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Aalo Atomics

Advanced nuclear technology licensing and deployment

Safeguards and Security Lead

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/24/2026
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's
Idaho Falls, ID, USA
In PersonOn-site in Idaho Falls; travel to Austin, Texas facilities as needed.
Security & Protective Services
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship Required

About the job

Requirements
  • Six or more years of progressively responsible experience in nuclear safeguards, physical security, nuclear material control and accountability, law enforcement, military security, or high-consequence infrastructure protection.
  • Two or more years in a leading security or safeguards role at a commercial nuclear power plant, DOE nuclear facility, national laboratory, nuclear-fuel-cycle facility, or comparable high-security operation.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of physical protection, access authorization, insider-threat mitigation, contingency planning, security systems, vulnerability assessment, incident response, investigations, and security performance testing.
  • Demonstrated experience protecting, controlling, or accounting for special nuclear material or other regulated nuclear material, including receipt, storage, movement, inventory, anomaly response, and transfer interfaces.
  • Working knowledge of applicable DOE safeguards and security directives and relevant NRC physical-protection and material-control requirements, and the ability to translate the governing authorization framework into executable controls.
  • Experience coordinating with DOE, national laboratories, law enforcement, emergency management, transportation organizations, regulators, and armed or contract protective forces.
  • A bachelor's degree in security management, criminal justice, nuclear technology, engineering, physical science, or a related field is preferred; substantial directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Willingness to work on-site in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain any required DOE or other government security clearance, access authorization, and fitness-for-duty status.
  • Availability for security events, nuclear material movements, critical tests, nights, weekends, and rotating on-call coverage.
Responsibilities
  • Develop, implement, and maintain the safeguards and security program, plans, procedures, post orders, security risk assessments, performance measures, and corrective-action processes for Idaho Falls activities.
  • Develop and implement a physical security program for the Austin, Texas manufacturing and office facilities.
  • Establish graded physical-protection measures for site boundaries, protected areas, buildings, vital equipment, construction areas, control rooms, storage locations, and nuclear material consistent with assessed threats and applicable requirements.
  • Lead access authorization, badging, visitor control, escorting, key and credential control, alarm response, security-force interfaces, and personnel-security coordination.
  • Establish nuclear material security and control requirements for receipt, possession, use, movement, storage, inventory, tamper indication, anomaly response, and transfer; coordinate formal material control and accountability functions with qualified technical owners.
  • Develop response plans for intrusion, theft, diversion, sabotage, insider threat, suspicious behavior, security-system degradation, missing material, and law-enforcement events.
  • Coordinate security interfaces with DOE, Idaho National Laboratory, MFC, local and federal law enforcement, emergency responders, transportation organizations, and future regulators as applicable.
  • Protect security-sensitive information, vulnerability information, access records, nuclear material data, and other controlled information in coordination with information-security and records-management functions.
  • Conduct drills, performance tests, assessments, investigations, and management observations; enter deficiencies into the corrective action program and verify durable closure.
  • Stop work, restrict access, isolate areas, suspend material movement, or elevate concerns whenever physical protection, authorization, accountability, staffing, equipment, or response capability is inadequate.

About the company

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Aalo Atomics

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Aalo Atomics develops and deploys advanced nuclear energy systems to provide reliable, low-carbon power. It licenses technology, forms partnerships, and runs energy production projects for governments, large corporations, and energy providers. The company relies on multidisciplinary R&D to bring nuclear solutions to market, drawing talent from computer hardware, software, aerospace, and automotive sectors and navigating regulatory approval as part of its business model. Unlike wind and solar, its products aim to deliver continuous electricity at competitive costs, supported by a diverse ecosystem of partners and clients. Aalo also focuses on public education about nuclear energy’s risks and benefits and to attract the next generation of engineers. Its goal is to usher in a second Atomic Age by delivering abundant, dependable clean energy to power humanity for generations.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$133.3M

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Founded

2023

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What believers are saying

  • Aalo raised over $136 million, then claimed $300 million-plus by August 2026.
  • Rockwell Automation and Baker Hughes supply critical systems, strengthening industrial credibility.
  • Aalo plans a 400,000-square-foot Austin expansion and 100-200 new hires after July 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Aalo still depends on DOE pathways; NRC commercial licensing remains unresolved for Aalo Pods.
  • The Georgetown facility opens January 2028, stretching manufacturing scale-up far beyond criticality.
  • A $500 million Series C negotiation signals heavy capital needs and execution pressure.

What makes Aalo Atomics unique

  • Aalo reached criticality July 4, 2026, validating its Aalo-X reactor under DOE oversight.
  • Crusoe partnered July 30, 2026, to deploy Aalo Pods for AI data centers.
  • Aalo uses Microsoft and NVIDIA permitting tools, cutting permitting timelines 92%.

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  • Flexible Work Hours

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6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

20%
Hoodline
Sep 17th, 2026
Aalo Atomics plans $25M Georgetown plant to mass-produce mini nuclear reactors.

