TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Process: The production of borohydride is performed in single step. The method further involves providing hydrogen source for hydrogenating borate source to borohydride. Before reacting borate source and material (M), heat and electricity are generated by the operation of electrical generation facility (40) powered by combustible fuel or nuclear reaction, which occurs in gas-cooled nuclear reactor. Borate source and material (M) are supplied to reactor (21). The heat energy is removed using a cooling fluid heated to preset temperature. Then, the heated cooling fluid is supplied to reactor (21) to effect the reaction of borate source and material (M). Further, borate source and material are supplied to reactor (22). Electricity is applied to reactor (22) to generate plasma, which heats borate and material (M) to effect the production of borohydride. Reactor (21) is exposed to temperature less than 1000degreesC and reactor (22) is exposed to temperature greater than 1000degreesC. A source of electricity is coupled to the reactor (22), to facilitate formation of high-temperature plasma. The method alternately involves providing mixture of hydrated borate or anhydrous borate and reactive metal to a continuous flow chemical reactor equipped with chemical batch reactor, sealing the chemical reactor, evacuating the reactor to create a negative pressure, and heating the mixture to a temperature to effect the conversion of hydrated borate to borohydride and hydrogen gas. The reactive metal extracts oxygen from hydrated borate to form stable oxide of reactive metal. The hydrogen produced by the conversion of hydrated borate, increases the pressure within the reactor.Preferred Material: Material (M) comprises reactive metal and/or carbonaceous material. Reactive metal is aluminum, magnesium, titanium, chromium, silicon, tantalum, vanadium or zirconium. The reactive metal is optionally subjected to solid-state combustion and then reacted with borate source. Material (M) chemically reduces borate at temperature greater than 330degreesC. Alternately, material comprises reactive metal and/or mixture of reactive metals (16-18), which react with borate to produce borohydride and stable oxide as byproduct. Anhydrous borate is sodium metaborate.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Materials: The hydrogen source is hydrogen (12), water (13) and/or hydrocarbon (14).