Meet Aalo! We’re all about clean, affordable energy.
This page answers questions we’ve heard from community members and shows how to reach us with your questions.
What is Aalo?
We design and manufacture small, advanced nuclear power plants. Aalo was founded in 2023 in Austin, Texas.
So far, we’ve built a zero-power reactor in Idaho and are working on our demonstration 10 MW nuclear plant, also located in Idaho. Our mission is to provide affordable, clean, always-on power to the world.
We’re expanding state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing facilities for unfueled advanced nuclear reactors and power generation component manufacturing, along with office space for our teams.
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Do you handle nuclear fuel at your factories?
No. We build reactor parts mainly out of stainless steel and our factories are similar to any other manufacturing facility.
Finished components are driven off by trucks to work sites. Our factories never have any nuclear fuel on site.
What do you make in your factories?
We fabricate precision-designed metal structures which will hold the nuclear fuel core, along with the piping that will carry liquid through the core, enabling transfer of heat out of the reactor to large steel heat exchangers. These systems enable the transformation of heat energy into steam, which spins a turbine to create electricity.
We also build related instrumentation and controls equipment, all to strict safety and quality standards.
How are power plants shipped from the factory?
We’ve designed the power plant so that it can be shipped in parts, each roughly the size of a shipping container. Each module contains mechanical, electrical, and digital components necessary for the safe operation of the power plant, including some components custom-manufactured and others bought off the shelf.
After the modules arrive on site where they will be operated, mechanical, fluid, data, and power lines are connected. Nuclear fuel (which consists of long metal tubes of solid ceramic fuel pellets) and sodium coolant are then added and the plant is tested and commissioned.
What kind of workers are employed at the factory?
We employ pipefitters, metalworkers, technicians, engineers, managers, and other staff, and we anticipate hiring hundreds of employees over the next several years.
We value good employees interested in solving energy issues and we look forward to working with the community on training pipelines and expansion of our staff. Please visit aalo.com/careers to see current roles.
Why nuclear instead of other energy options?
Our power generation systems are designed to be mass-manufactured and offer clean, firm, dispatchable energy that is in great demand throughout our state and country to address electric reliability challenges.
Factory fabrication provides control over cost and schedule, and certainty on speed and availability of power. The factory will create jobs, boost the economy, and deliver clean, firm, dispatchable energy at scale.
Is nuclear energy safe?
Nuclear energy is historically the safest and cleanest form of energy generation. You can read more here. At Aalo, safety is our top priority. We start every company meeting with a safety check-in, employ staff members dedicated solely to maintaining safety, and offer any employee the right to call a “stop work” if they see any unsafe condition.
Nuclear energy companies are regulated by some of the most rigorous safety and quality standards on the planet, and following in the footsteps of the hundreds of nuclear power plants worldwide providing clean energy to homes and businesses, we look forward to decades of safety-first operations.
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Our mission is to provide affordable, clean, always-on power for the world.
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These are the people who make Aalo possible. Most photos were taken at our pilot factory in Austin and the Aalo-X campus at Idaho National Laboratory.
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We look forward to continuing the conversation with your additional questions, comments, and requests for clarification.