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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.

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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.

Overkill?

Maybe. Maybe not.

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

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