Advanced nuclear technology is moving from promise to reality. In this episode of ASME TechCast, Caroline DeWitt, Co-Founder and COO of Oklo, discusses the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of advanced nuclear power. From reactor design and regulatory progress to business models and large-scale deployment, DeWitt shares how Oklo is working to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy through its Aurora powerhouse technology. She also explores the collaboration, innovation, and long-term thinking required to move breakthrough technologies from idea to impact. Oklo is a foundational sponsor of the ASME CATALYZE Summit, focused on accelerating sustainable industrial transformation. Join the conversation at CATALYZE: www.catalyze.asme.org Read more about Oklo and advanced nuclear technologies: https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/beyond-the-reactor

Redefining Nuclear Power with Caroline DeWitte

ASME TechCast

Welcome to ASME TechCast, bringing you the innovators, the innovations, and the issues that push the envelope of engineering. Today's conversation is grounded in the core focus of the ASME Catalyze Summit, turning promising ideas into real-world, sustainable solutions at scale by connecting the engineers, industry leaders, and partners who make that progress possible. We're joined by Caroline DeWitt, co-founder and COO of Oklo Incorporated of Santa Clara, California,

a designer and deployer of advanced fission power plants, providing clean, reliable, affordable energy. Oklo is a foundational sponsor of ASME Catalyze and the sponsor of today's episode. Caroline, welcome to ASME TechCast. Thank you for joining us today. Thanks for having me. As a mechanical engineer, ASME is something I've always cared a lot about. That's awesome. I'm so glad to hear that you know of ASME and that you're also a mechanical engineer.

We love supporting engineers and hearing from you and hearing from your perspectives on what's going on in the field. Speaking of that, from your perspective, what's changed the most and how the industry talks about advanced nuclear? And why is it such an important part of the conversation right now? Yeah, I feel like what's changed a lot is it's more real now.

I feel like when we first started Oklo, which is 13 years ago now, it was people were like, yeah, that's cool, but it's in the future, which granted it was. But now we're actually building and not just Oklo, but some others, too. And so I think I think it's really transitioned from where it was on paper and regulatory space to actually building.

Redefining Nuclear Power with Caroline DeWitte

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

Redefining Nuclear Power with Caroline DeWitte

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.