Q1 2026 X-Energy Inc Earnings Call

June 4, 2026

Operator: Hello, welcome to the X-Energy Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call. All participants are in a listening mode. After today's prepared remarks, there will be a question and answer session. At that time, I will provide instructions for those wishing to ask a question. Please note that this call is being recorded. I'll now turn the call over to Patricia Gil, Director of Investor Relations for X-Energy. You may now begin.

Operator: Hello, welcome to the X-Energy Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call. All participants are in a listening mode. After today's prepared remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. At that time, I will provide instructions for those wishing to ask a question. Please note that this call is being recorded. I'll now turn the call over to Patricia Gil, Director of Investor Relations for X-Energy. You may now begin.

Speaker #1: Hello, and welcome to the X-Energy First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. All participants are in listen-only mode. After today's prepared remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session.

Speaker #1: At this time, I will provide instructions for those wishing to ask a question. Please note that this call is being recorded. I'll now turn the call over to Patricia Gill, Director of Investor Relations for X-Energy.

Speaker #1: You may now begin.

Speaker #2: Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to X-Energy's first quarter 2026 earnings call. X-Energy completed its initial public offering and, as of April 24, is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker XE.

Patricia Gil: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to X-Energy's Q1 2026 Earnings Call. X-Energy completed its initial public offering, and as of 24 April, is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker XE. We're excited to be with you today for our first earnings call. This morning, we released Q1 2026 financial results and operational highlights for X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC, the predecessor company to X-Energy, Inc. Today's presentation and our earnings press release are available on the investor relations portion of X-Energy's website at investors.x-energy.com. Our remarks today will include forward-looking statements, which are based on assumptions as of today and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statement.

Patricia Gil: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to X-Energy's Q1 2026 Earnings Call. X-Energy completed its initial public offering, and as of 24 April, is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker XE. We're excited to be with you today for our first earnings call. This morning, we released Q1 2026 financial results and operational highlights for X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC, the predecessor company to X-Energy, Inc. Today's presentation and our earnings press release are available on the Investor Relations portion of X-Energy's website at investors.x-energy.com. Our remarks today will include forward-looking statements, which are based on assumptions as of today and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statement.

Speaker #2: We're excited to be with you today for our first earnings call. This morning, we released first quarter 2026 financial results and operational highlights for X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC.

Speaker #2: The predecessor company to X-Energy, Inc. Today's presentation and our earnings press release are available on the Investor Relations portion of X-Energy's website at investors.x-energy.com.

Speaker #2: Our remarks today will include forward-looking statements, which are based on assumptions as of today and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.

Speaker #2: Our SEC filings, including our quarterly report on Form 10-Q, identify certain risk factors and cautionary statements that could cause the company's actual results to differ materially.

Patricia Gil: Our SEC filings, including our quarterly report on Form 10-Q, identify certain risk factors and cautionary statements that could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in our forward-looking statements made this morning. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law. During this call, we also present a non-GAAP financial measure. There is a reconciliation included in our investor presentation. Joining me today are Clay Sell, our CEO, and Daniel Gross, our CFO. Clay will open today's call with an introduction to our company. He will also review highlights for 2026 year-to-date and provide operational updates. Daniel will review our financial performance for Q1 in more detail before turning it back to Clay for closing remarks. We will open the call up to Q&A.

Speaker #2: ...from those projected in our forward-looking statements made this morning. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law. During this call, we also present a non-GAAP financial measure.

Speaker #2: There is a reconciliation included in our investor presentation. Joining me today are Clay Sell, our CEO, and Daniel Gross, our CFO. Clay will open today's call with an introduction to our company.

Speaker #2: He will also review highlights for 2026 year-to-date and provide operational updates. Daniel will then review our financial performance for the first quarter in more detail before turning it back to Clay for closing remarks.

Speaker #2: We will then open the call up to Q&A. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Clay. For those of you following along with our presentation, please turn to slide three.

Patricia Gil: With that, I'll now turn the call over to Clay, and for those of you following along with our presentation, please turn to slide three.

Speaker #3: Thank you, Patricia. And thank you, everyone, for joining us today. I'd like to begin by acknowledging this important day for X-Energy as we report our first quarterly earnings results as a public company.

Clay Sell: Thank you, Patricia, thank you everyone for joining us today. I'd like to begin by acknowledging this important day for X-Energy as we report our first quarterly earnings results as a public company. On 24 April, we began trading on Nasdaq, and on 27 April, we closed our IPO. This marked an exciting milestone on our journey to commercialize advanced nuclear technology at scale. We're grateful for the support of our investors, both new and old, and we look forward to partnering with all of you in this next chapter as a publicly traded company. Now, before we dive into updates from the quarter, I'd like to provide a bit of background on who we are and what we do here at X-Energy. We're a leader in advanced nuclear technology, committed to addressing the increasing power demands of today and tomorrow.

Speaker #3: On April 24, we began trading on NASDAQ, and on April 27, we closed our IPO. This marked an exciting milestone on our journey to commercialize, advance nuclear technology, and scale.

Speaker #3: We're grateful for the support of our investors, both new and old, and we look forward to partnering with all of you in this next chapter as a publicly traded company.

Speaker #3: Now, before we dive into updates from the quarter, I'd like to provide a bit of background on who we are and what we do here at X-Energy.

Speaker #3: We're a leader in advanced nuclear technology, committed to addressing the increasing power demands of today and tomorrow. We are backed by decades of development and operational experience.

Clay Sell: Backed by decades of development and operational experience, we believe that our small modular reactor design and proprietary TRISO-X fuel are well-matched to power the needs of AI revolution, industrial electrification, industrial process heat, and growing power demand. Our technology has earned the support and capital commitment of high-quality blue-chip customers and partners like Dow, Amazon, and Centrica. We are advancing the first deployment of our Xe-100 small modular reactor, or SMR, at Dow's Seadrift, Texas, manufacturing facility. We are presently in advanced stages of regulatory review and believe we have a clear and compelling pathway toward approval. Once complete, the project is expected to be among the first grid-scale advanced nuclear power plants in North America and the first to provide industrial steam.

Speaker #3: We believe that our small, modular reactor design and proprietary TRISO-X fuel are well matched to power the needs of the AI revolution, industrial electrification, industrial process heat, and growing power demand.

Speaker #3: Our technology has earned the support and capital commitment of high-quality, blue-chip customers and partners like Dow, Amazon, and Centrica. We are advancing the first deployment of our XE-100 small modular reactor, or SMR, at Dow's Seadrift, Texas, manufacturing facility.

Speaker #3: We are presently in advanced stages of regulatory review and believe we have a clear and compelling pathway toward approval. Once complete, the project is expected to be among the first grid-scale advanced nuclear power plants in North America, and the first to provide industrial steam.

Speaker #3: As we scale from first of a kind to 10th of a kind, our success will be underpinned by an attractive business model. Our planned approach uses a combination of licensing fees, service fees, and fuel sales to generate a long-term high-margin revenue stream.

Clay Sell: As we scale from first of a kind to Nth of a kind, our success will be underpinned by an attractive business model. Our planned approach uses a combination of licensing fees, service fees, and fuel sales to generate a long-term, high-margin revenue stream. Revenue begins in the pre-commercial project planning stage and continues throughout the multi-decade lifetime of a plant. Our recent IPO has enhanced our liquidity profile, providing approximately $1.1 billion in net proceeds of additional capital for us to continue the work to de-risk our supply chain and move projects forward. We are confident that we have the right team, the right technology, and the right business model to succeed, and we are excited to continue this journey as a publicly traded company. I'll now ask you to turn to slide four.

