Caroline Cochran (@caorilne) 's Twitter Profile
Caroline Cochran

@caorilne

@Oklo COO/cofounder. MIT/Oklahoma engineer. We’re working on clean power plants and recycling nuclear waste with advanced fission.

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Barron’s highlighted Oklo as one of the top five players to watch as the U.S. sets ambitious goals like tripling nuclear capacity by 2050 to meet rising demand from sectors like EVs and AI. Read more here: barrons.com/articles/ai-ev…

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Oklo finalizes agreement with the Department of @Energy to advance to the next phase of siting at Idaho National Lab. This key step paves the way for site preparation and construction for Oklo's powerhouse. 🏗️ oklo.com/newsroom/news-…

Oklo finalizes agreement with the Department of @Energy to advance to the next phase of siting at <a href="/INL/">Idaho National Lab</a>.

This key step paves the way for site preparation and construction for Oklo's powerhouse. 🏗️

oklo.com/newsroom/news-…
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To the nuclear nerds: has the nrc entertained any kind of bdba for pebble bed reactors related to the issue of graphite dust accelerating the reaction of oxygen with the graphite? (Due to all the additional surface area of all the particles, and the fact that the reaction

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MYTH 1: recycling nuclear waste (used nuclear fuel) is illegal in the US. It isn't. MYTH 2: it can't be cost competitive. Recycling waste is not so cost efficient for conventional reactors, but it *is* for fast reactors, which can fission the higher order actinides. MYTH 3:

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Today in an NRC public meeting, someone in the public asked the good question of why we use the phrase "source term" which feels vague. It's a great point. We've been trying to find the best way to say the same thing. It's the amount of radionuclides that could be released in an

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Oklo and Switch are partnering to deploy 12 gigawatts of clean energy—one of the largest corporate power agreements ever signed. Additional important information can be found at: oklo.com/newsroom/news-…

Oklo and <a href="/Switch/">Switch</a> are partnering to deploy 12 gigawatts of clean energy—one of the largest corporate power agreements ever signed.

Additional important information can be found at: 
oklo.com/newsroom/news-…
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Do you think the public would call the NRC a "gold standard" regulator? (Also, do you know if there's any polling on this?)

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The industry relies on thinking that the public thinks that the NRC is a "gold standard" and ensures safety. Believe it or not, that leads to utility-funded industry institutes defending the regulator. I'm not so sure. On one hand, anti-nuclear advocates (to the extent they are

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Btw i sold some stock (fwiw Jake didn't, despite some reporting). It felt pretty good! Those who know us know we've never sold stock before, we went some years being the lowest paid at Oklo, and live in a mobile home in California. We have an upcoming tax bill and a new baby, and

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It was surreal to be able to be in the West Wing yesterday, but far more so, it was surreal to see these historic changes for nuclear deployment come to pass. I think the last time i was in the White House was when Obama held a nuclear roundtable. From Obama to Trump 1 to Biden

It was surreal to be able to be in the West Wing yesterday, but far more so, it was surreal to see these historic changes for nuclear deployment come to pass.

I think the last time i was in the White House was when Obama held a nuclear roundtable. From Obama to Trump 1 to Biden
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Did you know the Oklo family of companies has six distinct regulatory licensing processes involving nrc and doe or both? 1) Aurora inl powerhouse 2) Aurora fuel fab 3) large scale fuel fab 4) recycling 5) isotope reactor 6) isotope facility Check out the dashboard for details: