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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 Idaho Operations Office approval of the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis under the Reactor Pilot Program (not authorization to operate)

One permission is not every permission the project needs.

“today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho Operations Office has approved the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA) for Oklo’s Aurora powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) under DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program (RPP).”
Attribution
Company reported
Publisher
Oklo
Dated
11 June 2026
First public disclosure
11 June 2026
State before
Not established in reviewed sources
Authority
U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office
Jurisdiction
United States (federal)
Source read
11 November 2026

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What this does and does not establish

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