“In Jan. 2022, The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which is the nation’s top nuclear regulatory agency, denied its first application to build and operate its advanced nuclear reactor.”
Sam Altman chairs Oklo’s board, led its seed round in 2015, and co-founded the SPAC that is taking it public. He is on every side of this deal. The SPAC raises up to $500 million for a company whose first license application the NRC rejected. Altman calls degrowth “insane and pretty immoral”. Retail investors get to fund the faith.