Is hydrogen the future of nuclear energy?

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-10

  Forsberg, Charles W ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Liquid fuels; Nuclear

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; LIQUID FUELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

CLIMATIC CHANGES; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM; NUCLEAR; PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 63849263126     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT09-A6962     Document Type: Article

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