Dow selects Texas site for its first small modular nuclear reactor
The four-reactor project is part of the Michigan-based chemical giant's mission to grow its production while reducing emissions at its manufacturing facilities. CEO Jim Fitterling has said small modular reactors can deliver clean, compact energy at a reasonable cost — a cluster of the small onsite reactors could bring an industrial facility to net-zero emissions.
The company had previously announced that it would deploy the technology at one of its Gulf Coast facilities but hadn't identified the site. The reactors could significantly reduce the emissions at Dow's growing Seadrift facility, which spans 4,700 acres and manufactures more than 4 million pounds per year of polyethylene plastic and other materials used in food packaging, cable insulation, solar cells and pharmaceuticals.
"This project will serve as a model for how we can decarbonize processes to create the products relied upon by people all over the world," X-energy CEO Clay Sell said in a statement. The reactors in Seadrift are expected to come online by 2030. The U.S. Department of Energy plans to contribute up to $25 million toward the project's engineering work as part of its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program.
The project would help Dow solve two problems at the site: the need for clean, reliable power and also steam. One of the modular units would produce around 75 megawatts of electricity and 200 megawatts of high-pressure steam,“Advanced nuclear has attractive advantages over other sources of clean power," he said Thursday in a statement,"including a compact footprint, competitive cost, and enhanced power and steam reliability.
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