CX-270136: Solving Critical Challenges to Enable the Xe-100 Pebble Bed Advanced Reactor Concept – X Energy, LLC

X Energy, in collaboration with BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc. (BWXT), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and Oregon State University (OSU), proposes to leverage prior and current DOE programs and previous Xe-100 design investments to further key pebble-bed high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) component design, pebble fuel manufacturing development, and NRC licensing. The proposed project has three main tasks: 1) furthering the reactor design through analysis and test, 2) demonstrating fuel development/manufacturing feasibility, and 3) NRC engagement toward addressing licensing needs.