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[quote:Waterbug:MV8xNTM3MTQ2XzM2NjkxNjI0X0JGQkI3MTU2] 500 billion.. The Nukes of Hazard: Two Years After $500 Billion Fukushima Disaster, Nuclear Power Remains Staggeringly Expensive http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/03/14/1700781/the-nukes-of-hazard-two-years-after-500-billion-fukushima-disaster-nuclear-power-remains-staggeringly-expensive/?mobile=nc [snip] Japan faces combined clean up and compensation costs at Fukushima estimated to reach $500 billion. The timeline for decommissioning the ruined plant is 30-40 years. There is a $6 million robot deployed to inspect the damaged hallways that got lost in the plant and has not been seen for 17 months. And the cost estimates are just guesswork: Cleaning up the mess will mean total demolition of the four damaged reactor facilities and disposal of the nuclear waste in a yet-to-be determined site, an end-game likely to face opposition from potential host communities. Japan has rejected the “sarcophagus” option used at Chernobyl, where the damaged reactor was encased in a massive concrete envelope. This is partly because of the difficulty of monitoring an entombed facility to ensure safety, said Kentaro Funaki, director of the industry ministry’s office in charge of decommissioning. Estimates for total costs are mostly guesswork. “Only God knows,” said Chuo University’s Annen. Whatever the final bill, Japanese consumers are likely to end up paying much of it, either through taxes, higher electricity rates or both, even as Japan’s government struggles with massive public debt and the costs of an ageing population. [/quote]
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