NuScale Power (SMR) Develops Advanced Clean Water and Hydrogen Production System

NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE:SMR) is one of the top 10 nuclear energy stocks to invest in for the next decade. On June 18, the company announced breakthrough research focused on developing an integrated energy system that can clean water and produce hydrogen more efficiently.

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The system has two critical capabilities. First, a single NuScale Power Module (NPM) can produce approximately 150 million gallons of clean water per day without generating carbon dioxide. Second, a scalable plant with 12 NPMs could provide desalinated water for a city of 2.3 million residents while also generating surplus power to electrify 400,000 homes.

NuScale’s innovative approach uses the leftover brine (a byproduct of the desalination process) as an industrial feedstock for hydrogen production. This hydrothermal chemical decomposition method eliminates the need for water electrolysis, resulting in reduced energy consumption, lower water usage, and lower costs.

The company said that this project is made possible by partnerships with experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). The project aims to address critical global challenges, including water scarcity, brine remediation, and the growing demand for clean hydrogen.

NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE:SMR) is a nuclear technology company. It designs and commercializes small modular reactors (SMRs). Its flagship product is the NuScale Power Module, which uses light-water reactor technology.

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