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Aalo Atomics is an Austin, Texas-based advanced nuclear startup founded in 2023 by CEO Matt Loszak and CTO Yasir Arafat. The company designs sodium-cooled small modular reactors (SMRs) optimized for AI data center power, and is building at Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy's Reactor Pilot Program.
Aalo's roadmap moves from the Critical Test Reactor (Project First Light) through the non-nuclear Aalo-0 (Project Crucible), to the full-power Aalo-X (Project Ascension) and the commercial Aalo Pod. In July 2026 the Critical Test Reactor achieved criticality at INL under the White House's July 4 deadline.