Investment in different sized SMRs: Economic evaluation of stochastic scenarios by INCAS code

International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2012, ICAPP 2012

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 2783-2792

  Barenghi, Silvia ^a   Boarin, Sara ^a   Ricotti, Marco E ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

CAPITAL INTENSIVE INVESTMENT; DIFFERENT SIZES; ECONOMIC DOWNTURN; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL RISKS; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; INVESTMENT OPTIONS; INVESTMENT RISKS; MATURE MARKETS; MODULARIZATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY; OPERATING TRACKS; PAYBACK TIME; RISK AVERSION; SINGLE SITES; SMALL MODULAR REACTORS; STOCHASTIC DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC INPUTS; STOCHASTIC VARIABLE; TIME HORIZONS; TOTAL POWER;

COMMERCE; DESIGN; EARNINGS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; INVESTMENTS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROFITABILITY; RISK PERCEPTION; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84869067180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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