Getting rid of a German nuclear plant, one rivet at a time

[kristopher]

Getting rid of a German nuclear plant, one rivet at a time
By Aurelia End (AFP) – 21 hours ago

LUBMIN, Germany — In Germany, where all nuclear power reactors are to close by 2022, clean-up work at one such plant still continues after 15 years, a sign of how long a real end to the atomic age here will take.

...The site was mothballed for a few years before work began on dismantling it in 1995.

Decontamination work has been going on ever since at a cost to date of 4.1 billion euros ($5.8 billion), a sum which does not include the actual demolition of the buildings.

"We don't have money for that," says Philipp, who used to work as an engineer...

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[madokie]

1. This just goes to show that nuclear energy was the most asinine thing man has conceived of yet

I have no time for pro-nukies anymore. Their circular logic is beyond comprehension.

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