accident," reflect a sense of urgency rather than ruthlessness. During the period of high economic growth and the bubble economy, the coastal fishing villages where nuclear power plants were planned were already facing a population exodus and industrial decline. Fishing is a precarious job that deals with nature, and investment in boats and fishing gear is predicated on debt. If operations were to cease, income would be cut off immediately, and the time spent waiting for compensation would itself lead to the collapse of their livelihoods. For this reason, compensation for fisheries related to nuclear power plants was understood as an advance to protect livelihoods before damage occurred, rather than as a remedy after damage had occurred. The system's sense of time, in which people contest responsibility and wait for payment after the accident, does not mesh with the reality of daily repayments and family life. Eve
n if the logic was ethically distorted, there was an earnestness that the community would collapse first if the nuclear power plant did not come. The fact that compensation negotiations were conducted collectively through fishing cooperatives and influential people was also a wisdom of life to avoid being cut off from those in a weaker position. This conversation shows that nuclear compensation was not a matter of money, but of time and survival.