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X-Energy, Inc.

X-Energy, Inc. is a nuclear design and engineering company that develops advanced small modular nuclear reactors and proprietary tri-structural isotropic nuclear fuel. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, the enterprise designs high-temperature gas-cooled pebble-bed reactors for electricity generation and industrial process heat. Its core technologies include an eighty-megawatt electric small modular reactor capable of multi-unit facility configurations and custom fuel fabrication operations in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The organization works with commercial partners, utilities, and government agencies across North America and Europe to deploy clean energy infrastructure and high-temperature steam applications for heavy industry.

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Public USOwnership
-Year founded
501–1,000Employees
Wilmington, United StatesHead office
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Products and/or services of X-Energy, Inc.

  • Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: High-temperature gas-cooled pebble-bed reactors rated at eighty megawatts electric per module, designed to operate in multi-unit four-pack plant configurations generating up to three hundred twenty megawatts of power for utility electricity grid systems.
  • Advanced Nuclear Fuel Fabrication: Tri-structural isotropic particle fuel manufacturing operations located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, producing encapsulated uranium oxycarbide fuel pebbles designed for high-temperature resistance and structural integrity in advanced small modular nuclear power systems.
  • Industrial High-Temperature Steam: Thermal energy delivery systems supplying high-temperature steam up to five hundred sixty-five degrees Celsius directly to co-located industrial manufacturing plants, chemical processing facilities, hydrogen production units, and water desalination plants.
  • Transportable Microreactors: Factory-fabricated mobile nuclear reactor systems engineered for rapid transport and assembly, supplying localized thermal energy and electricity to remote commercial sites, military bases, and disaster recovery zones requiring independent power infrastructure.
  • Commercial Reactor Engineering Services: Comprehensive nuclear engineering, licensing, site assessment, and plant integration services provided to utility operators and industrial partners in North America and Europe preparing for advanced reactor deployment and grid connection.
  • Space Nuclear Power Systems: Specialized nuclear thermal propulsion and surface power design engineering for space exploration missions, utilizing high-temperature reactor architectures and encapsulated particle fuel concepts under government research and development contracts.