Decommissioning and equipment replacement of nuclear power plants under uncertainty

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1347-1355

  Takashima, Ryuta ^a   Naito, Yuta ^a   Kimura, Hiroshi ^a   Madarame, Haruki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decommissioning; Electricity prices; Real options approach; Replacement of equipment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS); ELECTRICITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECOMMISSIONING; ELECTRICITY PRICES; REAL OPTIONS APPROACH; REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 37149053171     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/jnst.44.1347     Document Type: Article

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