Assessing Technical and Economic Aspects of Nuclear Hydrogen Production for Near Term Deployment

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

IAEA-TECDOC-2075

English IAEA-TECDOC-2075 ¦ 978-92-0-134824-1

186 pages ¦ 82 figures ¦ € 30.00 ¦ Date published: 2024

https://doi.org/10.61092/iaea.8uf6-pfqz

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The majority of the hydrogen used presently is produced from fossil fuels, which results in carbon dioxide emissions. Nuclear energy has the potential to replace fossil fuels for supplying a forecasted large increase in the demand of hydrogen with low or zero carbon emissions. There are currently several demonstration projects worldwide ongoing and planned for the production of hydrogen using operational nuclear power plants, as well as developments considering advanced reactor technologies for hydrogen production. The Coordinated Research Project "Assessing Technical and Economic Aspects of Nuclear Hydrogen Production for Near-term Deployment" addressed relevant facets for the potential upscaling of nuclear hydrogen production technologies, based on the specific cases of participant Member States. This publication is intended for scientists and specialists, as well as various stakeholders interested in hydrogen production using nuclear energy.

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Assessing Technical and Economic Aspects, Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Near-Term Deployment, Fossil Fuels, Demand of Hydrogen, Low or Zero Carbon Emissions, Operational Nuclear Power Plants, Hydrogen as Fuel, Hydrogen Industry, Nuclear Energy, Technologies, Member States, Scientists, Specialists, Coordinated Research Project, CRP, Hydrogen Production Routes, High Temperature Reactors, Hydrogen Production Facilities, Multi-Criteria Assessment, Countries, Thermochemical Cycles, Gasification, Solid Fuels, Sulphur-Iodine Cycle, Research and Development, Kinetics, Chemical Steps, Installations and Materials, Laboratory Scale, Hybrid Cycles, Indirect-Heating Gasification Reactors, Small Modular Reactors, SMRs, Commercial Phase, Hydrogen Storage, Transportation Aspects, Techno-Economic Assessment, Water Electrolysis, Compatible Nuclear Reactor Technologies, Model for Integrated High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor, Hydrogen Cost Analysis, Technology Readiness, Hybrid Thermochemical Technologies, Recovery, Upgrade of Waste Heat, Storage and Transportation, Hydrogen Economy