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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.
Z. W. Bell, J. K. Dickens, D. C. Larson, J. H. Todd
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 84 | Number 1 | May 1983 | Pages 12-32
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE83-A17454
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Interactions of neutrons with the iron isotope 57Fe have been studied by measuring gamma-ray production cross sections for incident neutron energies between 0.16 and 21 MeV. Neutrons produced by the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator impinged on a metallic iron sample enriched to 93% in the isotope 57Fe. The resulting gamma radiation was detected using a 100-cm3 Ge(Li) detector placed at 125 deg with respect to the neutron beam line. A complete description of the experiment is given. Absolute gamma-ray production cross sections were measured for gamma rays corresponding to the 57Fe(n,n′ γ)57Fe, 57Fe(n,γ)58Fe, 57Fe(n,α)54Cr, 57Fe(n,2n)56Fe, and 57Fe(n,p)57Mn reactions. The cross section for the 57Fe(n,2n)56Fe reaction exceeds 1 b for En ∼ 15 MeV, and the cross section for the 57Fe(n,p)57Mn reaction exceeds 0.2 b for En ∼ 9 MeV. A new excited state is postulated for 57Mn to account for observed data. Several new transitions are reported for decay of levels in 57Fe. Measured cross sections are compared with data obtained from the current ENDF/B evaluation.