In 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced first-of-a-kind projects designed to improve the long-term economic competitiveness of the nuclear power industry. Four commercial electric utilities and two national laboratories (INL and ANL) were chosen to examine hydrogen production in existing nuclear power plants with demonstration projects. While the successful demonstration of the technology has significate beneficial implications for primary energy, transport and storage sectors in the U.S., there are safety, scaling, and other issues that must be addressed. This panel will discuss past and contemporary DOE and industry experience, and the insights gained regarding hydrogen in nuclear and non-nuclear facilities, and supporting systems/structures/components. The panel member composition is designed represent a wide spectrum of experience and expertise in understanding and addressing the technical issues, and managing safety challenges posed by hydrogen.

Panelists

  • Nick Barilo (Director, Center for Hydrogen Safety (CHS) at AIChE and Hydrogen Safety Program, PNNL)
  • David Cook (Distinguished R&D Staff Member, High Flux Isotope Reactor, ORNL)
  • J. Stephen Herring (Director, USRA Center for Space Nuclear Research)
  • Joseph E. Shepherd (C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics & Professor of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology)

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