Reactor Licensing & Regulation

NRC staff to discuss to X-energy’s Texas SMR plans

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding an uncontested hearing on Sept. 22 at 5:30 p.m. Central Time in Port Lavaca, Texas on X-energy’s Xe-100 small modular reactor (SMR) project in Seadrift, Texas.
The uncontested hearing, or mandatory hearing, will give…

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