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Every day that goes by that we don't hear news about some concerted effort by the United Nations to address this issue I get more concerned. But honestly, how do you encapsulate or entomb the things at this point? They are so unapproachable by humans or robots that a huge amount of tunneling underneath (I saw a figure of 80 feet) the reactor buildings would have to be done. Is that even possible given the location? One of the plans is to move the spent rods out of the storage pools and into casks, but if the areas are unapproachable how do you do that? It makes you really wonder if there is anything that can actually be done. How will they be able to contain the cores? How will they be able to physically move the spent fuel rods in the pools? All the while tons of radioactive water is being dumped into the ocean and radioactive material is being released into the atmosphere on a daily basis.

I have been hoping that the United States and Russia would start addressing the issue in a truly aggressive manner but it just looks like it is not going to happen.

Bear in mind they have yet to properly contain and decontaminate Chernobyl. If the Chernobyl disaster is still ongoing after all this time, how long is Fukushima going to be in the process of containment and cleanup?

Question: Given the amount of money projected to be spent and lost as a result of the Fukushima disaster, how much did the average Fukushima Daiichi Kilowatt hour cost to produce over the life of the plant? Even though we don't have the numbers to do the calculation would you estimate that average Kilowatt hour cost to be a good buy?

<blockquote data-quote="trainedobserver" data-source="post: 134919" data-attributes="member: 2192">Every day that goes by that we don&#039;t hear news about some concerted effort by the United Nations to address this issue I get more concerned. But honestly, how do you encapsulate or entomb the things at this point? They are so unapproachable by humans or robots that a huge amount of tunneling underneath (I saw a figure of 80 feet) the reactor buildings would have to be done. Is that even possible given the location? One of the plans is to move the spent rods out of the storage pools and into casks, but if the areas are unapproachable how do you do that? It makes you really wonder if there is anything that can actually be done. How will they be able to contain the cores? How will they be able to physically move the spent fuel rods in the pools? All the while tons of radioactive water is being dumped into the ocean and radioactive material is being released into the atmosphere on a daily basis.&nbsp;I have been hoping that the United States and Russia would start addressing the issue in a truly aggressive manner but it just looks like it is not going to happen.&nbsp;Bear in mind they have yet to properly contain and decontaminate Chernobyl. If the Chernobyl disaster is still ongoing after all this time, how long is Fukushima going to be in the process of containment and cleanup?&nbsp;Question: Given the amount of money projected to be spent and lost as a result of the Fukushima disaster, how much did the average Fukushima Daiichi Kilowatt hour cost to produce over the life of the plant? Even though we don&#039;t have the numbers to do the calculation would you estimate that average Kilowatt hour cost to be a good buy?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trainedobserver, post: 134919, member: 2192"] Every day that goes by that we don't hear news about some concerted effort by the United Nations to address this issue I get more concerned. But honestly, how do you encapsulate or entomb the things at this point? They are so unapproachable by humans or robots that a huge amount of tunneling underneath (I saw a figure of 80 feet) the reactor buildings would have to be done. Is that even possible given the location? One of the plans is to move the spent rods out of the storage pools and into casks, but if the areas are unapproachable how do you do that? It makes you really wonder if there is anything that can actually be done. How [I]will[/I] they be able to contain the cores? How will they be able to [I]physically move[/I] the spent fuel rods in the pools? All the while tons of radioactive water is being dumped into the ocean and radioactive material is being released into the atmosphere on a daily basis. I have been hoping that the United States and Russia would start addressing the issue in a truly aggressive manner but it just looks like it is not going to happen. Bear in mind they have yet to properly contain and decontaminate Chernobyl. If the Chernobyl disaster is still ongoing after all this time, how long is Fukushima going to be in the process of containment and cleanup? Question: Given the amount of money projected to be spent and lost as a result of the Fukushima disaster, how much did the average Fukushima Daiichi Kilowatt hour cost to produce over the life of the plant? Even though we don't have the numbers to do the calculation would you estimate that average Kilowatt hour cost to be a good buy? [/QUOTE]

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