The Spanish Nuclear Association (SNE) has recently organised a series of training sessions relating to hydrogen and nuclear energy on 16, 18 and 23 April 2024.  Cecilia Herrero (Tecnatom) was invited to present the NPHyCo projet during one of these webinars.

As part of her intervention she provided an overview of the project and outlined outcomes so far:

• Overview and objectives of the project.
• Need and benefits of hydrogen production
• Overview of existing hydrogen projects and other European initiatives (GEMINI 4.0 and TANDEM)
• Data collection process and interaction with nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Europe
• First economic results discussion

The session was very well received, with a record number of attendees at such a training. In addition, the feedback received was really positive with several interested parties have reaching out to NPHyCo for more information.

On 18 April 2024, Canet Serin (Framatome GmbH) attended the SNETP Forum in Rome (Italy) in order to present the NPHyCo project.

As part of her intervention, she gave an overview of the aims of NPHyCo. In this respect she drew attention to some of the challenges which the EU is fading in terms of decarbonising its economy and how hydrogen, produced from nuclear, can help tackle these challenges.  

Furthermore, she outlined the goals of the project, including:

• The potential for developing large scale, low-carbon, hydrogen production facilities linked to nuclear power plants.
  
• Assessment of the feasibility of producing hydrogen near an existing nuclear power plant as well as the added value of such project.
  
• Analysis of potential off-takers (e.g. steel, iron, fertilizer and petrochemical industry) and transportation routes.
  
• Overview of potential locations where a pilot project could be implemented.  ​​

In addition to this presentation, NPHyCo also had an exhibit in the coffee area, allowing participants to come and find out more about the project. 

On 5 April 2024, NPHyCo was invited to the TANDEM Industrial Users Group (IUG) meeting in order to provide an update on the project. A representative from a second EU Project,  GEMINI 4.0, was also invited to give a presentation and this gave an opportunity to discuss potential synergies between these three projects.   
 
In her presentation, Canet Serin (Framatome GMBH) presented the goals of the NPHyCo project and gave an overview of the 6 Work Packages and current status of the Deliverables.
 
In addition to these three EU Projects, GENVIA (a public / private joint venture between CEA, Schlumberger, Occitanie, Vinci, and Vicat) was invited to present the work it is undertaking in the field of hydrogen in order to help heavy industry achieve long-term decarbonisation goals.  Given the close interlink between the work of GENVIA and NPHyCo, it was agreed that continued engagement between the two would prove fruitful.