U.S. Backs X-Energy Reactor With Up to $2.15 Billion
- Source
- Oilprice.com
- Source link
- https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Backs-X-Energy-Reactor-With-Up-to-215-Billion.html
- Published
- 2026-08-13 19:30:00
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-13 20:25:04
- Category
- Commodities & Raw Materials
- Geography
- Global
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Washington is putting real money behind advanced nuclear. The US Department of Energy is gearing up to hand X-energy another $1 billion for its planned nuclear project with Dow in Texas, bringing total federal funding available for the project since 2021 to as much as $2.15 billion. That is no longer demonstration-project pocket change. CEO Clay Sell said Thursday that DOE had informed X-energy of the additional funding through the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, which is intended to move next-generation reactors toward commercial deployment.…
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