Speaker #3: Revenue begins in the pre-commercial project planning stage and continues throughout the multi-decade lifetime of a plant. Our recent IPO has enhanced our liquidity profile.

Speaker #3: Providing approximately $1.1 billion in net proceeds of additional capital for us to continue to work to de-risk our supply chain going forward. We are confident that we have the right team, the right technology, and the right business model to succeed.

Speaker #3: And we are excited to continue this journey as a publicly traded company. I'll now ask you to turn to slide four. We've delivered an impressive first quarter and year-to-date, filled with operational, regulatory, and financial progress.

Clay Sell: We've delivered an impressive Q1 and year-to-date, filled with operational, regulatory, and financial progress. Operationally, we reached collaboration frameworks for critical graphite supply and reactor components. We also agreed to explore the deployment of our Xe-100 SMR with subsidiaries of PPL Corporation in Kentucky and with Talen Energy in the PJM market. On the regulatory front, we received our Part 70 commercial fuel fabrication license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under an initial 40-year license. This establishes our TX-1 and our planned TX-2 facilities as the first new commercial fuel fabrication facilities licensed by the NRC in over 50 years. We also received our environmental assessment approval as part of Dow's construction permit application for their advanced nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas.

Speaker #3: Operationally, we reached collaboration frameworks for critical graphite supply and reactor components. We also agreed to explore the deployment of our XE-100 SMR with subsidiaries of PPL Corporation in Kentucky and with Talon Energy in the PJM market.

Speaker #3: On the regulatory front, we received our Part 70 commercial fuel fabrication license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under an initial 40-year license. This establishes our TX-1 and our planned TX-2 facilities as the first new commercial fuel fabrication facilities licensed by the NRC in over 50 years.

Speaker #3: We also received our Environmental Assessment approval as part of Dow's construction permit application for their advanced nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas. We are delighted that the NRC's review was completed ahead of schedule, following a comprehensive independent analysis concluding with a finding of no significant impact.

Clay Sell: We are delighted that the NRC's review was completed ahead of schedule following a comprehensive independent analysis, concluding with a Finding of No Significant Impact. What you all know as a FONSI. Earlier this week, we announced the submittal of our application to enter the United Kingdom's Generic Design Assessment process for our Xe-100 power plant to advance our commercial partnership with Centrica. This application is subject to acceptance and is intended to establish a regulatory pathway for licensing our new nuclear technologies, evaluating safety, security, safeguards, and environmental impact, independent of site-specific applications to enable a future fleet scale deployment in the UK. These developments, along with our capital raising activities, support our strategic objectives to further secure our supply chain and continue strengthening relationships with our customers to commercialize and scale our technology. Our progress is made possible by our industry-leading technology and differentiated value proposition.

Speaker #3: What you all know as a FANSI. Earlier this week, we announced the submittal of our application to enter the United Kingdom's Generic Design Assessment process for our XE-100 power plant.

Speaker #3: To advance our commercial partnership with Centrica, this application is subject to acceptance and is intended to establish a regulatory pathway for licensing our new nuclear technologies, evaluating safety, security, safeguards, and environmental impact independent of site-specific applications, to enable a future fleet-scale deployment in the UK.

Speaker #3: Now, these developments, along with our capital-raising activities, support our strategic objectives to further secure our supply chain and continue strengthening relationships with our customers to commercialize and scale our technology.

Speaker #3: Our progress is made possible by our industry-leading technology and differentiated value proposition. I'll offer some background on these next and ask you to turn to slide five.

Clay Sell: I'll offer some background on these next and ask you to turn to slide five. Our proprietary TRISO-X fuel is underpinned by decades of research and development. Each TRISO pebble is about the size of a billiard ball and is comprised of approximately 19,000 uranium fuel kernels individually encapsulated in layers of carbon and silicon carbide. Approximately 220,000 pebbles form the core of each Xe-100 reactor, providing a more secure and efficient fuel source. The Department of Energy has called TRISO fuel the most robust nuclear fuel on Earth. Our integrated fuel fabrication business is core to our business model. Once constructed, our first advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, called TX-1, is expected to be North America's first purpose-built commercial advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility.

Speaker #3: Our proprietary TRISO-X fuel is underpinned by decades of research and development. Each TRISO pebble is about the size of a bowling ball and is comprised of approximately 19,000 uranium fuel kernels, individually encapsulated in layers of carbon and silicon carbide.

Speaker #3: Approximately 220,000 pebbles form the core of each XE-100 reactor, providing a more secure and efficient fuel source. The Department of Energy has called TRISO fuel the most robust nuclear fuel on Earth.

Speaker #3: Our integrated fuel fabrication business is core to our business model. Once constructed, our first advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, called TX-1, is expected to be North America's first purpose-built commercial advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility.

Speaker #3: It is being built with a 50/50 cost share in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, helping to reduce the overall project risk. Fuel from the facility is expected to power our initial fleet of XE-100 reactors.

Clay Sell: It is being built with a 50/50 cost share in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, helping to reduce the overall project risk. Fuel from the facility is expected to power our initial fleet of Xe-100 reactors. Turning to slide six. The construction of TX-1 continues to progress. Full vertical construction began last September and is approximately 56% complete today. We expect to begin building out the interior in Q3 of this year and anticipate operations to commence by H1 2028. In addition to our TX-1 facility, we are simultaneously in the design stage for our second facility, TX-2, which will be located on the same site. With the commercialization of TRISO-X fuel using our own manufacturing infrastructure, we are establishing a strong foundation for our integrated fuel fabrication business. Moving to slide seven.

Speaker #3: Now, turning to slide six. The construction of TX-1 continues to progress. Full vertical construction began last September and is approximately 56% complete today. We expect to begin building out the interior in the third quarter of this year and anticipate operations to commence by the first half of 2028.

Speaker #3: In addition to our TX-1 facility, we are simultaneously in the design stage for our second facility, TX-2, which will be located on the same site.

Speaker #3: With the commercialization of TRISO-X fuel, using our own manufacturing infrastructure, we are establishing a strong foundation for our integrated fuel fabrication business. Moving now to slide seven.

Speaker #3: Our XE-100 SMR is a fourth-generation, high-temperature, gas-cooled nuclear reactor. It is designed to offer benefits over other technologies, including intrinsic safety features, a streamlined and scalable modular design, and the ability to provide both electricity and high-temperature steam, along with load-following capabilities.

Clay Sell: Our Xe-100 SMR is a fourth-generation, high-temperature, gas-cooled nuclear reactor. It is designed to offer benefits over other technologies, including intrinsic safety features, a streamlined and scalable modular design, and the ability to provide both electricity and high-temperature steam, along with load-following capabilities. With the Xe-100, we're unlocking a new range of applications for advanced nuclear, from powering data centers to providing steam for manufacturing. We are focused on advancing the initial deployment of our Xe-100 power plant in partnership with Dow. In parallel, we are moving forward with projects for subsequent Xe-100 deployments through partnerships with Amazon and Centrica. These projects make up our 11GW+ commercial pipeline. Turning now to slide eight. I'd like to walk you through the licensing process for the Dow project. Last spring, we and Dow worked to file the construction permit application for this initial deployment of our reactors.

Speaker #3: With the XE-100, we're unlocking a new range of applications for advanced nuclear, from powering data centers to providing steam for manufacturing. We are focused on advancing the initial deployment of our XE-100 power plant in partnership with Dow.

