Kairos Power

South Korea-based Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group (Samsung C&T) made a strategic investment of up to $100 million in Kairos Power, the companies said this week. According to Kairos Monday press release, the $100 million will be made up of a “direct investment and in-kind engineering services,” which will be subject to regulatory approvals, […]

South Korea-based Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group (Samsung C&T) made a strategic investment of up to $100 million in Kairos Power, the companies said in a Monday press release. According to the release, the $100 million will be made up of a “direct investment and in-kind engineering services,” which will be subject to regulatory […]

Ur-Energy completed its first shipment of uranium from its Shirley Basin uranium mine to its Lost Creek processing facility in Wyoming, the company said in an Aug. 20 press release. Casper, Wyo.-based Ur-Energy previously announced plans to begin mining uranium at its Shirley Basin site in April and received authorization from the Wyoming Department of […]

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 Construction, which is currently working on the Hermes low-power demonstration reactor, will serve as […]

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 Construction, which is currently working on the Hermes low-power demonstration reactor, will serve as […]

Kairos Power and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have entered into a $27 million partnership to focus on accelerating advanced nuclear technology. “DOE’s support has been instrumental in helping Kairos Power accelerate our path to technological maturity,” Ed Blandford, Kairos chief technology officer and co-founder, said in ONRL’s Feb. 19 press […]

Kairos Power and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have entered into a $27 million partnership to focus on accelerating advanced nuclear technology. “DOE’s support has been instrumental in helping Kairos Power accelerate our path to technological maturity,” Ed Blandford, Kairos chief technology officer and co-founder, said in ONRL’s Feb. 19 press […]

Kairos Power has finalized a contract with the Department of Energy to receive high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) for its Hermes demonstration reactor in Oak Ridge, Tenn. In Kairos’s Tuesday press release, the company said it will use the material to produce HALEU tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fuel pebbles for Hermes 1. It will also partner up […]

KNOXVILLE, TENN. – Nuclear industry panelists said here Wednesday the time has come for advanced reactor projects to mature from pilot stages to commercial deployment. That was a central theme discussed during the “Next Generation Nuclear Opportunities” at the Energy, Technology and Environmental Business Association’s (ETEBA) annual Business Opportunities and Technical Conference. “The era of […]

BWX Technologies and Kairos Power have agreed to work together to explore commercial production of tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fuel to supply Kairos and other customers. Under the agreement, the joint team will explore opportunities to use Kairos’ TRISO Development Lab at its Albuquerque, N.M. campus, BWXT Innovation Campus in Lynchburg, Va. and BWXT’s existing TRISO […]

BWX Technologies and Kairos Power have agreed to work together to explore commercial production of tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fuel to supply Kairos and other customers. Under the agreement, the joint team will explore opportunities to use Kairos’s TRISO Development Lab at its Albuquerque, N.M. campus, BWXT Innovation Campus in Lynchburg, Va. and BWXT’s existing TRISO […]

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has entered into a deal to purchase nuclear power from Kairos Power to facilitate energy at Google data centers in Alabama and Tennessee, the utility announced Monday. In a three-way collaboration between TVA, Kairos and Google, the Alameda, Calif.-based advanced nuclear company’s Hermes 2 plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn. will deliver […]

Kairos Power has installed the reactor vessel for its third Engineering Test Unit at its campus in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the company announced this week. The third Engineering Test Unit vessel, which is 14-foot-tall, marks a construction milestone for its non-nuclear reactor mockup, Kairos said in its Tuesday press release. The third Engineering building is […]

Kairos Power has installed the reactor vessel for its third Engineering Test Unit at its campus in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the company announced on Tuesday. The third Engineering Test Unit vessel, which is 14-foot-tall, marks a construction milestone for its non-nuclear reactor mockup, Kairos said in its Tuesday press release. The third Engineering building is […]

Deep Isolation recently announced that it has completed its project to demonstrate potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System for TRISO spent nuclear fuel. The nuclear waste technology company headquartered in Berkeley, Calif. worked collaboratively with Alameda, Calif. based advanced nuclear technology company Kairos Power for Project Performance Validation of the Universal Canister System […]

Kairos Power has completed its first installation of safety-related concrete, kicking off nuclear construction for its Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tenn., the company announced Thursday. Under Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) standards, safety-related concrete is designed to withstand certain levels of earthquakes and aftershocks.  Last July, the California-based nuclear company broke ground for […]