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Oklo's Groves Reactor Achieves First Criticality in Under a Year
Oklo achieves first criticality less than a year after groundbreaking through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. The Groves low-power test reactor is the first reactor under the program to achieve criticality on private land, built from the ground up on a greenfield site. The Groves facility establishes the operational foundation for future commercial isotope production. The project proves American nuclear deployment timelines can be measured in months rather than years. Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) ("Oklo" or "the Company"), an advanced nuclear technology company, today announced that its Groves Isotope Test Reactor has achieved first criticality after achieving a controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction at low power. The milestone comes less than a year after groundbreaking and follows U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) authorization through the DOE Reactor Pilot Program (RPP). Groves Isotope Test Reactor facility (Image: Groves) “Reaching criticality in less
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