"What's the real cost of something like Fukushima?" Maybe the better question is what will the purveyors of fear, uncertainty and doubt cause the price to be. The cost will be negligible, at least compared to the local portion of the general quake and tsunami cost. But FUD will make the government do stupid things, like what they have already done regarding the allowable radioactivity level in food. Stupid, stupid, stupid. But that is the purveyor's purpose.