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EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol.
Volume 11, 2025
Euratom Research and Training in 2025: ‘Challenges, achievements and future perspectives’, edited by Roger Garbil, Seif Ben Hadj Hassine, Patrick Blaise, and Christophe Girold
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| Article Number | 12 | |
| Number of page(s) | 13 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025007 | |
| Published online | 07 May 2025 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025007
Regular Article
Outcomes of three Euratom projects on cogeneration of electricity, heat and hydrogen
1
Framatome GmbH 91052 Erlangen Bavaria Germany
2
Framatome, 1 Place Jean Millier, Tour AREVA 92400 Courbevoie France
3
CEA, DES, IRESNE, DER/SESI 13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance France
* e-mail: claire.vaglio-gaudard@cea.fr
Received:
5
December
2024
Received in final form:
30
January
2025
Accepted:
17
March
2025
Published online: 7 May 2025
This paper deals with the assessment of low-carbon energy generation solutions (heat, electricity, hydrogen) provided by nuclear reactors in the general framework of nuclear co-generation addressed by three ongoing Euratom projects, GEMINI 4.0, NPHyCo and TANDEM. It gives a short overview over the three projects, points out the respective objectives and methodologies and describes the current results. Focus is given to the common outcomes of all three projects. The main common outcomes are that low-carbon hydrogen production via nuclear energy is generally feasible and can be done safely. This is easier to be achieved with new-build plants (Small Modular Reactors and High Temperature Reactors) than with existing nuclear power plants in operation. With current price of carbon dioxide certificates and the existing hydrogen infrastructure, low-carbon hydrogen production is not economically competitive compared to hydrogen from fossil sources. Thus, governmental support (national and EU-wide) is needed to foster low-carbon hydrogen production as a means to real decarbonization goals.
© C. Serin et al., Published by EDP Sciences, 2025
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