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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.
T. A. Eastwood, R. D. Werner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 13 | Number 4 | August 1962 | Pages 385-390
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A26181
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An experimental study of neutron self-shielding in cobalt foils and wires has been made by an activation technique. Cobalt foils ranging in thickness from 0.0004 to 0.004 in. and 0.005 in. thick Co-Al alloy reference foils containing 1% Co were irradiated under cadmium in the NRX reactor. The Co60 specific activity in the pure foils was compared with that in the reference foils to give the gross self-shielding factors. Experimental resonance self-shielding factors were obtained by separating the 1/v part from the gross self-shielding factors, and agreement with calculated resonance self-shielding factors for foils was observed. Self-shielding factors for wire ranging in diameter from 0.001 to 0.025 in. and for 0.050 in. diam 1 % Co-Al alloy wire were also measured since they are of practical importance and have not been calculated. Measurements of self-shielding factors for thermal neutrons were made for cobalt wires and these agree with theory.