Jennifer Wheeler

Jennifer Wheeler manages X-energy’s interface with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the review of a 2022 license application for a new 10 CFR 70 Category II TRISO-based uranium fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

She brings more than 25 years of nuclear industry experience across licensing, safety analysis, fire protection, engineering, and decommissioning. She joined X-energy in January 2019 and is a long-standing member of the Nuclear Energy Institute Fuel Operations Committee. Earlier in her career, she spent 2000–2017 at Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. in Erwin, Tennessee, in roles including Licensing and Integrated Safety Analysis Manager, Projects and Construction Section Manager, and Decommissioning Project Manager.

Wheeler holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University and an M.S. in CivilEngineering from the University of Tennessee, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Tennessee.