PSB: Park and Sharp-Bette. Advanced Engineering Economics. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons (WIE), May 1990. ISBN: 9780471799894.
| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction |
Park and Sharp-Bette (PSB). Chapter 1, pp. 3-25.
Levitt, Arthur. Take on the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don’t Want You to Know. New York: Knopf, 2002. pp. 144-174. ISBN: 9780375421785. |
| 2 |
Balance Sheets and Income Statements
The Time Value of Money Discrete and Continuous Compounding |
PSB. pp. 38-70. |
| 3 | Time Value of Money Mechanics (cont.) | PSB. pp. 70-83. |
| 4 |
The Effects of Inflation
Calculation of Capital Costs |
An Illustration of the Use of Depreciation (PDF)
Sullivan, William, et al. “Depreciation and Income Taxes.” Chapter 6 in Engineering Economy. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1999. ISBN: 9780130115706. |
| 5 | Depreciation, Capital Recovery, and Taxes | |
| 6 | Depreciation, Capital Recovery, and Taxes (II) |
PSB. pp. 201-237.
1989 Depreciation Guide. Commerce Clearing House, Inc. Paragraphs 12, 15, 16, and 45. |
| 7 |
Levelized Cost of Product
Carrying Charges |
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| 8 | Methods for Project Evaluation | PSB. pp. 243-264. |
| 9 | Methods for Project Evaluation (II): Nuclear Power Economics | |
| 10 | Quiz #1 | |
| 11 |
Retirement/Replacement Problems
Cost of Capital |
PSB. pp. 654-682.
Weston and Brigham. “The Cost of Capital.” Chapter 19 in Managerial Finance. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders College Publishing/Harcourt Brace, 1986. ISBN: 9780030640414 . |
| 12 | Evaluating Projects under Uncertainty | |
| 13 | Economics of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (I): Material Balances and Simple Cost Models |
“The Nuclear Fuel Cycle.” Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency. Chapter 3 from The Economics of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, 1994. (PDF)
Nuclear Engineering for an Uncertain Future |
| 14 | Economics of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (II): Enrichment Case Study | |
| 15 | Reprocessing and MOX Recycle: Economics and other Considerations | The Economics Of Reprocessing Vs. Direct Disposal Of Spent Nuclear Fuel (PDF - 1.3 MB) (Courtesy of Matthew Bunn. Used with permission.) |
| 16 | Nonproliferation, Safeguards, and Export Controls | See Related Resources - “Nonproliferation” Links |
| 17 | Proliferation-resistance and Nuclear Energy |
Civilian Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapons Programs: The Record (PDF) (Courtesy of Matthew Bunn. Used with permission.)
See Related Resources - Links for “Nonproliferation and Energy” and “Nonproliferation Careers for Nuclear Engineers” |
| 18 | Quiz #2 | |
| 19 | Externalities: Accounting and Regulation | The Future of Nuclear Power . pp. 53-63, 157-164. |
| 20 | Nuclear Waste Management (I) | Probability Neglect: Emotions, Worst Cases, and Law (PDF) (Courtesy of Cass R. Sunstein. Used with permission.) |
| 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 |
