In ECA’s latest paper, “From the Atomic Age to New Nuclear,” ECA captures a snapshot of the nuclear projects underway in the United States by state including both federal and private
sites, and lays out the attributes that make energy communities optimal for this new era of American nuclear leadership. Keep reading what new nuclear projects are already underway in the great state of Kentucky in the excerpt below:
Energy Northwest SMR Development- Amazon, X-energy and Energy Northwest are partnering to support the development of an advanced reactor near Energy Northwest’s Columbia
Generating Station near Richland, WA. This partnership includes commitments from Amazon to provide approximately $334 million in funding for the initial feasibility phase of Energy Northwest’s project, and to make a $500 million direct investment in X-energy. The advanced reactors in development are the Xe-100 model; high temperature gas-cooled reactors developed by X-energy. Each Xe-100 module can provide 80 megawatts of full-time electricity, with up to 12 modules able to be sited
together.
Read more about the project here.
HALEU Metallization Pilot Production Facility - Framatome and TerraPower are cooperating to design and develop a high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) metallization pilot plant at Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington. The plant will bolster Framatome's ability to convert uranium oxide (UO2) into HALEU metal, a crucial metal that is used to fabricate fuel for advanced reactors.
In addition, the plant will supply metal feedstock and help TerraPower build a domestic HALEU supply chain.
Read more about the project here.
"Project Dune" - The City of Richland, WA has signed a Purchase & Sale Agreement for 425 acres of former Hanford Site land with a company whose name has not yet been made public but is referred to as “Project Dune” an acronym standing for Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). Upon completion, the $3
billion project will produce enriched uranium for advanced nuclear fuel and is projected to create approximately 1,000 jobs.
Read more about the project
here.
To learn more about New Nuclear projects in Kentucky and across the country, as well as how energy communities will be instrumental to their success, click here to read From the Atomic Age to New Nuclear.