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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.
H. R. von Gunten, R. F. Buchanan, A. Wyttenbach, K. Behringer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 27 | Number 1 | January 1967 | Pages 85-94
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A18045
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The fast-fission cross section of 233Pa has been determined for a fission-neutron spectrum originating from a 233U source that was exposed to thermal reactor neutrons. The of was measured by comparing the fission rate of a known quantity of 233Pa to that of a known thorium sample, using back-to-back fission counters. An average above-threshold value of 775 ± 190 mb has been found, based on a fission cross section of 142 mb for 232Th and an assumed threshold of 0.9 MeV for 233Pa. This value is in very good agreement with published estimated values. The characteristics of the fission counter in the presence of the high beta background resulting from 0.3 to 1.8 Ci of 233Pa were investigated and are presented in the paper.
