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Kairos Power

Advanced nuclear reactor developer

kairospower.com
Headquarters
Alameda, United States
Founded year
2016
Company type
Private company
Number of employees
500–1,000

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Latest news about Kairos Power

In short: Kairos Power broke ground on its Hermes 2 reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to provide carbon-free power for Google data centers through a TVA deal.

Company announcements

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    Kairos Power completes graphite qualification testing

    The multi-year program tested nearly 3,000 ET-10 graphite specimens with Ibiden, validating performance for Hermes reactors under ASME code. Data supports licensing and deployment.

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    Kairos Power breaks ground on Hermes 2 reactor

    Hermes 2 is their first power-producing reactor, deploying under Google agreement to supply clean electricity to TVA grid, decarbonizing data centers in Tennessee and Alabama. Lessons advance technology and construction.

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    Kairos Power breaks ground on Hermes 2

    The 50 megawatt KP-FHR will be built in Oak Ridge under Kairos' agreement with Google and will supply power to the TVA grid.

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    Kairos Power develops automated welding solution

    It automates inert-environment Gas Tungsten Arc Welding inside a glovebox with a robotic arm and produced over 2,000 validated production welds.

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Media coverage

  • USA TODAY

    Oak Ridge groundbreaking for reactor celebrates partnerships

    Kairos Power broke ground on its second advanced nuclear reactor, Hermes 2, in Oak Ridge, set to power Google's data centers.

  • Knoxville News Sentinel

    Kairos pushes toward power production with Hermes 2 in Oak Ridge

    A California-based company with plans to turn an idea for a salt-cooled nuclear reactor into a nuclear power producer is getting closer to its goals.

  • MSN

    Kairos Power to build nuclear plant for Google data centers

    Kairos Power has begun constructing its Hermes 2 molten-salt-cooled reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to supply power to the Tennessee Valley Authority and Google's AI...

  • Albuquerque Journal

    How Kairos Power's Albuquerque facility is anchoring its bid to remake nuclear power

    Inside Kairos Power's Mesa del Sol plant, where next-gen nuclear parts bound for Tennessee could reshape data center energy by 2035.

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