DAE Opens World’s First Nuclear-Heat Hydrogen Facility
Why in the news
India’s atomic energy department has opened a pioneering plant that makes hydrogen with the heat produced by nuclear processes instead of fossil fuels.
Key facts
- Opened by: Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
- Technology: Copper-Chlorine (Cu-Cl) thermochemical cycle.
- Location: Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR).
- Energy input: nuclear process heat, which allows carbon-free hydrogen.
- Status: described as the world’s first such facility.
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Agency | DAE |
| Process | Copper-Chlorine thermochemical cycle |
| Heat source | Nuclear process heat |
| Site | IGCAR |
Exam angle
- Process name: Copper-Chlorine cycle.
- Host institution: IGCAR; department: DAE.
- Theme: carbon-free (clean) hydrogen from nuclear heat.