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Robot begins removing Fukushima nuclear plant’s melted fuel. (www.voanews.com)
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[-] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 4 months ago

The care and maintenance stage is part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) decommissioning strategy and spans an 80+ year period. This waiting period allows for radiation levels within the reactor core to decline and helps to facilitate a smoother demolition process. Dungeness A is due to enter the care and maintenance phase in 2027. Demolition of reactor buildings and final site clearance is planned for 2088 to 2098

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_nuclear_power_stations

It's an amazing place. I visited last month. You can overlook the power station from a nearby lighthouse.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Fantastic. Just kick the can down the road and make it some future generations' problem. Great technology!

[-] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago

Sadly that's what the human race does. It's nothing unique to nuclear power.

It still baffles me, for example, that with all this technology, we still generate all this rubbish which we then bury in the ground. And we all know it. We all buy things in disposable packaging. We are all complicit.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Do you really have trouble understanding the difference between nuclear waste and regular waste?

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