Four nuclear energy companies will work with the university to bring reactors to Texas A&M-Rellis, the 2,400-acre tech innovation campus in Bryan.

Texas A&M is closer to its goal of powering a part of the Texas electric grid by offering land to four cutting-edge companies looking to build small modular reactors or SMRs. The advanced technology will be built at Rellis Campus in Bryan and will have some of the biggest names in nuclear energy generation including Kairos Power,

In 2023, Dow announced its UCC1 Seadrift Operations manufacturing site for the location of an X-Energy small modular reactor (SMR) project. The advanced nuclear project would provide the Seadrift site with power and steam as existing assets near their end-of-life.

Texas A&M University System has unveiled four nuclear developers with which it plans to explore building and operating small modular reactor plants (SMRs) at its Texas A&M-RELLIS campus near College Station.

Texas A&M University System collaborates with four companies to develop advanced nuclear reactors at its Rellis Campus, in a move expected to boost the state's energy innovation.

"Nowhere in the country, other than Texas, is anyone willing to step up and build the power plants we need," said Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp.

The site at Texas A&M-Rellis is expected to be able to accommodate multiple small modular reactors with a combined electrical output of more than 1 gigawatt. The Texas A&M University System has taken a big step toward bringing more nuclear power to Texas.