Comments on Smith Barney's Uranium Enrichment Analysis

GAO discussed restructuring the Department of Energy's uranium enrichment program as a government corporation. GAO found that before a private company is formed: (1) the new corporation should bear the costs of modernizing old plants and cleaning up and decommissioning existing facilities; (2) Congress should consider restructuring legislation to ensure repayment of $3 billion in past costs rather than relying on unspecified dividends and stock sales; and (3) restructuring legislation should require the government to match the corporation's fund contributions.