Capital cost evaluation of advanced reactor designs under uncertainty and risk

Decarbonization incentives present an enormous market opportunity for the nuclear industry. To stay within the 1.5°C limit by 2050, across a range of scenarios, the IPCC forecasted a 2.5x average increase in global nuclear generation. High capital costs and the risk of overruns and delays may preven...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stewart, W. Robb
Other Authors: Shirvan, Koroush
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144869
https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-3744-8322