Oklo to Start Recycling Nuclear Waste in Tennessee

The company is ’turning waste into gigawatts,' CEO Jacob DeWitte said.
Oklo to Start Recycling Nuclear Waste in Tennessee
Empty nuclear waste shipping containers sit in front of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. AP/Susan Montoya Bryan
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Tennessee will be the sight of America’s first privately owned nuclear fuel-recycling plant, converting tons of radioactive waste into usable fuel. 
Oklo Inc., a nuclear technology company, announced on Sept. 4 that it will build a $1.68 billion advanced nuclear fuel-recycling facility on a 247-acre site in Oak Ridge. The plant will recycle spent fuel from nuclear power plants, and is projected to create more than 800 new jobs in the process. 
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