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- February 2012
- Case
Hyperion Power Module: Downsizing the Nuclear Renaissance?
By: Dennis Yao and Britta Kelley
Keywords: Energy Industry
- 07 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?
offers incentives - in the form of credits or allowances - for states that either meet their goals early or exceed the reduction requirements. Nuclear power plays a role in the Clean Power Plan, along with renewable energy sources such as... View Details
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
Areva and the Nuclear Renaissance (TN)
By: Noel Maurer
Teaching Note for 709061. View Details
- March 2019
- Supplement
Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE, Instructor Spreadsheet
By: Jonas Heese
- March 2019
- Supplement
Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE, Student Spreadsheet
By: Jonas Heese
- 2009
- Book
U.S. vs. Them: Conservatism in the Age of Nuclear Terror
By: J. Peter Scoblic
Scoblic, J. Peter. U.S. vs. Them: Conservatism in the Age of Nuclear Terror. New York: Penguin Books, 2009.
- 1985
- Other Unpublished Work
The Shorham Nuclear Power Plant (A)- HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox
- October 2015 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
UPower Technologies Inc.
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, William A. Sahlman and Liz Kind
The UPower founders, Jake DeWitte and Caroline Cochran, were recent graduates from MIT's Nuclear Science and Engineering Department. They chose to attend Palo Alto–based Y Combinator's accelerator program to focus on building a "mini" nuclear reactor that would produce... View Details
Keywords: Nuclear; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Power; Energy Markets; New Nuclear; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurial Marketing; Business ＆ Government Relations; Off-grid; Energy; Renewable Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; United States
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, William A. Sahlman, and Liz Kind. "UPower Technologies Inc." Harvard Business School Case 816-054, October 2015. (Revised January 2017.)
- October 2014 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
NuScale Power—the Future of Small Modular Reactors
By: Richard Vietor
NuScale Power, an entrepreneurial venture in Portland, Oregon, has designed the leading modular nuclear reactor in the United States. This Reactor will be the safest and simplest ever built. Started in 2007 as an entrepreneurial venture, the company is now two years... View Details
Keywords: Nuclear; Power; Technology; Risk; Energy; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Risk and Uncertainty; Energy Industry
Vietor, Richard. "NuScale Power—the Future of Small Modular Reactors." Harvard Business School Case 715-004, October 2014. (Revised June 2016.)
- November 2012 (Revised December 2017)
- Case
TerraPower
John Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear... View Details
Keywords: Nuclear Power; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financing and Loans; Venture Capital; Energy Industry; United States; China; India
Sahlman, William A., Ramana Nanda, Joseph B. Lassiter III, and James McQuade. "TerraPower." Harvard Business School Case 813-108, November 2012. (Revised December 2017.)
- 1987
- Other Unpublished Work
Testimony on Evaluating the Management of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Project
By: J. Ronald Fox
- September 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Progress Energy and Duke Energy (A)
By: Guhan Subramanian and Charlotte Krontiris
Just as Duke Energy and Progress Energy announce their merger—forming the largest utility company in the United States, to be led by the current Progress CEO—a nuclear reactor owned by Progress suffers major damage and must be taken offline. While Progress grapples... View Details
Keywords: Duke; Progress; Nuclear Energy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; United States
Subramanian, Guhan, and Charlotte Krontiris. "Progress Energy and Duke Energy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 914-011, September 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- May 2021 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
NuScale - Commercializing the first small modular reactor in the world
By: Jurgen Weiss and Richard H.K. Vietor
Keywords: Nuclear
Weiss, Jurgen, and Richard H.K. Vietor. "NuScale—Commercializing the First Small Modular Reactor in the World." Harvard Business School Case 721-047, May 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
- March 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
Iran on the Brink: The Nuclear Deal and the Future of the Islamic Republic
By: Jeremy Friedman
Friedman, Jeremy. "Iran on the Brink: The Nuclear Deal and the Future of the Islamic Republic." Harvard Business School Case 717-038, March 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- January 2019
- Teaching Note
Iran on the Brink: The Nuclear Deal and the Future of the Islamic Republic
By: Jeremy Friedman
Keywords: Iran
- March 2014
- Case
Babcock International Plc
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering services provider in the UK with sales of over £3 billion. Under the leadership of CEO Peter Rogers, Babcock had grown revenues and profits nearly tenfold over the previous decade as it benefited... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Change; Strategy And Leadership; Diversification; United Kingdom; Military; Nuclear Power; Nuclear; Engineering And Construction; Conglomerates; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Construction Industry; Energy Industry; United Kingdom
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Babcock International Plc." Harvard Business School Case 714-496, March 2014.
- 2015
- Report
Decoding the Iran Nuclear Deal: Key Questions, Points of Divergence, Pros and Cons, Pending Legislation, and Essential Facts
By: Gary Samore, Graham T. Allison, Matthew Bunn, Nicholas Burns, Shai Feldman, Chuck Freilich, Olli Heinonen, Martin B. Malin, Steven E. Miller, Payam Mohseni, Laura Rockwood, James K. Sebenius and William Tobey
On April 2, 2015, the EU (on behalf of the P5+1 countries) and Iran announced agreement on "key parameters" for a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran. The EU-Iran Joint Statement is buttressed by unilateral fact sheets issued by the U.S. and Iran, which provide... View Details
Samore, Gary, Graham T. Allison, Matthew Bunn, Nicholas Burns, Shai Feldman, Chuck Freilich, Olli Heinonen, Martin B. Malin, Steven E. Miller, Payam Mohseni, Laura Rockwood, James K. Sebenius, and William Tobey., ed. "Decoding the Iran Nuclear Deal: Key Questions, Points of Divergence, Pros and Cons, Pending Legislation, and Essential Facts." Report, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, April 2015.
- July 3, 2014
- Comment
Comment on the Final Round of Iranian Nuclear Talks Before the Joint Plan of Action Expires (on July 20, 2014)
As six months of talks soon end with wide gaps likely remaining on key issues, P5+1 and Iranian diplomats will undoubtedly cite some tangible progress, then argue for a six-month extension. This will likely become a pattern, with some version of the interim deal... View Details
Sebenius, James K. "Comment on the Final Round of Iranian Nuclear Talks Before the Joint Plan of Action Expires (on July 20, 2014)." Iran Matters (July 3, 2014). (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
Stepping Stone, Stopping Point, or Slippery Slope? Negotiating the Next Iran Deal
The November 2013 "interim" nuclear deal between Iran and the "P5+1"—the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany—raises challenging questions. Will the initial deal function as a stepping stone toward a more comprehensive deal? Or will it drift into... View Details
Keywords: Negotiations; Iran; Nuclear; Conflict Resolution; Winning Coalition; Blocking Coalition; Strategy; Negotiation; International Relations; France; Germany; Iran; China; Great Britain; United States; Russia
Sebenius, James K. "Stepping Stone, Stopping Point, or Slippery Slope? Negotiating the Next Iran Deal." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-061, January 2014. (Revised March 2014.)