U.S. NRC denies license to Oklo Power's nuclear reactor project in Idaho

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. NRC denies license to Oklo Power's nuclear reactor project in Idaho

Thu, January 6, 2022, 8:00 PM·1 min read

Jan 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Thursday denied a license to Oklo Power LLC to build and operate the company’s Aurora compact fast reactor in Idaho.

Oklo, a company focused on commercializing advanced nuclear fission power, was denied the license as it failed to provide information on several issues involving the Aurora design, the NRC said in a statement.

Oklo submitted the application on March 11, 2020, seeking an NRC license for an advanced reactor to be built at the Idaho National Laboratory site. The proposed Aurora design would use heat pipes to transport heat from the reactor core to a power conversion system.

NRC accepted the application for the project on June 5, 2020. After reviewing reports on various topics Oklo had submitted, the regulator concluded that they were missing important details.

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Related: OKLO INC. - Denial of the Aurora Combined Operating License Application for Failure to Supply Information (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

[hunter]

1. For whatever reason the company seems to lack the expertise or resources...

... to shepherd this project through the application process.

I don't feel sad for the major backers who include Peter Thiel and other fascist assholes.