#Fukushima Residents to Be Preferentially Hired for Decon Projects in Fukushima

It's clearly not enough for the Japanese government to keep the Fukushima residents inside Fukushima by offering "incentives" and propaganda.

The government is set to "indicate" that the Fukushima residents should be hired for decontamination projects to be carried out throughout Fukushima in a new bill to be presented in the current session of the Diet.

Nuclear power plants throughout Japan have been "sold" to the municipalities as "job creators" for the local economy. Even after a nuclear plant blew up and broken, it will continue to provide jobs for the residents. How wonderful. (Never mind the radiation.)

From Yomiuri Shinbun (2/2/2012):

政府が今国会に提出する「福島復興再生特別措置法案」（仮称）で、東京電力福島第一原子力発電所事故の影響を受けた周辺地域での除染作業について、国が福島県民の雇用に配慮するとの規定を明記することが１日、分かった。

It was revealed on February 1 that the bill "Fukushima recovery and renewal special measures bill" (temporary name) that the administration will submit in the current session of the Diet will include the clause that indicates Fukushima residents should be given special consideration when hiring workers for the decontamination projects to be carried out in the areas affected by the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident.

　３月にも始まる除染には３万人以上の作業員が必要になる見通しで、政府は厳しい雇用情勢が続く福島県を雇用面で支援する方針だ。

The decontamination projects, set to start [in earnest] in March, are expected to require more than 30,000 workers. The administration will support in job creation in Fukushima Prefecture which continues to suffer from a severe employment condition.

　１日明らかになった法案要綱では、除染作業に関して、「国は福島の住民が雇用されるよう配慮する」と記した。除染作業は事業者に発注するため、国が福島県民を優先的に雇うよう要請するとみられる。

In the summary of the bill disclosed on February 1, it is written that "a consideration is to be given so that the residents of Fukushima will be hired" for decontamination projects. As it is the businesses who will be contracted to do the decontamination projects, the government is likely to ask them to preferentially hire the Fukushima residents.

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