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U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Waste Fund Fee Adequacy Assessment Report

Author(s)
Chu, Steven
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Abstract

The purpose of this U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Waste Fund Fee Adequacy Assessment
Report (Assessment) is to present an analysis of the adequacy of the fee being paid by nuclear
power utilities for the permanent disposal of their SNF and HLW by the United States
government.
This Assessment consists of six sections: Section 1 provides historical context and a comparison
to previous fee adequacy assessments; Section 2 describes the system, cost, income, and
economic factors analyzed; Section 3 describes the methodologies used in this analysis; Section
4 presents the results of the fee adequacy evaluation; Section 5 provides an analysis of the fee
adequacy results; and Section 6 presents the conclusion.

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