TRISO-X nuclear fuel company announces completion of vertical construction in Oak Ridge

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TRISO-X nuclear fuel company announces completion of vertical construction in Oak Ridge

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/oak-ridge-anderson/triso-x-nuclear-fuel-company-announces-completion-vertical-construction-oak-ridge/51-eba73412-34cf-477f-a7d3-a81da20eefc2

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Construction crews have completed the exterior shell for the new TRISO-X fuel fabrication campus in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Workers are transitioning to interior buildouts and manufacturing equipment installation. The plant aims to begin commercial production during the first half of 2028.

The facility holds the first Nuclear Regulatory Commission Category 2 fuel fabrication license issued for high-assay low-enriched uranium processing in over five decades. Once operational, the plant will produce TRISO fuel pebbles to support next-generation reactors. This development expands domestic fuel supply chains and increases regional manufacturing employment.

Officials with the nuclear fuel company said the facility will now begin the equipment installation phase, which will "come online" in the first half of 2028.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — A nuclear fuel company in Oak Ridge announced they finished vertical construction at its campus in Oak Ridge.

X-energy said it finished construction at the TRISO campus and will now begin work on the equipment installation phase, which officials said is "slated to come online in the first half of 2028."

The three TRISO-X facilities planned to be on the Oak Ridge campus are labeled TX-1, TX-2 and TX-L, according to the company.

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