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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.
D. C. Larson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 324-332
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21366
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The 23Na(n,2n) reaction produces the radioactive product 22Na, with a half-life of 2.61 years. For sodium-containing systems this reaction can result in a radioactive contamination problem. Currently available experimental cross sections for this reaction are in strong conflict. Comprehensive nuclear model calculations performed as part of the sodium evaluation for ENDF/B-V are in agreement with one of the experimental data sets. Acceptance of this data set results in an (n,2n) cross section larger than was given in ENDF/B-IV by ∼37% at 15 MeV and by as much as a factor of 4 at 20 MeV.
