https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/the-new-atomic-age-americas-nuclear-reboot-begins-in-texas
LOCKHART, Texas — The last time the United States built a nuclear reactor this quickly, the country was racing to develop atomic technology during World War II.
More than 80 years later, a startup company outside Lockhart, Texas, is trying to prove America can build nuclear reactors fast again.
Oklo, an advanced nuclear technology company, says it completed construction of its pilot isotope production reactor, known as Groves One, in just 229 days — one of the fastest reactor construction timelines in modern U.S. history.
“So this is our pilot isotope production reactor we call Groves One,” said Oklo CEO Jacob DeWitte during a tour of the facility. “It’s something we built from the ground up in about 229 days to reach substantial completion.”
The reactor is part of a broader push by the federal government to accelerate nuclear energy development in the United States. Oklo is one of 11 companies selected for President Donald Trump’s nuclear reactor pilot program, a Department of Energy initiative aimed at bringing at least three reactors online by July 4.
