Government Commission

/ The central operator wants to compensate for psychological damages to about 150,000 evacuees by the nuclear crisis that began with the earthquake of March 11. TEPCO expects carried cold shutdown in mid-January, 2012, when it be terminated the worst nuclear tragedy since the Chernobyl reactors. The operator of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, TEPCO, expected to disburse about 88 billion yen (762 million euros) as compensation for psychological damage to about 150,000 evacuees by the nuclear crisis, reported Wednesday the local agency Kyodo. That amount aims to cover the psychological damage from the start of the crisis, on March 11, mid-January of 2012, when TEPCO hopes to bring the reactors to cold shutdown and give terminated since Chernobyl, the worst nuclear tragedy in 1986. Fukushima operator announced its estimates of compensation after a Government Commission submit official guidelines for the payment of compensation to the victims of the nuclear disaster. According to this Commission, the evacuees in temporary housing should receive 100,000 yen (865 euros) monthly for six months from March 11, while those in shelters of host will receive 120,000 yen (1,039 euros) a month. The Japanese Government last week approved a Bill to help TEPCO in addressing compensation, through the creation of an entity funded with public funds and contributions of other electric companies, which still must receive the approval of Parliament. Last April the operator of Fukushima already adopted a first package of compensations of about 50,000 billion yen (433 million euros) to about 48,000 homes located within a radius of 30 km of the nuclear power plant. Source of the news: Fukushima will compensate the evacuees with 762 million euros for psychological damage