Tokyo starts nuke plants’ destruction
Credit to Author: ASSOCIATED PRESS| Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 16:16:31 +0000
TOKYO: Japan’s nuclear policy-setting body has adopted a report saying the country is entering an era of massive nuclear plant decommissioning, urging operators to plan ahead to lower safety risks and costs on work requiring decades and billions of dollars.
Twenty-four reactors, or 40 percent of Japan’s total, are designated for or are being decommissioned. Among them are four tsunami-wrecked units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.
The report, adopted Monday by the Japan Atomic Energy Commission, urges utilities to learn from US and European examples.
Japan hasn’t yet completed the decommissioning of any reactors and doesn’t have concrete plans for the final disposal of radioactive waste.
AP