b'L D R D S U C C E S S S T O R Y Dong Ding and his team created a novel multiscale computational framework to guide development of advanced solid oxide electrochemical membrane reactors, with a special emphasis on the case of co-production of ethylene and chemicals using ethane and carbon dioxide as the feedstocks at intermediate temperatures. The LDRD project used the heat and electricity from nuclear energy and renewables as energyinputs.Dong Ding with interns on his research team (before the COVID-19 pandemic).Leading development and demonstrationF Y 2 0 I M PA C Tof the use of nuclear energy beyond theElectric vehicle bus manufacturer New Flyer electric grid partnered with INL to test a state-of-the-art bus capable of high-power charging. Researchers charged New INL leads the DOE cost-shared projects awarded to Exelon and aFlyers Xcelsior transit bus using a 350-kilowatt high-power charging tri-utility team that includes Energy Harbor, Xcel Energy, and Arizonastation at the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Laboratory in Idaho Falls and Public Service. These projects will demonstrate hydrogen productionconducted tests to quantify the performance of both the bus and the at multiple light water reactor plants in the current United States fleetcharger. Charging time was just one metric INL researchers evaluated to using both electrically driven low temperature electrolysis technologylearn more about how high-power charging might work with tomorrows (Exelon, Energy Harbor) and thermally and electrically driven highfleet of medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles. Researchers temperature electrolysis technology (Xcel Energy). Future work isalso looked at charging efficiency, power quality, communications being considered to demonstrate larger-scale systems in collaborationcompatibility between the vehicle and charger, and cybersecurity with Arizona Public Service. robustness and resiliency. Proof of concept of high-power charging for buses is an important step toward businesses and municipalities These projects will simultaneously raise the readiness of hydrogenadopting electric vehicle fleets.generation technologies, while also providing a sound basis for the country to implement and scale up hydrogen production to a level that will have the desired impact on national energy security and climate change. This strategic partnership is a model for accelerating disruptive technology innovations and systems integration to commercial pilot demonstrations. This 60-foot New Flyer bus, the first of its kind capable of high-power charging, traveled to INL under its own power and participated in a high-power charging test.INL is partnering with industry to produce hydrogen for first movers of clean hydrogen: fuel-cell buses, heavy-duty trucks, forklifts, and industrial users. 13'