{"docs":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","terms":"History surfaces — append-only milestone logs, event/change feeds, and full JSON snapshots — are provided under the NNN Data License Terms (https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license): journalism, research, citation and AI answering are expressly permitted royalty-free with attribution; systematic bulk extraction, dataset redistribution, and embedding in commercial products or training corpora require a commercial license.","terms_url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license","attribution":{"text":"Nuclear News Network, \"NNN Reactor Project Tracker\", https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker"},"unit":{"slug":"aurora-inl-1","name":"Oklo Aurora-INL","plant":"Aurora-INL (Idaho National Laboratory)","unit":1,"country":"US","region":"north-america","reactor_type":"SFR","design":"Aurora powerhouse","capacity_mw_net":75,"is_smr":true,"vendor":"Oklo","owner_operator":"Oklo","epc":"Kiewit Nuclear Solutions (lead constructor)","vendor_id":"org:oklo","owner_operator_ids":["org:oklo"],"epc_ids":["org:kiewit-nuclear-solutions"],"design_id":"design:aurora","site_id":"site:aurora-inl","status":"under_construction","construction_start":"2025-09-22","original_cod_target":null,"current_cod_estimate":2028,"milestones":[{"date":"2025-08-12","event":"DOE announced initial Reactor Pilot Program selections; Aurora-INL was one of three Oklo projects selected","source":"https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/oklo-breaks-ground-for-first-aurora-powerhouse","entities":["org:doe","program:reactor-pilot-program"]},{"date":"2025-09-22","event":"Oklo held the groundbreaking for its first Aurora powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory; Kiewit Nuclear Solutions is lead constructor","source":"https://oklo.com/newsroom/news-details/2025/Oklo-Breaks-Ground-on-First-Aurora-Powerhouse/default.aspx","entities":["org:kiewit-nuclear-solutions","org:inl"]},{"date":"2026-03-18","event":"DOE Idaho Operations Office approved the Nuclear Safety Design Agreement for Aurora-INL, the first step of the Reactor Pilot Program authorization pathway (WNN report date)","source":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/licensing-of-oklo-pilot-reactor-facilities-advances","entities":["org:doe"]},{"date":"2026-06-11","event":"Oklo announced DOE approval of the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis for the Aurora-INL powerhouse","source":"https://oklo.com/newsroom/news-details/2026/U-S--Department-of-Energy-Approves-Preliminary-Documented-Safety-Analysis-for-Aurora-Powerhouse-at-Idaho-National-Laboratory/default.aspx","entities":["org:doe"]}],"sources":["https://oklo.com/newsroom/news-details/2025/Oklo-Breaks-Ground-on-First-Aurora-Powerhouse/default.aspx","https://oklo.com/newsroom/news-details/2026/U-S--Department-of-Energy-Approves-Preliminary-Documented-Safety-Analysis-for-Aurora-Powerhouse-at-Idaho-National-Laboratory/default.aspx","https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/oklo-breaks-ground-for-first-aurora-powerhouse","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/licensing-of-oklo-pilot-reactor-facilities-advances","https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849056/000162828026054571/oklo-20260630.htm"],"last_verified":"2026-10-12","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Power-producing liquid-metal-cooled fast reactor authorized by DOE under the Reactor Pilot Program rather than licensed by the NRC; Oklo says it will keep pursuing NRC licensing for later commercial operation. Construction start is the September 2025 groundbreaking; Oklo's Q2 2026 10-Q describes site preparation at INL as continuing. Capacity is the 75 MWe maximum power level WNN attributes to the NRC's description of the Aurora design, not a confirmed net rating. The COD estimate is Oklo's target of deploying its first powerhouse in 2028 (10-Q). DOE authorization steps after the PDSA were not confirmed complete at verification.","tags":["us","smr","advanced-reactor","reactor-pilot-program","oklo"],"updated_at":"2026-10-12","slippage_years":null}}