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X-energy raises $700M in latest funding round
Advanced reactor developer X-energy has announced that it has closed an oversubscribed Series D financing round of approximately $700 million. The funding proceeds are expected to be used to help continue the expansion of its supply chain and the commercial pipeline for its Xe-100 advanced small modular reactor and TRISO-X fuel, according the company.
F. K. Boese, H. Kadella
Nuclear Technology | Volume 38 | Number 2 | April 1978 | Pages 235-241
Technical Paper | Low-Temperature Nuclear Heat / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT78-A32018
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Oil prices have been rising significantly in recent years. The result is a steady lowering of the economic break-even point of nuclear power plants. Already, our actual oil price level allows nuclear dual-purpose plants to become efficient below a thermal power of 800 MW. Two special applications of an Integrated Pressurized Water Reactor System use the waste heat of-the turbine for district heating or water desalination. An integrated system of heat pump and nuclear heat source avoids the usual transportation losses from the power plant to the compressor of the heat pumps.