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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.
G. Haouat, J. Lachkar, Ch. Lagrange, J. Jary, J. Sigaud, Y. Patin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 81 | Number 4 | August 1982 | Pages 491-511
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE82-A21439
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Differential cross sections for neutron elastic and inelastic scattering from the actinide nuclei 232Th, 233U, 235U, 238U, 239Pu, and 242Pu have been measured at incident energies ranging from 0.6 to 3.4 MeV using a multiangle time-of-flight spectrometer. The energy resolution of the spectrometer was high enough to experimentally resolve the elastic and first inelastic groups for 232Th, 233U, 238U, and 242Pu at all energies. Cross sections for groups of states have been obtained for 235U and 239Pu. Comparison of these measurements with evaluations in the latest evaluated data files shows substantial discrepancies, particularly at high energies. The present results for 232Th, 235U, 238U, and 239Pu have been combined with total cross-section measurements and low-energy scattering properties in an analysis based on the coupled-channel and compound-nucleus formalisms. Optical potential parameters and nuclear deformations have been derived and are discussed.