X-energy Joins Project Prometheus for AI-Accelerated Advanced Nuclear Deployment

X-Energy joins a $60m, three-year Department of Energy research initiative (Project Prometheus) led by Idaho National Laboratory, NVIDIA and AWS to deploy AI across reactor design, licensing, manufacturing and operations. The company commits $10m private capital and its Xe-100 SMR platform to accelerate commercial deployment across its 11 GW pipeline.

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