Updates
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December 16, 2024
Kairos Power’s Iterative Approach to Fuel Development
Kairos Power is taking a stepwise approach to developing the capability to produce KP-FHR fuel in-house and establishing commercial fuel fabrication for the fleet. Learn how we are iteratively growing our manufacturing capabilities in parallel with technology development.
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November 21, 2024
An Opportune Moment for Clean Nuclear Energy
Since Kairos Power’s founding in 2016, our singular focus on delivering a safe, affordable, and reliable clean energy solution has been constant. But, in that time, the global energy outlook has shifted dramatically. Following two decades of steady U.S. electricity demand, projections are now surging upward, increasing the challenge of decarbonization.
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June 12, 2024
License to Build: Progress on Hermes and the ETU Series
This winter, Kairos Power marked three notable milestones in the space of two months: Receiving a construction permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to build the Hermes demonstration reactor, logging over 1,000 hours of pumped salt operations in our first Engineering Test Unit (ETU 1.0), and finalizing our contract with the U.S. Department of Energy for up to $303 million in risk reduction funding through the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program.
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November 16, 2023
The Largest Flibe Test in the World
The Kairos Power team closed out a productive summer, achieving major licensing milestones for the Hermes demonstration reactor and putting the Engineering Test Unit through its paces with the commencement of Flibe operations.
