Evidence detail
Site work
DOE account of the Hermes 2 groundbreaking (separate from Hermes 1 nuclear construction)
Site work is not main-plant construction.
“Kairos Power initiated nuclear construction on their Hermes test reactor in May 2025 and broke ground on their Hermes 2 reactor in April 2026.”
- Attribution
- Government record
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy
- Dated
- 23 May 2026
- First public disclosure
- 23 May 2026
- State before
- Not established in reviewed sources
- Source read
- 11 November 2026
Inspect primary source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy ↗
What this does and does not establish
An exact passage match shows the source says this. It does not prove the underlying claim is true.