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To: Webster Groves who wrote (80364)	11/30/2000 1:33:14 PM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Respond to of 95453

Webster, Agreed no more nukes will be built. However the cost at which the nukes can generate power needs to be taken into account when estimating NG demand I believe and ultimate NG prices. For e.g. windpower farms when NG is selling at $5.85/mcf (equates to $60/MWh power cost in a decent efficiency turbine)compete effectively against NG as a fuel in power generation. My whole exercise here is to attempt to clarify factors moving forawrd which will impact demand for NG in the power markets...i.e. would temper price spikes in NG versus demand factors which will push NG prices forward.. In other words- where is the better investment here- the oil & gas producers who find the NG- or the power genrators who play the Spark Spread and burn NG in generators....

To: Webster Groves who wrote (80364)	11/30/2000 9:51:05 PM
From: heraclitus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

WG, Isn't USU doing enrichment? Also, if the fed would take the spent fuel and reprocess it as they do in France, the fuel cycle would be more cost effective. There is a lot of U-235 left in spent fuel as well as all of the fissionable plutonium that is produced during reactor operation ("breeding"). I agree that no new nukes will be built for a long time. I do not think any utility wants to take on the short sighted energy department or the "greens". Maybe the next nuke will actually have the "greens" blessing when they realize it is the most environmentally friendly means of large scale power production. regards homer