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Xe-100

Under review X-energy HALEU dependency
Output
80MWe

Xe-100 is a helium-cooled reactor design from X-energy rated at 80 MWe. An application is docketed and under active regulatory review. It requires HALEU fuel.

Four units to supply process heat and power to a Dow chemical plant — the clearest industrial heat use case in the Western pipeline, since 750 °C helium can do things a PWR cannot. X-energy is building its own TRISO-X fuel plant at Oak Ridge because nobody else makes this fuel at scale.

Regulatory position
Tier Under review
RegulatorUS NRC
Application typeConstruction permit
Docket / referenceNRC construction permit application, Long Mott Generating Station (Dow)
Application date
Review phaseApplication docketed and under review
Decision expectednot stated
Design
CoolantHelium
Reactor familyHigh-temperature gas reactor (HTGR)
Electrical output80MWe
Thermal output200MWt
FuelTRISO pebbles
Enrichment HALEUUp to 19.75% U-235
First siteSeadrift, Texas
OfftakersDow Chemical
Fuel supply for this design

This design needs HALEU — uranium enriched above 5% and below 20%. That is not the fuel any commercial Western power reactor uses today, and it is the single most common reason an advanced reactor timeline slips. Every Western facility that can make it or turn it into fuel:

FacilityCapacityStatus
TRISO-X Fuel Facility (TX-1), Oak Ridge not disclosed construction
American Centrifuge Plant, Piketon 900kg HALEU/yr operating
Nuclear Fuel Services, Erwin not disclosed operating
Savannah River Site HEU downblending 3,100kg HALEU total operating
BWXT TRISO facility, Gillette not disclosed planned
Urenco Capenhurst HALEU line not disclosed planned

Units announced with this design

16 units in the Global Nuclear Power Tracker carry the model name "Xe-100" — 8pre construction, 8announced. Announcement is not permission; compare this against the regulatory position above.

UnitCountryStatusGross MW
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 1 United States pre construction 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 10 United States announced 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 11 United States announced 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 12 United States announced 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 2 United States pre construction 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 3 United States pre construction 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 4 United States pre construction 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 5 United States announced 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 6 United States announced 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 7 United States announced 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 8 United States announced 80
Cascade SMR nuclear power plant 9 United States announced 80
Long Mott nuclear power plant 1 United States pre construction 80
Long Mott nuclear power plant 2 United States pre construction 80
Long Mott nuclear power plant 3 United States pre construction 80
Long Mott nuclear power plant 4 United States pre construction 80

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