X-energy on June 2 submitted its 80 MWe Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor into the UK's Generic Design Assessment process, the regulatory gateway for new reactor designs in Britain. The filing is the first concrete step in X-energy and Centrica's joint plan to deploy up to 6 GW of new nuclear capacity in the UK and broadens the Xe-100 commercial slate alongside the Dow Seadrift project and the Amazon-backed Energy Northwest Cascade plant.
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