Assignment 6 | Decommissioning, Accidents, Economics, Project Definition

Due: Fri 3/23 by 8am

A. Economics – Tsoufanidis

  • Reading: Chapter 8
  • Problems: 8.1 (5pt), 8.2(5pt), 8.6 (5pt), 8.7 (5pt), 8.8 (5pt), 8.10 (10 pt).

B. Decommissioning and accidents:

Please represent on a world map the following two datasets for input into ArcGIS.

  1. 7pt. Nuclear plants in various stages of decommissioning. Indicate reator type, date of shut-down, and status. Data source: IAEA 2004. Optional additional resources: IAEA PRIS, NRC Info-Finder, NRC Datasets
  2. 3 pt. Nuclear accidents and their INES rating. For Fukushima, show the 20-mile radius around the plant (this was the shelter in place radius). For  Chernobyl, show the 17-radius of the exclusion zone.

Display the map on your blog, and answer the following questions:

  1. What patterns do you see in your spatial data that are surprising? – 5 pt
  2. What additional data would you collect to make this an informative map to nuclear engineering students about decommissioning and nuclear accidents? – 5 pt.
  3. Bonus points (up to 15 pts): For the plants in the US, indicate the type of decommissioning (SAFSTOR or DECON), the duration of decommissioning period and the (expected) year of completion of decommissioning, and the reactor type. Information available here: NRC Datasets. What patterns do you see? What additional data would you collect?

Resources: see  Assignment 5A+B post.

C. Final Project

I have posted the class final project assignment.

  1. 5pt. Please form a team of 2, and submit the names on the team, and the topic of your final project. Note: submit this individually, on both of your blogs.
  2. 1pt. What are the five deliverables for the project, as defined by the assignment? What questions do you have?
  3. 1pt. What are the four other deadlines for the project (besides the present one for title definition)? What questions do you have about deadlines or the grading rubric?

 

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