Scenario simulations do not yield results stochastically consistent with alternative Monte Carlo results: U.S. nuclear plant decommissioning funding adequacy (2000)

Energy Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1101-1130

  Williams, Daniel G ^a  

^a US Government Accountability Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Decommissioning costs; Decommissioning funds; Economic policy; Electricity; Energy; Monte Carlo; Nuclear power plants; Risk analysis; Scenario; Simulation; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; FINANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DECOMMISSIONING FUNDS; ECONOMIC POLICY;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMMISSIONING; ENERGY POLICY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547600815     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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