Power company Energy Northwest and advanced small modular reactor developer X-energy have signed an agreement for a nuclear power station consisting of up to 12 Xe-100 advanced SMRs in central Washington state.
The facility would be capable of generating up to a total of 960 MW of electricity with the first module scheduled to be online by 2030.
Energy Northwest owns or operates power facilities throughout the Northwest region of the US, including the single-unit Columbia nuclear power station in Richland, which is the only commercial nuclear energy facility in the region.
Under the agreement with Rockville, Maryland-based X-energy, the Xe-100 project is expected to be developed at a site controlled by Energy Northwest next to Columbia.