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Costly closure

The UK Atomic Energy Authority has announced that decommissioning its nuclear
complex at Dounreay in Scotland will cost 拢4 billion and take 60 years.
Andy Munn of the UKAEA says contamination with low-level waste will keep some
areas out of bounds for the next 300 years. The costing may be conservative,
however. 鈥淒ecommissioning is virtually an open chequebook. Once you start work
you鈥檙e committed and you just spend, spend, spend,鈥 says John Large, an
independent nuclear consultant.

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