{
  "slug": "aalo-1",
  "name": "Aalo-1",
  "company_id": null,
  "coolant": "Sodium",
  "reactor_type": null,
  "output_mwe": 10,
  "thermal_mw": null,
  "fuel_type": "Uranium hydride / metallic",
  "enrichment_class": "HALEU",
  "enrichment_pct": null,
  "regulator": "US Department of Energy authorisation pathway",
  "application_type": "DOE authorisation, not NRC licensing",
  "application_date": null,
  "review_phase": "DOE authorisation pathway rather than NRC licensing",
  "decision_expected": null,
  "credibility_tier": "pre_application",
  "docket": "DOE reactor pilot programme; Aalo-X at Idaho National Laboratory",
  "first_site_name": "Idaho National Laboratory",
  "first_site_country": "USA",
  "offtakers": null,
  "model_match": "Aalo-1",
  "transportable": 1,
  "form_factor": "Factory-built modular unit",
  "what_if": "A DOE-authorised experimental reactor on a national laboratory site is not an NRC-licensed commercial plant, and the two are frequently conflated. To sell power commercially Aalo would need to enter NRC licensing, which it has not. The twelve Aalo-1 units appearing in fleet datasets are announcements, not permits.\n",
  "notes": "Aalo appears in the fleet data with a dozen announced units, which is a good illustration of why this tracker separates announcements from regulatory position.\n",
  "source_name": "US Department of Energy reactor pilot programme",
  "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/nuclear-reactor-pilot-program",
  "url": "https://nuclearchain.net/smr/aalo-1/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "attribution": "NuclearChain (nuclearchain.net)"
}