I reckon they will keep mining and go for EG23, what say you?
https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/sti/sti/Sort_67068.pdf
CONCLUSIONS
In conclusion, the economic impact of closing the fuel cycle would create or sustain a significant number
of jobs and add to the U.S. gross domestic product. The total employment impact of an EG23 and EG29
closed fuel cycle would create or sustain between 37,000 and 58,000 domestic jobs. Direct employment
impacts from the current fuel supply production in the United States are minimal compared to the
potential impact if foreign fuel production was replaced with domestic sources. If fuel needs were
supplied by U.S. companies, the direct employment impact would increase job counts from 1,400 to over
11,000. The EG01 total employment impact would grow from 8,600 to 56,000 jobs by sourcing fuel from
U.S. producers.
The shifts in employment for a closed fuel cycle would require growing the current U.S. nuclear fuel
workforce that currently exists among fuel fabricators and enrichment suppliers. The employment growth
for these types of activities would be significant.
Besides the employment-related impacts, the transition to a closed fuel cycle would generate between
$2.8 and $5.1 billion in labor income under the EG23 and EG29 scenarios. Under the EG01 scenario,
labor income would increase from $756 million to $4.7 billion if fuel supply production was sourced
domestically.
Estimated spending on foreign and domestically produced fuel under EG01 is just over $4 billion.
Spending would increase to more than $8.4 billion if all aspects of fuel production were sourced in the
United States. The total fuel cost for the EG23 case would be nearly the same ($4.04 billion) as EG01
under current importing conditions although the quantity of fuel needed would decrease from 2,192 MT
to only 1,247 MT. The cost of fuel for EG29 is estimated at $6.04 billion. If domestic production was
used, the fuel cycle component of the electricity generation cost would be $9.62 per megawatt-hour,
compared to $5.55 if imports were used. All fuel material flows presented in this report are based on
calculations to support a nuclear energy system generating 100 GWe-yr of electricity per year
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