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NuScale Power, together with Shell Global Solutions and industry participants, will develop and assess a concept for an economically optimised Integrated Energy System (IES) for hydrogen production using electricity and process heat from a NuScale VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) power plant. The “Development and Demonstration of a Concept for an Economically Optimised IES” project will be completed in two phases. Additional research participants include Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), Fuel Cell Energy, FPoliSolutions, and GSE Solutions.

Date: Thursday, 08 December 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuscale-power-and-shell-to-collaborate-on-clean-hydrogen-10416100

NuScale Power, Shell Global Solutions and research participants including Idaho National Laboratory, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), Fuel Cell Energy, FPoliSolutions, and GSE Solutions will develop a clean hydrogen production system for use in small modular reactor (SMR) power plants.

Date: Friday, 02 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Collaborators-to-develop-SMR-based-hydrogen-produc

A project to demonstrate the production of clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power at the Palo Verde nuclear power plant in Arizona is to receive USD20 million in federal funding as part of US Department of Energy (DOE) efforts to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen to USD1 per kilogram. The announcement comes as DOE marks Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day.

Date: Saturday, 09 October 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-funds-hydrogen-production-from-nuclear-powe

IAEA meeting examines potential for emerging technology The meeting was held to discuss innovations in the production and use of nuclear hydrogen. Courtesy A. Tahri/IAEA. Nuclear hydrogen can be a “game changer” in the fight against climate change by decarbonising heavy industry, energy storage and even synthetic fuel production as part of a clean energy transition, a side event at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s general conference in Vienna was told.

Mikhail Chudakov, IAEA deputy director-general and head of the department of nuclear energy, said in his opening remarks at the event – held to discuss innovations in the production and use of nuclear hydrogen – that a single 1,000 MW nuclear power reactor could produce more than 200,000 tonnes of hydrogen each year to fuel more than 400,000 fuel cell vehicles or more than 16,000 long haul fuel cell trucks.

Delegates explored developments in the coupling of nuclear power reactors with hydrogen production plants to efficiently produce both electricity and hydrogen as a cogeneration system, as well as how energy sector cooperation, supply chain and policy support are facilitating the progress of these projects.

Date: Thursday, 23 September 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/why-it-can-be-game-changer-in-fight-against-climate-change-9-3-2021

Idaho National Laboratory will test Bloom Energy’s electrolysers. Courtesy INL. The US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory will collaborate with California-based Bloom Energy on a project to produce clean hydrogen using solid-oxide, high-temperature electrolysis technology powered by nuclear energy.

Bloom Energy said it had signed an agreement with IINL to independently test the use of nuclear energy to create clean hydrogen through Bloom Energy’s electrolyser technology. Testing is due to begin by the end of this year

Carbon-free hydrogen is obtained through electrolysis that is powered by nuclear generation. When the electric grid has ample power, rather than ramping down power generation, the electricity generated by nuclear plants can be used to produce cost-effective hydrogen in support of the burgeoning hydrogen economy.

The electrolysis technology developed by Bloom Energy converts water or steam into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen can then be injected into the natural gas pipeline, stored and used for power generation with a fuel cell at a later time, dispensed to fuel cell vehicles, or used by industrial processes that consume large amounts of hydrogen.

Date: Saturday, 22 May 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/us-doe-to-test-electrolysis-technology-powered-by-nuclear-5-5-2021

US Department of Energy (DOE) released its Hydrogen Program Plan to provide a strategic framework for the Department’s hydrogen research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) activities.

Date: Thursday, 19 November 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-releases-hydrogen-plan-8368305

The US Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday released its Hydrogen Program Plan to provide a strategic framework for its hydrogen research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) activities. The plan, which reinforces DOE's commitment to develop the technologies that can enable hydrogen expansion in the USA, incorporates the RD&D efforts of multiple DOE offices to advance the production, transport, storage, and use of hydrogen across different sectors of the economy.

Date: Saturday, 14 November 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/DOE-publishes-strategic-framework-for-hydrogen-eff

Nuclear power can play a major role in reducing carbon emissions beyond electricity supply to include the industrial and transportation sectors, a fact that is leading to interest in integrated energy systems (IES), José Reyes, chief technology officer at NuScale Power, said yesterday. Reyes, who is co-designer of NuScale's passively-cooled small modular reactor (SMR), spoke at the International Conference on Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power being held this week at the International Atomic Energy Agency's headquarters in Vienna.

Date: Friday, 11 October 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NuScale-highlights-multiple-applications-of-SMRs