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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="elibrary">https://www.elibrary.ru/title_about_new.asp?i</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Global Energy</journal-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Глобальная энергия</trans-title>
        </trans-title-group>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2782-6724</issn>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">5</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18721/JEST.32205</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>INTEGRATION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYSIS WITH A MODULAR SUPERCRITICAL CO2 FAST REACTOR: A TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT</article-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>ТЕХНИКО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЕ ОБОСНОВАНИЕ ИНТЕГРАЦИИ ВЫСОКОТЕМПЕРАТУРНОГО ЭЛЕКТРОЛИЗА С МОДУЛЬНЫМ БЫСТРЫМ РЕАКТОРОМ НА СВЕРХКРИТИЧЕСКОМ CO2</trans-title>
        </trans-title-group>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Sokolova</surname>
            <given-names>Ekaterina</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ghazaie</surname>
            <given-names>Seyed Hadi</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Dehghani</surname>
            <given-names>Fatima</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Sadeghi</surname>
            <given-names>Khashayar</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-6289-325X</contrib-id>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">56042381200</contrib-id>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="researcherid">AAU-2845-2020</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Sergeev</surname>
            <given-names>Vitaly</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
          <email>vitaly.sergeev@spbstu.ru</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Sizova</surname>
            <given-names>Elizaveta</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="aff1">Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia</aff>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-06-30">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>32</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>59</fpage>
      <lpage>72</lpage>
      <abstract xml:lang="en">
        <p>This paper presents the results of a techno-economic analysis of integrating a small modular supercritical CO2-cooled fast reactor (SMSC-GFR) with a high-temperature steam electrolysis unit for combined electricity and hydrogen production. Three power cycle confi-gurations are considered: subcritical Rankine, supercritical Rankine, and closed Brayton cycle using supercritical CO2. Thermodynamic modeling is performed in Aspen HYSYS, while the economic assessment employs a custom methodology that accounts for equipment modularity and learning effects. The Brayton cycle achieves the highest efficiency in both standalone (48.8%) and cogeneration (53.1% at 0.6 kg/s H2) modes. This cycle also exhibits the lowest power loss factor (0.36), providing a distinct advantage in system scalability. As the number of reactor modules
increases from 1 to 10, the levelized cost of hydrogen decreases from $3.81 to $3.28 per kilogram. The findings confirm the viability of modular nuclear-hydrogen systems based on the SMSC-GFR and Brayton cycle, combining high thermodynamic performance, scalability, and economic competitiveness.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>small modular reactor</kwd>
        <kwd>supercritical carbon dioxide</kwd>
        <kwd>high-temperature steam electrolysis</kwd>
        <kwd>Brayton cycle</kwd>
        <kwd>cogeneration</kwd>
        <kwd>levelized cost of hydrogen</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
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