Regional grid operator PJM Interconnection removed Oklo’s 750-megawatt mixed-technology project from its study cycle; Oklo requested federal reinstatement.

PJM Interconnection removed Oklo’s 750-megawatt mixed-technology project from the regional transmission organization’s interconnection-study cycle. An interconnection study evaluates a project’s ability to connect to the grid; removal is not the same as cancellation of an operating plant because the project had not reached that stage.

PJM reportedly told Oklo that the company had not demonstrated the project could ride through a sudden decline in grid voltage. The 750-megawatt figure applies to the mixed-technology project as a whole and should not be treated as the capacity of a single nuclear reactor.

Oklo asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to direct PJM to reinstate the project. The supplied source does not report that FERC had granted the request or that the project had returned to the study cycle.