Managing Nuclear Technology

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction
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
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
10	Quiz #1	Problem set 4 due
11	Retirement/Replacement Problems Cost of Capital	Problem set 5 out
12	Evaluating Projects under Uncertainty
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
17	Proliferation-resistance and Nuclear Energy
18	Quiz #2
19	Externalities: Accounting and Regulation
20	Nuclear Waste Management (I)
21	Nuclear Waste Management (II)
22	Risk Perceptions, Communication and Public Attitudes
23	Future of Nuclear Power
24	Term Project Presentations
25	Term Project Presentations