This inconsistency is absent from nuclear power generation, making nuclear a reliable, and secure low-carbon emitting energy resource. Variability and intermittence are intrinsic characteristics of renewable power generation that have direct consequences in changing climate and environmental conditions.
Energy security and climate systems are intrinsically connected to carbon emitting power plants, particularly and to renewable energy systems ( Chen et al., 2019).
While our reliance on carbonaceous fuel resources over the past century has elevated economic activity globally, rapid advancements in carbon mitigation and removal technologies are needed to reduce detrimental impacts on climate. In this paper, we review the radiolytic behavior of CO 2 and particularly, irradiation pathways relevant for producing fuels and chemicals using CO 2, technological advances and research directions for advancing radiolytic conversion of CO 2 to chemicals and fuels.Įnergy security and climate change are two of humankind's primary concerns in the twenty-first century. Activation of the CO 2 molecule via irradiation at significantly lower temperatures may now allow us to use heterogeneous CO 2-bearing waste gas streams and low-carbon emitting nuclear energy resources to produce high value chemicals and fuels in a distributed manner. Chemical activation of CO 2 via thermochemical or electrochemical approaches contributes to the high energy intensity of CO 2 conversion reactions. One of the challenges in CO 2 conversion reactions is the stability or low reactivity of CO 2. Recent advances in modular nuclear reactors could facilitate the use of irradiation to produce fuels and chemicals using anthropogenic CO 2. 2School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.1Energy and Environment Science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, United States.Ramirez-Corredores 1 *, Greeshma Gadikota 2 *, Erin E.
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