What would you do, if a small #nuclear facility funded by #Altman was getting built nearby?
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What would you do, if a small #nuclear facility funded by #Altman was getting built nearby?
Well that is now a question I have to ask myself.
#Oklo found a county willing to gamble on an untested new design with its land, water table, agriculture and people: https://oklo.com/newsroom/news-details/2026/Oklos-Atomic-Alchemy-Announces-U-S--Department-of-Energy-Approval-for-Nuclear-Safety-Design-Agreement-of-its-Groves-Isotopes-Test-Reactor/default.aspx
I have serious doubts about the rigor and safety that is going into this. Especially as I can find almost no details about it. The regulators (NRC, DOE) seem to have been captured.
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What would you do, if a small #nuclear facility funded by #Altman was getting built nearby?
Well that is now a question I have to ask myself.
#Oklo found a county willing to gamble on an untested new design with its land, water table, agriculture and people: https://oklo.com/newsroom/news-details/2026/Oklos-Atomic-Alchemy-Announces-U-S--Department-of-Energy-Approval-for-Nuclear-Safety-Design-Agreement-of-its-Groves-Isotopes-Test-Reactor/default.aspx
I have serious doubts about the rigor and safety that is going into this. Especially as I can find almost no details about it. The regulators (NRC, DOE) seem to have been captured.
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The facility is initially going to process nuclear materials for medical applications. However, this is just #Oklo dipping their toe in the pool (of molten sodium).
The goal for this site is a small-scale reactor for powering.. you guessed it, #AI data centres.
Powered by uranium waste, but #plutonium is also an option. It says so right in Oklo's SEC 10-K filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849056/000162828026018698/oklo-20251231.htm (page 14)
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The facility is initially going to process nuclear materials for medical applications. However, this is just #Oklo dipping their toe in the pool (of molten sodium).
The goal for this site is a small-scale reactor for powering.. you guessed it, #AI data centres.
Powered by uranium waste, but #plutonium is also an option. It says so right in Oklo's SEC 10-K filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849056/000162828026018698/oklo-20251231.htm (page 14)
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I don't know anything about little nuclear reactors. They might be fine... #Austin has a small one in a research lab.
There is something uncomfortable about this #Groves #Lockhart #Texas site though. The way it's being fast-tracked. The greedy speculation on Oklo's stock online. The association with #Altman. The untested design, that was rejected by the NRC in 2022.
There's a story untold here, that I'll be digging in to.
I don't think anyone else is going to tell it.
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I don't know anything about little nuclear reactors. They might be fine... #Austin has a small one in a research lab.
There is something uncomfortable about this #Groves #Lockhart #Texas site though. The way it's being fast-tracked. The greedy speculation on Oklo's stock online. The association with #Altman. The untested design, that was rejected by the NRC in 2022.
There's a story untold here, that I'll be digging in to.
I don't think anyone else is going to tell it.
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@cmars allow me to recommend Radiacode products if you are looking for consumer-accessible radiation detection devices https://www.radiacode.com/
if everything is copacetic, you don’t need one. but if things are not copacetic in a nuclear way, such things are the only way to tell
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@cmars allow me to recommend Radiacode products if you are looking for consumer-accessible radiation detection devices https://www.radiacode.com/
if everything is copacetic, you don’t need one. but if things are not copacetic in a nuclear way, such things are the only way to tell
@Athena Thanks so much for the recommendation, #radiacode looks awesome! A 103 is on the way, least I can do is take a baseline.
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