The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a draft safety evaluation report indicating its initial acceptance of Kairos Power’s source term methodology for its Kairos Power fluoride salt-cooled high temperature reactor (KP-FHR). The topical report, which Kairos submitted to the regulator in June 2020, is the first of its kind to be reviewed by […]
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Kairos submits PSAR for Oak Ridge demonstration reactor
US company Kairos Power has submitted the preliminary safety analysis report (PSAR) for its fluoride salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (KP-FHR) to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as part of its application for a construction permit for the Hermes low-power demonstration reactor, which is to be built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A rendering of the Hermes […]
Low-power nuclear demonstration reactor ‘Hermes’ coming to Oak Ridge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — State officials announced Friday that a low-power demonstration reactor called “Hermes” will be established in the East Tennessee Technology Park. Gov. Bill Lee’s office along with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe released the details of the upcoming reactor. The company behind Hermes is the […]
North Korea’s Uranium Conversion: The History and Process, Part 3
See original online here This is a guest post by my colleague Jamie Withorne. Jamie is a Research Assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Her work focuses on emerging technology, North Korea sanctions evasion, and North Korea’s nuclear fuel cycle. This is the third and final part of a three-part series on […]
North Korean Uranium Conversion: History and Process, Part 1
This is a guest post by my colleague Jamie Withorne. Jamie is a Research Assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Her work focuses on emerging technology, North Korea’s sanctions evasion, and North Korea’s nuclear fuel cycle. This is the first of a three part series that aims to provide an in-depth review […]
Molten Salt Reactors
(Updated May 2021) Molten salt reactors operated in the 1960s. They are seen as a promising technology today principally as a thorium fuel cycle prospect or for using spent LWR fuel. A variety of designs is being developed, some as fast neutron types. Global research is currently led by China. Some have solid fuel similar […]
TVA and Kairos Power to collaborate on demonstration reactor
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is to provide engineering, operations and licensing support to help Kairos Power deploy its Hermes low-power demonstration reactor at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee under a newly announced collaboration agreement between the two companies. The site at ETTP where Hermes would be built (Image: Kairos) […]
Sri Lanka Expels Ship Carrying Nuclear Material for China
The country’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Council said the MV BBC Naples was asked to leave after it was found to be in the Chinese-run port of Hambantota on Tuesday night carrying uranium hexafluoride. Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday expelled MV BBC Naples. (Representational) Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday expelled an Antigua-registered ship […]
Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactors
Overview The term “molten salt reactor” refers to nuclear reactors that use molten salts to transfer heat away from the reactor core. The heat can then be used either to produce electricity or for industrial processes. The use of molten salts to cool the reactor distinguishes molten salt reactors (MSRs) from the other reactor types […]
Iran vows revenge for ‘Israeli’ attack on Natanz nuclear site
“Enriched uranium is produced by feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into centrifuges to separate out the most suitable isotope for nuclear fission, called U-235.” The Iranian foreign minister has said his country will “take revenge” for an attack on an underground nuclear site, for which it has blamed Israel. Iranian officials said the Natanz uranium enrichment […]