The complex approach involving acoustic emission and fractography methods for investigation of hydrogen embrittlement of metals and alloys affected by hydrogen of high concentration was elaborated. This approach was applied to U8 steel for which it was shown that crack initiation was caused mainly be gaseous hydrogen influence. The macrocrack propagation started at near surface layers of a speciman where its decarbonization was observed. The pricipal stages of destruction are as follows: 1) ductile deformation and corrosion; 2) intergranular cracking and non-metallic inclusions; 3) merging microcracks into macrocracks and their growing.