A number of Xe-100 small modular reactors designed by X-energy will be installed for nuclear electric power production near the Columbia Generating Station in Washington, by the 2030s. It will be X-energy's second power plant after one in Texas due to be finished by 2030. The operator will be Energy Northwest, the operator of Columbia Generating Station, the only nuclear power station in the Pacific Northwest .
Opposition
The site is opposed by environmental groups including Columbia River Keeper, and the Oregon Conservancy Foundation who oppose new small modular reactors in general. Columbia River Keeper states that Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation opposed X-energy's application for a Department of Energy license to operate at the Hanford Site.