TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING - Preferred Method: The step of forming the solution of the composition includes providing a source of water (40) and mixing the metaborate with the source of water. The step of creating the ionized gas over the solution of the composition includes creating oxygen plasma over the solution of the composition. The method also includes, after the step of forming the solution and before the step of creating the ionized oxygen gas, providing a pseudo-plasma-electrolysis reactor that encloses the solution formed of the composition; and creating an electrical current in the solution of the composition to form the ionized oxygen gas over the solution. The step of providing the pseudo-plasma-electrolysis reactor includes providing a cathode that is fixed in the pseudo-plasma-electrolysis reactor and that is further in electrical contact with the solution formed of the composition; providing an anode that is movable within the pseudo-plasma-electrolysis reactor; moving the anode into, and out of, direct fluid contact with the solution of the composition; and providing a source of electrical power and coupling the source of electrical power to the anode and the cathode. The step of creating the ionized oxygen gas further includes first, moving the anode into direct fluid contact with the solution of the composition; second, energizing the anode and the cathode to create the electrical current through the solution of the composition and between the anode and the cathode to establish an initial conventional electrolysis to generate the oxygen gas at the anode; and third, while generating the oxygen gas, moving the anode out of fluid contact with the solution of the composition to create the ionized oxygen gas over the solution of the composition. The method further includes providing a gas cooled nuclear reactor (11) that has a hot gas exhaust (15) having heat energy; providing a first heat exchanger (20) coupled in fluid flowing relation relative the hot gas exhaust, where the first heat exchanger absorbs a portion of the heat energy from the hot gas exhaust; coupling the solution of the composition in fluid flowing relation relative to the first heat exchanger, where the heat energy absorbed by the first heat exchanger heats the solution of the composition to a temperature; providing a second heat exchanger (30) coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the hot gas exhaust, where the second heat exchanger absorbs a portion of the heat energy from the hot gas exhaust; providing a source of water to the second heat exchanger, where the heat energy absorbed by the second heat exchanger converts the water into high pressure steam; providing a steam turbine (42) and supplying the high pressure steam to the steam turbine to produce a mechanical energy output (43); providing an electrical generator (44) and coupling the electrical generator to the mechanical energy output to generate electrical power; and supplying the electrical power to create the ionizing gas (92) over the solution. The chemical reaction of the sodium metaborate and the water generates oxygen gas and sodium borohydride in the aqueous solution.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The composition capable of forming the chemical hydride comprises metaborate. The aqueous solution is sodium metaborate and water. The borate comprises sodium metaborate. The chemical hydride comprises sodium borohydride.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - Preferred Component: The apparatus also comprises the nuclear reactor having the hot gas exhaust containing heat energy; the first heat exchanger coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the hot gas exhaust of the nuclear reactor and the aqueous solution of sodium metaborate and water; and the second heat exchanger coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the hot gas output of the nuclear reactor. The first heat exchanger absorbs the heat energy provided by the hot gas exhaust and transfers it to the aqueous solution of sodium metaborate and water to raise the temperature of the aqueous solution of sodium metaborate and water. The second heat exchanger absorbs the heat energy of the hot gas output, and transfers the heat energy, so absorbed, to generate the source of electrical power. The apparatus further comprises the source of water coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the second heat exchanger, wherein the source of water, upon being exposed to the heat energy absorbed by the second heat exchanger, is converted into a source of high-pressure steam (41); a steam turbine that is coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the source of steam and which, when exposed to the high pressure steam, produces a mechanical energy output; and a generator that is coupled to the mechanical energy output of the steam turbine and that generates the source of the electrical power.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The composition capable of forming the chemical hydride comprises metaborate. The aqueous solution is sodium metaborate and water. The borate comprises sodium metaborate. The chemical hydride comprises sodium borohydride.