Oklo announced that it has selected Siemens Energy to supply the steam turbine and generator for its first Aurora reactor at Idaho National Laboratory.

The photo shows Oklo and Siemens Energy representatives posing next to a Siemens SST-600 series turbine.

Why This Matters for the Industry

  • Shift toward compactness: small/advanced nuclear projects increasingly require more "packaged" turbine islands and pre-assembled modules.
  • System delivery approach: more contracts are going not for "turbine separately," but for the "turbine + generator" bundle as a single product.
  • Focus on industrial feasibility: solutions that can be serially reproduced and quickly commissioned win, not just those that calculate well on paper.