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Introduction |
Park and Sharp-Bette (PSB). Chapter 1, pp. 3-25.
"Financial Ratio Analysis."
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: 0375421785. |
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Balance Sheets and Income Statements
The Time Value of Money
Discrete and Continuous Compounding |
PSB. pp. 38-70. |
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Time Value of Money Mechanics (cont.) |
PSB. pp. 70-83. |
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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, 2000. ISBN: 0130115703. |
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Depreciation, Capital Recovery, and Taxes |
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Depreciation, Capital Recovery, and Taxes (II) |
PSB. pp. 201-237.
1989 Depreciation Guide. Commerce Clearing House, Inc. Paragraphs 12, 15, 16, and 45. |
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Levelized Cost of Product
Carrying Charges |
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Methods for Project Evaluation |
PSB. pp. 243-264. |
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Methods for Project Evaluation (II): Nuclear Power Economics |
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Quiz #1 |
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Retirement/Replacement Problems
Cost of Capital |
PSB. pp. 654-682.
Weston and Brigham. "The Cost of Capital." Chapter 19 in Managerial Finance. Chicago, IL: Dryden Press, 1986. ISBN: 0030640415. |
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Evaluating Projects under Uncertainty |
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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 |
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Economics of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (II): Enrichment Case Study |
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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.) |
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Nonproliferation, Safeguards, and Export Controls |
See Related Resources - "Nonproliferation" Links |
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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" |
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Quiz #2 |
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Externalities: Accounting and Regulation |
The Future of Nuclear Power . pp. 53-63, 157-164. |
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Nuclear Waste Management (I) |
Probability Neglect: Emotions, Worst Cases, and Law (PDF) (Courtesy of Cass R. Sunstein. Used with permission.) |
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Nuclear Waste Management (II) |
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Risk Perceptions, Communication and Public Attitudes |
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Future of Nuclear Power |
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Term Project Presentations |
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Term Project Presentations |
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