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Until the time comes to try to clean up the site. The plants are sold that you just turn them back to 'an empty lot', The truth is just one site in the UK is
by keikobadthebad 2y ago
Until the time comes to try to clean up the site. The plants are sold that you just turn them back to 'an empty lot', The truth is just one site in the UK is forecast by the government to cost GBP124bn 'over the next 120 years'
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-provision-explaining-the-cost-of-cleaning-up-britains-nuclear-legacy/nuclear-provision-explaining-the-cost-of-cleaning-up-britains-nuclear-legacy#latest-estimate https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-provision...
- magicalhippo 2y agoTo be fair, this doesn't just affect nuclear plants. Here in Norway we've had a few cases recently about toxic waste and landfills where the gov't is essentially left holding massive cleanup bills for various reasons. Of course, nuclear plants are orders of magnitude worse than "mere" toxic landfills in this regard.