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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.
K. Wisshak, F. Käppeler
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 66 | Number 3 | June 1978 | Pages 363-377
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27219
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The neutron capture cross sections of 240Pu and 242Pu were measured in the energy range from 10 to 90 keV. The capture cross sections of both 197Au and 238U were chosen as standards. Neutrons were produced via the 7Li(p,n) reaction with the Karlsruhe 3-MV pulsed Van de Graaff accelerator. Capture events were detected by a Moxon-Rae detector. The high neutron flux available at flight paths as short as ∼10 cm offers a signal-to-background ratio one order of magnitude better than obtained in previous experiments. The cross-section ratios could therefore be determined with a total statistical and systematic uncertainty of 4 to 10% for 240Pu and 6 to 10% for 242Pu. The results agree with previous data, while discrepancies to the evaluated files ENDF/B-IV and KEDAK 3 were found (up to 30% for 240Pu and up to 50% for 242Pu).