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Show AEC Issues Report On Uranium Marketing The U.S. Atomic Energy En-ergy Commission today issued a report on the annual survey of commercial com-mercial marketing arrangements ar-rangements for uranium to be used as fuel for nuclear power plants. The survey data reflect conditions as of January 1, 1973. Each of the 57 utilities questioned by AEC's Office Of-fice of Raw Materials of the Division of Production Pro-duction and Materials Management provided data on 156 civilian nu -clear power reactors in operation, under construction, con-struction, or for which orders have been placed, having a total capacity of 141,000 electrical megawatts. Information also was obtained from 19 uranium producers and 5 reactor manufac- turers. The fuel commitments amount to an average of 0.9 tons of U308 per megawatt of electric capacity on order. This compares to approximately approxi-mately one full reactor core and three or four annual reloads, or about 1 or 5 years of reactor operations. For reactors planned to start-up in 1973 and later (126,000 MWe), about 60 per cent of the uranium needed for the first cores has been committed and 40 per cent has no arrangements. arrange-ments. Domestic uranium producers pro-ducers have contracted to supply 86,300 tons of uranium oxide (u30S) for delivery in 1973 through 1992 to domestic utilities and reactor manufacturers; manufactur-ers; 80, 100 tons is to be delivered through 1982. New commitments since January 1, 1972. total 15.700 tons of 1'308. Forecast requirements for the 10-vear period 1973-T982 (WASH-1139-(72). December 1. 1972) are estimated to be approximately ap-proximately 235,000 tons of 1'308 or nearly three times the quantity (80,-100 (80,-100 tons) committed to contract during the same period. About 47 per cent of the total forward commitment com-mitment is for delivery in the 1973-75 period. Annual delivery commitments commit-ments decrease from 15.800 tons of U308 in 1975 to 7,600 tons in 1976. Domestic commercial deliveries plus commitments commit-ments now total 129.-800 129.-800 tons of U308 including includ-ing deliveries to commercial com-mercial buyers before January 1, 1972. In addition, ad-dition, domestic producers produc-ers have contracted with foreign users for delivery deliv-ery of 6.900 tons of l'3()8. of which 4,801) tons were delivered prior to January Janu-ary 1973. A copy of the report may be obtained by writing writ-ing to John A. Patterson. Chief. Supply Kvaluation Branch, Division of Production Pro-duction and Materials Management, U.S. Atomic Atom-ic Knergy Commission, Washington, D.C.. 20515 or J. C. Westbrook, Grand Junction Office, U. S. Atomic Knergy Commission. Grand Jet., Colorado. 81501. it is also available at the Visitor's Vi-sitor's Aid Desk in the lobby of the Matomic Building, 1717 H Street. N.W., Washington, D.C. gold to their treasuries, not ours; jobs to their people, not ours. It's true that computers compu-ters can keep complicated compli-cated payroll and other records and help man in a thousand peaceful ways. But computers can also be used to aim an artillery shell, guide a nuclear submarine or direct an orbiting nuclear nu-clear weapon. Sell food to the Communists'? Com-munists'? Yes, if we get hard currency or gold in return. But we must never sell America's technology to a potential enemy because our technical leadership may well be the last effective advantage we have to protect our freedom. Computers should be scratched from the Soviet So-viet shopping list. fast. |