Japan doubles cost estimate for Fukushima cleanup

[inanna]

Source: Associated Press

December 9 at 2:58 AM

TOKYO — A Japanese government panel says an estimate of the total costs to clean up the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has doubled to nearly 22 trillion yen ($190 billion), with decommissioning costs expected to continue to rise.

The estimate released Friday raises the decommissioning part of the total costs to 8 trillion yen ($70 billion) from the current 2 trillion ($17.5 billion) because of surging labor and construction costs. Panel officials said the numbers could grow as experts learn more about the damage to the plant’s reactors and determine fuel removal methods. Costs for compensation, decontamination of the area and waste storage have also grown significantly.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japan-doubles-cost-estimate-for-fukushima-cleanup/2016/12/09/3a5a2448-bde5-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9_story.html

[yuiyoshida]

1. At least they are making an effort....

Do you think if one of our nuclear plants went critical after Jan 21, 2017 that our government would clean it up? With a Republican controlled house and senate? I bet you they would leave it to tend to itself...or make the state clean it up, using low paid workers or use the prison population to do it for free, putting them straight into the death zone.