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Cost of disasters

Cost of disasters

Nuclear accident: A helicopter flies over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine as it is decontaminated in April 1986. AFPPremium

Nuclear accident: A helicopter flies over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine as it is decontaminated in April 1986. AFP

Chernobyl

Total cost: $100 billion and counting

Nuclear accident: A helicopter flies over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine as it is decontaminated in April 1986. AFP

Three Mile Island

Total cost: $1.1 billion

Bhopal

Cost (paid only by Union Carbide for compensation): $470 million

US nuclear laws

Operator liability: $10 billion

India’s Nuclear Liability Bill, 2010:

Operator liability: $105 million

Government liability, using taxpayer money: $335 million.

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Published: 11 May 2010, 10:44 PM IST
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