Programmes and agreements / prg-jo-jaec-xenergy-xe100-mou

JAEC and X-energy memorandum to assess Xe-100 deployment in Jordan

In November 2017 JAEC signed a memorandum with X-energy to assess the potential deployment of the Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor in Jordan, for electricity, desalination and industrial uses. No site, order or later step is recorded.

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

Cooperation agreement or MOU

Countries concerned

Jordan

Participants and roles

• Government: Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC)
• Developer or vendor: X-energy

Designs named

Xe-100

Scale as stated

no units or site

Announced or first reported

Nov 2017

Status

Status not established
Assessment MoU, no site or order, no later step found.

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

• Jordan to consider deployment of X-energy SMR (reputable_press, published 29 Nov 2017, accessed 2026-10-14)