New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The integration of nuclear energy with emerging clean energy technologies such as hydrogen production represents a strategic pathway towards a sustainable energy future, according to the government.Nuclear power, with its unique ability to provide reliable carbon-free electricity as well as high-temperature process heat, is ideally suited to support large-scale hydrogen production while contributing to India’s energy security, decarbonisation goals and long-term sustain…
Latest Copper–Chlorine Thermochemical Cycle News & Updates
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on Friday inaugurated the world’s first hydrogen production facility based on the Copper–Chlorine (Cu–Cl) Thermochemical Cycle utilising nuclear process using heat generated from the Fast Test Reactor (FBTR) at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Tamil Nadu’s Kalpakkam. This is being considered a landmark achievement for India’s clean energy and advanced nuclear technology programme.The facility was inaugurated…