Oklo Submits First Advanced Reactor License Application in US as NRC Moves to Streamline Reviews
19th March 2020
Oklo, a developer of a micro nuclear reactor design that it claims will be a technological leap ahead of current operating power reactors, has become the first of the so-called “advanced reactors” to submit a combined construction and operating license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the company said Tuesday.
The submission comes weeks after NRC staff decided to begin work on a streamlined process for reviewing the environmental impacts of advanced reactors, a move that the staff estimated could cut the length of the years-long approval process by 25%, but also a decision that has been criticized by nuclear watchdog groups.