Reactor Licensing & Regulation

Oklo reaches DOE and NRC regulatory milestones

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Oklo reached several key regulatory milestones this week for demonstration reactors being developed in Idaho and Texas and a separate project also in Idaho.
One approval came via DOE’s reactor pilot program at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory. Oklo’s subsidiary…

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