Enrichment Tails Assays and Uranium Supply: a Dynamic Relationship
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At present, utility fuel buyers order uranium, conversion, and enrichment services according to optimization criteria based on relative prices for EUP inputs. Enrichment decisions are constrained only by enrichment contract requirements that limit the tails assays nominated to a certain range without surcharges. At present, given a uranium price of $33.75/kg U as UF6, and roughly $105/SWU, the economic optimum tails assay is about 0.35%.
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