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Can someone explain why it's going to take so long to fully decommission TMI-2, the old reactor? Reading the commission report, they have about $733m in the de
by atombender 2y ago
Can someone explain why it's going to take so long to fully decommission TMI-2, the old reactor?
Reading the commission report, they have about $733m in the decommissioning fund, while decommissioning is projected to cost $1B. Active demolition projected to start 2046, completed in 2052. They've started some work on debris demoval, but it looks they're going to take a break 2030-2046 to let the fund accrue (at expected 2% real RoR) enough to get the fund to $1B.
Isn't that insane? So from 2030-2046, it will just sit there "mothballed" with a minimum spent on security and so on, just for the fund to gain value?
- petre 2y agoMaybe this is going to shed more light on the subject? Looks like the coolant and 99% of fuel have been removed, maybe it's to also give more time to the radioactivity to subside. https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3...