# Oklo and Standard Nuclear sign an MOU to turn recycled reactor material into TRISO fuel

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/oklo-and-standard-nuclear-sign-an-mou-to-turn-recycled-reactor-material-d8ea786f
Date: 16 Jun 2026
About: [Standard Nuclear](https://technooptimist.io/companies/standard-nuclear.md) · [HALEU TRISO fuel production](https://technooptimist.io/energy/haleu-triso-fuel-production.md)
Original source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260616604000/en/

Oklo and Standard Nuclear signed a non-binding memorandum to explore feeding uranium and transuranic material recovered at Oklo's planned recycling plant in Oak Ridge into Standard Nuclear's TRISO production. Both are also in DOE's surplus plutonium programme and plan to coordinate on licensing, packaging and transport.

## Key facts

- Non-binding MOU; Oklo calls it its first third-party outlet for recycled material.
- Both firms were picked by DOE for talks on using surplus plutonium as reactor fuel.

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