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<br />'_'_ "" O~'" <br /> <br /> <br />~ A small amount is included (0.35 percent of capital costs) <br />00 <br />c.c to proviCle for interim replacement of minor components within the <br />,... <br /> <br />assumed 3D-year life span of the plants. To account for the <br /> <br />longer period of analyses for benefit-cost and the payout studies, <br /> <br />an annua 1 sinking fund as shown above is inc luded in the Federa 1 <br /> <br />operating costs to cover reconstruction of the nuclear Jl'salting <br /> <br />complex Dt the end of the 30-year service life. <br /> <br />The nature of breeder reactors is that they produce more <br /> <br />fuel than they consume. The excess fuel produced is sold for use <br /> <br />in other reactors. Plutonium credits partly offset the costs of <br /> <br />fabrication, processing, and interest charges on investments in <br /> <br />fue 1 inventory. These savings, together with the advantages of <br /> <br />Federal financing of the fuel inventory, result in a low fuel <br /> <br />cycle cost for the advanced breeder concept. <br /> <br />Conveyance System--Thc total estimated constructi.on cost <br /> <br />for the conveyance system to Lake Mead based on rcconnaisHuncG. <br /> <br />estimate$ and unit prices as of October 1967 is $1,863,000,000. <br /> <br />The estirpates ine lude electrical transmission system; right-aE-way <br /> <br />acquisition; and engineering, supervision of construction, and <br /> <br />other indirect costs. Pumping plants, power drops, and trans- <br /> <br />mission lines would be constructed in three stages for completion <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />in 1990, 2000, and 2010 and pipelines in tWO stages for completion <br /> <br />in 1990 and 2000. Canals, tunnels, and other facilities would be <br /> <br />constructed to their ultimate capacity during the first stage. <br /> <br />25 <br />