Happy Thursday!
By now you probably realize we
like energy as well as updates on our previous blogs. We blogged about nuclear energy starting to
catch on in Texas back last November and we had an update in May with our Texas
Legislature adding to its agenda discussions on nuclear energy. Spoiler some of the legislation we spoke on
was sent to the Texas Governor’s desk and signed; more on this another day. We blogged on how Texas A&M had chosen
some projects for their Rellis Campus, and a couple of the same companies made
it to the DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program. Then
in mid-August, we blogged on the DOE picking 10 nuclear SMR start-ups for their
Reactor Pilot Program. Well, we have an
update on one of the companies which by chance we blogged on them back in mid-April
in case you are interested in what they are doing in Texas. Well,
congratulations Aalo Atomics on your milestone!
Did anyone happen to read EnergyTech’s
Transition Newsletter on September 3, 2025, their article titled, “Aalo
Atomics Breaking Ground on the National Lab SMR Nuclear Pilot”? In the article, it speaks on how Texas’ own
Aalo Atomics has reached a milestone by starting groundwork for its site for
its Aalo-X reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Aalo Atomics demonstration sodium-cooled
reactor called, “Aalo-X” is taking the lead with the company breaking ground in
Idaho for the deadline of July 4, 2026, for the DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program. Aalo-X is the company’s pilot reactor which will
be made at the factory in Texas and shipped and set-up on the prepared site at
the INL. The Aalo-X is the foundation
of their smaller Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Aalo Pod which will be site specific
for data centers and produced at the factory and set-up on site. Aalo Pod is an SMR which doesn’t need an
outside water source, it’s sodium-cooled, and uses a low-enriched uranium, and
these innovations should make constructing SMR’s affordable. We wish Aalo Atomic’s luck bringing their
innovations to life! If you would like
to read more of the article from EnergyTech, please click the link: Aalo Atomics Breaking Ground on National Lab SMR Nuclear Pilot | EnergyTech.
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