Speaker #3: In parallel, we are moving forward with projects for subsequent XE-100 deployments through partnerships with Amazon and Centrica. These projects make up our 11-gigawatt-plus commercial pipeline.

Speaker #3: Turning now to slide eight. I'd like to walk you through the licensing process for the Dow project. Last spring, we and Dow worked to file the construction permit application for this initial deployment of our reactors.

Speaker #3: This application has two components: a safety review and an environmental review. The NRC has completed its draft Safety Evaluation Report, and we are on track for the next safety review milestone to be completed by August of this year.

Clay Sell: This application has two components, a safety review and an environmental review. The NRC has completed its draft safety evaluation report, and we are on track for the next safety review milestone to be completed by August of this year. Regarding the environmental review, the NRC completed its environmental assessment ahead of schedule, concluding with a Finding of No Significant Impact, establishing an efficient process we expect to replicate for future projects. This project is expected to provide both electricity and high-temperature industrial steam to Dow's Seadrift operations, demonstrating the range of applications our technologies can address. It is expected to be the first grid-scale advanced nuclear reactor deployed to serve an industrial site in North America.

Speaker #3: Regarding the environmental review, the NRC completed its environmental assessment ahead of schedule, concluding with a finding of no significant impact, establishing an efficient process we expect to replicate for future projects.

Speaker #3: This project is expected to provide both electricity and high-temperature industrial steam to Dow's Seadrift operations, demonstrating the range of applications our technologies can address.

Speaker #3: It is expected to be the first grid-scale advanced nuclear reactor deployed to serve an industrial site in North America. We are committed to continuing to closely collaborate with the NRC and Dow to keep this project on schedule.

Clay Sell: We are committed to continuing to closely collaborate with the NRC and Dow to keep this project on schedule. We expect final review of our construction permit to be complete in Q4 2026, with issuance by Q1 2027. I'd like to now turn it over to Daniel Gross, our CFO, to discuss our financial results for the quarter in more detail.

Speaker #3: And we expect final review of our construction permit to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2026, with issuance by the first quarter of 2027.

Speaker #3: I'd like to now turn it over to Daniel Grosse, our CFO, to discuss our financial results for the quarter in more detail.

Speaker #2: Thank you, Clay. Let's turn to page nine. As this is our first earnings call since the IPO, I'd like to offer a little background on our primary source of revenue and grant income at the current stage of our development.

Daniel Gross: Thank you, Clay. Let's turn to page nine. As this is our first earnings call since the IPO, I'd like to offer a little background on our primary source of revenue and grant income at the current stage of our development. In 2021, X-Energy was awarded $1.2 billion under the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, or the ARDP. This program was created to accelerate the demonstration and deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technologies, it provides us with a 50/50 public-private cost-sharing partnership for three things. First, finalizing and licensing our first Xe-100 design. Second, building our TX-1 fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Third, executing our first project with Dow in Seadrift, Texas. Under ARDP, we've been reimbursed $508 million of federal cost share as of 31 March 2026.

Speaker #2: In 2021, X-Energy was awarded $1.2 billion under the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, or the ARDP. This program was created to accelerate the demonstration and deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technologies, and it provides us with a 50/50 public-private cost-sharing partnership for three things: first, finalizing and licensing our first XE-100 design; second, building our TX-1 fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge; and third, our first project with Dow in Seadrift, Texas.

Speaker #2: Under ARDP, we've been reimbursed $508 million of federal cost share as of March 31, 2026. Our current budget period under ARDP runs from March 2025 through August 2026.

Daniel Gross: Our current budget period under ARDP runs from March 2025 through August 2026. In these months leading up to August, our team is working in close partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy to jointly develop a strategy for either a budget period extension or a continuation to the next scope of work. Here's how the accounting for ARDP works. On our income statement, cost reimbursements related to finalizing and licensing our first Xe-100 design are recognized as revenue, and cost reimbursements related to the Dow project are recognized as grant income. For TX-1, we capitalize the construction costs as plant property and equipment, and we net out the associated ARDP cost reimbursements against our capital expenditures. Before I walk you through our financials for Q1 2026, let me offer a quick note on our legal structure.

Speaker #2: So, in these months leading up to August, our team is working in close partnership with the Department of Energy to jointly develop a strategy for either a budget period extension or a continuation to the next scope of work.

Speaker #2: Here's how the accounting for ARDP works. On our income statement, cost reimbursements related to finalizing and licensing our first XE-100 design are recognized as revenue.

Speaker #2: And cost reimbursements related to the Dow project are recognized as grant income. For TX-1, we capitalize the construction costs as plant, property, and equipment, and we net out the associated ARDP cost reimbursements against our capital expenditures.

Speaker #2: Before I walk you through our financials for Q1 of 2026, let me offer a quick note on our legal structure. We completed our IPO on April 27, and prior to the IPO, our business operated as X Energy Reactor Company, LLC.

Daniel Gross: We completed our IPO on 27 April, prior to the IPO, our business operated as X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC. What you see reflected in the 10-Q are the financial statements of that entity. To facilitate the IPO, we created X-Energy, Inc. as the parent holding company and the sole managing member of X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC. X-Energy, Inc. is the company that's listed on Nasdaq under the ticker XE, and going forward, X-Energy Reactor Company's financials will be consolidated into X-Energy, Inc. Because the IPO happened in April after the end of Q1, our financials as of 31 March show results for the predecessor entity and its consolidated subsidiaries. With that context, here are the numbers. In Q1 of 2026, total revenues and grant income came in at $43.4 million.

Speaker #2: And what you see reflected in the 10-Q are the financial statements of that entity. To facilitate the IPO, we created X-Energy Inc. as the parent holding company and the sole managing member of X-Energy Reactor Company LLC.

Speaker #2: X Energy Inc. is the company that's listed on NASDAQ under the ticker XE. Going forward, X Energy Reactor Company's financials will be consolidated into X Energy Inc. However, because the IPO happened in April, after the end of Q1, our financials as of March 31 show results for the predecessor entity and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Speaker #2: With that context, here are the numbers. In Q1 of 2026, total revenues and grant income came in at $43.4 million. That is comprised of $39.9 million of services revenue, associated primarily with the XE-100 design activities under ARDP, and $3.5 million of grant income, associated with Dow's demonstration reactor under ARDP.

Daniel Gross: That's comprised of $39.9 million of services revenue associated primarily with the Xe-100 design activities under ARDP, and $3.5 million of grant income associated with Dow's demonstration reactor under ARDP. Compared to Q1 of 2025, total revenues and grant income were up 109%. That increase was driven largely by higher services revenue from ARDP as we ramped up activity. Total operating expenses in Q1 of 2026 were $109.5 million, which includes $65.4 million of direct costs and $44.1 million of selling, general and administrative expenses, SG&A. Our total operating expenses increased 133% compared to Q1 of 2025, this is primarily due to an increase in activity under the ARDP agreement, along with growth in employee headcount, contractor costs, and professional fees.

Speaker #2: Compared to Q1 2025, total revenues and grant income were up 109%. That increase was driven largely by higher services revenue from ARDP, as we ramped up activity.

Speaker #2: Total operating expenses were $109.5 million, which includes $65.4 million of direct costs and $44.1 million of selling, general and administrative expenses, or SG&A. Our total operating expenses increased 133% compared to Q1 2025, and this is primarily due to an increase in activity under the ARDP agreement, along with growth in employee headcount, contract costs, and professional fees.

