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Pre-application engagement

Pre-application meetings are not an application.

Open question

Which exact regulatory actions are on record, by which authority, for what scope?

  • Not established in reviewed sources: DOE approval of the final Documented Safety Analysis and authorization to start up
  • Not established in reviewed sources: Whether and when an NRC licence application will be filed for Aurora-INL
  • Not established in reviewed sources: Final site location (Oklo describes its INL site acceptance as provisional)
  1. Current statePre-application engagement7 August 2026 · Company reported · Oklo (SEC Form 10-Q, Q2 2026)

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Oklo (SEC Form 10-Q, Q2 2026) ↗

  2. Earlier statementPermission issued11 June 2026 · Company reported · Oklo

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Oklo ↗

  3. Earlier statementPermission issued6 May 2026 · Company reported · Oklo

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Oklo ↗

  4. Earlier statementApplication submitted17 March 2026 · Company reported · Oklo (SEC Form 10-K, 2025)

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Oklo (SEC Form 10-K, 2025) ↗

  5. Earlier statementConditional17 March 2026 · Company reported · Oklo (SEC Form 10-K, 2025)

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Oklo (SEC Form 10-K, 2025) ↗

  6. Earlier statementPermission issued7 August 2026 · Company reported · Oklo (SEC Form 10-Q, Q2 2026)

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Oklo (SEC Form 10-Q, Q2 2026) ↗

  7. Earlier statementApplication accepted for review12 November 2025 · Company reported · Oklo (SEC Form 10-Q, Q3 2025)

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Oklo (SEC Form 10-Q, Q3 2025) ↗

  8. Earlier statementPermission issued24 March 2025 · Company reported · Oklo (SEC Form 10-K, 2024)

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Oklo (SEC Form 10-K, 2024) ↗

  9. Earlier statementPermission issued11 June 2026 · Company reported · Oklo

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Oklo ↗

Evidence detail

Permission issued

DOE approval of the Nuclear Safety Design Agreement (a DOE design-stage safety step; not authorization to operate)

One permission is not every permission the project needs.

“Early in 2026, the DOE approved the Nuclear Safety Design Agreement for Aurora-INL.”
Attribution
Company reported
Publisher
Oklo (SEC Form 10-Q, Q2 2026)
Dated
7 August 2026
First public disclosure
7 August 2026
State before
Not established in reviewed sources
Authority
U.S. Department of Energy
Jurisdiction
United States (federal)
Source read
11 November 2026

Inspect primary source: Oklo (SEC Form 10-Q, Q2 2026) ↗

What this does and does not establish

An exact passage match shows the source says this. It does not prove the underlying claim is true.

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