Fireside Chat – Made in Texas: Oklo’s Groves Isotope Reactor

Featuring: Thomas Eiden, Senior Director – Isotopes, Oklo Dason Maloney, President of General Construction, Century Construction Ben Horton, President, BCS Concrete Structures Daniel Zimmerman, Principal, HillSide Architecture, PLLC Built in record time, Oklo’s Groves Isotope Test Reactor in Caldwell County is the world’s fastest-built privately funded reactor of its kind. This fireside chat highlights the Texas suppliers and workforce — many from outside the traditional nuclear supply chain — who helped bring Groves from concept to construction. The conversation will explore how local manufacturers, skilled workers, and nontraditional partners made the project possible, and what it means for Texas as a growing hub for advanced nuclear deployment.