Atomic Energy Costing

This book deals with atomic energy costing on three levels: patterns, parameters, and politicization of atomic energy costing.
The Introduction provides an overview of some of the debates on the early costing of atomic energy. Chapter 1 examines economic costing and economic consequences; the issue of economic control of atomic energy by government, public sector monopoly, or private enterprise is also discussed. Chapter 2 focuses on the parameters of profits and subsidies and interest and discount rates and how they affect cost-benefit appraisals of nuclear energy. The politicization of atomic energy costing is dealt with via a discussion of alternate agency theoretic and welfare aspects of atomic energy costing in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 presents a detailed survey of the modern costing and regulation debates in the US and UK, while Chapter 5 presents a comparative analysis of atomic power and its regulation in the US, UK and Japan. Chapter 6 sums up the material and attempts to derive some conclusions regarding the atomic energy costing debates.

This book deals with atomic energy costing on three levels: patterns, parameters, and politicization of atomic energy costing.
The Introduction provides an overview of some of the debates on the early costing of atomic energy. Chapter 1 examines economic costing and economic consequences; the issue of economic control of atomic energy by government, public sector monopoly, or private enterprise is also discussed. Chapter 2 focuses on the parameters of profits and subsidies and interest and discount rates and how they affect cost-benefit appraisals of nuclear energy. The politicization of atomic energy costing is dealt with via a discussion of alternate agency theoretic and welfare aspects of atomic energy costing in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 presents a detailed survey of the modern costing and regulation debates in the US and UK, while Chapter 5 presents a comparative analysis of atomic power and its regulation in the US, UK and Japan. Chapter 6 sums up the material and attempts to derive some conclusions regarding the atomic energy costing debates.

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Covers debates that took place from 1946-1954 over costing and control of atomic energy; patterns, parameters, and politicization of atomic energy costing; agency theoretic and welfare aspects of atomic energy costing and regulation; modern debates from OPEC-1 onwards; and a comparative analysis and critique of projects relating to atomic power and its regulations. An appendix discusses explanations given by members of the Cowles Commission, which studied the peacetime uses of atomic power, concerning the "economic" and "trigger" effects of technological change. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)