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warispeace
So it appears the low price per kilowatt hours that was quoted for years to promote nuclear power was a little fib and once these other clean-up and decommissioning costs are included it's not such a good business model, or it wouldn't be unless the taxpayers were forced to cover the loss.
Disillusioned
No mention of how and where they are going to store all this waste.
BertieWooster
Disillusioned,
The very point I was going to make.
Where did they put this 20 ton monster?
nandakandamanda
Does anyone know what dropped the rod exchanger into the pool?
It cannot have been the earthquake, because we are not allowed to admit earthquakes damage reactors or vital reactor support systems.
If it was the tsunami, which is generally taking the blame for everything that was over the design threshold, did it wash right over the roof?
Or, was the crane blown up, and down into the pool by the so-called 'hydrogen explosion'?
Hmmm...
Star-viking
Nandakandamanda,
By the hydrogen explosion.
What do you mean by, "so-called"?
nandakandamanda
I got the answer from the parallel article, thank you, but by then I was not allowed to post a corrective note under the site policy.
Satr-viking, nothing really. Just not sure if that was the right description for it.
smithinjapan
Disillusioned: "No mention of how and where they are going to store all this waste."
I think you know full well that we've all been tasked to 'share the burden' across the nations by city mayors eager for a quick handout from the government.
cwhite
20 tons of how much in total? If they estimate they need to remove 200 tons or 2000 tons then this is just the start.
AJSPeikaiwa
t-e-p-c-o is now refered to as the "operator"?
wow.
Star-viking
Nandakandamanda,
Happens to us all.
Happy to help.
nandakandamanda
In the meantime lightning (?) shuts down four water and air discharge monitoring systems in Rokkasho Nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, due to restart next March.
One step forwards, one step back.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150803_11.html
Star-viking
But external monitors indicate no leaks.
nandakandamanda
Luckily, yes, but I was surprised that such a facility might be so vulnerable to something presumably predictable.
WilliB
nandakamanda:
Tsunamis are "predictable"? Since when?
nandakandamanda
Lightning, Willi.
Star-viking
Nandakandamanda,
Well, there does seem to be more 'unstable weather' about, what with climate change. Maybe when the monitors were installed this was not a concern.
As an aside, we have a level crossing near our house, and it often gets set off by unsettled weather. I guess the signal to operate it is RF.