Labor Shortages May Hinder Power-Plant Buildout, Oklo CEO Says

Nuclear company Oklo Inc. is warning that shortages of skilled workers are threatening to become a bottleneck in efforts to build new power plants.

The California-based company is planning a 1.2-gigawatt power campus in Ohio, a site chosen in part for the availability of workers, Chief Executive Officer Jacob DeWitte said Wednesday on Bloomberg TV. The first of Oklo’s small reactors may go into service there by 2030.

Booming demand for electricity to run factories and data centers will require more power plants, but the US labor force may not have enough skilled craft workers to support the buildout, DeWitte ...