Washington Xe-100 reactor site

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Washington Xe-100 reactor site
Washington Xe-100 reactor site
CountryUnited States
Location Benton County, near Richland, Washington
Coordinates 46°27′58″N119°18′47″W / 46.466°N 119.313°W / 46.466; -119.313 [1]
StatusProposed
Owner Energy Northwest
Operator Energy Northwest
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeHelium cooled HTGR
Reactor supplier X-energy
Power generation
Make and modelXe-100
Units planned12
Nameplate capacity 960 MW total [2]
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A number of Xe-100 small modular reactors designed by X-energy are planned to be installed for nuclear electric power production near the Columbia Generating Station in the state of Washington by the 2030s. It would be X-energy's second power plant after one in Texas due to be finished by 2030. [2] The operator will be Energy Northwest, the operator of Columbia Generating Station, the only nuclear power station in the Pacific Northwest. [3]

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Amazon.com involvement

In late October, 2024, Amazon.com announced it would fund construction of four X-Energy reactors at Hanford. [4]

Opposition

The site is opposed by environmental groups including Columbia River Keeper, [5] and the Oregon Conservancy Foundation who oppose new small modular reactors in general. [6] Columbia River Keeper states that Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation opposed X-energy's application for a Department of Energy license to operate at the Hanford Site. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Gregoire, Don; Gorden, Milton (c. 2022). "Subsurface Investigation Approach – Xe-100 Project on Former WNP-1 Site" (PDF). Energy Northwest – via U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
  2. 1 2 Stiffler, Lisa (July 19, 2023). "Next-gen nuclear reactor company signs deal to build up to 12 reactors in Washington state". Geekwire . Retrieved July 21, 2023– via MSN.
  3. ↑ Ellenbecker, Lauren (July 20, 2023). "Energy Northwest signs deal for nuclear project in Central Washington". The Columbian . Vancouver, Washington. Retrieved July 21, 2023. the small modular reactor project will be developed adjacent to the Columbia Generating Station in Richland, the region's only commercial nuclear energy facility
  4. ↑ "Amazon funding construction of 4 nuclear reactors on the Columbia River". Portland: KPTV. October 28, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Nuclear Energy Development Q&A: Threatens the Columbia River" (PDF). Columbia River Keeper. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  6. ↑ Frank, Joshua (July 20, 2023). "The Pacific Northwest Is Experiencing an Atomic Energy Renaissance". The Nation . Retrieved July 21, 2023.

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