Forewordspecial Issue Onrnnuclear Hydrogen Production,rncontrol, And Management

摘要

This issue of Nuclear Technology features selected papers from the First International Topical Meeting on the Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management (ST-NH_2), an embedded topical meeting held during the annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) in Boston, Massachusetts, in June 2007. The ST-NH_2 topical meeting was sponsored by the Nuclear Installations Safety Division and the Environmental Sciences Division's Working Group on the Nuclear Production of Hydrogen. Fuel Cycle and Waste Management and Thermal Hydraulics were cosponsoring divisions. Mr. Carl Sink, Program Manager of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative within the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, was the General Chair, and Dr. Paul Kruger, Professor Emeritus of Stanford University, was the Honorary Chair. The opening keynote speaker, Mr. Jeff Serfass, President of the National Hydrogen Association, gave an insightful discussion from a broad hydrogen industry perspective entitled, "Hydrogen, For All the Right Reasons."rnThe ST-NH_2 topical meeting provided a forum for nuclear hydrogen safety and technology professionals to exchange information, present results from new work, review the state of the art, and discuss future directions and needs for development of the hydrogen options. Over sixty papers and presentations were given in thirteen panel and paper sessions over a three-and-a-half-day span.