The Ledger
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Churi: Oklo Reactor Reduces Waste Half-Life from 100k to 100 Years
“But when it comes out of the Oklo reactor at the end of 20 years it's only got about a hundred year half-life as opposed to about a 100,000”
Lonsdale: Oklo is first advanced fission firm with NRC-accepted COLA
“I think you're the first advanced fission company to have a combined license application accepted by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.”
DeWitte: Oklo reactors operate up to 20 years on one fuel load
“So fuel, one load of fuel can last you up to 20 years.”
DeWitte: EBR-II safely shut itself down during 1986 total loss-of-cooling test
“In fact, on April third, 1986, they put it through these phenomenal. Like basically full scale safety system tests where they challenged this thing in, in crazy difficult ways. They ran it at full power. They locked the control rods out, the things that go in …”
DeWitte: EBR-II produced power at 3¢/kWh and recycled its own waste
“Mind you, it also did these really cool things where it was able to produce power at three cents kilowatt hour. And it recycled its own waste.”
Churi: Oklo Secured First-Ever Advanced Fission Site Permit and Fuel Grant
“And what they've just done in the past 12 months, they've not only gotten the first ever in history grant of test fuel for a advanced nuclear fission reactor, the first ever site permit for an advanced fission reactor, but most importantly, they got something …”