Daniel Gross: In Q1, the line called total other income expense net totaled $100.1 million and included a non-cash mark-to-market loss of $101.8 million due to the exercise of a warrant that was issued in 2024 to one of our investors. Under US GAAP, we remeasured the warrant liability to fair value prior to its exercise, which resulted in this mark-to-market loss during Q1. Turning to cash flow, net cash used in operating activities in Q1 of 2026 was $67.3 million, up 61% from Q1 of 2025. That increase reflects higher ARDP activity, corporate headcount growth, and an increase in enterprise software costs and corporate contractors. Net cash used in investing activities in Q1 of 2026 was $166.0 million, and that was primarily driven by the purchase of $189.9 million of investment securities. These are essentially cash reserves held in fixed income securities that mature in more than three months.

Speaker #2: In Q1, the line called 'Total Other Income (Expense), Net' totaled $100.1 million, and included a non-cash mark-to-market loss of $101.8 million due to the exercise of a warrant that was issued in 2024 to one of our investors.

Speaker #2: Under US GAAP, we remeasured the warrant liability to fair value prior to its exercise, which resulted in this mark-to-market loss during the first quarter.

Speaker #2: Turning to cash flow, net cash used in operating was $67.3 million, up 61% from Q1 of 2025. That increase reflects higher ARDP activity, corporate headcount growth, and an increase in enterprise software costs and corporate contractors.

Speaker #2: Net cash used in investing activities in Q1 of 2026 was $166.0 million, and that was primarily driven by the purchase of $189.9 million of investment securities.

Speaker #2: These are essentially cash reserves held in fixed-income securities that mature in more than three months. Net cash used in investing activities also included $43 million of capital expenditures, which was offset by $28.8 million of ARDP reimbursements for construction of facilities, including TX-1.

Daniel Gross: Net cash used in investing activities also included $43 million of capital expenditures, which was offset by $28.8 million of ARDP reimbursements for construction of facilities, including TX-1. Turning to slide 10, I'd like to walk you through our capital structure and balance sheet. As of 31 March 2026, our total liquidity was $944 million. This was comprised of $224 million of cash and cash equivalents, $450 million of short-term investments, and $270 million of long-term investments. At the end of Q1, we had zero debt outstanding. As you know, we completed our initial public offering in late April, meaning that it was a subsequent event for Q1 financials. We issued and sold 50.9 million shares of our Class A common stock at an offering price of $23 per share, and this includes the exercise of the underwriter's over-allotment option, oftentimes called the greenshoe.

Speaker #2: Turning to slide 10, I'd like to walk you through our capital structure and balance sheet. As of March 31, 2026, our total liquidity was $944 million.

Speaker #2: This was comprised of $224 million in cash and cash equivalents, $450 million in short-term investments, and $270 million in long-term investments. At the end of Q1, we had zero debt outstanding.

Speaker #2: As you know, we completed our initial public offering in late April, meaning that it was a subsequent event for Q1 financials. We issued and sold 50.9 million shares of our Class A common stock at an offering price of $23 per share.

Speaker #2: And this includes the exercise of the underwriter's overallotment option, oftentimes called the Green Shoe. Net proceeds of the IPO were approximately $1.1 billion, and this significantly strengthened our balance sheet and increased our total liquidity, adjusted for IPO proceeds, to approximately $2 billion.

Daniel Gross: Net proceeds of the IPO were approximately $1.1 billion. This significantly strengthened our balance sheet and increased our total liquidity, adjusted for IPO proceeds, to approximately $2 billion. With that, I'll turn it back over to you, Clay.

Speaker #2: With that, I'll turn it back over to you, Clay.

Speaker #1: Thank you, Daniel. Please turn to slide 11. We recognize that our projects are long-dated in nature and will take years to come online. Here, we provide you with a roadmap of our project workstreams that extend into the early 2030s so that you can follow along with us on our progress.

Clay Sell: Thank you, Daniel. Please turn to slide 11. We recognize that our projects are long-dated in nature and will take years to come online. Here, we provide you with a roadmap of our project work streams that extend into the early 2030s so that you can follow along with us on our progress. You will be noticing announcements from us from time to time as we progress through design, testing, regulation, procurement, construction, and other necessary steps required for project development. This illustrative logic will allow you to track how we plan to de-risk these projects and advance across the many milestones required to reach commercial operation dates. On slide 12, we've provided a snapshot of key near-term milestones that we're focused on delivering over the next 18 months.

Speaker #1: You will be noticing announcements from us from time to time as we progress through design, testing, regulation, procurement, construction, and other necessary steps required for project development.

Speaker #1: This illustrative logic will allow you to track how we plan to de-risk these projects and advance across the many milestones required to reach commercial operation dates.

Speaker #1: On slide 12, we've provided a snapshot of key near-term milestones that we are focused on delivering over the next 18 months. You'll note that we've already achieved important milestones this year for our TX-1 commercial fuel license and Dow's Seadrift project, as I mentioned earlier.

Clay Sell: You'll note that we've already achieved important milestones this year for our TX-1 commercial fuel license and Dow's CDR project, as I mentioned earlier. Our next near-term milestones for you to follow relate to construction progress on our TX-1 fuel facility, Dow construction permit issuances, and Energy Northwest construction permit application. As we look to further scale and build our commercial pipeline, we also expect to announce our next 1 gigawatt project sometime in 2026. We're building a project pipeline that we're proud of, and it makes clear our strong role in the future of nuclear we're seeing today. Moving to slide 13, we believe that X-Energy offers a compelling value proposition. Our industry-leading technology is elegantly designed with intrinsic safety features and offers reliable, clean, base load energy to serve an unmatched range of applications.

Clay Sell: You'll note that we've already achieved important milestones this year for our TX-1 commercial fuel license and Dow's CDR project, as I mentioned earlier. Our next near-term milestones for you to follow relate to construction progress on our TX-1 fuel facility, Dow construction permit issuances, and Energy Northwest construction permit application. As we look to further scale and build our commercial pipeline, we also expect to announce our next 1GW project sometime in 2026. We're building a project pipeline that we're proud of, and it makes clear our strong role in the future of nuclear we're seeing today. Moving to slide 13, we believe that X-Energy offers a compelling value proposition. Our industry-leading technology is elegantly designed with intrinsic safety features and offers reliable, clean, base load energy to serve an unmatched range of applications.

Speaker #1: Our next near-term milestones for you to follow relate to construction progress on our TX-1 fuel facility, Dow construction permit issuances, and Energy Northwest construction permit application.

Speaker #1: And as we look to further scale and build our commercial pipeline, we also expect to announce our next one-gigawatt project sometime in 2026. We're building a project pipeline that we're proud of, and it makes clear our strong role in the future of nuclear we're seeing today.

Speaker #1: Moving to slide 13. We believe that X-Energy offers a compelling value proposition. Our industry-leading technology is elegantly designed with intrinsic safety features and offers reliable, clean, baseload energy to serve an unmatched range of applications.

Speaker #1: Our business model is differentiated in that we already have capital commitments from a solid base of customers and partners, along with cost-share support from the U.S. government.

Clay Sell: Our business model is differentiated in that we already have capital commitments from a solid base of customers and partners, along with cost-share support from the US government, and our market positioning puts us in an excellent spot to meet growing power demand from AI data centers and industrial manufacturing. In closing, we're grateful for the dedication of our talented X-Energy employees and will continue to work hand-in-hand with the U.S. Department of Energy, regulatory agencies, and with partners to advance the commercialization of our technology at scale. With that, we will now take your questions.

