Kairos Power is collaborating with several East Tennessee entities, including the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to form an advanced nuclear manufacturing, construction and workforce development program in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The initiative, the Nuclear Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Precast – or NuCAMP, will go through a year-long exploration phase to figure out the inner workings of program to best prepare incoming trades workers for advanced manufacturing and construction methods for nuclear technology, Kairos Power said in an Aug. 18 press release.
Along with the East Tennessee participants, Kairos is also working with international companies, such as Samsung C&T Engineering and Construction Group and Cambridge Vacuum Engineering, on the NuCAMP program. NuCAMP will be hosted at Kairos’ Reactor Demonstration Campus in Oak Ridge.
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.), who is serving out the unexpired term of her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), will run for a full term this November after winning a special GOP runoff Tuesday over a member of the House of Representatives.
According to preliminary results from the state of South Carolina, Graham defeated Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) in the special primary runoff 52.5% to 47.5%.
In July, Darline Graham was appointed by South Carolina’s governor to serve out the remainder of Lindsey Graham’s term after the longtime senator died unexpectedly. She is a former commissioner with the South Carolina Commission for the Blind. Lindsey Graham was an outspoken supporter of the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site. Darline Graham will now face the Democratic nominee, Dr. Annie Andrews, who is a pediatrician, in the Nov. 3 general election. South Carolina has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1998.
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) who chairs a key House Appropriations subcommittee and is a vocal advocate for the Oak Ridge Site and the Department of Energy, took to X Tuesday afternoon to cite the death of country music superstar and entrepreneur Dolly Parton at age 80.
“Tennessee has lost a true icon with the passing of Dolly Parton,” Fleischmann said on the social media platform. “Her extraordinary talent, generosity, and love for our community touched countless lives and made us proud. Her legacy will live on in her music, her philanthropy and in the hearts of all who admired her.”
According to an Internet search, Parton grew up in a cabin in Sevier County, which is about a 90-minute car trip to Oak Ridge, Tenn. Parton has publicly-acknowledged health problems in the past year.