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New 1.2-GW Gas-Fired Plant Planned in WV; Three Solar Projects Also Announced

Two subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp. announced plans to build a new 1,200-MW natural gas-fired power plant on land adjacent to the companies’ coal-fired Fort Martin Power Station in West Virginia. Mon Power and Potomac Edison also want to build three new solar farms on reclaimed industrial and mining land.

Vertical construction at TRISO-X’s TX-1 fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, began Nov. 17, 2025. On Feb. 13, 2026, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the first-ever U.S. approval of a Category II fuel fabrication facility for the project. Courtesy: X-energy

Nuclear

TRISO-X Secures First-Ever NRC Category II License for Commercial Advanced Nuclear Fuel Fabrication

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