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22.812J | Spring 2004 | Graduate

# Managing Nuclear Technology

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 |

## Course Info

##### Instructor

- Prof. Richard Lester

##### Departments

- Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Engineering Systems Division

##### As Taught In

Spring 2004

##### Level

Graduate

##### Topics

- Business
  - Management
- Energy
  - Electricity
  - Nuclear
- Engineering
  - Nuclear Engineering
    - Nuclear Systems, Policy, and Economics
- Social Science
  - Public Administration
    - Science and Technology Policy

##### Learning Resource Types

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assignment Problem Sets
Problem Set Solutions

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