Washington Xe-100 reactor site

Washington Xe-100 reactor site
CountryUnited States
LocationBenton County, near Richland, Washington
Coordinates46°27′58″N 119°18′47″W / 46.466°N 119.313°W / 46.466; -119.313
StatusProposed
OwnerEnergy Northwest
OperatorEnergy Northwest
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeHelium cooled HTGR
Reactor supplierX-energy
Power generation
Make and modelXe-100
Units planned12
Nameplate capacity960 MW total

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 Washington by the 2030s. It would be X-energy's second power plant after one in Texas due to be finished by 2030. The operator will be Energy Northwest, the operator of Columbia Generating Station, the only nuclear power station in the Pacific Northwest.