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Uranium Enrichment: Analysis of Decontamination and Decommissioning Scenarios

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Nov. 15, 1991
Report No. RCED-92-77BR
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Summary:

This briefing report analyzes--using four different scenarios--the adequacy of a $500 million annual deposit into a fund to pay for the cost of cleaning up the Department of Energy's (DOE) three aging uranium enrichment plants located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Paducah, Kentucky; and Portsmouth, Ohio. GAO found that a fixed annual $500 million deposit made into a cleanup fund would not be adequate to cover total expected cleanup costs, nor would it be adequate to cover expected decontamination and decommissioning costs. A $500 million annual deposit indexed to an inflation rate would likely be adequate to pay for all expected cleanup costs, including decontamination and decommissioning costs, and depleted uranium costs.

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