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Originally Posted by LivinLOS
Really ?? In the UK decommissioning and waste disposal was always outside of the claimed profits.. Of course helps to obfuscate th weapons grade stuff too..
Never heard of billions in a fund sitting idle for this.. Surprised its still there given budget issues.
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I found a source on the net confirming what TanMan said:
Nuclear Decommissioning: WNA
A direct quote from the article(Dated December 2007):
In USA, utilities are collecting 0.1 to 0.2 cents/kWh to fund decommissioning. They must then report regularly to the NRC on the status of their decommissioning funds. As of 2001, $23.7 billion of the total estimated cost of decommissioning all US nuclear power plants had been collected, leaving a liability of about $11.6 billion to be covered over the operating lives of 104 reactors (on basis of average $320 million per unit).