Uranium: a review of developments in the new fuel
Book
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OSTI ID:6418514
Three interrelated concerns which utilities appear to have regarding the viability of the nuclear option and the significance of these issues to the investor in uranium issues are addressed in this report. These questions are: Will enough uranium be available to accommodate the growth forecasts for nuclear power, will sufficient enrichment capacity be installed to prevent disruption of utilities fuel supplies, and will capacity be available to reprocess nuclear fuel wastes for reuse as fuel so that our scarce uranium resources will not be rapidly consumed. Four appendixes are also included that present other relevant material. It is generally concluded that the future (at least until the year 2000) demand for uranium will be increasing with increasing prices to accompany this demand. Also, U.S. enrichment facilities are projected to be inadequqate; however, more enrichment facilities will be available abroad at approx. 40 to 50% higher rates than those now charged in the U.S. The question of availability of energy from reprocessed nuclear wastes is predicted to remain unresolved, since this is basically a political question. (BLM)
- OSTI ID:
- 6418514
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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