Aalo Atomics plans $25M Georgetown plant to mass-produce mini nuclear reactors. Published on September 17, 2026 A warehouse just off Interstate 35 in Georgetown could soon become ground zero for a new kind of nuclear power plant, one built on an assembly line rather than poured in place over a decade. Aalo Atomics, an Austin-based nuclear engineering company, plans a $25 million advanced manufacturing facility at 4813 N. I-35, renovating an existing 204,350-square-foot one-story warehouse into lab, machine-shop and production-floor space. According to Community Impact, Aalo plans to expand its advanced manufacturing operations to Georgetown, per a filing tied to the project. The project's estimated timeline runs from Nov. 15 through Jan. 30, 2028, and the site is expected to provide lab, machine-shop and production-floor space for the company's work, according to permit details reported by communityimpact.com. A reactor built like a product, not a power plant. Aalo Atomics was founded in 2023 and designs and builds small, factory-made nuclear power plants, according to the seed report from Community Impact. The pitch is speed: while traditional nuclear plants can take a decade to construct, Aalo builds compact reactors in a factory and ships them to wherever power is needed, per the same account. The company intends its plants primarily to power artificial intelligence data centers, which have become one of the country's fastest-growing sources of electricity demand. Aalo says its designs will be optimized for simplicity, manufacturability and technological readiness, according to aalo.com. The company has described itself as a nuclear engineering company created to make reactor deployment highly predictable and economical, and it says its mass-manufacturing approach is meant to unlock cost reduction through scale, according to the company's own site. Critical Test Reactor reached chain reaction in under eight months. The Georgetown project follows a milestone Aalo announced this summer: the company says it brought a commercial-scale advanced reactor to criticality on July 4 at 12:20 a.m. Mountain Time. Aalo Atomics successfully started a self-sustaining nuclear reaction with its Critical Test Reactor, according to the company's website, and the reactor was built in less than eight months from groundbreaking to sustained chain reaction. The Critical Test Reactor includes a full-scale core demonstrating the nuclear components of Aalo's planned 10 MWe reactors, aalo.com states, and the company says the CTR can safely run and generate energy. Aalo has said it plans to deploy those 10 MWe reactors inside 50 MWe Aalo Pods, which it describes as fully modular nuclear plants purpose-built for AI data centers. The company's ultimate aim, according to its own statements, is to mass-produce Aalo Pods to supply constant, clean electricity to AI data centers. Betting on scale to cut costs. Aalo has said it is expanding into a one-million-square-foot factory to apply assembly-line manufacturing to reactor production, a step beyond the smaller Georgetown site now moving through the permitting process. The company has also said its first reactor was fabricated in Austin and turned on in Idaho, and it has set a target of reaching 3 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity costs while maintaining safety, according to aalo.com. Nuclear reactors provide energy by splitting atoms rather than burning fossil fuels, a process that releases no greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, per Community Impact's reporting. That framing has become part of the broader pitch from companies chasing compact, factory-built reactors: the Idaho National Laboratory describes microreactors generally as factory-built and transportable, with potential uses including process heat for manufacturing, mining and industry, according to inl.gov. Other companies are chasing similar ground; Radiant has said it plans to roll out its first factory-built portable nuclear generator by 2028, according to radiantnuclear.com, while Rolls-Royce has marketed its own small modular reactor as a factory-built, fully integrated nuclear solution using commercially available technology, per rolls-royce.com. For now, the Georgetown facility remains in the planning stages, with an estimated project window stretching into early 2028. As Aalo works to translate its Idaho test reactor into a repeatable factory product, the North I-35 warehouse could become one of the company's key manufacturing sites for reactors meant to feed the region's growing appetite for AI-driven power demand.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 2nd, 2026
Aalo Atomics to build 200,000-square-foot Georgetown facility after $100M funding round

Austin-based Aalo Atomics is planning a 200,000-square-foot production and manufacturing facility in Georgetown, Texas, approximately 40 miles north of its headquarters. The company builds modular nuclear power plants aimed at making nuclear energy more affordable for data centres. According to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Aalo will invest approximately $25 million to renovate a warehouse, which will include a lab, machine shop, and production floor. Construction is expected to begin 15 November and complete by January 2028. Founded in 2023, Aalo achieved criticality for its test reactor at the Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory in July. Texas estimates it must fill 10,000 nuclear energy jobs over the next three to five years as data centres expand across the state.

WHTop
Aug 1st, 2026
Crusoe eyes nuclear power for next AI data center expansion.

