COST ESTIMATE FUNCTIONS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT FOR A SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITY ASSESSMENT OF URANIUM RESOURCES

摘要

The Resource Division of the Energy Research and Development Administration, Grand Junction Office, is presently engaged in the National Uranium Resource Estimate (NURE). The subjective probability assessment of uranium resources of New Mexico was undertaken as part of NURE, to assess the method's usefulness as a substitute or as "backup" for conventional methods of resource estimation. Cost estimate functions were derived as a part of the study. This report documents the initial development of those cost functions. This phase of the project was funded entirely by the Grand Junction Office of ERDA through the Strategic Planning Department of the UCC-ND Operations Analysis and Planning Division.