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X-energy forms partnership with Talen Energy to assess Xe-100 deployment
X-energy announced Thursday that it has signed a letter of intent with Talen Energy to assess the deployment of X-energy’s Xe-100 reactor in Pennsylvania and throughout the market area of the PJM Interconnection regional transmission organization. That area, where the companies intend to explore the deployment of at least three four-unit Xe-100 power plants, includes several states in the eastern United States, from New Jersey to Illinois.
Jacob Numbers (Brigham Young Univ.), Tyler Hamm (Brigham Young Univ.), Ryan Ruth (Brigham Young Univ.), Hunter Pitchford (Brigham Young Univ.), McKay Sumsion (Brigham Young Univ.), Noah Petersen (Brigham Young Univ.), Ben Wright (Brigham Young Univ.), Brian Merritt (Brigham Young Univ.), Crewse Petersen (Brigham Young Univ.), Max Colton (Brigham Young Univ.), Spencer Larson (Brigham Young Univ.), David Allred (Brigham Young Univ.), Anthony Birri (ORNL), Troy Munro (Brigham Young Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 130 | Number 1 | June 2024 | Pages 651-651