The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated | Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company: Establishment of a Committee on the Right to Evacuate from Nuclear Accidents at The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated

Status
AGM passed
AGM date
Proposal number
12
Resolution details
Company ticker
9503
Resolution ask
Adopt or amend a policy
ESG theme
  • Social
ESG sub-theme
  • Other
Filer type
Shareholder
Company sector
Utilities
Company HQ country
Japan
Resolved clause
The chapter described below shall be newly established in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. Chapter 9 Committee on the Right to Evacuate from Nuclear Accidents Article 45 The purpose of the Committee shall be to protect the “right to evacuate” of individuals displaced by nuclear accidents. Article 46 The Committee shall consist of five experts with no conflict of interest with the nuclear industry, including at least one evacuee from a nuclear accident. Article 47 A fund shall be established to protect the right to evacuate of individuals displaced by nuclear accidents. The Committee shall determine the use of the fund, including compensation and the provision of housing for evacuees. Article 48 The Committee shall provide compensation and secure housing to protect the right to evacuate not only for evacuees resulting from nuclear accidents at the Company’s facilities, but also for evacuees resulting from nuclear accidents at other companies’ facilities.
Supporting statement
Even 14 years and 8 months after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station accident, the number of evacuees remains at 23,700, according to figures released by Fukushima Prefecture in November last year. The actual number is likely higher. While the annual radiation exposure limit for the general public is 1 mSv, the standard applied for lifting evacuation orders following the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station accident is 20 mSv per year. This effectively subjects evacuees to exposure levels 20 times higher than the general standard. Furthermore, under nuclear accident evacuation plans, residents living within a 5 km to 30 km radius of a nuclear power plant are required to shelter indoors. The exposure standard in such cases is set at 100 mSv per week. This is an “evacuation plan that does not allow evacuation,” forcing residents to endure radiation exposure. Such evacuation plans constitute a clear violation of human rights, as individuals who have done nothing wrong are suddenly deprived of ordinary lives due to a nuclear accident and are subjected to radiation exposure levels more than 5,200 times higher than the limit for the general public. This proposal calls on the Company to guarantee the right to evacuate, allowing individuals to decide for themselves whether to evacuate, and to establish a fund to provide compensation and housing for evacuees. Such support should be provided not only to evacuees resulting from nuclear accidents at the Company’s facilities, but also to those from nuclear accidents at other companies’ facilities.

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