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Oklo

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Emission free, always on power from advanced fission power plants.

Summer 2014Founded 201350 peopleSanta Clara, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA
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About

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo Inc. (Oklo) is developing advanced fission power plants to provide emission-free, reliable, and affordable energy. Oklo received a Site Use Permit from the U.S Department of Energy, has performed successful prototypic fuel fabrication, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, developed the first advanced fission combined license application accepted and docketed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and is developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and national laboratories. Oklo has been featured in Time, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Popular Mechanics, Wired, Architectural Digest, Hyperallergic, POWER Magazine, has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case, and is featured in the Oliver Stone documentary Nuclear, among other features.

Founders Β· 2

Jacob DeWitte
Jacob DeWitteFounder/CEO
Caroline Cochran
Caroline CochranFounder
MITπŸŽ“ University of Oklahoma Regent's AlumniπŸŽ“ University of Oklahoma

Caroline Cochran is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Oklo Inc., a company developing advanced fission cleantech for cleaner air and human development. She was one of the youngest recipients of the University of Oklahoma Regent's Alumni Award. Caroline received her S.M. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT, a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

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