April 24, 2026

Kairos Power breaks ground for salt-cooled reactor

By ExchangeMonitor

Kairos Power has broken ground on its Hermes 2 demonstration plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn. over the weekend.
The Hermes 2 plant is Kairos’s first commercial-scale reactor and was issued a construction permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2024. Barnard…

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