Clean-up may take 200 years

March 28, 2015

Japan faces 200-year wait for Fukushima clean-up

The Times of London, Mar. 28, 2015

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/article4394978.ece

The chief of the Fukushima nuclear power station has admitted that the technology needed to decommission three melted-down reactors does not exist, and he has no idea how it will be developed. 

In a stark reminder of the challenge facing the Japanese authorities, Akira Ono conceded that the stated goal of decommissioning the plant by 2051 may be impossible without a giant technological leap. “There are so many uncertainties involved. We need to develop many, many technologies,” Mr Ono said. “For removal of the debris, we don’t have accurate information [about the state of the reactors] or any viable methodology… 

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