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Kairos Power breaks ground on first power-producing reactor in Oak Ridge
On April 17, Kairos Power broke ground on its Hermes 2 demonstration plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn, for which it received test reactor construction permits from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in November 2024. Kairos expects Hermes 2 to begin operations by 2030, when the fluoride salt–cooled high temperature reactor could become the first NRC-licensed non–light water reactor to produce power.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by Advanced Modeling Applications
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|10:00–11:30AM EST|1
Session Chair:
David Kropaczek (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Scott Palmtag (NC State Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
William Dawn (NC State Univ.)
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL) was founded in July 2010 as a Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Innovation Hub with the mission to develop, apply, and deploy advanced modeling and simulation (M&S) technologies to address operational and safety performance challenges impacting the performance of the Light Water Reactor fleet. Over its history CASL developed, evolved and executed a unique model encompassing governance, program management, technical leadership, external science and industry oversight, and technical deliverables. This panel focuses on lessons learned from leaders within the CASL program representing perspectives from the DOE laboratories, academia and industry.
Doug Kothe
ORNL
Zeses Karoutas
Westinghouse
Paul Turkinsky
NC State Univ.
Jess Gehin
Associate Lab Director, Nuclear Science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory
Dave Kropaczek
Kord Smith
MIT
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