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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.
E. Kim, T. Nakamura, A. Konno, Y. Uwamino, N. Nakanishi, M. Imamura, N. Nakao, S. Shibata, S. Tanaka
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 129 | Number 3 | July 1998 | Pages 209-223
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE98-A1977
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The neutron spallation cross sections of 12C and 209Bi have been measured in the quasi-monoenergetic p-7Li neutron fields in the 20- and 150-MeV energy range. The irradiation experiments were performed at four cyclotron facilities: (a) the Institute for Nuclear Study (INS), University of Tokyo; (b) the Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University; (c) the Takasaki Research Establishment (TIARA), Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute; and (d) the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN). The neutron spectrum has been measured with the time-of-flight method using an organic liquid scintillator, and the absolute value of peak neutron fluence has been estimated from the activation method of lithium target at INS, RIKEN, and the proton recoil counter telescope at TIARA. The cross-section data of 12C(n,2n)11C and 209Bi(n,xn) (x = 3,12) reactions are reported. Our experimental data were compared with other experimental data [only for 12C(n,2n)11C and 209Bi(n,3n)207Bi reactions] and the ENDF/B-VI high-energy file data. The comparison showed good agreement between our data and others. Our data of 209Bi(n,xn) reactions above 20 MeV and of 12C(n,2n)11C reactions above 40 MeV are the first experimental data and will be applied to high-energy neutron spectrometry for the Bi spallation detector.