Browsing Working Papers by Author "Du, Yangbo"

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    • Capacity Factor Risk At Nuclear Power Plants 

      Du, Yangbo; Parsons, John E. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2010-11)
      We develop a model of the dynamic structure of capacity factor risk. It incorporates the risk that the capacity factor may vary widely from year-to-year, and also the risk that the reactor may be permanently shutdown prior ...

    • Update on the Cost of Nuclear Power 

      Parsons, John E.; Du, Yangbo (2009)
      We update the cost of nuclear power as calculated in the MIT (2003) Future of Nuclear Power study. Our main focus is on the changing cost of construction of new plants. The MIT (2003) study provided useful data on the cost ...