Engineering and construction services company Fluor has signed an agreement to supply project management services to advanced nuclear reactor manufacturer X-energy’s small modular reactor (SMR) Seadrift project in Texas.

Fluor, which is Texas-based, said its initial contract was a front-end loading stage 2 (FEL-2) services agreement covering project definition, strategic planning, feasibility assessment, cost control and risk mitigation.

Fluor said it would disclose the value of the initial project management contract in its results for the first quarter of 2026.

X-energy’s Seadrift project covers the development of four 80-MW Xe-100 SMR units for US chemical company Dow’s massive plant on the Gulf of Mexico, in what is said to be a first in providing grid-scale advanced nuclear power to industrial operations.