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Oklo — Groves Isotope Test Reactor (Lockhart, Texas)

Developer
Oklo Isotopes (Oklo Inc.)
Capacity
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Last updated
10/14/2026

Project overview

Reactor type
Pool-type water-cooled nonpressurised isotope test reactor (15 MWt)
Announced
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Projected operational
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Notes

15 MWt pool-type, water-cooled, nonpressurised isotope test reactor on a greenfield private-land site at Oklo's Groves facility in Lockhart, Texas, south of Austin. It reached first criticality at 9:19 p.m. EDT on August 5, 2026, in under a year from a greenfield start. It was the fifth DOE-authorised reactor to reach criticality under the Reactor Pilot Program and the first on private land. It is a test platform for future production-scale isotope reactors serving medicine, industry, research, space and national security, and is meant to inform Oklo's Powerhouse and fuel-cycle facilities. DOE startup authorisation was granted on July 23, 2026. Capacity is given as thermal output (15 MWt); no electrical capacity is recorded.

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