Kairos Power begins Hermes 2 build, targets first non-LWR power by 2030
Kairos Power has broken ground on its Hermes 2 demonstration plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, after securing test reactor construction permits from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in November 2024. The project is expected to start operations by 2030 and could become the first NRC-licensed non–light water reactor to generate electricity. The site event also marked progress at Kairos’s Oak Ridge campus. Officials highlighted the site’s transition from its role in the Manhattan Project to…