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RCED-84-64 1 (1983-11-15)

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                   COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                             WASHINGTON-D.C. 20548                N



B-207463

                'RELEASED                      November 15, 1983


The Honorable. lf6ard L. Ottinger
Chairman, SubcoRditee on Energy
  Conservation Atid Power
Committee on Energy and Commerce
House of Representatives                                12281

Dear Mr. Chairman:

     Subject: DOE's Allocation of Costs for Uranium Enrichment
               Services (GAO/RCED-84-64)

     Your letter of July 25, 1983, expressed concern about a
number of issues related to -the Department of Energy's (DOE's)
uranium enrichment services program. You requested that we
respond to three questions regarding DOE's allocation of enrich-
ment costs by November 15, 1983. The questions were:

     --How does DOE allocate the costs of providing uranium
       enrichment services among its customers?

     --Does DOE's method of allocating costs equitably reflect the
       costs of providing the services to each customer class?

     --If it is costlier to provide high enriched uranium to the
       government's defense programs, what would be the effect on
       civilian customers if governmental customers were charged
       the full costs of service?1

You also requested that we plan to separately report on questions
dealing with the components of the enrichment services price, the
secondary enrichment market, and the proposed new enrichment
services contract.



1Low enriched uranium is primarily used to fuel commercial nuclear
  power reactors, including some operated by quasi-government
  entities such as the Tennessee Valley Authority. Most high
  enriched uranium is used either for research or by the federal
  government for defense purposes.
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