Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 138 - Public Utilities Commission
Chapter 7855 - CERTIFICATE OF NEED; LARGE ENERGY FACILITY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR NUCLEAR FUEL PROCESSING FACILITIES
Part 7855.0510 - ALTERNATIVES

A. the location of the facility, to the fullest extent known;

B. the required land area, the height of the tallest structures, and if applicable, the depth and size of any underground caverns;

C. its design capacity in the appropriate units of measure;

D. a schematic drawing showing major components of the facility;

E. the probable date for commencing construction and the probable in-service date;

F. the estimated installed cost of the alternative in current dollars;

G. the estimated economic life of the facility;

H. the sources and amounts of input materials that would be processed by the facility, including uranium, plutonium, structural metals, and fission products, and the products that would be produced;

I. the projected annual operating and maintenance costs in current dollars for each of the first five calendar years of operation;

J. the methods that would be used to transport materials to and from the facility;

K. the projected types and amounts of energy products that would be consumed during operation at the design capacity;

L. the estimated average percentage of use of the full design capacity for each of the first five years of operation;

M. a discussion of the maintenance requirements of the facility, including the estimated impact on production; and

N. the reasons why the alternative was rejected.