Oklo wins DOE startup authorization for Groves Isotope Test Reactor

• Oklo received U.S. Department of Energy startup authorization for its Groves Isotope Test Reactor under the DOE Reactor Pilot Program.
• Authorization clears fuel loading, startup testing, reactor operations, including first criticality for the low-power test reactor.
• DOE readiness review found engineering, staffing, procedures, training, safety programs sufficient to begin operations.
• Groves was privately financed, built on private land, positioned as a repeatable model for scaling future reactor and isotope-production projects.

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