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Dow, X-energy Building Mini-Nuclear Reactor in Texas Gulf Town
Dow Chemical and X-energy are jointly developing the UCC1 Seadrift Operations manufacturing site for its proposed advanced small modular reactor nuclear project. Dow’s Seadrift site covers 4,700 acres and manufactures more than 4 million pounds of materials per year used across a wide variety of applications including food packaging and preservation, footwear, wire and cable insulation, solar cell membranes, and packaging for medical and pharmaceutical products. Seadrift is between Houston and Corpus Christi on the Gulf Coast.
The project is focused on providing the Seadrift site with zero carbon emissions power and steam as existing energy and steam assets near their end-of-life. The JDA provides for up to $50 million in engineering work, up to half of which is funded by Dow and the other half from a government program through which X-energy has a cooperative agreement.
Construction on the four-reactor project is expected to begin in 2026 and to be completed by the end of this decade.
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