Speaker #1: And our market positioning puts us in an excellent spot to meet growing power demand from AI data centers and industrial manufacturing. In closing, we're grateful for the dedication of our talented X-energy employees and will continue to work hand in hand with the Department of Energy, regulatory agencies, and our partners to advance the commercialization of our technology at scale.

Speaker #1: And with that, we will now take your questions.

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Speaker #2: Your line is now open.

Speaker #3: Hey, hey, thanks very much, and congrats on becoming public. I guess the first one I had was on the next one-gigawatt project. The first one is just a clarification here on slide 12.

Marc Bianchi: Hey, thanks very much, and congrats on becoming public. I guess the first one I had was on the next 1 gigawatt project. The first one is just a clarification here on slide 12, site identified and JDA signed. That's your criteria for having something be a next 1 gigawatt project. Is that correct? Are you saying that you actually have a site and there is a JDA, you just haven't announced that yet?

Marc Bianchi: Hey, thanks very much, and congrats on becoming public. I guess the first one I had was on the next 1GW project. The first one is just a clarification here on slide 12, site identified and JDA signed. That's your criteria for having something be a next 1GW project. Is that correct? Are you saying that you actually have a site and there is a JDA, you just haven't announced that yet?

Speaker #3: Site identified and JDA signed—that's your criteria for having something be a next-gigawatt project, is that correct? Or are you saying that you actually have a site, and there is a JDA?

Speaker #3: You just haven't announced that yet?

Clay Sell: The criteria for announcing this, Marc, is exactly as you said. Once we have the site identified and agreement to develop the project in place with our customer, that's when we consider it an addition to our commercial pipeline.

Speaker #1: The criteria for announcing this, Mark, is exactly as you said. Once we have the site identified and an agreement to develop the project in place with our customer, that's when we consider it in addition to our commercial pipeline.

Speaker #3: Yeah, great. Thanks, Clay. And then, related to that, we've got Cowen and PPL that you've announced some discussions with more recently here. Is it more likely that it comes out of those?

Marc Bianchi: Yeah. Great. Thanks, Clay. Related to that, we've got Talen and PPL that you've announced some discussions with more recently here. Is it more likely that it comes out of those, or are there several other discussions that are ongoing that you just haven't publicly shared? If there's any way to provide more color on what that pipeline looks like, I'd be interested.

Speaker #3: Or are there several other discussions that are ongoing that you just haven't publicly shared? And if there's any way to provide more color on what that pipeline looks like, I'd be interested.

Speaker #1: Yeah, happy to do it. As you know, we have a number of conversations well underway. For a set of reasons—related to just some reasons between us and Cowen and us and PPL—we decided to make early announcements on the front end of the site feasibility determining process with Cowen and PPL.

Clay Sell: Yeah, happy to do it. As you know, we have a number of conversations well underway. We, for a set of reasons between us and Talen, and us and PPL, we decided to make early announcements on the front end of the site feasibility determining process with Talen and PPL. With other customers, we've made no public announcements. I think the key thing for you to look for is when we come up and we will tell you, here's the site, here's the customer. We're in a joint development agreement. Quite frankly, we will clarify with you at that time, hey, this is part of the Amazon pipeline, or this is incremental and new pipeline that we're adding.

Speaker #1: But with other customers, we've made no public announcements. And I think the key thing for you to look for is when we come up and we will tell you, "Here's the site, here's the customer—we're in a joint development agreement."

Speaker #1: And quite frankly, we will clarify with you at that time that this is part of the Amazon pipeline or this is incremental and new pipeline that we're adding.

Speaker #3: Okay, that's great. Thanks, Clay. And then maybe one for Daniel on the financial performance in Q1 and sort of the expectation going forward. If I look at cash from operations as a use of about $67 million, and then if I take kind of the net of CapEx and grant reimbursements, it's another $14 million use.

Marc Bianchi: Okay. That's great. Thanks, Clay. Then maybe one for Daniel on the financial performance in Q1 and sort of the expectation going forward. If I look at cash from operations is a use of about $67 million, then if I take kind of the net of CapEx and grant reimbursements, it's another $14 million use, kind of $80 million overall in the quarter. Is that sort of the quarterly cash use run rate, or how should we be thinking about that as we progress through 2026 and beyond?

Speaker #3: So, kind of $80 million overall in the quarter. Is that sort of the quarterly cash use run-rate, or how should we be thinking about that as we progress through '26 and beyond?

Speaker #1: Yeah, I don't think it would be appropriate, Mark, for you to just take that trajectory or that slope for Q1 and straight-line it over the year.

Daniel Gross: Yeah. I don't think it would be appropriate, Marc, for you to just take that trajectory or that slope for Q1 and straight line it over the year. We are accelerating our construction activities and we are onboarding additional headcount, particularly on the engineering side, to complete the design work. I would not straight line that. That said, we're not providing forward-looking guidance on exactly where those expenses will be in Q2.

Speaker #1: We are accelerating our construction activities, and we are onboarding additional headcount, particularly on the engineering side, to complete the design work. So I would not straight-line that.

Speaker #1: That said, we're not providing forward-looking guidance on exactly where those expenses will be in Q2.

Speaker #3: Got it. Thanks very much. I'll turn it back.

Marc Bianchi: Got it. Thanks very much. I'll turn it back.

Speaker #2: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Jeremy Tonette with JPMorgan. Your line is now open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Jeremy Tonet with J.P. Morgan. Your line is now open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Jeremy Tonet with JPMorgan. Your line is now open.

Speaker #4: Hi, good morning.

Jeremy Tonet: Hi. Good morning.

Speaker #1: Hi, Jeremy.

Clay Sell: Hi, Jeremy.

Speaker #4: Hi, just wanted to build on the customer conversation a bit here. I was wondering if you could talk a bit more about the types of customers you're having these conversations with—where you see more interest, be it utilities, industrials—what kind of are the key elements of focus that they think about X-Energy versus other competing technologies or even other SMRs?

Jeremy Tonet: Hi. Just wanted to build on the customer conversation a bit here. I was wondering if you could talk a bit more on the types of customers you're having these conversations with, where you see more interest, be it utilities, industrials. What are you seeing? What are kind of like the key focus that they think about X-Energy versus other competing technologies or even other SMRs? Just wondering if you could provide a little bit more color on that.

Speaker #4: Just wondering if you could provide a little bit more color on that.

Speaker #1: Yeah, it is. Hyperscale-driven conversations, IPP-driven conversations to support Amazon or others. It is utility-driven conversations. And it is industrial heat-driven conversations. Today, largely in the three markets of our initial focus, US, Canada, and the UK, but there is certainly interest beyond that.

Clay Sell: Yeah. It is hyperscaler-driven conversations, IPP-driven conversations to support Amazon or others. It is utility-driven conversations, and it is industrial heat-driven conversations. Today, largely in the three markets of our initial focus, US, Canada, and the UK. There is certainly interest beyond that. Our focus today is on the near-term possibilities of the ilk I've just described in our three initial markets.

Speaker #1: But our focus today is on the near-term possibilities of the ilk I've just described in our three initial markets.

Speaker #3: Got it. That makes sense. And I guess in these conversations, how do you frame the value proposition as it relates to where else we could fall out or otherwise?

Jeremy Tonet: Got it. That makes sense. I guess in these conversations, how do you frame the value proposition as it relates to where LCOE could fall out or otherwise? Just wondering if you could talk a bit about that. Granted, we're early here, but just any flavor on color you could provide.

Speaker #3: Just wondering if you could talk a bit about that. Granted, we're early here, but any color or flavor you could provide would be helpful.

