U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Start-Ups for Fuel - The New York Times
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The U.S. DOE has selected Oklo for advanced negotiations under the Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program, giving the Sam Altman-backed startup a potential pipeline to weapons-grade plutonium as reactor fuel. This is a meaningful commercialization catalyst for Oklo, but the stock has already spiked 4.3% today on heavy insider selling backdrop.
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Wrong ifDOE announces accelerated timeline or additional contract awards, re-igniting momentum buying; any formal price target publication from sell-side upgrades would also invalidate the short thesis.
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