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takyon writes:

Tepco is being loaned more interest-free money to cleanup after the Fukushima disaster:

Japan will increase an interest-free loan to the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power (9501.T), by more than a third to 14 trillion yen ($123 billion), a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The increase in the loan from 9 trillion yen is to cover the costs for compensation and decontamination areas around the plant, according to the source.

[...] The disaster is likely to cost 22.6 trillion yen ($199 billion), more than double an earlier government estimate.

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