Speaker #1: Well, this really goes to how we determine the quality of our sponsors. As you know, in our business model, we are in the business of selling our technology, selling fuel, and selling associated services to a project sponsor that has the capability, the balance sheet, the need, and the expertise to bring these projects to fruition.

Clay Sell: Well, this really goes to how we determine the quality of our sponsors. As you know, in our business model, we are in the business of selling our technology, selling fuel, and selling associated services to a project sponsor that has the capability, the balance sheet, the need, and the expertise to bring these projects to fruition. Having sponsors of that quality is a key metric. It's also really derivative of the markets in which they need the power and ensuring that the market has the industrial logic to support our first-of-a-kind or early-of-a-kind projects.

Speaker #1: And so, having sponsors of that quality is a key metric. But it's also really derivative of the markets in which they need the power.

Speaker #1: And ensuring that the market has the industrial logic to support our first-of-a-kind or early-of-a-kind projects. For example, in the Bonneville Power market, where we're building our second project with Energy Northwest and Amazon—that is to support a data center load in Northern Oregon—when you look at the forward projections for power prices in that region, they are on the high side, vis-à-vis other regions in the United States.

Clay Sell: For example, in the Bonneville power market, where we're building our second project with Energy Northwest and Amazon, that is to support a data center load in northern Oregon. That is, when you look at the forward projections for power prices in that region, are on the high side. These are the other regions in the United States. That can give you some level of guidance as to where our first projects will come in, and we fully anticipate that as we move down the cost curve and build more projects, our technology will be widely and economically attractive in other lower cost markets around the country.

Speaker #1: And so, that can give you some level of guidance as to where our first projects will come in. And we fully anticipate that as we move down the cost curve and build more projects, our technology will be widely and economically attractive in other lower-cost markets around the country.

Speaker #3: Got it. That makes sense. That's helpful. Thank you.

Jeremy Tonet: Got it. That makes sense. That's helpful. Thank you.

Speaker #2: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of David Arcaro with Morgan.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of David Arcaro with Morgan Stanley. Your line is now open.

Speaker #5: Hey, thanks so much. Good morning. And congratulations on the first quarter being public here. Going back maybe to the comments about the next 1 gigawatt project, I was just wondering what gives you the confidence that you can get that next one over the finish line for this year?

David Arcaro: Hey, thanks so much. Good morning. Congratulations on the Q1 being public here. Going back maybe to your comments about the next 1 gigawatt project, I was just wondering what gives you the confidence that you can get that next one over the finish line for this year? Is this a single potential counterparty that seems to be very advanced with you in terms of discussions such that you could finalize that this year? Is it when you look at the pipeline, you've got a number of opportunities, and you see the potential for one to filter up to the top this year?

David Arcaro: Hey, thanks so much. Good morning. Congratulations on the Q1 being public here. Going back maybe to your comments about the next 1GW project, I was just wondering what gives you the confidence that you can get that next one over the finish line for this year? Is this a single potential counterparty that seems to be very advanced with you in terms of discussions such that you could finalize that this year? Is it when you look at the pipeline, you've got a number of opportunities, and you see the potential for one to filter up to the top this year?

Speaker #5: Is this a single potential counterparty that seems to be very advanced with you in terms of discussions such that you could finalize that this year?

Speaker #5: Or is it, when you look at the pipeline, you've got a number of opportunities and you see the potential for one to filter up to the top this year?

Speaker #1: David, I'm not looking to make one single shot on goal and hit it. We've got multiple conversations underway. And we're confident at least one of those will be able to announce by the end of the year.

Clay Sell: David, I'm not looking to make one single shot on goal and hit it. We've got multiple conversations underway, and we're confident at least one of those we'll be able to announce by the end of the year. You can really think of it in terms of a business development funneling process so that we ensure our resources are going to the most credible, viable project that we can have confidence will get to the start line so it can get to the finish line.

Speaker #1: I mean, you can really think of it in terms of a business development funneling process, so that we ensure our resources are going to the most credible, viable project that we can have confidence will get to the start line.

Speaker #1: So it can get to the finish line.

Speaker #5: Excellent. I got you. That's helpful. And I was wondering if you could give an update on the Energy Northwest project and the timeline from here.

David Arcaro: Excellent. I got you. That's helpful. I was wondering if you could give an update on the Energy Northwest project and the timeline. From here, it looked like the submission of the construction permit may have shifted. I wanted to check on that and just what the overall timeline looks like now relative to your expectations.

Speaker #5: It looked like the submission of the construction permit may have shifted. I wanted to check on that and just see what the overall timeline looks like now, relative to your expectations.

Speaker #1: Yeah. So, at Energy Northwest, we're largely doing site engineering and preparation work to support the construction permit application. It is our fast follower project.

Clay Sell: Yeah. Energy Northwest, we're largely in doing site engineering and preparation work to support the construction permit application. It is our fast follower project. We are now indicating that the application will go in in H1 2027. I should emphasize to you that is not within our control at X-Energy. In our business model, it's under the control of our customers, in this case, Energy Northwest. Certainly the work that we are doing will support that submission. The final thing I want to emphasize is regulatory is not on the critical path for our projects. The fact that we're following it in H1 2027 versus Q4 2026 is not going to impact the overall schedule.

Speaker #1: We did. We are now indicating that the application will go in during the first half of '27. I should emphasize to you that this is not within our control at X-Energy.

Speaker #1: In our business model, it's under the control of our customers—in this case, Energy Northwest. But certainly, the work that we are doing will support that submission.

Speaker #1: The final thing I want to emphasize is that regulatory is not on the critical path for our projects. So the fact that we're following it in the first half of '27 versus the fourth quarter of '26 is not going to impact the overall schedule.

Speaker #1: One thing that I think we will benefit from, as we've guided to, is that we do expect to have a final construction permit issuance from the NRC in the first quarter of 2027.

Clay Sell: One thing that I think we will benefit from as we've guided to, we do expect to have a final construction permit issuance from the NRC in Q1 2027 on our first Dow project. Being able to incorporate all of the learnings from the NRC from that first Dow construction permit application and ensure those learnings are incorporated into the Energy Northwest application will give us, and it will give our customer greater confidence that they can execute on an increasingly shorter regulatory review timeline.

Speaker #1: On our first Dow project, being able to incorporate all of the learnings from the NRC from that first Dow construction permit application—and ensure those learnings are incorporated into the Energy Northwest application—will give us, and it will give our customer, greater confidence that they can execute on an increasingly shorter regulatory review timeline.

Speaker #5: Yeah, absolutely. Okay, great. Thank you for that context. Very helpful.

David Arcaro: Yeah, absolutely. Okay, great. Thank you for that context. Very helpful.

Speaker #2: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Paul Zimbardo with Jefferies. Your line is now open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Paul Zimbardo with Jefferies. Your line is now open.

Speaker #4: Hi, good morning, team. Thank you very much. First, just to clarify—hi, good morning. Good morning. To clarify, apologies, it wasn't crystal clear to me: the 1-gigawatt announcement you expect in 2026, is that part of the 11.5-gigawatt pipeline, or would that be incremental to that?

Paul Zimbardo: Hi. Good morning, team. Thank you very much.

Clay Sell: Uh-oh.

Paul Zimbardo: Hi. Good morning. To clarify, apologies, it wasn't crystal clear to me. The 1 gigawatt announcement you expect in 2026 is that part of the 11.5 gigawatt pipeline, or would that be incremental to that pipeline?

