The Hermes 2 Gen IV reactor will eventually provide 50 megawatts of electricity to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) grid.
Kairos Power broke ground on the Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant in Oak Ridge. This project is the company’s first commercial-scale reactor, and the first “Generation IV” power-producing reactor to get a construction permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Additionally, the plant is the first step in a deal between Kairos Power and Google to build a fleet of advanced reactors to provide clean energy. Hermes 2 will eventually send up to 50 megawatts of electricity to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) grid. That power will help run Google’s data centers in Tennessee and Alabama using carbon-free energy.
Learning as They Build the Reactor
Hermes 2 is being built right next to Hermes 1, a smaller test reactor that started construction last year. By building these projects side-by-side, the company can take what they learn from the first one and immediately apply it to the second…