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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.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 49 | Number 3 | November 1972 | Pages 358-369
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE72-A22548
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A theory for determining the ratio of the prompt to the delayed neutronic response, Wp/Wd, of a self-powered vanadium detector using methods of stochastic processes are described. Experimental data are also presented. The technique makes use of the inherent reactor noise; it is based upon cross correlating the fluctuating detector current signals from the actual vanadium detector and from a (purely prompt responding) cobalt self-powered detector, both of which are located in a power reactor close to each other. Both the analysis in the time domain and in the frequency domain were used to extract the ratio Wp/Wd. The measurements were performed at the Halden Boiling Water Reactor at 7 MW(th) and the ratio Wp/Wd of a commercial vanadium detector has been determined to be (6.5 ± 0.35)%. The technique described offers several advantages over the commonly used transient measuring method.