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Nuclear energy in the United States is entering a period of renewed momentum and innovation. Across the US, ambitious new ventures are reshaping the landscape of clean energy. Kairos Power stands out as the only company currently building a small modular reactor, marking a critical step toward next-generation nuclear energy. Meanwhile, other innovators are exploring mobile microreactors that deliver a megawatt of energy anywhe re a cargo container can be shipped.
Established players are reasserting their roles. Westinghouse announced plans to construct 10 new large-scale nuclear reactors across the U.S. by 2030, a major investment in traditional nuclear infrastructure. The Palisades nuclear generating station in Michigan is on track to become the first fully shut down commercial reactor in the U.S. to restart—a milestone in reviving and expanding nuclear power. These developments point to a nuclear comeback with broad implications for America’s energy future.
These are recent articles from our website elaborating on the future of nuclear energy.
Meet the only US company building an advanced reactor
Kairos Power is the only company in the country actively building a small modular nuclear reactor.
The California startup got there while taking a moonshot approach, betting on two commercially unproven technologies at once: modular design and nonwater cooling. The experimental reactor it is building in Tennessee uses molten fluoride salt as a coolant — a Generation IV technology so far commercially untested.
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The company is constructing two demonstration reactors in Tennessee. Hermes will test their design’s most basic mechanics, with Hermes 2 incorporating electricity generation and other systems. With construction permits from the NRC for both, Kairos has already begun pouring concrete and welding rebar at the site.
As of July, Hermes is the only SMR under construction in North America, according to the World Nuclear Association.
Click here to read the article at eenews.net
Nuclear Power Startups Are Heating up in Southern California
What if you could deliver a megawatt of energy anywhere in the world a cargo container could be shipped? For an El Segundo-based company, this sci-fi-sounding dream may be much more “next Tuesday” than “next planet.”
Radiant, a startup that is repackaging and refining traditional nuclear technology into a portable microreactor, is on the home stretch to development and testing of its prototype reactor...
Click here to read the article at latimes.com
Westinghouse plans to build 10 large nuclear reactors in U.S.
Westinghouse plans to build 10 large nuclear reactors in the U.S. with construction to begin by 2030, interim CEO Dan Sumner told President Donald Trump at a roundtable in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
Westinghouse’s big AP1000 reactor generates enough electricity to power more than 750,000 homes, according to the company. Building 10 of these reactors would drive $75 billion of economic value across the U.S. and $6 billion in Pennsylvania, Sumner said.
Click to read the article at www.cnbc.com
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