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California developer of ‘micro’ nuclear reactor aims to prove environmentalist doubters wrong

By Josh Siegel
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California developer of ‘micro’ nuclear reactor aims to prove environmentalist doubters wrong

Jacob DeWitte is determined to shake up the struggling nuclear energy industry by moving his company, Oklo, through the cumbersome U.S. regulatory process faster than anyone before.

DeWitte, 34, is impatient because speed is necessary in order for his small, advanced nuclear reactor, an emissions-free technology of a type that has never been deployed, to be ready in time to help the world curb climate change.

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