Note 12 - Asset Retirement Obligation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 12 – ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION

As part of the Company’s NRC operating license and as part of the Company’s facility lease agreements, the Company is responsible for decommissioning any facilities upon termination or relocation of operations. The Company has developed a decommissioning funding plan using guidelines provided by the NRC and has estimated the cost of decommissioning the facility in Idaho Falls. The decommissioning cost estimate is reviewed at least annually to validate the assumptions and is revised as necessary when changes in the facility processes or radiological characteristics would affect the cost of decommissioning.

In accordance with GAAP, the Company has recognized future estimated decommissioning costs as an asset retirement obligation and a related capitalized lease disposal cost. The Company has recognized period-to-period changes in the liability (accretion) in the statement of operations as amortization expense. Changes resulting from revisions to the original estimate are recorded as an increase or decrease to the capitalized lease disposal cost. Capitalized lease disposal cost is amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining life of the facility operating lease agreement.

The following summarizes the activity of the asset retirement obligation for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

	Obligation for Lease Disposal Cost
Balance at December 31, 2021		892,087
Increase in lease disposal costs		—
Accretion expense/amortization expense		50,291
Balance at December 31, 2022		942,378
Increase in lease disposal costs		478,959
Accretion expense/amortization expense		53,126
Balance at December 31, 2023	$	1,474,463