Founded in 2016, the company is known for its small modular reactors (SMRs) for sustainable power generation.
[2] In 2023, Kairos Power received a construction permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build its Hermes demonstration reactor in Tennessee, becoming the first permit in 50 years to be issued for the building of a new type of nuclear reactor.
[3] In July 2024, Kairos Power started construction of the demonstration reactor in Tennessee.
[5] Google has ordered six to seven small nuclear reactors, with the first due to be completed by 2030, and the remainder by 2035.
[6] The plans are pending approval by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission as well as local agencies.