High-temperature gas-cooled reactors — energy source for industrial production of hydrogen

High-temperature helium-cooled reactors are the best understood nuclear technology that can supply high-temperature heat for thermal processes for producing hydrogen. The GT-MGR reactor -- an innovative international modular design of a helium-cooled reactor with a gas-turbine cycle -- best meets the requirements for hydrogen production and is proposed as a basis for a nuclear energy source. In this paper, the technical aspects of the proposed application of HTGR as a source of energy for producing hydrogen are analyzed. The required parameters of the energy obtained from HTGR for the presently completed and future hydrogen-production technology are examined. The problems and additional R&D work on the use of HTGR at high helium temperatures are indicated.