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The nuclear reactor startup OKLO is working with Idaho National Lab to get its liquid metal-cooled fast reactor design (AURORA, 15MWe) up and running by 2027 which Open AI CEO Sam Altman intends to use for his company's power source. Details here.
They also have a different business model.
They also have a different business model.
Unlike many other nuclear companies, Oklo will have customers sign a long-term energy agreement plan instead of a licensing agreement. This "takes the burden away from our customers" of having to create a plant to use the technology. Oklo will simply supply the energy.
"It's taking a different approach to the business model," DeWitte said. "We've had a lot of traction with that because we make it easier for folks to buy what they're interested in in a nuclear system, which is the energy. They don't have to buy the reactors and everything else with it."