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INDEPENT ECONOMIC ADVISORY Nuclear Economics Consultant

Critical AnalysisNuclear Economics Consultant

Economics of Nuclear Power by Geoffrey Rothwell

Where Independent Judgement Changes Outcomes

Independent economic analysis grounded in decades of research, policy work and real world evaluation of nuclear energy markets, infrastructure investment and policy risk 

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While AI summarizes information, Geoffrey Rothwell critically evaluates economic realities, market assumptions and

long term consequences.

Independent Analysis Across the Nuclear & Energy Landscape

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Economic evaluation of uranium markets, enrichment, fuel supply structures, and long term nuclear fuel economics.

Nuclear Power Plant  Construction & Operation

Independent analysis of nuclear project costs, operational economics, financing structures, and investment risk.

Nuclear Facility Decommissioning

Strategic economic assessment of decommissioning liabilities ,regulatory obligations and long term financial planning.

International Markets

Analysis of global nuclear energy markets, international policy developments, and geopolitical energy economics.

Energy Markets

Research and advisory work  on electricity markets, energy pricing, infrastructure economics  and long-term market stability.

Other Economics

Broader economic analysis, public policy evaluation, and specialized advisory work developed across decades of international experience.

WHY ORGANISATIONS SEEK GEOFFREY ROTHWELL

Independent Thinking
Beyond Institutional Narratives

Many advisory firms are paid to support predetermined narratives.

Geoffrey Rothwell's work is built on independent economic evaluation developed through decades of teaching, research, policy analysis, and international advisory work.

His role is not to reinforce assumptions, but to critically evaluate whether projects, investments, and policies are economically sustainable in reality:

Nuclear power facility and energy infrastructure

RESEARCH & DOWNLOAD CENTER

Access Research, Analysis & Publications

Peer-reviewed publications in leading academic journals on nuclear power economics, energy markets, infrastructure investment, policy, and risk analysis.

Stanford University

Retired Stanford teacher and researcher, widely published in nuclear economics and policy.

Principal Economist
shaping international
nuclear power 
economics.

NEA/OECD,Paris

Counsel to governments,
institutions, investors, and
policy forum worldwide.

International Advisory Work

Author of internationally Recognized work on nuclear power economics, infrastructure financing, and energy markets

Published Research

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Risks 14(5), 118.

A Review of Management Reserve in U.S. Government Construction Cost Estimation

2026

Economics of Innovation and New Technology 16(6), 419-432.

Managing Advanced Technology System Deployment: An Optimal Allocation between R&D and Prototype Funding

2007

Cost Engineering 48,8: 20-26.

Valuation and Optionality of Large Energy Industry Capital Investments

2006

The Energy Journal 27,1: 37-53.

A Real Options Approach to Evaluating New Nuclear Power Plants

2006

Cost Engineering 47,7: 22-25.

Cost Contingency as the Standard Deviation of the Cost Estimate

2006

with P. David and R. Maude−Griffin, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 12

Learning by Accident?: Reductions in the Risk of Unplanned Outages in U.S. Nuclear Power Plants After
Three Mile Island,

1996

Review of Economics and
Statistics 78: 482−488

Organizational Structure and Expected Output for Nuclear Power Plants

1996

International Journal of Industrial Organization 14,2: 181-201.

Standardization, Diversity, and Learning: Strategies for the Coevolution of Technology and Industrial Capacity

1996

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 15,2: 195-208.

On the Optimal Lifetime of Nuclear Power Plants

1997

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 36,3: 369-381.

Transaction Costs, Regulation, and Subcontracting at Nuclear Power Plants

1998

Contemporary Policy Issues 7,3: 96−106 (1989).

Stock Market Reaction to Nuclear Reactor Failures,

1989

with J. Dubin, Contemporary Policy Issues 8,3: 73−79 (1990).

Subsidy to the Commercial Nuclear Power Industry through the Price–Anderson Liability Limit

1990

Resources and Energy: 215−29 (1990).

Utilization and Service: Decomposing Nuclear Capacity Factors,

1990

with J. Rust, Journal of Applied Econometrics 10, Special Issue: S75−S118 (Dec. 1995).

Optimal Response to a Shift in Regulatory Regime: The Case of the U.S. Nuclear Power Industry,

1995

with Y. K. Che, The Energy Journal 16(4): 57-77

Performance-Based Pricing for Nuclear Power Plants,

1995

with J. Dubin, Journal of Econometrics 42: 201 (Oct. 1989).

Risk and Reactor Safety Systems Adoption

1989

with K.A. Eastman,
The Journal of Industrial Organization 36,1: 105-110

A Note on Allowed and Realized Rates of Return of the U.S. Electric Utility Industry

1987

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