Genkai municipality seeks tax on Kyushu Electric spent fuel

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The municipality of Genkai is moving closer to imposing a tax on spentrnfuel stored at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Genkai plant, with approvalrnby the town’s parliament of the tax proposal October 7, a localrngovernment official said.rn"We had discussions [with Kyusyu Electric] about a tax rate andrnwhich spent fuel we could impose a tax on,” Teruaki Yamaguchi,rnassistant manager at the Genkai town’s revenue department, said in anrninterview October 7. “We have finally reached agreement and gottenrnapproval from the parliament,” he said.