Paul Zimbardo: Hi. Good morning. To clarify, apologies, it wasn't crystal clear to me. The 1GW announcement you expect in 2026 is that part of the 11.5GW pipeline, or would that be incremental to that pipeline?

Speaker #4: Pipeline?

Speaker #1: We will when we announce projects, and add them to the pipeline, we will be clear, Paul, on this is part of the Amazon 5 gigawatts or it is incremental to that.

Clay Sell: When we announce projects and add them to the pipeline, we will be clear, Paul, on this is part of the Amazon 5 GW or it is incremental to that. We'll make that clear when we announce the projects.

Speaker #1: So, we'll make that clear when we announce the projects.

Speaker #4: Okay. Great. No, that is clear. Thank you. And then I want to touch on the UK and kind of two parts to it. What's the regulatory path for Centrica approval?

Paul Zimbardo: Okay. Great. No, that is clear. Thank you. Then I want to touch on the UK and kind of two parts to it. What's the regulatory path for Centrica approval we should be monitoring? Just broadly, are there other UK opportunities beyond Centrica that we should be monitoring as well? Thank you.

Speaker #4: We should be monitoring and just broadly other UK opportunities beyond Centrica that we should be monitoring as well. Thank you.

Speaker #1: Okay. So here's what is happening on Centrica. The UK government has announced an alternative route to the market process. They announced that in February this year, and Centrica and X-Energy together put in our proposal to the government in March.

Clay Sell: Okay. Here's what is happening on Centrica. The UK government has announced an alternative route to the market process. They announced that in February this year. Centrica and X-Energy together put in our proposal to the government in March. I think we were the first one. I know we were the first one. I don't know if anyone has followed us into that process. We have received extraordinary level of encouragement and support from the highest levels of the UK government. We are now in that process. The goal of this process is for the UK government to identify the levels of support that will be appropriate and required to see this project come to fruition.

Speaker #1: I think we were the first one. I know we were the first one, and I don't know if anyone has followed us into that process.

Speaker #1: We have received an extraordinary level of encouragement and support from the highest levels of the UK government. So, we are now in that process. The goal of this process is for the UK government to identify the levels of support that will be appropriate and required to see this project come to fruition.

Speaker #1: And those discussions are underway. And when we get to a conclusion of that, we will make an announcement as to what the approach of the UK government is going to be in terms of supporting our project pre-FID and supporting the construction financing of the project.

Clay Sell: Those discussions are underway, and when we get to a conclusion of that, we will make an announcement as to what the approach of the UK government is going to be in terms of supporting our project pre-FID and supporting the construction financing of the project. That's one aspect of it as it relates to the ultimate financing of the projects. The second aspect relates to the regulatory approval. As you saw this week, we initiated phase 1 of the Generic Design Assessment process at the Office for Nuclear Regulation of the UK. You can think of this as the beginning of a Part 52-like process to certify the design, but it's in 3 phases. The first phase we'll complete by the end of the year.

Speaker #1: So that's one aspect of it as it relates to the ultimate financing of the projects. The second aspect relates to the regulatory approval. And as you saw this week, we initiated phase one of the general design approval process at the Office of Nuclear Regulation in the UK.

Speaker #1: So you can think of this as the beginning of a Part 52-like process to certify the design. But it's in three phases, and the first phase will complete in the next—some—by the end of the year.

Speaker #1: And then we'll move into the subsequent phases that will further allow the regulators to get comfortable with our technology so that it can be licensed in the UK.

Clay Sell: Then we'll move into the subsequent phases that will further allow the regulator to get comfortable with our technology so that it can be licensed in the UK. We'll have an opportunity to pivot out of that process to either stay and do a full Generic Design Assessment or pivot to a site-specific license approach over the course of the next couple of years. The important thing is that we are getting this process initiated, getting the regulator comfortable, and we'll have full optionality with our sponsor, Centrica, as to the exact licensing approach we want to take. Finally, I'll note, we have been engaged with the regulator in the UK for the last couple of years in terms of early educational efforts.

Speaker #1: We'll have an opportunity to pivot out of that process to either stay and do a full general design approval, or pivot to a site-specific license approach over the course of the next couple of years.

Speaker #1: And so, the important thing is that we are getting this process initiated and getting the regulator comfortable. We’ll have full optionality with our sponsor, Centrica, as to the exact licensing approach we want to take.

Speaker #1: Finally, I'll note we have been engaged with the regulator in the UK for the last couple of years in terms of early educational efforts, and so we start from a good place. As you know, we remain highly enthusiastic about the unique opportunity that we have with such a stellar partner in Centrica to build a substantial fleet of reactors in what is honestly a high-priced power market that needs this solution.

Clay Sell: We start from a good place, and as you know, we remain highly enthusiastic about the unique opportunity that we have with such a stellar partner in Centrica to build a substantial fleet of reactors in what is honestly a high-priced power market that needs this solution.

Speaker #4: Indeed. No, thank you for the comprehensive answers. Again, congratulations on the IPO and good luck.

Paul Zimbardo: Indeed. No, thank you for the comprehensive answers. Again, congrats on the IPO, and good luck.

Speaker #2: Thank you.

Operator: Thank you.

Clay Sell: Thanks, Paul.

Speaker #1: Thanks, Paul.

Speaker #2: Our next question comes from the line of Michael Sullivan with Wolfe Research. Your line is now open.

Operator: Our next question comes from the line of Michael Sullivan with Wolfe Research. Your line is now open.

Speaker #5: Hey, good morning. Congrats on the first call.

Michael Sullivan: Hey, good morning. Congrats on the first call. Maybe to start just on the licensing and approval side of things, curious your thoughts on the Part 53 that the NRC recently introduced and if that could be relevant to you all and the potential implications?

Speaker #1: Maybe I'll just start on the licensing and approval side of things. I'm curious about your thoughts on Part 57 that the NRC recently introduced, and if that could be relevant to you all and the potential implications.

Speaker #5: Thanks, Michael. Maybe. We're evaluating. It's still early days, but maybe. I'll tell you, I've been around the NRC for a long time.

Clay Sell: Thanks, Michael. Maybe. We're evaluating that. It's still early days, but maybe. I'll tell you, I've been around the NRC for a long time, and I've never harbored as much enthusiasm for the possibilities of what is happening as I do today. I've been telling investors for some time, this is not the same NRC that you looked at 10 years ago. It's very different. I think the opportunities to get these new technologies to the marketplace in an appropriate level of time with an appropriate level of regulation to ensure public health and safety is a really, really exciting opportunity. We love Part 53 initiative, the Part 57 initiative. We're evaluating all of those. I'll tell you, we're very comfortable also with the highly reformed Part 50 process that we're executing against now. Good things are happening at the NRC.

Speaker #5: And I have never harbored as much enthusiasm for the possibilities of what is happening as I do today. I've been telling investors for some time, this is not the same NRC that you looked at ten years ago.

Speaker #5: It's very different. And so I think the opportunities to get these new technologies to the marketplace in an appropriate amount of time, with an appropriate level of regulation to ensure public health and safety, is a really, really exciting opportunity.

Speaker #5: So, we love the Part 53 initiative and the Part 57 initiative. We're evaluating all of those. But I'll tell you, we're very comfortable also with the reformed—the highly reformed—Part 50 process that we're executing against now.

Clay Sell: We love Part 53 initiative, the Part 57 initiative. We're evaluating all of those. I'll tell you, we're very comfortable also with the highly reformed Part 50 process that we're executing against now. Good things are happening at the NRC. This administration deserves a lot of credit for making them happen.

