In December 20 2016, the Committee for Reforming Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) and Overcoming 1F Challenges (TEPCO Committee) at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced that new calculations indicated that the cost of the cleanup of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant would increase up to 22 trillion yen from previous estimate of 11 trillion yen, and that the government’s course of action would be to put a surcharge on electricity tariffs. However, JCER calculations suggest that the final cleanup cost could swell to nearly 70 trillion yen. To retain nuclear power in a situation where there is no shortage of power and when nuclear power does not seem to be the cheapest source of energy necessitates a change in the skeptical attitudes of more than half the nation. As a prerequisite for the public financial burden, clarifying the responsibility of the stakeholder organizations including the legal liquidation of TEPCO, a higher degree of transparency around the importance of nuclear power as a source of energy, and responsible countermeasures to severe accidents are vital. The government’s current goal is to supply around 22% of power through nuclear energy by FY2030, but unless trust is won back, the chances are high that it will end in a fiasco.