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Economics of Reprocessing - Analysis of Scenarios Operating Barnwell (1984)

AuthorLaughon, Goodman, DOE
DateApril 1984
Classification 3.01.5.23/02 (UNITED STATES - REPROCESSING)
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AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY TOPICAL MEETING
FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC BASES FOR NUCLEAR POWER
APRIL 8-11, 1984, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Economics of Reprocessing - Analysis of Scenarios for Operating Barnwell

Kermit O. Laughon, Director Eli I. Goodman, Senior Technical Advisor fice of 
Spent Fuel Management and Reprocessing Systems U.S. Department of Energy

In his nuclear policy statement of October 8, 1981, President Reagan lifted the ban 
on commercial reprocessing in the United States. He also requested a study of the 
feasibility of obtaining economical plutonium supplies for the Department of 
Energy's breeder program from private producers, which would have the effect of 
fostering commercial reprocessing. In response to the Presidential directive, over 
the past three years detailed economic analyses have been performed to evaluate 
the economic feasibility of operating the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant (BNFP). 
The analyses presented in this paper are an element of that response.

Commercial Reprocessing Scenarios
Discounted cash flow is the technique used in evaluating the various scenarios for 
operating Barnwell. A series of payments and receipts for a given scenario is the 
input to the analysis. By trial and error, a net after-tax rate of return is computed, 
which results in the net present value of those payments and receipts to equal zero. 
The staff of Allied General Nuclear Services were of great assistance in developing 
a computerized method for conveniently making these calculations and in 
developing some of the concepts.

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