Examining the Technoeconomics of Nuclear Hydrogen Production and Benchmark Analysis of the IAEA HEEP Software

ANTONY, A.; A. E. BOHÉ; BOUDRIES, R.; DEWITA, E.; DINCER, I.; EL-EMAM, R.; KHAMIS, I.; KIM, JONG HO; MALSHE, U.; MUSTAFA, G.; NASSINI, H.E.; REVANKAR, S.; SCHRÖDERS, S.; VERFONDERN, K.; YAN, XING; ZHANG, PING

International Atomic Energy Agency

Lugar: Viena; Año: 2018 p. 228

978-920109318-9

More than 95% of the hydrogen used today is produced from fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) and thus involves adverse effects such as resource depletion and environmental impacts due to the emission of greenhouse gases.One of the IAEA?s statutory objectives is to ?seek to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity throughout the world?. One way to achieve this objective could be through hydrogen production from nuclear energy on a scale comparable with nuclear power generation. The strong and growing interest of Member States in a potentialfuture role for hydrogen in national energy economies, including production from nuclear energy, has prompted the IAEA to launch an active project on the subject, including meetingsfor information exchange on the status and future challenges of nuclear hydrogen production; assessment of technoeconomic aspects of production; and the development of an analytical tool to assist Member States in such an assessment. The objectives and outputs of this project are closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015.