Oklo’s Groves Becomes Fifth DOE Pilot Reactor to Reach Criticality, First on Private Land ↗

Oklo’s Groves Isotope Test Reactor in Lockhart, Texas, has become the fifth reactor to achieve criticality under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program (RPP), and the first under the program to do so on private land. The low-power test reactor reached criticality at 9:19 p.m. ET Aug. 5, achieving a controlled, self-sustaining nuclear […] The post Oklo’s Groves Becomes Fifth DOE Pilot Reactor to Reach Criticality, First on Private Land appeared first on POWER Magazine .