Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name:  Bruce Biewald 
Author-Name:  Stephen Bernow
Title:  Chapter 18 - Confronting Uncertainty: Contingency Planning for Decommissioning
Classification-JEL: F0
Pages:  233-246
Volume:  Volume 12
Issue:  Special Issue
Year:  1991
Abstract:  Contingency factors are a standard ingredient in all types of estimated costs. The actual contingency figure used, however, is always open to question. Given the absence of large-scale decommissioning projects, the long future time reference, the history of early shutdowns, and possibility of accidents, there continues to be a substantial controversy regarding the contingency level that is most appropriate. In this chapter, Bruce Biewald and Stephen Bernow present a critical review of the matter of contingency factors, arguing that current common levels in the neighborhood of 25 percent are too low.
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