NPHyCo consortium meets in Erlangen

On 9 & 10 October 2024, NPHyCo consortium partners met at the Framatome GmbH premises in Erlangen (Germany) for a Governance Board meeting. With just six months left in the project, this meeting focused on the outcomes of the different work packages (WP) and work began on how to best communicate the results.

During these two days, partners discussed the work undertaken primarily in relation to the Technical, Economic, Licensing and Implementation Roadmaps. As part of this conversation, conclusions were drawn about what is needed to couple an existing Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) with a Hydrogen Production Plant (NPP). The debate centred on the most appropriate electrolyser technologies, siting, safety and licensing conditions, as well as the economic benefits of such projects. Furthermore, the issue was of public acceptance was discussed, including the results of the first public acceptance survey, which will now be relaunched taking into account lessons learnt from the first version.
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Time was also dedicated to dissemination activities. Indeed, now that project results are available and conclusions can be drawn a series of events are foreseen over the next six months in order to communicate the results of the project as widely as possible.