Dow Chemical Plant in Texas to Host Advanced Nuclear Reactor

Dow intends to demonstrate that advanced small modular nuclear reactors, backed by the Energy Department, can lower emissions at a chemical manufacturing plant in Texas.

Dow and X-energy Reactor Company, LLC, the Maryland-based developer of the advanced reactor design, announced Thursday it will seek to scale up a four-reactor advanced nuclear plant at Dow’s UCC Seadrift Operations site in Seadrift, Texas.

Dow’s 4,700-acre Seadrift site produces more than 4 million pounds of materials annually used in food packaging and preservation, footwear, wire and cable insulation, solar cell membranes, and packaging for medical and pharmaceutical products, according ...