Kairos Power: Google’s favorite nuclear power company

Google has signed a power purchase agreement to buy power from Kairos Power’s small module reactors by 2035. There approach is different in just about every way from traditional pressurized light water reactors. Will Kairos succeed in creating a financially viable small modular reactor where others have failed? If you'd like to support my work, you can buy me a beverage https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Decarbonize Sodium-Cooled Nuclear Reactors: Solution or Mirage?    • Sodium-Cooled Nuclear Reactors: Solution o...   New nuclear clean energy agreement with Kairos Power https://blog.google/outreach-initiati... 100% renewable is just the beginning https://sustainability.google/operati... Kairos Power, Los Alamos collaborate to make TRISO fuel https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Ar... TRISO PARTICLE FUEL https://www.usnc.com/triso/#:~:text=A.... Carnot efficiency https://energyeducation.ca/encycloped... U.S. NRC Kairos https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reac... 2024 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: Kairos Power and its molten salt–cooled nuclear reactors https://www.technologyreview.com/2024... DOE inks $303M deal for advanced nuclear reactor https://www.eenews.net/articles/doe-i... Kairos Power Breaks Ground on Salt Production Facility to Make Molten Salt Coolant for Advanced Reactors https://kairospower.com/external_upda... KAIROS POWER BEGINS CONSTRUCTION ON HERMES LOW-POWER DEMONSTRATION REACTOR https://kairospower.com/external_upda... China's demonstration HTR-PM enters commercial operation https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Ar... Nuclear Milestone: China's HTR-PM Demonstrates Inherent Safety https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-mile... Timestamps Intro 0:00 Nuscale 1:40 Kairos’s approach 2:59 Kairos’s Fuel 3:42 Kairos’s coolant 5:10 Very hot reactor 5:41 The Chinese HTR-PM SMR 6:24 Hermes 6:58 Conclusion 7:35