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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal Liability Insurance (Environmental Economics)
Abstract
dc:descriptionThis thesis examines the social efficiency of nuclear power when the risks of accidental releases of spent fuel radionuclides from a spent fuel disposal facility are considered. The analysis consists of two major parts. First, a theoretical economic model of the use of nuclear power including the risks associated with releases of radionuclides from a disposal facility is developed. Second, the costs of nuclear power, including the risks associated with a radionuclide release, are empirically compared to the costs of fossil fuel-fired generation of electricity.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Economics
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Martin, David William
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8502236
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70750