Information Support and Forecasting Department

D.A. Tolstoukhov Director of the Department Phone: (499) 268 9265 E-mail: std17@nikiet.ru

Baseline Activities and Services Economic and mathematical modeling of the prospects of nuclear power and competing technologies proceeding from systems analysis of electric power industry and fuel and energy complex Development and updating of a scientific and methodological basis for cost-benefit analysis of investment projects Preparation of rationale for economically justified tariff policy to provide essential investment resources for development of large-scale nuclear power Technical and economic integration of nuclear power plants into the energy system. Investigation of promising routes for implementing export capabilities of NPPs

• Development of business plans for investment projects in the energy sector, in particular:
  • marketing research in potential markets and competitors;
  • estimation of region- and time-specific target prices, prediction of inflation and price index behaviour for main cost components;
  • estimation of the budget cost of investment projects in different stages of project development, estimation of production cost structure and size;
  • development of templates for financial accounting to be used in cost-benefit analysis;
  • identification of cost effectiveness criteria for various funding plans and terms;
  • comparison of alternatives, analysis of the role of risk factors and uncertainties in project implementation.
• Development of software for analysis of the cost effectiveness of investment projects
• Provision of information and preparation of surveys to support scientific studies
• Organization of seminars, conferences and other meetings
• Advertising and publishing
• Public relations
• Translation of documentation in the framework of international projects