Oklo, an American company hoping to build a micro nuclear power plant, said on Wednesday that the energy logistics agency of the Ministry of Defense has issued a notification of the intention to grant an agreement to purchase energy for a pilot reactor.
Nuclear energy companies are looking for US military treaties after President Donald Trump signed the executive orders to strengthen nuclear energy last month.
In his first administration, Trump also ordered the agencies to develop small nuclear reactors on military foundations, but it did not lead to plants coming on the line.
The OKLO project for the Air Force would produce up to 75 megawatts of electricity and usable heat. This is small compared to today’s 1,000 MW on average reactors, but developers hope that a smaller unit can be easily replicated in factories.
No, but according to the conditions of the announcement, it would propose, construct, own and operate the power plant and supply electricity and heat at the Eielson Air Force base on Alaska on the basis of a long -term agreement.
The value of the agreement was not published.
In 2022, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission rejected the operating license. Okla plans to apply again at the end of 2025 and hopes to receive one in 2027. Last month, Trump ordered NRC to issue a license within 18 months.
What happened for the first time?
In 2023, the US Army concluded an initial agreement to build an Eielson micro -to -Eielson by the end of 2027. But later that year the army withdrew the intention to add a window for more than $ 100 million.
Some non -spread experts are afraid because the project would extract the energy from Plutonia, which can be used in a nuclear weapon. The window says that plutonium would be packed in other highly radioactive substances that would almost be impossible to use as a fission material.
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