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Investment bill would provide funding options for energy projects
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Moran
The bipartisan Financing Our Futures Act, which expands certain financing tools to all types of energy resources and infrastructure projects, was reintroduced to the U.S. Senate on February 20 by Sens. Jerry Moran (R., Kan.) and Chris Coons (D., Del.).
Via amendment to the Internal Revenue Code, the legislation would allow advanced nuclear energy projects to form as master limited partnerships (MLPs), a tax structure currently available only to traditional energy projects.
An MLP is a business structure that is taxed as a partnership but the ownership interests of which are traded like corporate stock on a market. Until the Internal Revenue Code is amended, MLPs will continue to be available only to investors in energy portfolios for oil, natural gas, coal extraction, and pipeline projects that derive at least 90 percent of their income from these sources. This change would take effect on January 1, 2026.
David G. Franklin
Nuclear Technology | Volume 55 | Number 3 | December 1981 | Pages 607-616
Technical Paper | Economic | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32806
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Present limitations of nuclear core materials in light water reactors (LWRs) have severe economic consequences. Estimates of the economic impact of (a) fuel-related power maneuvering restrictions, (b) extending the burnup of fuel, (c) extending the life of boiling water reactor (BWR) control rods, and (d) increasing the exposure limits on BWR fuel channels have been made. The primary basis for these estimates is the actual operating experience of typical LWRs, the data being obtained in a poll in which 88% of the U.S. installed capacity responded. The greatest economic improvements can be obtained by reducing capacity factor losses due to fuel-related maneuvering restrictions (currently costing utilities ∼$170 million per year) and from increases in fuel burnup (an increase to 45 GWd/ton results in a savings of $800 million per year by 1995). The economic impact of increases in the life of BWR control rods and of fuel channels is lower but still significant. An increase in BWR control rod life of 1.6 years (to 8 years total) results in a 1990 savings rate of $41 million per year, while an increase in fuel channel life of 4 years (to 8 years total) results in a 1990 savings rate of $25 million per year.
