Talk:Nuclear decommissioning

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There is a confusingly similar article called "Decommissioning nuclear facilities". 217.41.240.15 12:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It appears that the problem was fixed. -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 16:45, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

the first few links are totally not up to date. Whats WP's policy of reomving links? -- 85.125.140.110 (talk) 16:25, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

The picture showing a containment in deconstruction is likely wrong. I believe it shows a containment in construction, evident by the rebarb that is visible. If it had been in contact with concrete, it would not be possible to remove the concrete so tidily and the rebarb would look twisted in places, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.192.47.44 (talk) 19:55, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Experience
No mention of the Experience of Trojan, Connectict Yankee and Maine Yankee? Simesa (talk) 08:55, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

The entry for United Kingdon - Windscale under "Nuclear decommissioning in Western Europe" is incorrect, WAGR did not suffer core damage and partial fuel meltdown, it was Windscale Pile 1. 81.144.241.196 (talk) 12:36, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Merge proposal
I propose to merge Nuclear entombment into this article as one option of decommissioning. Beagel (talk) 19:21, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Doesn't seem to have attracted any attention. Should also merge in SAFSTOR - these are 2 K or 3K long each, and wouldn't make this article unmanageably long. Or is it useful to separate the "nuts and bolts" of different decommissioning methods from a general discussion of decommissioning issues?  It was previously tagged for 2 years with no merge, so it's not a hot issue with editors.  --Wtshymanski (talk) 19:42, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Untagged, no-one has talked about this for a while. --Wtshymanski (talk) 16:48, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Windscale
The "Windscale" entry in the Nuclear decommissioning in Western Europe table seems to confuse two different reactors, the Winscale Advanced Gas Reactor (WAGR), a prototype Advanced gas-cooled reactor and the Windscale pile no. 1 which burned in the Windscale fire. HughesJohn (talk) 16:15, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

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Separate list for Japanese reactors?
Why there are 2 separate lists for Japanese decommisioned reactors? All other countries are grouped into macroregions. I think Japanese tables should be merged into the Asia table. Moreover, I would prefer a unified table listing all reactors, sortable by country, type, year etc. This would greatly help in the reading. --Ita140188 (talk) 07:38, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Hello Ita140188 -- Similarly, I wonder why Chelyabinsk is in the Europe list. It is east of the Urals, therefore it's in Asia. Rhadow (talk) 19:40, 7 August 2017 (UTC)


 * I think the continent is just based on the country, in this case Russia. However I agree that the division by continent is not very helpful and I still think the article would look better if merged in one list. --Ita140188 (talk) 04:57, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

-- I agree. To segregate the list geographically is arbitrary. It expresses an implicit bias against nations of the former Soviet Union, which may or may not be deserved where nuclear power plants are concerned. Rhadow (talk) 10:11, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

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Suggestion: Standardizing costs
The costs of decommissioning are shown in various currencies and time periods - annual, total, weekly, etc. Would it not make sense to standardize this? Netherzone (talk) 18:58, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * It would be good, but not easy to do, specially because many currencies tend to fluctuate a lot!87.12.202.62 (talk) 19:35, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

copy right issue World Nuclear Association
I see that a lot of text is directly copied from and not attributed to the World Nuclear Association website about that topic at http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-wastes/decommissioning-nuclear-facilities.aspx.--Wuerzele (talk) 21:09, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Where is this text? If it is a text from US government, or a UN resource, it must be considered in the Public domain. If it's a text from an author, it can be quoted to the extend of 200 words. Would be helpful if you try to put the references whenever possible. Several requests of references were simply absurd, since many facts are clearly explained in further parts of the same article. Others are known facts of the nuclear industry. --80.117.227.24 (talk) 15:11, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I rephrased the part that was copied (the "Options" section). The article is not problematic anymore. This is the copyvio check:

Does this include disarming weapons?
The article doesn't make it clear whether or not "nuclear decommissioning" includes arms reduction. Neon Merlin  09:49, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

How Long Will It take to decommission of the various proccess?
I don't see any links to the duration of nuclear decommission, how long will it take. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.106.29.7 (talk) 20:33, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Nuclear Decommissioning: There is an error in your list-table of decommissioning of nuclear reactors.
Your list of decommissioning of nuclear reactors does not include Windscale 1 and 2, in Britain. On 10 October 1957 Windscale #1 caught fire. The core used graphite bricks and the graphite caught fire sending clouds of radioactive smoke across the north of England and Scandinavia. I suggest this event is included in your list and marked as a red. Many people died of cancer and it was as dangerous as 3-Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscale_fire I was 13 years old and living nearby. 2001:44B8:2182:FC00:9572:35A0:D855:E883 (talk) 08:10, 9 October 2023 (UTC)