Centrica and X-energy Sign Joint Development Agreement to Deploy U.K.’s First Advanced Modular Reactors and Pursue 6 Gigawatts of New Nuclear Capacity in the U.K.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 14, 2025--

Centrica plc (“Centrica”) and X-Energy, LLC (“X-energy”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC, today announced their entry into a Joint Development Agreement (“JDA”) to deploy X-energy’s Xe-100 Advanced Modular Reactors (“AMR”) in the United Kingdom. The companies have identified EDF and Centrica’s Hartlepool site as the preferred first site for a planned U.K. fleet of up to 6 gigawatts.

The agreement represents the first stage in a new trans-Atlantic alliance which could ultimately mobilize at least $54 billion in economic value to bring clean, safe and affordable power to thousands of homes and industries across the country and substantive work for the domestic and global supply chain.

A 12-unit Xe-100 deployment at Hartle