X-energy and Cavendish Nuclear funded to progress AMRs in UK

The government funding will be matched by X-energy for a total programme of £6.68m. The companies will use the funds to develop UK-specific deployment plans, including an assessment of domestic manufacturing and supply chain opportunities, constructability, modularisation studies, and fuel management.

X-energy and Cavendish Nuclear also announced a partnership with Kier Group to support constructability and supply chain analyses. Kier joins Sheffield Forgemasters and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC) to support X-energy and Cavendish Nuclear in completing the scope outlined in their FNEF proposal.

The companies’ goal is for 80 per cent of the value of the Xe-100 projects to flow to UK firms. Last year X-energy and Cavendish Nuclear signed a memorandum of understanding with Howden, the Glasgow-based gas circulation component manufacturer. They will also work with Nuclear Waste Services to review the approach to spent fuel management.

“[FNEF award] reflects the readiness of our advanced technology to contribute to the UK’s energy needs in the next wave of new nuclear,” Carol Tansley, X-energy’s UK market leader and VP of Projects said in a statement. “Building on X-energy’s initial deployment with Dow on the US Gulf Coast, we can create jobs and long-term energy security in the UK with clean, reliable advanced nuclear power.”