Budgeting and forecasting for the nuclear fuel cycle

Conference · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1985 · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5538902

Epstein, R; Franks, W

One of the most important tasks the nuclear fuel manager has is to prepare accurate budgets and forecasts of the future fuel costs for the nuclear plants for which he is responsible. The need to be able to demonstrate prudent purchasing decisions and to be able to justify before the utility commission the choices made require a rigorous treatment in the analysis. This can be a very time-consuming effort especially if a number of different scenarios or cases must be studied. This paper will describe a budget forecast analyzing typical problems faced by a utility fuel manager. The analyses have been conducted employing two methods. The first is the conventional approach where the analysis is carried out by hand and the second is one in which a computerized analysis system, the Stoller Nuclear Analysis and Accounting Program (SNAAP), is used to study the problem. The actual results of the problems studied are reported as well as the comparative effort required to perform the studies.

• OSTI ID: 5538902
• Report Number(s): CONF-851115-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 50
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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