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		fghorow on June 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chasing utopian energy: How I wasted 20 years of m... Long term nuclear storage is one problem. Who pays for the decommissioning is another one. In many cases it turns out to be the taxpayer.

hairytrog on June 22, 2022 [–]

This is not true. Every power plant that produces waste must pay money into the waste repository fund totaling nearly $50B - which is probably overkill for building a long term facility by a factor of 5 or more.

fghorow on June 22, 2022 | [–]

Overkill?

Maybe. Maybe not.

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/uk-nuclear-power-decom...

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