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How much Time, and Money,
. . . Will it cost,
. . . to clean up this mess?

The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, said Thursday,
. . . that plans to remove spent fuel from one of
. . . 3 damaged reactors, will be further delayed.

Work to remove the spent fuel from a cooling pool at the Unit 3 reactor,
. . . was to begin by March 2018, after a 3-year delay,
. . . will be postponed again, until later in 2018
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) plans to move
. . . Tens of Thousands of fuel rods out of the way,
. . . Before, removing melted fuel,
. . . that sits lower in the reactor.

TEPCO is struggling with the decommissioning work,
. . . which is expected to take:
. . . . . . Decades, and cost,
. . . . . . Billions of dollars a year.

In December, a government panel said,
. . . the estimated cost of cleaning up the Fukushima plant, has doubled to nearly
. . . 22 trillion yen ($190 billion), and
. . . is expected to continue to grow.

1-27-2017 Source: 2011 Fukushima Nuclear problem