Methods for obtaining hydrogen and using hydrogen in power engineering, transportation, and industry, and methods for handling hydrogen (storage and safety) are examined.
The concept of nuclear-hydrogen power - using the energy generated by nuclear reactors to produce hydrogen and using this hydrogen in power engineering and industry - is presented. The development of nuclear-hydrogen power will contribute to global energy security and decrease the demand for fuels which affect climate change on our planet.
The technologies needed for nuclear-hydrogen power to become a reality - high-temperature nuclear reactors, apparatus for the efficient production of hydrogen from water, hydrogen fuel cells, chemothermal converters, and hydrogen storage and shipment technology - are analyzed.