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ACTIVEDOE PILOT
Active Projects
Texas Manufacturing & Industry Coalition Strategy
OPERATIONAL + BUILDOUT
LOCATION
Texas (multiple sites)
CUSTOMER
Internal manufacturing capacity for global Last Energy pipeline

Co-founder of Texas Nuclear Alliance (February 2025) — coalition aimed at making "Texas the nuclear capital of the world." Two full-scale prototypes built in Texas with local manufacturing partners (June 2023 9-module prototype + March 2024 full nuclear island prototype). Series C proceeds will scale Texas manufacturing presence to support the global pipeline. Strategic positioning: Texas state legislative environment (recent nuclear-supportive legislation), ERCOT grid flexibility, data center cluster proximity, and skilled energy workforce.

European Pipeline — 80 Microreactor Commercial Agreements
COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED; PROJECT-BY-PROJECT DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY
1600 MWe
REACTOR TYPE
PWR-20 fleet (80 units = ~1,600 MWe across multiple European countries)
LOCATION
Multi-country (Romania, Poland, UK, others)
CUSTOMER
Mixed: ~40 units for European data centers + ~40 units for industrial/utility offtakers

As of February 2025: Last Energy disclosed 80 commercial agreements across Europe — 40 of which serve data centers as the largest customer segment. Includes: Romania (RATEN/Mioveni demonstrator, March 2022 announcement); Poland (Enea Group June 2022, Legnica Special Economic Zone 10 reactors July 2022); March 2023 announcement of four deals worth $18.9B for 34 reactors in Europe. Last Energy has European subsidiaries in Romania, Poland, UK to support local development.

Haskell County TX — 30 Microreactor Data Center Deployment
ERCOT GRID CONNECTION FILED; PREPARING NRC EARLY SITE PERMIT APPLICATION
600 MWe
REACTOR TYPE
PWR-20 fleet (30 units = 600 MWe)
TARGET DATE
NaN
LOCATION
Haskell County, Texas (200-acre site, ~1 hour north of Abilene, 3.5 hours west of Dallas)
CUSTOMER
Texas data center operators (specific names not yet disclosed)

Announced February 28, 2025. Last Energy's largest project to date. 30 PWR-20 microreactors = 600 MW. Power delivery via mix of private wire and grid transmission. ERCOT grid connection filed. Preparing NRC Early Site Permit (ESP) application. Site geographically positioned for the Dallas-Fort Worth data center cluster (which is projected to require additional 43 GW). Adjacent context: OpenAI Stargate / Oracle data center development announced for Abilene, ~1 hour south of Last Energy's Haskell County site. Critical: project financed entirely with private capital — no government plant-development financing.

Llynfi Wales UK — 4 Microreactor Data Center Project
UK SITE LICENSING (ADMITTED FEB 2025); PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW COMPLETED JUNE 2025
80 MWe
REACTOR TYPE
PWR-20 fleet (4 units = 80 MWe)
TARGET DATE
2027
LOCATION
Former Llynfi Coal Power Station site, South Wales, UK
CUSTOMER
UK data center operators

October 2024 — announced £300m / $391m plan to deploy four PWR-20 reactors at the former Llynfi Coal Power Station site. **HISTORIC**: UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) admitted Last Energy's South Wales project into nuclear site licensing in February 2025 — making it the first new commercial nuclear power reactor site to enter UK licensing since the Torness Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor plant in Scotland in 1978 (47 years). Preliminary design review completed June 2025. Site-licensing decision target: December 2027. Backed by EXIM Bank $103.7M LOI (Dec 2024).

PWR-20 — Microreactor Technology Platform
PRE-LICENSING / COMMERCIAL PIPELINE
20 MWe
REACTOR TYPE
Single-loop pressurized water microreactor — deliberately conservative Gen II design
COOLANT
Light water + closed-cycle air cooling
FUEL
Standard PWR fuel at 4.95% enrichment (LEU)

Last Energy's flagship product — 20 MWe / 80 MWth single-loop PWR. Distinguishing engineering philosophy: deliberately conservative, off-the-shelf components, no exotic materials. 300°C continuous output. Few dozen rectangular factory-made modules. Construction timeline: 6 to 24 months. Footprint fits inside a football field. Two full-scale prototypes built in Texas: 9-module prototype (June 2023), full-scale nuclear island prototype (March 2024). KEY STRUCTURAL ADVANTAGE: uses standard 4.95% LEU PWR fuel — no HALEU dependency, no exotic fuel supply chain risk. Sized for industrial co-location: data centers, manufacturers, steel mills.

Texas A&M RELLIS — PWR-5 Pilot Reactor
CONSTRUCTION (DOE OTA EXECUTED; CRITICALITY TARGET 2026)
5 MWe
REACTOR TYPE
PWR-5: 5 MWe scaled-down PWR-20 variant
COOLANT
Light water
FUEL
Standard LEU (full core load already procured)
TARGET DATE
2026
LOCATION
Texas A&M RELLIS Campus, Bryan, TX
CUSTOMER
DOE Reactor Pilot Program — Last Energy is a participant
DOE SUPPORT
Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) executed between DOE and Last Energy; full core LEU fuel load already procured

First US deployment of Last Energy technology. Selected as one of four firms for Texas A&M's Energy Proving Ground program (alongside Aalo, Terrestrial, and one other). PWR-5 is a 5 MWe scaled-down variant of the commercial PWR-20. Initial phase: low-power criticality testing. Later phases: grid electricity generation. Land lease secured at RELLIS site. Testing expected to begin mid-2026.

Funding Intelligence
Seed (2020)$20MY Combinator, Gigafund
Q2 2020

Foundational seed round circa 2020. Specific details limited; established Last Energy's Washington D.C. base and initial European subsidiary structure.

EXIM Letter of Intent$103.7M (debt financing LOI)
Q4 2024

US Export-Import Bank issued letter of intent for up to $103.7M in debt financing to support delivery of Last Energy's first microreactor in Wales. Notable as one of the few EXIM commitments in advanced nuclear. NOT government R&D funding — Last Energy's policy is to avoid government plant-development financing — this is export credit support for international deployment.

Series C$100M+ (oversubscribed)Astera Institute
Q4 2025

Series C round closed December 16, 2025; oversubscribed at over $100M. Led by Astera Institute. Funds: complete PWR-5 pilot reactor at Texas A&M RELLIS, advance commercialization of PWR-20, parallel UK regulatory + commercial positioning, scale Texas manufacturing presence. Notable: Galaxy Interactive participation signals crypto/digital-assets capital flowing into nuclear; Woori Technology brings Korean strategic backing.

Company Snapshot
CEO
Bret Kugelmass
Total Funding
$20M
Last Round
$100M+ (oversubscribed)
Q4 2025
Funding Stage
Series C ($100M+ closed December 2025)
Founded
2020
HQ
Washington, USA
Customer
Internal manufacturing capacity for global Last Energy pipeline
Key Investors
Y Combinator
Leading startup accelerator
Gigafund
SpaceX-focused venture fund
Astera Institute