stupid question re: Energy Policy and Nuclear Fission Energy

Al Koop wrote (inter alia):
>
> Nuclear power may be in our future, but the costs of decommissioning
> plants and disposing of the wastes have not been factored into the cost
> even now. Of course, our children are extremely smart and will easily
> find a solution to these problems :)
>

If nuclear fission is a necessary source of electrical energy in the next
century, why should "decommissioning" costs be factored into the
cost/benefit analysis?

More particularily, I'm not sure what you mean by "decommissioning". Would
the updating/upgrading of an exisiting plant contribute to this cost?

Roger
Received on Thu Jan 5 17:37:25 2006