Alantsu t1_ispng3t wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:37 PM

Reply to comment by chopchopped in Nation’s First Nuclear-Powered Clean Hydrogen Production Announced. The Nine Mile Point Generating Station, the oldest operating U.S. nuclear power plant, will soon house the nation’s first nuclear-powered clean hydrogen production facility by chopchopped

It’s not the production that’s the problem, it’s the transportation. This solves nothing.

Testdepth634 t1_ispu7bz wrote on October 17, 2022 at 8:21 PM

Respectfully, No. it’s matching supply and demand for greener H2. Thanks to steam methane reformation, H2 can be easily produced and packed into ammonia via the Haber-Bosch process for easy transportation. However this process uses methane as the feed stock and therefor a big carbon footprint. Using a strip of nuc power and electrolysis facilitates the same thing with almost no carbon footprint. Furthermore the waste hear from the reactor can improve the efficiency of the conversation.

sarrcom t1_isrijzr wrote on October 18, 2022 at 4:06 AM

I did not understand the last sentence. Can you elaborate, please?

Testdepth634 t1_isy0pi7 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 3:09 PM

Some forms of electrolysis (especially solid oxide) require heat that they can make themselves - but at the cost of reduced efficiency. If they can get the heat “free” somewhere else - such as near an industrial process or generator that gives off heat, the efficiency of the entire process can approach 100% - hence why they proposing collocating nuclear and electrolysis .