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Sure, like Fukushima, which is rare, and had a single death?
by johnnyb9 5y ago
Sure, like Fukushima, which is rare, and had a single death?
- ceejayoz 5y agoThe economic damages of a 30km exclusion zone that close to NYC might be significant, even without deaths.
- mikeyouse 5y agoAlso the Japanese government is projecting a total of somewhere between $200 billion and $600 billion to clean up the mess left behind -- amortizing that on the $/MWh produced by the power plant would probably lead to slightly more expensive power... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/clearing-the-radioactive-rubble-heap-that-was-fukushima-daiichi-7-years-on/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/clearing-the-radi...
- powerbroker 5y agoThe proper way to make the accounting is to sum the cleanup for Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, and then divide by the 120-180 operating nuclear plants and further divide by the 25-35 years of continuous operation: ∑ accidents --------------------------- ∑ fleet x years operated