A new nuclear age for the US? X-energy reveals more on its 214,000-square-foot Tennessee plant with 5-metric-ton uranium capacity
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Domestic TRISO fuel at 5-metric-ton capacity is a bet that advanced reactors will move from slideware to steel in the 2030s—this is fuel-cycle infrastructure catching up to the reactor hype. If your roadmap assumes cheap, reliable power for AI or heavy industry, start tracking which regions are actually adding next-gen nuclear capacity, not just megawatts on cloud slides.
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