Abstract
Methods for obtaining hydrogen and using hydrogen in power engineering, transportation, and industry, and methods for handling hydrogen (storage and safety) are examined.
The concept of nuclear-hydrogen power – using the energy generated by nuclear reactors to produce hydrogen and using this hydrogen in power engineering and industry – is presented. The development of nuclear-hydrogen power will contribute to global energy security and decrease the demand for fuels which affect climate change on our planet.
The technologies needed for nuclear-hydrogen power to become a reality – high-temperature nuclear reactors, apparatus for the efficient production of hydrogen from water, hydrogen fuel cells, chemothermal converters, and hydrogen storage and shipment technology – are analyzed.
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Ponomarev-Stepnoi, N.N. Nuclear-Hydrogen Power. Atomic Energy 96, 375–385 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ATEN.0000041203.24874.65
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