Tennessee will be the site of the United States’ 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, Tennessee. The plant will recycle spent fuel from nuclear power plants and is projected to create more than 800 new jobs in the process.
