ML23285A126
| ML23285A126 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hermes File:Kairos Power icon.png |
| Issue date: | 10/12/2023 |
| From: | Kairos Power |
| To: | NRC/OCM |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| Construction Permit Mndtry Hrg, RAS 56821, 50-7513-CP | |
| Download: ML23285A126 (0) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of KAIROS POWER LLC Docket No. 50-7513-CP (Hermes Test Reactor)
Hearing Exhibit Exhibit Number: KRS-002 Exhibit
Title:
Kairos Power; Hermes Mandatory Hearing - Overview Panel (Slides)
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Hermes Mandatory Hearing - Overview Panel M I C H A E L L AU F E R , C H I E F E X EC U T I V E O F F I C E R P E R P E T E RS O N , C H I E F N U C L EA R O F F I C E R O C TO B E R 1 9 , 2 0 2 3 Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Kairos Powers mission is to enable the worlds transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal of dramatically improving peoples quality of life while protecting the environment.
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Overview of Kairos Power
- Kairos Power is a privately owned nuclear energy engineering, Kairos Power Headquarters design, and manufacturing company singularly focused on the commercialization of the fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor (FHR)
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Alameda California 360+ Employees with a majority engineering and manufacturing
- Kairos Power is pursuing a novel approach to nuclear development, highly informed by the success of SpaceX, that includes iterative hardware demonstrations and in-house manufacturing to achieve disruptive cost reduction and provide true cost certainty for commercialization Kairos Power Team
- Our cost target objectives are set to be competitive with natural gas in the US electricity market
- We are targeting a US commercial demonstration by 2030 (or earlier) and rapid deployment ramp in 2030s Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Kairos Power Locations Molten Salt Purification Plant Elmore, OH Instrumentation Labs Rexford, NY T-Facility / Engineering Test Unit HQ / R-Lab / S-Lab Production Development Facility Alameda, CA Albuquerque, NM Hermes Reactor Licensing Office Oak Ridge, TN Charlotte, NC Kairos Power Facilities Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Kairos Power Business Model Focuses on Reducing Risk and Improving Build Cost Certainty KP-FHR Design Technology Certainty Test Program Licensing Certainty Cost Licensing Certainty Supply Chain Certainty Fuel Development Build Certainty Salt Development Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Kairos Power Nuclear Development Paradigm Shift:
Rapid Hardware Iterations Enable Innovation and Build True Cost Certainty Conventional Nuclear Development Cycle is Slow and Capital Intensive PLAN DESIGN BUILD TEST Inner Loop of Plan-Design is Common for Conventional Nuclear TEST EXPERIENCE Kairos Power Iterative Test Cycles Accelerate Technology and Manufacturing Development PLAN DESIGN BUILD TEST PLAN DESIGN BUILD TEST PLAN DESIGN BUILD TEST Test Test Experience Experience TEST EXPERIENCE Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Path to Commercialization PLAN DESIGN BUILD TEST KP-X Commercial Plant KP-X User Facility PLAN DESIGN BUILD TEST Reactor Demonstration Unit (Non-Nuclear)
U-Facility PLAN DESIGN BUILD TEST Hermes Demo Reactor Series Hermes Hermes 2 Nuclear Engineering Test Units Produces electricity PLAN DESIGN BUILD TEST (Non-Nuclear) and connected to grid ETU 1.0 ETU 2.0 ETU 3.0 Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Hermes Reactor
- What?
KP-X / U-Facility A low power demonstration reactor that will prove Kairos Powers capability to deliver low-cost nuclear heat
- Why?
Operations Cost: Establish competitive cost through iterative learning cycles Supply Chain: Advance the supply chain for KP-FHR specialized ETU / Hermes components and materials while vertical integrating critical systems Design / Test: Deliberate and incremental risk reduction Licensing Approach: NRC will license Hermes as a non-power reactor and facilitate licensing certainty for KP-FHR Operations: Provide a complete demonstration of nuclear functions including reactor physics, fuel and structural materials irradiation, and radiological controls Hermes will ultimately demonstrate the U.S. aptitude to license an advanced reactor in a timely manner Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Hermes Overview
- Fluoride-salt cooled, high temperature reactor (FHR)
- Pebble bed core with Tri-structural, isotropic (TRISO) fuel particles, graphite moderator/reflector
- Reactor Thermal Power: 35 MWth
- Coolant Operating Temperature:550°C - 650°C
- 316H stainless steel reactor vessel
- Passive safety systems Shutdown elements insert via gravity Decay heat removal system removes heat during postulated events without active components Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Hermes Site
- The site is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in Roane County within the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP)
- The Hermes test reactor will be located on former Department of Energy gaseous diffusion plant (K-33) building site
- The site boundary encompasses approximately 185 acres About 30 acres would be permanently disturbed for operations of the facility Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Artists rendering of the Hermes facility Hermes Construction Permit Application (CPA)
- Hermes CPA developed using guidance in NUREG 1537
- Hermes PSAR submitted September 2021
- Hermes ER submitted October 2021
- NRC accepted Kairos Powers CPA for review in November 2021
- Hermes ER Rev 1 submitted March 2023
- FEIS issued August 2023
- Hermes PSAR Rev 3 submitted May 2023
- FSER issued June 2023 Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved. 11 No Reproduction or Distribution Without Express Written Permission of Kairos Power LLC.
Copyright © 2023 Kairos Power LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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