Site selected for Xe-100 SMR deployment

摘要

Dow and X-energy have announced that the first commercial deployment of X-energy's Xe-100 advanced small modular reactor will be at one of Dow's sites on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Previously, Energy Northwest's Columbia nuclear power plant in Washington state was the expected location for deployment. Energy Northwest has said it still hopes to deploy an Xe-100 SMR before 2030. X-energy also announced that it is building a regional fleet management, monitoring, and training facility called the Plant Support Center-East in Frederick, Md., to support the deployment of its SMRs. 1.X-energy UK Holdings and Cavendish Nuclear have applied to the U.K.'s Future Nuclear Enabling Fund for the support of a generic design assessment of X-energy's Xe-100 SMRs, as well as for support of supply chain development for the companies' preferred first siting location, adjacent to the Hartlepool nuclear power plant in northeastern England. Hartlepool is operated by EDF Energy, which recently announced that it was extending the operating life of the facility by two years, up to 2026. X-energy hopes to have its first unit operating at the site by about 2030.