{"id":282478,"date":"2025-12-08T03:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/?p=282478"},"modified":"2025-12-22T13:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:31:55","slug":"texas-am-last-energy-to-launch-microreactor-pilot-at-rellis-as-texas-power-demand-climbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/texas-am-last-energy-to-launch-microreactor-pilot-at-rellis-as-texas-power-demand-climbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M, Last Energy to Launch Microreactor Pilot at RELLIS as Texas Power Demand Climbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As power demand from data centers and other large energy users continues to climb, the Texas A&amp;M University System and Austin-based Last Energy plan to build a pilot microreactor at the Texas A&amp;M\u2013RELLIS campus. <\/p>\n<p><\/strong>ERCOT expects electricity demand in Texas to grow by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=65844\">\u00a07% in 2025 and 14% in 2026<\/a>\u2014as new data centers and other large industrial loads come online, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration\u2019s July outlook.<\/p>\n<p>The RELLIS project will test Last Energy\u2019s\u00a05-megawatt PWR-5 design\u2014a scaled version of its commercial PWR-20 microreactor\u2014and marks Last Energy\u2019s first U.S. deployment.<\/p>\n<p>Testing is expected to begin next summer. The pilot will first demonstrate safe, low-power criticality before evaluating the reactor\u2019s ability to produce electricity for the grid. While the work will take place in Bryan\u2013College Station, it comes as Last Energy pursues other activity in Texas, including a separate commercial effort to build 30 microreactors in Haskell County, northwest of Dallas, to serve data center customers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_282600\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282600\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Last-Energy-Haskell-County.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"464\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-282600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rendering of an aerial view of Last Energy\u2019s Haskell County project northwest of Dallas. [Souce: Last Energy]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last Energy, which was founded in 2019 and relocated its headquarters to Austin from Washington D.C. in May, said it has secured a land lease at RELLIS, procured a full core load of low-enriched uranium fuel, signed an Other Transaction Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy, and begun formal licensing submissions. <\/p>\n<p>The DOE selected the project for its New Reactor Pilot Program, which provides an accelerated pathway for initial testing of advanced reactor designs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re partnering with Texas A&amp;M to usher in the next Atomic Era,&#8221; said Bret Kugelmass, founder and CEO of Last Energy. &#8220;With fuel in hand, an optimal site at RELLIS, and DOE authorization underway, we have the ideal conditions to demonstrate a standardized, scalable microreactor product to the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Albritton, chairman of the Texas A&amp;M Board of Regents, called the effort &#8220;a meaningful step forward to unleash American energy innovation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M Chancellor Glenn Hegar said the project aligns with the vision for the RELLIS campus. \u201cIt\u2019s bold, it\u2019s forward-looking, and it brings together private innovation and public research to solve today\u2019s energy challenges,\u201d Hegar said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The word &#8220;RELLIS&#8221; is an acronym for the six core values of Texas A&amp;M University: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service. The RELLIS Campus was named after these values to reflect its mission as a collaborative innovation, technology, and research hub.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Last-energy-rendering-Texas-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"464\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of Last Energy\u2019s RELLIS-campus project exterior building. [Source: Last Energy]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Local leaders say the pilot effort extends the region\u2019s role in advanced research. Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez said the project builds on the community\u2019s growing focus on clean energy, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, hypersonics, and semiconductor technologies.<\/p>\n<p>North Texas universities have also expanded their nuclear research capabilities. This week, the University of Texas at Arlington received a <a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/hf-controls-450k-gift-backs-nuclear-and-ai-research-at-uta\/\">$450,000 gift<\/a> from HF Controls to support new research at the intersection of nuclear engineering and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Texas A&amp;M and UTA received a three-year, $500,000 Nuclear Regulatory Commission grant to study liquid metal heat pipes for microreactors\u2014a separate academic project not connected to the RELLIS pilot.<\/p>\n<p>According to the announcement, the microreactor demonstration at RELLIS is financed with private capital.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: none; height: 4px; background: #e5e5e5; margin: 20px 0; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 600; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">Don&#8217;t miss what&#8217;s next. 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