Projects / prj-hermes-2
Kairos Hermes 2
Power-producing Hermes 2 demonstration; groundbreaking reported April 2026 in secondary sources.
- Stage
- Construction
- Design
- Hermes / KP-FHR (SMR)
- Technology
- Fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor (FHR) · molten_salt
- Operator(s)
- Kairos Power
- Vendor(s)
- Kairos Power
- Location
- Kairos Hermes site (East Tennessee Technology Park / Oak Ridge area) · United States · precision: approximate
Oak Ridge area industrial site; not vendor HQ. - Coordinates
- 35.9333, -84.3867
- Electrical capacity
- 50 MWe (net) · scope: module
- Thermal capacity
- —
- Modules planned
- 1
- Inclusion basis
- smr_by_regulator_classification
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-01 (publication/verification date)
Milestones & dated events
- Planned commercial operation: 2030 · planned · year
- Construction permit: 2024-11 · actual · month
- Hermes 2 groundbreaking: 2026-04 · actual · month · groundbreaking
Regulatory actions
- Kairos Hermes 2 construction permit — construction_permit · approved · NRC
Sources
- NRC Kairos Hermes construction permit materials (regulator_primary, accessed 2026-10-01)
- EnergyNote 2026 SMR licensing map (reputable_press, accessed 2026-10-01)