| 1 |
Introduction |
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| 2 |
Balance Sheets and Income Statements
The Time Value of Money
Discrete and Continuous Compounding |
Problem set 1 due |
| 3 |
Time Value of Money Mechanics (cont.) |
Problem set 2 out |
| 4 |
The Effects of Inflation
Calculation of Capital Costs |
Problem set 3 out
Problem set 2 due |
| 5 |
Depreciation, Capital Recovery, and Taxes |
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| 6 |
Depreciation, Capital Recovery, and Taxes (II) |
Problem set 3 due |
| 7 |
Levelized Cost of Product
Carrying Charges |
Problem set 4 out |
| 8 |
Methods for Project Evaluation |
Problem set 4 addendum out |
| 9 |
Methods for Project Evaluation (II): Nuclear Power Economics |
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| 10 |
Quiz #1 |
Problem set 4 due |
| 11 |
Retirement/Replacement Problems
Cost of Capital |
Problem set 5 out |
| 12 |
Evaluating Projects under Uncertainty |
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| 13 |
Economics of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (I): Material Balances and Simple Cost Models |
Problem set 5 due |
| 14 |
Economics of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (II): Enrichment Case Study |
Problem set 6 out |
| 15 |
Reprocessing and MOX Recycle: Economics and other Considerations |
Problem set 6 due |
| 16 |
Nonproliferation, Safeguards, and Export Controls |
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| 17 |
Proliferation-resistance and Nuclear Energy |
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| 18 |
Quiz #2 |
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| 19 |
Externalities: Accounting and Regulation |
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| 20 |
Nuclear Waste Management (I) |
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| 21 |
Nuclear Waste Management (II) |
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| 22 |
Risk Perceptions, Communication and Public Attitudes |
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| 23 |
Future of Nuclear Power |
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| 24 |
Term Project Presentations |
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| 25 |
Term Project Presentations |
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