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How the Cleanup of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Got So Expensive

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

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Abstract

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Drawing on Japanese press and TV reports, the authors explain the extraordinary costs of the decade long cleanup of the 3.11 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown, with no end to the process in sight.

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