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Thread #136314   Message #3158775
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
22-May-11 - 02:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: Japan Nuclear plant disaster, 2011
Subject: RE: BS: Japan Nuclear plant disaster, 2011
Currently, only 18 of Japan's 54 reactors are in operation.
Shut down reactors are still expensive to maintain.
The Monju reactor in Fukui Prefecture has been mostly offline since 1995; offline cost is 55 million yen a day (=about $600,000/day U.S.). The Japan Press article says, "let's at least hope that money is making the local residents happy."
Japan Times, May 22, 2011. Article by Phillip Brasor.

Once built, a reactor is a continuing expense, operable or not. Disassembly and removal also is very expensive.