Dow Joins the Texas Nuclear Alliance as Founding Member

Austin, TX, October 29, 2024 –(PR.com)– The Texas Nuclear Alliance (“TNA”) is proud to announce that Dow, one of many world’s main supplies science corporations, has joined as a Founding Member.

“Dow has created a blueprint for the way energy-intensive sectors can make the most of nuclear to make sure reliability and sustainability with its industry-leading resolution to deploy the primary grid-scale superior nuclear reactor for an industrial web site in North America. TNA seems to be ahead to partnering with an {industry} chief like Dow and constructing upon the momentum of this announcement and what it means for the way forward for the nuclear {industry} in Texas,” mentioned Reed Clay, President of the Texas Nuclear Alliance.

“Nuclear know-how, particularly superior nuclear, goes to play a important function in each enabling low greenhouse gasoline emissions and rising the manufacturing sector,” mentioned Edward Stones, enterprise vice chairman, Power & Local weather, Dow. “We look ahead to collaborating with the Texas Nuclear Alliance with the target of brining clear, protected, dependable, and safe power to the State of Texas.”

About Dow
Dow is likely one of the world’s main supplies science corporations, serving prospects in high-growth markets akin to packaging, infrastructure, mobility and shopper purposes. With a wealthy historical past spanning over 125 years, Dow is devoted to advancing its greenhouse gasoline emissions discount targets by means of strategic partnerships and cutting-edge applied sciences. Not too long ago, Dow introduced its collaboration with X-energy to deploy superior small modular nuclear know-how on the firm’s UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing web site in Texas. This initiative will make the most of X-energy’s Xe-100 high-temperature gasoline reactor know-how to supply cost-competitive, carbon-free course of warmth and energy, marking a big step towards attaining Dow’s ambition of carbon neutrality by 2050.

Concerning the Texas Nuclear Alliance
The Texas Nuclear Alliance is the one {industry} affiliation in Texas devoted to the development of nuclear know-how within the state. TNA was fashioned with a singular mission: to make Texas the Nuclear Capital of the World. Fashioned in 2022 within the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri, TNA relies on the elemental premise that if Texas and the world need low-carbon, dependable power, it will probably not flip its again on nuclear power. Nuclear is clear, protected, dependable, and safe. TNA is internet hosting the inaugural Texas Nuclear Summit this November in Austin, TX. Extra data relating to tickets, sponsorship, and audio system will be discovered at www.nucleartexas.com.