Application #3539, Kairos Salt Production Facility
Kairos Power, LLC requests a new air quality permit in Application #3539
May 22, 2025
The applicant is requesting a new construction permit. The applicant is requesting to construct a Salt Production Facility (SPF) for the manufacture of a heat transfer fluid composed of lithium fluoride (LiF) and beryllium fluoride (BeF2) for use in their research and development for nuclear reactor technology and potential power generation.
The proposed construction of the SPF will consist of the following sources of emissions:
- EP-1: One (1) vent stack that handles the main production area vent (Unit Vent-300):
- Thirty-six (36) chemical process tanks (Unit Tanks)
- Process vents associated with unit areas 100, 150, 300, and 400 tank groups
- EP-2: One (1) bleach synthesis column (Unit BSC-500)
- EP-3: One (1) vent stack associated with unit areas 600 and 950 (Unit Vent-600)
- EP-4: One (1) 7100 gpm cooling tower (Unit Cooling Tower-1)
- EP-5A: One (1) 24.525 MMBtu/hr boiler (Unit Boiler-1)
- EP-5B: One (1) 32.700 MMBtu/hr boiler (Unit Boiler-2)
- EP-6: One (1) 409 hp emergency generator (Unit Gen-1)
- EP-7: Facility fugitive emissions (Unit FUG-1)
Important Dates:
Comment Period Start Date: May 22, 2025
Comment Period End Date: June 21, 2025
Decision Due Date: August 17, 2025
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