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Monday, 02/15/2021 2:41:02 AM

Monday, February 15, 2021 2:41:02 AM

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A clue, perhaps. This article, Jan 2021, has both a speaker from the Idaho lab and Seth Grae speaking and mentioning LTBR.
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Non-grid-nuclear-applications-hold-key-to-decarbon

And the talk is a potential new use: producing hydrogen for industrial use.

"The session was moderated by Shannon Bragg-Sitton, lead for Integrated Energy Systems at the Idaho National Laboratory.

Recent studies have indicated that without nuclear energy the cost associated with achieving the ambitious decarbonisation targets set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement will increase significantly, Bragg-Sitton said. The primary heat output from nuclear is traditionally converted into electricity and supplied to the grid, but that primary heat can also be used to meet the demands of industry, or to produce process intermediates like hydrogen that can be used to produce consumer products, such as transport fuels. Using heat directly and leveraging energy at a time when it may not be needed to meet grid demands could also provide nuclear plants with an additional revenue stream, supporting their long-term economic viability, she said."
Also:
"During the next few decades, nuclear reactors will be the most feasible source of the high temperatures needed to produce hydrogen most effectively, Seth Grae, president and CEO of advanced nuclear fuel developer Lightbridge Corporation, said. High temperature reactors can be commercialised to produce this but we need to start with current reactor technology, he said. "We can boost those reactors' efficiency with advanced nuclear fuels. We can generate hydrogen right now, with electricity instead of high temperatures, using existing reactor technology and electrolysis and these reactors can have a significant boost in efficiency using advanced fuel," he said."

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