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Decommissioning: Nuclear Power's Missing Link (1986)

Auteur	Cynthia Pollock
Datum	april 1986
Classificatie	6.01.2.40/03 (ONTMANTELING)
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Introduction

Unprecedented construction cost overruns for nuclear power plants have halted 
growth in the nuclear industry in many countries. Even while staggering under these 
bloated costs, the industry is now faced with the expense of dismantling and 
disposing of worn-out reactors. Decommissioning-the process of cleaning up and 
burying a retired nuclear plant in order to protect the public from radioactivity-is 
an essential step in the use of nuclear power.

In most industries, the disposal of retired plant and equipment is a straightforward 
and relatively low-cost operation. But the high levels of radiation present in shutdown 
reactors will make the procedure uniquely complex and costly. Decommissioning will 
require remotely controlled technologies and large work crews to limit the exposure 
of individuals to radiation. Comprehensive strategies for transporting and disposing of 
radioactive wastes, and large amounts of readily available money will also be needed. 
The economic competitiveness of electric-generating technologies is traditionally 
judged by comparing construction and operating costs. But cost estimates for nuclear 
power will be meaningful only if a third variable, decommissioning costs, is 
incorporated into the equation.

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