World Nuclear Association - Hydrogen Production and Uses

[OKIsItJustMe]

From the “Anti-Nukes” at the World Nuclear Association.

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/energy-and-the-environment/hydrogen-production-and-uses

Hydrogen Production and Uses
UPDATED FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024

• Hydrogen is increasingly seen as a key component of future energy systems if it can be made without carbon dioxide emissions.


• It is starting to be used as a transport fuel, despite the need for high-pressure containment.


• The use of hydrogen in the production of liquid transport fuels from crude oil is increasing rapidly, and is vital where tar sands are the oil source.


• Hydrogen can be combined with carbon dioxide to make methanol or dimethyl ether (DME) which are important transport fuels.


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[stopdiggin]

1. Go for it !! (just don't try to IMPEDE the use of nuclear - during the time it takes ...)

Nobody is trying to stop new ideas and/or their implementation ...
With the shoe being entirely (and self evidently) on the other foot ....

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. To clarify (for anyone who is unclear about my intent)

NNadir constantly equates any form a hydrogen use or production with fossil fuels.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1127&pid=189372

Apparently large number of Nuclear experts do not.

I am not NNadir’s straw man.

[stopdiggin]

3. and I too - speak for myself - and only for myself

And my consistent message is - no problem with new ideas, or other forms ...
'Go for it!' and 'More power to ya'!' (if that isn't slightly too trite ...)

While at the same time - the anti-nukes, have done (and continue to do) a huge, huge, huge (almost criminal) disservice to the globe.
Myopic (if we're being kind) Rigid, puritanical, and almost cultishly devoted to their shallow depths, regardless the proven cost - (if one choses not to be)

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4. The absolute "No Nukes" stance is not helpful

Pretending that nuclear power has no negative effects is simply dishonest.

I don’t want to see our "Gen-II" reactors taken off-line. At this time we. cannot afford that.

"Gen-IV" reactors are promised any day now (and have been for a quarter century.) I expect to see very little time between the commercial deployment of a "Gen-IV” reactors and the commercial deployment of fusion reactors. Of the two technologies, I would greatly prefer to see nuclear fusion.

I expect to see something from Commonwealth Fusion Systems first. My greatest regret in that regard is that (like a fission reactor) in the end, it is a thermal power plant.

The use of nuclear power to produce hydrogen is not a new idea. Here’s a hydrogen documentary from the late 1970’s which explains how it can be done, by multiple pathways. (Skip ahead to 12 minutes and 40 seconds. Or enjoy the ride.)