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Amazon Unveils ‘Cascade’—Energy Northwest’s Xe-100 SMR Project, Targeting Construction by 2030

POWER Magazine · Sonal Patel · last updated

Amazon has unveiled detailed plans and renderings for the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, an initial 320-MW small modular reactor (SMR) complex that will serve as the first major project in its broader 5-GW nuclear partnership with advanced reactor developer X-energy, announced last year. The project will be owned, built, and operated by Energy Northwest just […]

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Rendering of the planned Cascade Advanced Energy Facility in Richland, Washington, showing the modular multi-island layout based on X-energy’s Xe-100 reactor design. The annotated image highlights key systems, including reactor buildings (A), turbine areas (C), air-cooled condensers (D), and support infrastructure. Courtesy: X-energy