TRISO-X Receives First-Ever Part 70 HALEU Fuel Fabrication License

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb 13, 2026–

TRISO-X, LLC (“TRISO-X” or the “Company”), a subsidiary of X-energy Reactor Company, LLC (“X-energy”) today received a Special Nuclear Material License under 10 CFR Part 70 (“Part 70”) from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”), enabling TRISO-X to commercially manufacture fuel using high-assay low-enriched uranium (“HALEU”) at its first two commercial facilities (“TX-1” and “TX-2”) under an initial 40-year license. NRC license approval formally establishes TX-1 and TX-2 as the first new fuel facilities licensed by the NRC in over 50 years, with TX-1 set to become the first-ever Category II nuclear fuel facility in the United States.

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