X-energy has selected Fluor for engineering, design and project-management work on the planned Cascade Advanced Energy Facility near Richland, Washington. Fluor announced the award on 5 November without disclosing its value.
The scope covers the nuclear island, including design development, supply-chain work, estimating and project controls. Fluor says the work will support development planning and investment decisions.
Cascade is intended initially to use four Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactors providing approximately 320 MW. The developer envisages potential expansion to 12 units and 960 MW.
This is an engineering-services award for a proposed facility, not confirmation that reactors are operating or that all construction permissions and investment decisions are complete. It follows Fluor’s earlier appointment for similar work on X-energy’s proposed project at Dow’s Seadrift operations in Texas.
Source: Fluor announcement, 5 November 2026, also reproduced in full here.
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Image credit: File photograph of Fluor headquarters in Irving, Texas; uploaded February 2014, capture date not confirmed. This is a corporate-location photograph, not the Cascade facility. Fluor / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Original image retained.
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