abstract:The epact (Latin epactae, from Greek: epaktai hèmerai = added days) has been described as the age of the moon in days on January 1,O Pedersen, "The Ecclesiastical Calendar and the Life of the Church", pages 17-74 in G.V.
"Being early in the process increases the likelihood to get the benefits of the EPACT, " says Steve Winn, executive vice president for strategy, environmental and new business for NRG.
But President George W. Bush's administration has pushed nuclear power as a fuel of choice for the future through various financial incentives, including the "Nuclear Power 2010" initiative launched five years ago, which provides matching funds for the early stages of new plant development, as well as loan guarantees and tax credits offered to new nuclear developers in 2005's Energy Policy Act, sometimes known as EPACT.