| LEC # | TOPICS | SLIDES | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | (PDF) | |
| 2 | Balance Sheets and Income Statements The Time Value of Money Discrete and Continuous Compounding |
(PDF) | (PDF) |
| 3 | Time Value of Money Mechanics (cont.) | (PDF) | |
| 4 | The Effects of Inflation Calculation of Capital Costs |
(PDF - 1.0 MB) | (PDF) |
| 5 | Depreciation, Capital Recovery, and Taxes | (PDF) | |
| 6 | Depreciation, Capital Recovery, and Taxes (II) | (PDF) | |
| 7 | Levelized Cost of Product Carrying Charges |
(PDF) | |
| 8 | Methods for Project Evaluation | (XLS) | |
| 9 | Methods for Project Evaluation (II): Nuclear Power Economics | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 10 | Quiz #1 | ||
| 11 | Retirement/Replacement Problems Cost of Capital |
(PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
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| 12 | Evaluating Projects under Uncertainty | (PDF) | |
| 13 | Economics of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (I): Material Balances and Simple Cost Models |
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| 14 | Economics of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (II): Enrichment Case Study | (PDF - 2.9 MB) | (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
| 15 | Reprocessing and MOX Recycle: Economics and other Considerations | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 16 | Nonproliferation, Safeguards, and Export Controls Guest Lecturer: Matthew Bunn, Harvard University |
(PDF - 1.5 MB) | (PDF) (Courtesy of Matthew Bunn. Used with permission.) |
| 17 | Proliferation-resistance and Nuclear Energy Guest Lecturer: Matthew Bunn, Harvard University |
(PDF) | |
| 18 | Quiz #2 | ||
| 19 | Externalities: Accounting and Regulation | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| 20 | Nuclear Waste Management (I) | (PDF - 1.2 MB) | |
| 21 | Nuclear Waste Management (II) | ||
| 22 | Risk Perceptions, Communication and Public Attitudes | (PDF - 1.7 MB) | |
| 23 | Future of Nuclear Power | (PDF) | |
| 24 | Term Project Presentations | ||
| 25 | Term Project Presentations |
