Land reclaimation of nuclear power plants is ridiculous. It takes generations.

How long San Onofre's decommissioning takes and how much it eventually costs will depend on how and where the plant’s radioactive fuel rods are stored and how long it takes to remove low-level radioactive material, a state Senate panel was told Tuesday. (Mark Boster, Los Angeles Times / June 7, 2013)

By Marc Lifsher

August 13, 2013, 8:51 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — Southern California Edison Co., (click here) by law, can spend up to 60 years to completely scrap its San Onofre nuclear plant near San Clemente, but less than 10 years is more realistic, lawmakers were told.
That was an estimate Tuesday from Michael F. Weber, deputy executive director of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. If the Rosemead-based utility is close to the national average in dismantling such technically challenging and potentially dangerous facilities, he said, the process will last seven to 10 years....