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U.S. Department of Energy Approves Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis of Oklo’s Aurora Fuel Fabrication Facility as Assembly Begins at Idaho National Laboratory
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, December 16, 2025--Oklo Inc., (NYSE: OKLO) (Oklo), an advanced nuclear technology company, announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho Operations Office has approved the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA) for the Aurora Fuel Fabrication Facility (A3F) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), marking the start of the assembly of the facility.
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