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X-energy Xe-100 — Dow Seadrift Texas (Construction Start 2026)

Developer
X-energy / Dow Chemical / Fluor
Capacity
320 MWe
Last updated
5/16/2026

Project overview

Reactor type
HTGR
Announced
6/1/2022
Projected operational
12/31/2030

Notes

X-energy's first planned commercial installation — four Xe-100 units at Dow Chemical's Seadrift Operations manufacturing site in Texas. Construction expected to begin in 2026 with the SMRs operational in 2030. The plant will replace ageing fossil fuel infrastructure supplying both electricity and industrial steam to Dow's chemical manufacturing operations. Fluor is the engineering partner. This is one of the most significant industrial SMR deployments globally — a direct replacement of fossil fuel with nuclear for industrial process heat.

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