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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. W. Weston, J. H. Todd
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 79 | Number 2 | October 1981 | Pages 184-196
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A27407
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The neutron capture cross section of 237Np was measured from 0.01 eV to 200 keV. The capture cross section was normalized at 0.0253 eV to a value of 180 ± 6 b derived from previous total cross-section measurements in the resonance region of neutron energies and the shape of the present data from 0.0253 eV to the resonance region. Resonance parameters were derived for the neutron energy region from 0.01 to 100 eV. Agreement with ENDF/B-V is poor in the thermal region (6.4%), excellent in the resonance region (∼2%) except for the 0.491-eV resonance, and good (∼5%) in the keV neutron energy region. An uncertainty analysis including a correlation matrix for group-averaged cross sections is presented. These results are important both for thermal and fast reactor applications and the calculation of 238Pu production, an intense alpha emitter.
