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Chapter Four - Nuclear Hydrogen Production 
Revankar, ST 
2019 
Academic Press 
Storage and Hybridization of Nuclear Energy 
49-117 
Hydrogen has been touted as the best energy carrier and integrates very well with the current and future energy conversion methods. It is a flexible, clean fuel and can be produced by a variety of methods, stored, and transported. Its use ranges from refining crude oil, forming fertilizer, direct electricity generation, and other host of industries. Nuclear energy has enable large-scale production of hydrogen without any greenhouse gas emission or pollution. A key future challenge for hydrogen as a clean energy carrier is a sustainable, low-cost method of producing it in large capacities. Most of the world's hydrogen, about 97%, is currently derived from fossil fuels through some type of reforming process such as steam-methane reforming. Nuclear hydrogen production is an emerging and promising alternative to steam-methane reforming for carbon-free hydrogen production in the future. Here, first, the need for hydrogen production and key characteristics of hydrogen and nuclear energy are introduced. The methods of hydrogen production with nuclear energy are then described along with advances in each technology. The nuclear reactor systems including advanced reactor that is used for production of hydrogen are then discussed. The integration of hydrogen production plant with nuclear reactor, safety, operation, and economics is discussed. The research and development activities on nuclear hydrogen production worldwide are summarized at the end of the chapter. 
Hydrogen production; Hydrogen economy; Nuclear reactors; Nuclear hydrogen; Water and steam electrolysis; Thermochemical water splitting 
Revankar, Shripad