State

Announced

Announced money is not committed money.

Open question

Which money is proposed, conditional, closed or actually drawn, and for what?

  • Not established in reviewed sources: Total project cost
  • Not established in reviewed sources: How much DOE cost-share has been disbursed to date
  • Not established in reviewed sources: Project-level debt or loan guarantee
  1. Current stateAnnounced16 November 2021 · Government record · U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy ↗

  2. Earlier statementAnnounced13 October 2020 · Government record · U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy ↗

Evidence detail

Announced

DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program initial award to TerraPower (cost-shared; later funding subject to appropriations)

Announced money is not committed money.

“DOE is awarding TerraPower LLC (Bellevue, Washington) and X-energy (Rockville, Maryland) $80 million each in initial funding to build two advanced nuclear reactors that can be operational within seven years.”
Attribution
Government record
Publisher
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy
Dated
13 October 2020
First public disclosure
13 October 2020
State before
Not established in reviewed sources
Counterparty
U.S. Department of Energy
Detail
Government cost share
Detail
USD 80m
Source read
11 November 2026

Inspect primary source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy ↗

What this does and does not establish

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