Published January 1990 | Version v1
Report Metadata-only

Uranium enrichment

Creators

Description

This report looks at the following issues: How much Soviet uranium ore and enriched uranium are imported into the United States and what is the extent to which utilities flag swap to disguise these purchases? What are the U.S.S.R.'s enriched uranium trading practices? To what extent are utilities required to return used fuel to the Soviet Union as part of the enriched uranium sales agreement? Why have U.S. utilities ended their contracts to buy enrichment services from DOE?

Availability note (English)

US General Accounting Office, P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (USA).

Additional details

Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
U.S. imports of Soviet enriched uranium

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
13 p.
Report number
GAO/RCED--90-70BR

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22005246
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AGREEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM; TRADE; US DOE; USA; USSR
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MATERIALS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; URANIUM; US ORGANIZATIONS