This statistic shows the expected cost breakdown of dismantling a typical nuclear power station with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts. It is expected that dismantling nuclear parts will account for 75 percent of the total cost of a nuclear power station due to be shut down.
Expected cost breakdown of dismantling a typical nuclear power station with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts
(as of 2011)
Characteristic
Share of costs
Dismantling of nuclear parts
75%
Post-shutdown operations
22%
Conventional termination
3%
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