Oklo and Centrus lock in fuel supply for Ohio nuclear campus
Photo: Centrus Energy (file photo)Oklo has signed definitive multi-year contracts with Centrus Energy for the enriched uranium fuel to power its planned reactor campus in Pike County, Ohio — a deal backed by Meta that locks in fuel deliveries starting in 2029.
The agreements, announced Thursday, cover high-assay low-enriched uranium, known as HALEU, produced at Centrus' American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon. Oklo will make prepayments for future fuel deliveries to help fund construction of new U.S. uranium enrichment capacity, the companies said. The contracts include enough fuel to power up to five of Oklo's Aurora powerhouses for multiple years.
The deal formalizes a letter of intent the two companies signed in June and secures fuel for the first phase of Oklo's planned 1.2-gigawatt power campus in Ohio, which is being developed in partnership with Meta. The fuel purchase is supported by Meta's prepayment for future Oklo power production, under an agreement the companies announced in January.
"Securing fuel is essential to scaling our power business beyond our first reactor in Idaho," said Oklo CEO and co-founder Jacob DeWitte. "These agreements support our initial Ohio deployments and provide fuel for future Aurora powerhouses. Meta's support helps advance fuel procurement for the Ohio campus and our work to deliver new, clean, reliable power to the grid."
Centrus said it has now secured $5.4 billion in customer contracts and commitments to purchase low-enriched uranium and HALEU from the new capacity. "These definitive agreements demonstrate that Centrus is ideally placed to meet and support the upcoming substantial commercial demand for HALEU," said Centrus President and CEO Amir Vexler. "Oklo's prepayments, which add to the others we have previously received, will help fund our buildout as we scale Centrus' proven American Centrifuge technology and qualified manufacturing processes for commercial production."
The fuel supply also covers future Aurora deployments and later refueling of Oklo's first Aurora powerhouse in Idaho. The companies said the effort is expected to support thousands of direct and indirect jobs at full buildout, expand Ohio's clean energy workforce and generate new local and state tax revenues through investment in energy infrastructure. Oklo has said it is targeting the first phase of the Ohio campus to come online as early as 2030, growing to the full 1.2 gigawatts by 2034.
Sources: Business Wire, "Oklo, Centrus Secure Fuel Supply for Aurora Powerhouse Deployment in Ohio" (Nov. 12, 2026, full text verified); Scioto Valley Guardian, "Oklo, Centrus sign multi-year fuel deal to power Piketon nuclear campus" (Nov. 12, 2026, full text verified). Event date verified: November 12, 2026 (definitive contracts announced).
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