The Government will end with 16 million won just for the victims of the nuclear power plant

A view of Seok-ri, Yeongdeok-eup, Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongbuk, where the construction of the Yeongdeok Cheonjiwon Magnetic Power Plant was planned. / yunhap news

It has been confirmed that the government is seeking “bypass compensation” for residents of the planned nuclear power plant site, which suffered financial damage from the nuclear power plant policy. When the nuclear power plant construction plan was turned upside down and the legal basis for compensation was missing, he proposed compensation in kind, such as water tax and home repair costs, instead of cash compensation. . It is reported that the government is trying to dispel public opinion against the post-nuclear power plant by mobilizing “technical assistance”, as the damage caused by the government’s energy policy comes and goes.

On the 3rd, according to Assemblyman Yoon Young-seok’s Office of People’s Force and the Cheonjiwon War Survival Rights Countermeasures Committee, the Korean Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy and Hydro and Nuclear Power proposed to provide Life improvement support costs of 16 million won per household to residents of Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk, where the Cheonjijeon War was planned to be built. In Yeongdeok-gun, the construction of two new nuclear power plants was scheduled for 2029, but in June 2017, when President Moon Jae-in declared the nuclear power plant out of service, the construction plan was abolished.

Inhabitants of the region, who lost the right to exercise property rights after being announced as a planned area for the energy development project in 2012, complain that they suffered extensive damage from the destruction of the plant’s construction. nuclear. In the Eighth Basic Power Supply and Demand Plan, the government canceled the Cheonjijeon construction plan and received two legal reviews of the government’s obligations to compensate local residents (Sok-ri, Nomul-ri, Maejeong-ri, Yeongdeok-gun). According to a legal review by Kim & Chang of the Pyeongwon Law Firm and Law Firm, it was concluded that there was no basis for compensation for damages under current laws. The cause-and-effect relationship between changes in government policy and the economic and mental harm of residents is recognized, but there is no basis for financial compensation.

However, protests and controversy continued with residents complaining of the actual damage. Consequently, the government tasked the Institute for Social Conflicts to provide a supportive circumvention motive for the improvement of the local living environment in accordance with the energy conversion policy. In addition to the cost of repairing the house, the method to support utility bills, such as the electricity and water bills, was proposed as a compensation plan. A KHNP official said: “There is no legal basis for the support, but it is intended to help residents stabilize their lives and restore the community.” However, the results of the services survey, which are the basis of the support, were not disclosed.

Residents claim that the 16 million won suggested by the government is a ridiculously small amount compared to the actual damage and that they are struggling as they are delayed until the time of payment. Kim Young-chan, director of Seok-ri, Yeongdeok-gun, said: “The government is telling us to take it and finish it on a massive scale because we are giving things that have no legal basis.” During the notification period, residents were restricted from buying and selling land and exercising property rights, such as claiming and renovating their homes. It was based on the enacted Energy Development Promotion Law to build power plants and transmission towers. Yeongdeok-gun’s economy, which once enjoyed a ‘special nuclear power plant’ while receiving care, has deteriorated after the current government persecuted the nuclear power plant.

It is noted that the direction of the government’s energy policy, which should be “ hundreds of years old, ” was quickly reversed and the local economy suffered and the village community dissolved, but the government was unable to come up with an adequate solution and it is only paying attention to silence public opinion against the post-nuclear power plant. . Representative Yoon said, “As there is no legal basis to support people who have been directly harmed by the entertainment policy, he is not familiar with the current government policy to do a service report and provide cheats,” he said. “How quickly was the post-nuclear war promoted and hurt the local community? To show,” he criticized.

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