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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$921,717,024

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to X ENERGY, LLC

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-02-02·LATEST ACTION2026-07-14·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DENE0009040_089
Award description

COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT: ADVANCED REACTOR DEMONSTRATION FOA# DE-FOA-0002271 PATHWAY 1 ADVANCED REACTOR DEMONSTRATIONS (DEMOS) AWARD TO X ENERGY, LLC THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. PRIVATE INDUSTRY ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR DEMONSTRATIONS. IT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR SEVERAL ADVANCED REACTORS THAT ARE RELIABLE, COST EFFECTIVE, LICENSABLE, AND COMMERCIALLY VIABLE. THESE DESIGNS ARE EXPECTED TO ENABLE A MARKET ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH COMMERCIAL REACTOR SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE THAT ARE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE TO BOTH CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE WHEN COMPARED TO COMPETING, ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY IN THE NEAR- AND MID-TERM. THESE DESIGNS ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY, SECURITY, ECONOMICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OVER CURRENT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DESIGNS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Additional funding under X Energy's advanced reactor demonstration program (begun 2021) to support commercial development of next-generation nuclear reactors.

Sub-sectors
advanced-nucleardemonstration-programenergy-independence
Why this matters

Advances domestic nuclear innovation for energy independence and decarbonization; keeps U.S. competitive in next-generation reactor development amid global competition.

Supply-chain signal

Builds domestic manufacturing capacity for advanced reactor components, specialized materials, and supply chains critical for commercial nuclear deployment.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly counters China and other nations' advanced nuclear development; secures U.S. technology leadership and potential commercial export markets.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-07-15. Cost: $0.013989.

Period of performance
Start
2021-02-02
End
2027-12-31
Status
activein 533 days
Sources

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