Programmes and agreements / prg-ca-xenergy-alberta-xe100-feasibility

X-energy Canada study of repurposing an Alberta thermal power site with Xe-100 reactors (2025)

A study by X-energy Canada, funded by Emissions Reduction Alberta and carried out with TransAlta, Hatch, PCL and Kinectrics, reported in September 2025 that repurposing an existing thermal generation site in Alberta with Xe-100 reactors is feasible. The site is not named. It is a completed feasibility study, not a project, site selection or licence application.

Not a deployment project. SMR plans, agreements, studies and government programmes that are not (yet) a single deployment project. They are listed separately and are never counted as projects or reactors.

Type

Feasibility or siting study

Countries concerned

Canada

Region named by the sources

Alberta

Participants and roles

• Developer or vendor: X-energy
• Utility: TransAlta
• Government: Emissions Reduction Alberta
• Other participant: Hatch
• Other participant: PCL
• Other participant: Kinectrics

Designs named

Xe-100

Scale as stated

Not stated by the sources

Announced or first reported

Sep 2025

Status

Completed
Study reported complete in September 2025, site not named, no project or licence application.

Confidence

low

Last checked

2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• Study confirms feasibility of Xe-100 SMR for Alberta (reputable_press, published 26 Sep 2025, accessed 2026-10-14)