Fluor's scope covers engineering, design development, supply chain, estimating and project controls for the Cascade nuclear island; the contract value was not disclosed [1] .
Cascade's first phase is four 80 MWe Xe-100 reactors, 320 MWe in total, at a site that could hold 12 units [1] .
X-energy shares rose 8.4% on Friday after the announcement, according to Investing.com [2] .
X-energy has picked Fluor for design and engineering work on the nuclear island of its second US Xe-100 project. The plant is Energy Northwest's proposed Cascade Advanced Energy Facility near Richland, Washington [1] . Fluor's scope covers engineering, design development, supply chain, estimating and project controls. The companies did not disclose the contract value [1] .
This is the second nuclear island contract between the two companies. In April, Fluor signed on to support the first Xe-100 project at Dow's UCC Seadrift Operations in south Texas, which is part of the US Department of Energy's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program [1] . "Repeated execution with partners of Fluor's quality helps us build that expertise in real time," said Dragan Popovic, X-energy's global chief operating officer [1] .
Four reactors first, room for twelve
Cascade's first phase calls for four Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactors of 80 MWe each, or 320 MWe in total. The site could take up to 12 units [1] . Cascade Nuclear Partners, a joint venture of Kiewit Nuclear Solutions, Black & Veatch and Aecon, is handling the conventional island and plant-wide integration [1] . Energy Northwest is still in pre-application talks with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over a construction permit for up to 12 units [3] .
Cascade is the first project under X-energy's 2024 collaboration with Amazon , which aims to deploy 5 GW of new nuclear capacity by 2039 [1] . On Oct. 19, AEP's Indiana Michigan Power signed a joint development agreement with X-energy to study a 960 MW, 12-unit Xe-100 plant at the former Breed coal plant site in Sullivan County, Indiana. Amazon is helping to fund development there and intends to buy the power [4] .
X-energy shares rose 8.4% on Friday, Investing.com reported. The company says its commercial pipeline totals 11.5 GW, or 144 Xe-100 reactors [2] .
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