DOE approves conceptual safety design report for Oklo fuel fabrication facility

October 16, 2024, 11:59AMNuclear News
At INL's Fuel Conditioning Facility, spent nuclear fuel material is being recycled into fuel for Oklo's commercial Aurora Powerhouse deployment at INL. (Photo: INL)

Oklo Inc. announced yesterday that a safety design report for the Aurora fuel fabrication facility the company plans to build at Idaho National Laboratory has the approval of the Department of Energy. At the facility, Oklo plans to use high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) that has been recovered from used Experimental Breeder Reactor-II fuel to produce fuel for its first planned microreactor—dubbed Aurora—which is also set for deployment at INL.