TRISO-X Advances to Next Phase of Construction for TX-1 Fuel Fabrication Facility

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    "title": "TRISO-X Advances to Next Phase of Construction for TX-1 Fuel Fabrication Facility",
    "excerpt": "OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TRISO-X, LLC (\"TRISO-X\" or the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of X-Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: XE) (“X-energy”), today announced the start of the next phase of construction at its first-in-the-nation advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This will include construction of auxiliary buildings, and the commencement of interior buildout and equipment installation. The plant is expected to be the first commercial facility in the United States dedicated to fabricating tristructural-isotropic (\"TRISO\") fuel for advanced reactors, supporting X-energy's first proposed deployment of its Xe-100 in partnership with Dow, Inc. (\"Dow\") through the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. \"This next phase of construction marks an important transition point as we move toward installing the systems and equipment that will make the facility operational,\" said Joel Duling, President of TRISO-X. \"Our progress on TX-1 reflects the discipline and momentum of our team as we steadily convert a vision into the first new commercial nuclear fuel facility this country has built in more than half a century.\" Clark Construction Group will continue as construction contractor into this next phase, leading the interior build-out of the 214,000 sq. ft. facility's process equipment and administration building, as well as the...",
    "summary": "X-energy is collaborating with Amazon to advance its second plant, the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, as part of a strategy to bring over 5 GW of new power projects online by 2039.",
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    "published_at": "2026-08-24T11:00:00Z",
    "article_sentence": "X-energy is also advancing its second plant, the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, with Energy Northwest in collaboration with Amazon.",
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