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Kairos Oak Ridge Reactor Demonstration Campus

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United StatesUnder construction
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Headline capacity
Not established in published records
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

On September 21, 2026, Kairos Power announced a binding term sheet with Samsung C&T for potential direct investment and in-kind engineering support of up to $100 million, subject to approvals, alongside integrated engineering, procurement and construction collaboration for Hermes 2. This is the same Hermes 2 transaction described in the child project, not separate campus financing or completed all-cash funding. Kairos brownfield demonstration campus at the former Oak Ridge gaseous-diffusion site containing Hermes, Hermes 2 and ETU facilities. Kairos Oak Ridge Reactor Demonstration Campus is in Oak Ridge, TN, US and is a energy infrastructure campus with under construction status.

Capacity

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Reactor demonstration campus buildoutUnder construction

Campus hosts separate nuclear and non-nuclear facilities.

Participants

Kairos Power LLC

Developer

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Developer (1)
Other participants (2)
City of Oak Ridge

Government authority

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Government authority (1)
U.S. Department of Energy

Government authority

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Additional project facts

Project scope

Source report

Kairos brownfield demonstration campus at the former Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion site containing Hermes, Hermes 2 and ETU facilities.

Source

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.

Related projects (1)
Kairos Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant

Under construction · Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States

Same locality: Oak Ridge · Shared participant: Kairos Power LLC

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