Summary

• X-Energy and Dow received notice from the NRC that the environmental review for the Texas reactor project indicates no significant concerns, completing the assessment in under one year.
• Oklo secured NRC approval for an important technical report for their Idaho reactor project on an accelerated schedule, establishing a regulatory framework that can be reused for other projects.
• Terrestrial Energy obtained NRC approval of its safety analysis technical report, strengthening the licensing basis for its reactor technology.
• Curtiss-Wright transitioned from design to prototype manufacturing of equipment for X-energy’s Xe-100 reactor.

By Steffan Szumowski

The nuclear sector is delivering concrete progress on multiple advanced reactor programs. Recent weeks brought a positive environmental determination for an X-Energy (XE) project, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approvals for key technical documents