Amazon also follows Microsoft in spinning up nuclear energy, with plan to build small reactors in Washington state and Virginia and leading $500 investment in SMR technology.
Contract for second-stage engineering study on planned 462-MW small modular reactor project uses technology of NuScale Power, of which Fluor is a majority investor.
Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledged likely state power shortfall with clean energy project delays and growing needs, but officials unveiled plan for smaller reactors at Sept. 5 energy summit—three years after close of controversial Indian Point facility.
Firm will handle detailed engineering, preconstruction and nuclear supply chain development for technology firm's 50-MW thermal power facility eyed to support industrial facilities, data centers and other users in Wyoming.
Contractor will build estimated $629M demo facility in Tennessee for engineer-developer Kairos Power—the first and only advanced nuclear reactor that feds have approved for construction
Even as small nuclear reactor designs gain traction, with Westinghouse announcing in early May a new 300-MW version of its larger AP1000 model now in use in Georgia and elsewher, construction hurdles need attention to speed deployment of advanced technology, says a new National Academies analysis.
The firm is valued at $1.9B in link with NASDAQ-traded investor, but Fluor stays a majority stakeholder and exclusive engineer-builder of planned small reactors for global clients.