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Construction begins on Kairos’s fluoride salt–cooled test reactor
Earlier today, on a site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., that was formerly home to the K-33 Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kairos Power marked the start of construction on its low-power demonstration reactor. Named Hermes, the 35-MWt test reactor claims status as the first Gen IV reactor to be approved for construction by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the first non–light water reactor to be permitted in the United States in more than 50 years.
Shinzaburo Matsuda
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1370-1372
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29914
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Status and plans for the Japanese experimental reactor studies are reviewed. Both ITER and FER designs have been technically judged appropriate to meet the objectives of the next step in a long range Japanese fusion program. Status of both physics and technology R&D is briefly reviewed. The results obtained in the past several years are quite encouraging in view of exploring steady state for ITER. Key issue for the success of the ITER EDA is discussed along with the role of home team and industries.