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This file contains Chapter 15 from what appears to be a technical document detailing financial qualifications for the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) and NIST reactor (NBSR). The chapter outlines operating and decommissioning costs, showing that NCNR's operating costs increased from $16.7M in FY99 to $23.4M in FY03, while NBSR costs rose from $10.1M to $11.5M in the same period. The facility serves approximately 2,000 research participants annually from industry, academia, and government.
The document indicates a $1B estimated replacement cost for NCNR including instrumentation. Decommissioning costs were estimated by Duratek, Inc. at $30,224,476 for complete decommissioning, decontamination, and demolition, plus $25,900,000 in NIST direct costs, totaling $56,124,476. As a federal agency under the Department of Commerce, NIST will request funding for decommissioning when NBSR operations terminate, though there are no current plans for decommissioning before the operating license expires.
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CHAPTER 15 – TABLE OF CONTENTS
| 15 | Financial Qualifications | 1 |
| 15.1 | Operating Costs | 1 |
| 15.2 | Decommissioning Costs | 1 |
List of Tables
Table 15.1: NCNR and NBSR Operating Costs 2
Chapter 15 – Record of Revisions
15 Financial Qualifications
15.1 Operating Costs
The NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) is one of four neutron user facilities in the United States offering all neutron scattering methods coupled with modern instrumentation that are competitive with the world’s best. The NIST reactor (NBSR) is the heart of the NCNR. The cost of operating the NCNR is regularly funded through the Department of Commerce by Congressional appropriation. The current replacement cost of the NCNR, including instrumentation, is estimated to be $1B. The operating costs for the NCNR and the NBSR are presented in Table 15.1. The data are for fiscal years 1999 to 2003.
NCNR does not charge fees to research associates for use of the research facilities. While most access is for research, which results are freely available to the general public, proprietary research can be performed under full cost recovery. Each year, approximately 2000 research participants from all areas of the country, and from industry, academia, and government use the facility for measurements not otherwise possible.
15.2 Decommissioning Costs
Neither NIST nor the Department of Commerce plan to decommission the NBSR prior to the expiration date of its operating license. An estimate of the cost of decommissioning the NBSR was performed by Duratek, Inc. and is referenced and discussed in Chapter 17. The total estimated cost in 2003 for complete decommissioning, decontamination, and demolition costs (excluding NIST direct costs) is $30,224,476. The NIST direct costs are estimated as $25,900,000, for a total cost of $56,124,476.
NIST is a federal agency of the Department of Commerce. When operation of the NBSR is terminated, NIST will request funding for decommissioning, decontamination, and demolition.
15-2 Table 15.1: NCNR and NBSR Operating Costs
CATEGORY
FY99
FY00
FY01
FY02
FY03
NCNR
$16.7M
$19.2M
$21.8M
$23.2M
$23.4M
NBSR
$10.1M
$10.3M
$12.2M
$12.6M
$11.5M
Table 15.1 lists actual operating costs. This includes salaries, benefits, fuel, heavy water, and shipping of spent fuel.
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