"Funding Needed" R&D Tasks

• DUO₂ alteration chemistry
  • How DUO₂ is altered to other uranium compounds by water with various compositions and cement
  • Keystone for repository uses and heavy concrete
• High-value fluorine products
  • Other fluorine products (e.g., BF₃, fluorocarbons) are worth many times HF
  • Need to develop a flowsheet to produce a mix of these high-value products that will not flood markets
• Systems analysis
  • Needed to determine costs and benefits to various programs as a basis to establish costs and subsidies