Nuclear plants could produce hydrogen, but federal policy questions linger

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Commercial-scale hydrogen production from nuclear reactors is on the horizon, but its potential deployment will ultimately hinge on federal policies to drive market demand, private sector investment, and infrastructure build-out, specialists said. "We're going to see new technologies ready for the market this decade," said John Kotek, vice president of policy development and public affairs at the Nuclear Energy Institute. "The question is going to be: do the policy frameworks and other incentive systems line up to create the demand-pull to really accelerate the deployment of those new technologies?"