Fukushima costs to double to nearly $190B – govt

TOKYO:  The estimated cost of dealing with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis has doubled to nearly $190 billion, the government said Friday, underlining the challenge Japan faces in overcoming the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

Tokyo said it expects the total costs —including compensation, decommissioning and decontamination—to reach 21.5 trillion yen ($188 billion).