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,

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.

Chancellor John Sharp announced Tuesday he had offered land near the Texas A&M University campus to four nuclear reactor companies so they can build the latest small modular reactors or SMRs. Firms—Kairos Power, Natura Resources, Terrestrial Energy, and Aalo Atomics.

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.