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US / DOE Plan Highlights Role Of Nuclear In $750 Billion Hydrogen Economy

By David Dalton
13 November 2020

Department points to ‘growing interest’ in production at commercial reactor sites
DOE Plan Highlights Role Of Nuclear In $750 Billion Hydrogen Economy
Exelon is planning to install a 1 MW electrolyser at one of its 21 reactors. Courtesy Exelon.
The US hydrogen economy, including hydrogen produced at commercial nuclear power plants that can potentially be “exported” from the facility and monetised, could lead to an estimated $750bn per year in revenue and a cumulative 3.4 million jobs, a plan by the Department of Energy has concluded.

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