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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.
F. C. Robertshaw, R. K. Betts, D. E. Conner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 28 | Number 1 | April 1967 | Pages 20-33
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A18663
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The results of efforts to use plasma-spheroidized UO2 particles in the preparation of a UO2-nickel-chromium alloy cermet fuel plate are described. Mechanical property data have been obtained permitting property comparisons between the plate containing plasma-spheroidized fuel and other types of fueled and unfueled plates. The plate containing spherical fuel possesses significantly better ductility and somewhat more consistent properties than other fuel plates tested. The results of an irradiation experiment with the plate containing spheroidized fuel show its performance to be equivalent to the best of those for which data have been published; however, further testing is required to establish whether a definite superiority exists.