The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for review a construction permit application from Long Mott Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company requesting permission to build the Long Mott Generating Station – a multi-unit advanced reactor facility at Dow Chemical’s Seadrift site in Calhoun County, Texas.
The Dow Chemical reactor project’s application includes a preliminary safety analysis report and environmental report for the four-unit facility using X-energy’s Xe-100 reactor design. Each Xe-100 reactor in the facility would generate approximately 80 MWe, as well as heat to enhance the Dow Chemical plant’s efficiency. Each reactor would use helium to cool its core. The construction permit, if approved, would not authorise operation of the units. The Dow project will have to submit a separate application for operating licences in the future. The Seadrift project is supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program.
