Japan Puts Fukushima Daiichi Cleanup At $188 Billion

A government panel in Japan late last week said that the cleanup costs at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that experienced a triple-unit meltdown in March 2011 had escalated to an estimated 22 million yen or $188 billion in U.S. currency. The estimated cost of decommissioning, separate from the total cost, has grown from $20 billion to $70 billion, the panel said.(read more)