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Work Begins On First Generation IV Nuclear Power Plant In US [Oak Ridge, TN]
Kairos Power’s Hermes low-power demonstration unit could be operational at Oak Ridge site in 2027
Hermes will use a Triso fuel pebble bed design with a molten fluoride salt coolant to demonstrate “affordable clean heat production”, the DOE said. Barnard and Kairos Power have also started collaborating to build the third engineering test unit (ETU 3.0) – a non-nuclear demonstration at Oak Ridge that will generate supply chain, construction and operational experience for the Hermes project. GIF said goals of Generation IV reactor design include lower cost and financial risk, minimising nuclear waste and high levels of safety and reliability.
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