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Contract Services and Advanced Technology Costs (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015
D&D Expense | $ 15.0 |  |  |  |
Decontamination and decommissioning obligations - total | 38.9 | $ 38.9 |  |  |
Decontamination and decommissioning obligations - current | 28.3 | 28.3 |  |  | $ 29.4
Decontamination and decommissioning obligations - long-term | 10.6 | 10.6 |  |  | $ 0.0
2017 ORNL Contract [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Contract value |  |  | $ 25.0 |  |
Contract monthly revenue |  |  | 2.0 |  |
Contract milestone payments |  |  | $ 1.0 |  |
2016 ORNL Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Contract monthly revenue |  | 2.7 |  |  |
Contract revenue current work |  | 24.2 |  |  |
Contract revenue past work |  | 8.1 |  |  |
2015 ORNL Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Contract monthly revenue |  |  |  | $ 6.9 |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Decontamination and decommissioning obligations - total | 38.9 | 38.9 |  |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Decontamination and decommissioning obligations - total | $ 49.4 | $ 49.4 |  |  |

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