Nuclear Production of Hydrogen
Subtitle: Third Information Exchange Meeting, Oarai, Japan, 5-7 October 2005
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Nuclear Energy Agency
Contributors: Nuclear Energy Agency
Series: Nuclear science; Nuclear Science
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9789264026308
Subjects: Nuclear energy
Description: Hydrogen has the potential to play an important role as a sustainable and environmentally acceptable energy carrier in the 21st century. Since natural sources of pure hydrogen are extremely limited, it is necessary to develop technologies to produce large quantities of hydrogen economically. The currently dominant technology for producing hydrogen is based on reforming fossil fuels, a process which releases greenhouse gases. Hydrogen produced by water cracking, using heat and surplus electricity from nuclear power plants, requires no fossil fuels and results in lower greenhouse gas emissions. This conference proceedings presents the state of the art in the nuclear production of hydrogen and describes its associated scientific and technical challenges.
Table of contents: title: Session Summaries; title: Foreword; title: Synergy of Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Energy for the Energy Future; title: Can Nuclear Power Complete in the Hydrogen Economy?; title: Future Plan on Environmentally Friendly Hydrogen Production by Nuclear Energy; title: Research and Development for Nuclear Production of Hydrogen in Japan; title: The U.S. Department of Energy Research and Development Programme on Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy; title: An Overview of the Cea Roadmap for Hydrogen Production; title: R&D Effort on Nuclear Hydrogen Production Technology in China; title: An Update on Canadian Activities on Hydrogen; title: Nuclear Hydrogen Production Project in Korea; title: GTHTR300 Design Variants for Production of Electricity, Hydrogen or Both; title: H2-MHR Conceptual Designs Based on the SI Process and HTE; title: Coupling a Hydrogen Production Process to a Nuclear Reactor; title: HTTR Test Programme Towards Coupling with the IS Process; title: Current Status of Research and Development on System Integration Technology for Connection Between HTGR and Hydrogen Production System at Jaea; title: Study on Thermochemical Iodine-Sulfur Process at JAEA; title: Studies on Continuous and Closed-Cycle Hydrogen Production by a Thermochemical Water-Splitting Iodine-Sulfur Process; title: Experimentaland Analytical Results on H2SO4 and SO3 Decomposers for IS Process Pilot Plant; title: A Scoping Flowsheet Methodology for Evaluating Alternative Thermochemical Cycles; title: Study of the Hybrid CU-CL Cycle for Nuclear Hydrogen Production; title: Preliminary Process Analysis and Simulation of the Copper Chlorine; title: Development of the Hybrid Sulfur Thermochemical Cycle; title: The Sulfur-Iodine and Others Thermochemical Processes Studies at CEA; title: Present Research Status and Development Plan of Nuclear Hydrogen Production Programme in INET; title: Development of the Thermochemical and Electrolytic Hybrid Hydrogen Production Process for Sodium Cooled FBR; title: Progress in High-Temperature Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production; title: Possibility of a Chemical Hydrogen Carrier System Based on Nuclear Power; title: A Study on the Hi Concentration by Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Electrodialysis; title: The Preparation Characteristics of Hydrogen Permselective Membrane for Higher Performance in Is Process of Nuclear Hydrogen Production; title: Thermal Decomposition of SO3; title: Direct Energy Conversion by Proton-Conducting Ceramic Fuel Cell Supplied with CH4 and H2O at 600-800°C; title: Separation and Utlisation of Rare Metal Fission Products in Nuclear Fuel Cycle as for Hydrogen Production Catalysts?; title: Electrical Conductive Perovskite Anodes in Sulfur-Based Hybrid Cycle; title: Generation of H2 by Decomposition of Pulp in Supercritical Water with Ruthenium (IV) Oxide Catalyst; title: List of Participants.