- This nuclear milestone is part of a $14.5 million cost-shared project.
- Constellation will use the hydrogen generated on-site to help cool the power plant.
Clean hydrogen production is underway at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in Oswego, New York. The facility is the first of its kind in the United States to generate clean hydrogen using nuclear power.
This nuclear milestone is part of a $14.5 million cost-shared project between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Constellation to demonstrate how nuclear power plants can help lower costs and scale up clean hydrogen production.
Constellation will use the hydrogen generated on-site to help cool the power plant.
It also supports the Department’s Hydrogen Shot goal of reducing the cost of hydrogen by 80 per cent to $1 per 1 kilogram in 1 decade.
Constellation plans to monitor the new system’s performance as it considers the possible deployment of other hydrogen systems at additional sites.