| 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 |