IEA Report Cites $100 Billion Price Tag for Clean Up of World's Aging Reactors

摘要

The bill for closing down and cleaning up the world's ageing nuclear reactors will exceed $100bn over the next 25 years alone, the leading energy watchdog has said, warning that governments risk underestimating the cost. With almost 200 reactors due to be shut down by 2040, the International Energy Agency says in its annual report there are "considerable uncertainties" about decommissioning costs, reflecting governments' limited experience in safely dismantling nuclear plants. In the last 40 years, only 10 reactors have been closed down. "This is an urgent area that needs consideration," Fatih Birol, the IEA's chief economist, told the Financial Times.