Speaker #5: So, good things are happening at the NRC. This administration deserves a lot of credit for making them happen. Okay, great. Yeah, no, very helpful.

Clay Sell: This administration deserves a lot of credit for making them happen.

Michael Sullivan: Okay, great. Yeah, no, very helpful. Maybe just on the supply chain fuel side, it was good to see you got the commercial fuel license earlier this year. Can you give us any sense of where else in the supply chain you're looking to invest with some of the cash you have? Just more broadly, for the industry, how you're thinking about domestic HALEU production ramping.

Speaker #5: And then maybe just on the supply chain fuel side, it's good to see you got the commercial fuel license earlier this year. Can you give us any sense of where else in the supply chain you're looking to invest with some of the cash you have?

Speaker #5: And then, just more broadly for the industry, how you're thinking about domestic HALEU production ramping.

Speaker #1: Yeah. The other areas—I mean, you can look at some of the previous announcements that we've made as it relates to the large steel forgings.

Clay Sell: Yeah. You can look at some of the previous announcements that we've made as it relates to the large steel forgings and the graphite lining of our reactor core. Those, we've already made announcements. We're continuing to ensure that we have appropriate access to the capacity that our customers will need to scale. That's really an important part of our strategy going forward. You should expect to see additional announcements from us as to what we are doing to secure aspects of the supply chain. Now, specifically on HALEU, I'll just remind the listeners, we've secured the first core of material from the Department of Energy for our first project at Dow. First core for the first 4 units at Dow has been secured through a commitment with the Department of Energy for 7.6 tons of material.

Speaker #1: And the graphite lining of our reactor core, we've already made announcements. We're continuing to ensure that we have that we have appropriate access to the capacity that our customers will need to scale and so that's really an important part of our strategy going forward.

Speaker #1: And you should expect to see additional announcements from us as to what we are doing to secure aspects of the supply chain. Now, specifically on HALU, I'll just remind the listeners we've secured the first core of material from the Department of Energy for our first project at Dow.

Speaker #1: So, first core for the first four units at Dow has been secured through a commitment with the Department of Energy for 7.6 tons of material. The first four of that has been specifically identified to us.

Clay Sell: The first four of that has been specifically identified to us. The remaining three and a half will be identified in the coming months. We are engaged with enrichers in the UK and in the US as to how we can ensure that our future customers have access to the enrichment capabilities that will be required to fuel their reactors. I have a good degree of confidence that the enrichment supplies from Urenco, from General Atomics, from Centrus Energy, will be available to the marketplace in the early 2030s, when we'll need it for our subsequent cores and our new projects.

Speaker #1: The remaining three and a half will be identified in the coming months. We are also engaged with enrichers in the UK and in the US as to how we can ensure that our future customers have access to the enrichment capabilities that will be required to fuel their reactors.

Speaker #1: I have a good degree of confidence that the enrichment supplies from Eurenco, General Matar, from Centrus, will be available to the marketplace in the early 2030s, when we'll need it for our subsequent cores and our new projects.

Speaker #5: Very, very helpful. Thanks so much.

Michael Sullivan: Very helpful. Thanks so much.

Speaker #2: Thank you. As a reminder, to ask a question at this time, please press *11 on your touch-tone telephone. Our next question comes from the line of Derek Soderbergh with Cantor Fitzgerald.

Operator: Thank you. As a reminder, to ask a question at this time, please press star one one on your touchtone telephone. Our next question comes from the line of Derek Soderberg with Cantor Fitzgerald. Your line is now open.

Speaker #2: Your line is now open.

Speaker #6: Yeah, hey guys, thanks for taking the questions. I'm curious on the fuel side. How many reactors does TX1 support at steady state? Is it roughly a dozen or so?

Derek Soderberg: Yeah. Hey, guys. Thanks for taking the questions. I'm curious on the fuel side, how many reactors does TX-1 support at steady state? Is it roughly a dozen or so? I'm wondering if projects sort of convert faster, when might you guys sort of move forward with the construction of TX-2?

Speaker #6: And then I'm wondering, if projects sort of convert faster, when might you guys move forward with the construction of TX2?

Speaker #1: The answer to your first question is yes. We say 11 reactors at steady state. You said approximately a dozen, so we'll call it either.

Clay Sell: The answer to your first question is yes. We say 11 reactors at steady state. You said approximately a dozen, so we'll call it either. Derek, as I'll remind you, when we got our license, our fuel handling license for TX-1, it also included our expansion facility, TX-2. Our expansion facility is four times the capacity of our first facility, so you can deduce that that would take us up to 55 reactor steady state support from the full build-out of our facility in Oak Ridge. That facility is in the planning and design phases so that we will be in a position to commence construction on that so that it will be available for our customers when we need it. That's been our plan all along.

Speaker #1: We are, Derek. As I'll remind you, when we got our license—our fuel handling license—for TX1, it also included our expansion facility, TX2.

Speaker #1: And our expansion facility is four times the capacity of our first facility. So you can deduce that that would take us up to 55 reactors' steady-state support from the full build-out of our facility in Oak Ridge.

Speaker #1: That facility is in the planning and design phases, so that we will be in a position to commence construction on that, so that it will be available for our customers when we—

Speaker #1: And that's been our plan all along.

Derek Soderberg: Got it. Just on financing some of these new projects and financing projects going forward, will you guys take on any balance sheet risk or development risk, or is the plan really still to keep that exposure strictly to the technology and fuel layers? Thanks.

Speaker #6: Got it, got it. And then just on financing some of these new projects and financing projects going forward, will you guys take on any balance sheet risk or development risk, or is the plan really still to keep that exposure strictly to the technology and fuel layers?

Speaker #6: Thanks.

Daniel Gross: Yeah. Our business model is for our customers to be taking on the balance sheet risk associated with the construction of X-Energy-related power plants. X-Energy's balance sheet exposure is limited to our fuel manufacturing facilities, TX-1 and TX-2, that you inquired about, and then the testing facilities that we are constructing prior to putting in service our first reactor in Seadrift, Texas.

Speaker #1: Yeah. Our business model is for our customers to be taking on the balance sheet risk associated with the construction of X-Energy-related power plants. X-Energy's balance sheet exposure is limited to our fuel manufacturing facilities, TX1 and TX2 that you inquired about.

Speaker #1: And then the testing facilities that we are constructing prior to putting in service our first reactor in Cedar, Texas.

Derek Soderberg: Perfect. That's helpful. Thanks, guys.

Speaker #6: Perfect. That's helpful. Thanks, guys.

Clay Sell: Sure.

Operator: Thank you. I'm currently showing no further questions at this time. I'd now like to hand the call back over to Clay Sell for closing remarks.

Speaker #1: Sure.

Speaker #2: Thank you. I'm currently showing no further questions at this time. I would now like to hand the call back over to Clay Sell for closing remarks.

Clay Sell: Well, I really appreciate everyone joining us today. We're happy to be at this stage in our company's life. I enjoyed taking the questions. I hope you found the presentation useful. We really look forward to sharing news and updates in the coming quarters, and we'll keep this show going. Thank you very much for participating with us today.

Speaker #1: Well, I really appreciate everyone joining us today. We're happy to be at this stage in our company's life. I enjoyed taking the questions. I hope you found the presentation useful.

Speaker #1: And we really look forward to sharing news and updates in the coming quarters, and we'll keep this show going. Thank you very much.

Speaker #1: For participating with us today.

Operator: This concludes today's conference. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.

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