The US Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have approved the first high-temperature, gas-cooled nuclear power plant in 60 years.
x4 of X-Energys 'Xe-100' nuclear reactors will provide both high-pressure steam and power to the Dow Chemical plant in Texas, which will both help the Texas power grid and offset Dow Chemical, as the undisclosed chemicals produced at the facility require extreme loads of heat to produce large amounts. The facility is located near Sea Drift, Texas, and has been approved for rapid development and will serve as a test bed for the NRC & Department of Energy for future 'rapid development sites'. The total output is just under 500MWe and the first reactor is expected to produce energy by 2031.