🇺🇸 Kairos Power
Overview
Among the most advanced MSR-adjacent companies. Uses ceramic TRISO fuel pebbles cooled by low-pressure FLiBe salt. Hermes is the first non-light-water reactor permitted for construction in the US in over 50 years.
Timeline
2016Company founded
2020$630M DOE ARDP award
2023NRC construction permit (Hermes)
2024Google 500 MW PPA signed
2026Hermes nuclear construction begins
2027Hermes operational target
2030First commercial KP-FHR