Caroline Cochran: Oklo Inc. and the Future of Small Nuclear Reactors

In March 2020, Oklo Inc. submitted an application to federal regulators that could allow it to build and operate an advanced type of nuclear reactor. In this episode, Robert Bryce talks to Caroline Cochran, the co-founder and COO of Oklo, about her company’s design – a liquid-metal fast reactor with 1.5 megawatts of capacity -- the hurdles it faces in getting to market, why small reactors may have advantages in the market, and when and where it might be deployed.