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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.
C. Y. Fu
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 100 | Number 1 | September 1988 | Pages 61-76
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE88-A29015
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A simplified method for approximating precompound nuclear reaction effects in Hauser-Feshbach codes for the calculation of double differential (n, xn) cross sections is presented. The method is developed from an existing quantum mechanical formula of unified compound and precompound reaction theories. The compound part of the unified formula is made identical to that of Hauser and Feshbach by applying the unified level-density formulas derived previously for the two theories. The precompound part, much more complicated than the compound part, is simplified and globally parameterized for practical purposes. Calculated double differential (n, xn) cross sections at 14 and 26 MeV for iron, niobium, and bismuth are shown to be in good agreement with the available experimental data. The method at various stages of development has been applied with success to the generation of evaluated files of double differential (n, xn) cross sections from 5 to 20 MeV for the major isotopes of chromium, manganese, iron, nickel, and copper.
