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New laws offer nuclear industry incentives for existing power plant uprates
This year, the U.S. nuclear industry received a much-needed economic boost that could help preserve operating nuclear power plants and incentivize upgrades that extend their lifespan and power output.
Signed into law in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act offers production tax credits (PTCs) for existing nuclear power plants and either PTCs or investment tax credits (ITCs) for new carbon-free generation. These credits could make power uprates—increasing the maximum power level at which a commercial plant may operate—a much more appealing option for utilities.
T. O. Passell, R. L. Heath
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 10 | Number 4 | August 1961 | Pages 308-315
doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A15372
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Measured values of effective cross sections for fission neutrons obtained for n,p reactions on Ni58, Fe54, Zn64, Mg24, Fe56, Zn67, and Cu65 are 92, 54, 28, 1.2, 0.82, 0.57, and 0.36 mb, respectively. All cross sections are based upon the value 0.60 mb for the n,α reaction on Al27. Measurements were made at the exact center of the EBR-I core. This position has been shown by other investigators to have a neutron energy spectrum similar to that of virgin fission neutrons in the region above 2 Mev. The n,p reaction on Ni58 is shown to have unusual practical advantages as a fast flux monitor. The chemical and physical stability of nickel metal in most reactor coolants, the absence of radioactivities obscuring the Co58, the long half-life of Co58 (72 days), and the ease with which its 0.800 Mev gamma can be measured, are some of these advantages. A major but avoidable drawback is the 1650 barn thermal neutron capture cross section of Co58. A comparison of nickel and sulfur in measuring the fast neutron flux spectrum in beam hole HB-3 of the MTR is included. Evidence is presented which indicates that the correct value for the fission neutron cross section of S32 is 65 mb.