Deep Fission Chooses Southeast Kansas Site for Nuclear Reactor Technology
Deep Fission aims to cut nuclear plant construction costs by up to 80% using mile-deep borehole reactors, targeting criticality by July 4, 2025, under DOE's Reactor Pilot Program.
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Deep Fission chooses Southeast Kansas site for nuclear reactor technology
PARSONS, Kan. — A California company has announced plans to bring a first-of-its-kind nuclear reactor to Southeast Kansas that it hopes will be generating electrical power in the next two or three years.
Parsons tapped for world's first mild-deep nuclear reactor - The Iola Register
Deep Fission says it plans to install a nuclear reactor underground at a Parsons industrial park. Parsons, Kansas, will be the site of a California startup’s first ever 1-mile-deep nuclear reactor — with support from county commissioners, both Republican Kansas U.S. senators and Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration. Deep Fission will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking on Tuesday at Great Plains Industrial Park. Company leaders hope to rece…
Deep Fission announces Parsons, Kansas as site for underground nuclear reactor pilot project
Berkeley, CA — December 4, 2025 — Deep Fission, Inc. (“Deep Fission” or the “Company”), a pioneering advanced nuclear energy company placing small modular pressurized water reactors in boreholes one mile underground, announced today that it has selected the Great Plains Industrial Park in Parsons, Kansas, as the site of its advanced reactor pilot project. Deep Fission will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, marking a si…
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