Company, which this week announced a financial loss, said it is seeing growing data centre demand

Oklo Prepares For Second Licensing Attempt, Increases Potential Capacity Of Aurora Nuclear Plant
Oklo said it had increased the potential capacity of its Aurora Powerhouse reactor from 50 MW to 75 MW to meet growing data centre demand. Courtesy Oklo.

US nuclear startup Oklo is preparing for its second attempt at securing a federal licence for a small modular reactor after being denied by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission three years ago.

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