Financial Aspects of NPP Construction

Training Modules 

1. The main aspects of the national nuclear power programme development. Nuclear fuel: review of the market and world prices, cost projections 

   1.1 Primary conditions: the resources of the country, long-term contracts, geopolitics, strategic partners 

   1.2 Transmission facilities infrastructure, projections, assessment of the extent of nuclear programme and economy of scale 

   1.3 Costs of nuclear fuel management. Overview of the market and world prices for nuclear fuel. Forecasts of nuclear fuel costs and examples of their indexing 

2. The NPP construction cost. 

   2.1 Structure of CAPEX. 

   2.2 Methodology for CAPEX assessment. Review of the world prices 

3. Analysis of cost effectiveness for investment project of NPP construction 

   3.1 Basic terms: net present value, payback period, discounted payback period 

   3.2 Methodology for cost effectiveness analysis 

4. Project financing schemes. Contractual schemes for NPP construction 

   4.1 The most common methods of financing the NPP construction projects 

   4.2 Types of contracts for NPP construction, examples 

5. Project cost management: methodology, theory and practice 

   5.1 Cost management methodology of the investment project 

   5.2 Practical issues of creation and operation of the cost management system for NPP construction 

6. The most common scenarios for NPP decommissioning. Cost estimates for NPP decommissioning 

   6.1 Common scenarios of NPP decommissioning 

   6.2 Analysis of NPP decommissioning costs 

7. Final exam 36 h total (26 h of lectures +10 h of hands-on sessions)