Maryland-based advanced reactor developer X-energy and its wholly-owned subsidiary Triso-X have chosen Ohio-based construction and engineering company Geiger Brothers to develop the site of a first-of-a-kind advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The facility, known as TX-1, will provide the fuel for the first and subsequent deployments of X-energy’s Xe-100 High-Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (HTGR).
X-energy said the $40.8m (€39m) site development phase will create approximately 100 jobs and is projected to be completed in July 2025.