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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.
L. P. Geraldo, M. T. F. Cesar, M. A. P. V. Moraes
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 110 | Number 2 | February 1992 | Pages 128-133
Technical Papers | doi.org/10.13182/NSE92-A23882
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The photodisintegration of 232Th, 233U, 238U, 237Np, and 239Pu has been studied with monochromatic photons produced by neutron capture using the IEA-R1 reactor. The ratios σγf(X)/σγf(238U) (relative fissionability), σγf/σα (photofission branching ratio), and Γn/Γf (neutron emission and fission competition) are shown to be independent of excitation energy, within the experimental errors, in the 6.73- to 9.72-MeV energy interval. Some correlations of these ratios with Z2/A and (E′f — B′n) are performed, and the results are in reasonable agreement with the theoretical model predictions.
