Cost Analysis of Light Water Reactor Power Plants,

Abstract

This study centers on a statistical analysis of the licensing time, construction time, and capital cost of light water reactor power plants. The use of these econometric techniques allows the major cost driving variables to be identified through multivariate analysis of time series data on over 50 U.S. nuclear power plants. The analysis made in the study provides a clearer picture of the dynamic changes that have occurred in the cost of these power plants than does engineering cost estimates, and produces a tool that can be used to project LWR costs. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093751

Entities

People

  • William E. Mooz

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Cooling Towers
  • Corporations
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Information Science
  • Light Water Reactors
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Project Management
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis