The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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The abandonment cost of nuclear is high. I am seeing those cost now where I live in addition to cost for long term on-site storage of old rods. "Unfortunately, the people who built these plants didn’t leave instruction manuals for taking them down. And even when they did remember to pass on useful information, odds are it was stored on outdated computer programs or written in Russian.

That makes powering down, decontaminating and dismantling these plants extremely difficult—and costly. Expunging a nuclear power plant can cost $1.5 billion, experts say. "

https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-rule-of-dismantling-a-nuclear-power-plant-check-the-exits-1497206437