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EMD-78-46 1 (1978-03-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawrj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 05071 - (B0725615) ? eN? UsDN 3/6' Centrifuge Enrichment: Benefits and Risks. ED-78-Si; U-159687. march 7. 1978. Released larch 9. 1973. & pp. * 2 appendices (16 pp.). Report to Sen. Clifford P. Basses; Sen. Howard M. Bakerg Jr.; Sen. James R, Sasser; by Elmer B. Stats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Enerqy (1600). Contact: Energy and minerals Div. Budget Function: natural Resources, mnviromsent. and Energy: Enerqy (305). Organization concerned. Department of fneigy. Congressional Relevance: Sen. Howard I. Baker. Jr.. Sea. Clifford P. Hansen; Set. James i. Saser. There are three Governs~nt-cwied uzanium endtchmont plants in the United States: at Oax Ridge, Tennessee; seat Paducah& Kentucky; and neaz Portsmouth. Ohio. These uranium enrichment plants use gaseous filffusion to enricA the auranim, a technology the Government has successfully used for 30 year*. Because the capacity of the three plantr is fully comitted, in 197A Congreas authorized construction of': as add-on to the Portsnouth diffusion plant. However, :;n 1977, the Preoideat announced that. instead of tho add-on, the Department of Inergy. would build an equivalent-sized plant using a tecknology called gas centrifvge. Findinqs/Conclusions: The a.vantages of centifnqe technology and the difficulties in otaining electrical power for a diffusion plant have led to the conclusion that the economic and technv'.ogical benefits to be qained by using centri.fuge technology may be wcrth the risk. it is uncertain, however, whether the project will be completed within cost and schedule estimates and what role private industry will assume in the project. There does not appear to be a clear advantage to building the plant at either Oak Ridge or Portsmouth. Cost comparisons show a $200 million advantage at Oak Ridqe. There will be sone disruption associated with a relocation, and any decision on this matter should consider the effect any delay would have on the ability to meet enrichment demand. (RRS)

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