UK’s nuclear waste cleanup operation could cost £260bn

[AE-NMidlands]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... r-stations

Cost of safely clearing waste from ageing power stations is soaring, says Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
The cost of decommissioning the UK’s 20th-century nuclear waste could rise to £260bn as the aged and degrading sites present growing challenges, according to analysis presented to an international group of experts.

As the government pursues nuclear energy with the promise of a new generation of reactors, the cost of safely cleaning up waste from previous generations of power stations is soaring.

Degrading nuclear facilities are presenting increasingly hazardous and challenging problems. Ageing equipment and electrical systems at Sellafield, which is storing much of the country’s nuclear waste and is one of the most hazardous sites in the world, are increasing the risk of fire, according to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. They require increasing maintenance and present growing risk. Last October a faulty light fitting started a blaze at a Sellafield facility which led to its closure for several weeks.
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So why create more of it?

[Mr Gus]

No more till the others are 100% cleaned up, paid for & the oft idiot public understand the true cost of kWh cost from nuclear cradle to cleaned up grave.

& a side by side of other energy tech costs done the same way.

[Tinbum]

This is the one thing that no one talks about and is what really puts me of Nuclear power. It's a clear up problem that's going to last thousands of years. We have much better technologies nowadays.