Crusoe eyes nuclear power for next AI data center expansion. August 1, 2026 - Crusoe and Aalo Atomics have agreed to develop what they describe as the first AI data center powered by a modular nuclear reactor, beginning with a proof-of-concept deployment at Idaho National Laboratory in 2027. The partnership links rapidly expanding AI infrastructure demand with next-generation nuclear technology as electricity availability becomes an increasingly decisive constraint on data center expansion globally. The AI industry's biggest bottleneck is no longer chips alone. Power has moved into the center of every conversation surrounding large-scale computing. Utilities are warning about capacity limits. Grid interconnection queues continue growing. Developers are delaying [...] [... Check source for end of article...]

Crusoe
Jul 30th, 2026
Crusoe and Aalo Atomics form strategic partnership with goal of deploying first nuclear-powered AI factory.

Crusoe and Aalo Atomics form strategic partnership with goal of deploying first nuclear-powered AI factory. Commercial Partnership Builds Upon Aalo's Recent Criticality; Demonstrates American Leadership in AI and Energy Table of contents DENVER, Colorado and AUSTIN, Texas, July 30, 2026 - Crusoe, the industry's first vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, and Aalo Atomics, the company building fully modular nuclear reactors (XMRs) to power modern AI data centers, today announce a strategic partnership focused on developing and deploying the first nuclear-powered AI Factory data center designed to validate nuclear power's effectiveness with AI workloads. "The next generation of AI infrastructure demands power that is reliable, abundant, clean and at scale, and Aalo's nuclear reactors are built to meet that need," said Cully Cavness, Co-Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Crusoe. "One of Crusoe's core values is to 'bend the arc of energy toward sustainability,' and within that value we embrace the principle of using Crusoe's market position to support and accelerate energy innovation. In line with our core values, we look forward to Aalo and Crusoe jointly demonstrating to the industry the first AI data center powered by a small modular nuclear reactor." Aalo will initially power a Crusoe Spark(TM) modular data center, running Crusoe Cloud, in 2027 as a proof of concept. Looking forward, Aalo and Crusoe intend to deploy Aalo Pods and Aalo's 50 MWe XMR power plants at Crusoe data centers, by the end of 2029. "As one of only four companies to reach criticality by President Trump's deadline for companies in the DOE Reactor Pilot Program, we are now well positioned for not only the full power operation of our 10 MWe Aalo-X reactor, but also the deployment of the Aalo Pod to power commercial data centers," said Matt Loszak, CEO, Aalo Atomics. "We are now the only nuclear technology company to design and build a nuclear reactor fueled to produce 10MW of electricity- an achievement that positions Aalo as the premier power provider for the modern data center." Aalo has already begun work on its second nuclear reactor, testing a commercial-scale system that will produce electricity and power for an on-site Crusoe Spark(TM) modular data center. About Crusoe. As the AI factory company, Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. The company provides a reliable, scalable, cost-effective, energy-first solution for AI infrastructure. By harnessing large-scale energy sources, building AI-optimized data centers, and delivering a powerful AI cloud platform, Crusoe empowers its customers and partners to build the future faster. About Aalo Atomics. Aalo Atomics, based in Austin, Texas, builds nuclear reactors to power modern AI data centers. Founded in 2023, Aalo has secured over $136M in funding to date from multiple investors, including Valor Equity Partners, 50Y, Fine Structure Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, NRG Energy, Vamos Ventures, Tishman Speyer, Kindred Ventures, Harpoon Ventures, Crescent Enterprises, Crosscut, Alumni Ventures, MCJ, Gaingels, and Nucleation Capital, among others. To learn more, visit www.aalo.com. Media contact. [email protected]

Data Center Dynamics
Jul 30th, 2026
Crusoe partners with Aalo on nuclear-powered AI data center deployment at Idaho National Lab.

Crusoe partners with Aalo on nuclear-powered AI data center deployment at Idaho National Lab. Crusoe will deploy a Spark unit at the site, which will be powered by a small modular reactor July 30, 2026 Crusoe has partnered with small modular reactor (SMR) developer Aalo Atomics to develop and deploy the world's first nuclear-powered AI data center. The partnership will see Crusoe deploy one of its Crusoe Spark modular data centers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in 2027, as a proof-of-concept project. The Spark unit will be powered directly by Aalo's Pod reactor, a 50MWe reactor that comprises five individual Aalo-1 microreactors (each with a capacity of 10MWe) paired with a single power-generating turbine. Following this, the companies said that they intend to deploy Aalo Pods across Crusoe's data center portfolio by the end of 2029. "The next generation of AI infrastructure demands power that is reliable, abundant, clean, and at scale, and Aalo's nuclear reactors are built to meet that need," said Cully Cavness, co-founder, president, and chief strategy officer, Crusoe. "One of Crusoe's core values is to 'bend the arc of energy toward sustainability,' and within that value we embrace the principle of using Crusoe's market position to support and accelerate energy innovation. In line with our core values, we look forward to Aalo and Crusoe jointly demonstrating to the industry the first AI data center powered by a small modular nuclear reactor." Aalo was one of four advanced nuclear companies to reach criticality of its reactor earlier this month, as part of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Reactor Pilot Program. The company reported that it had achieved criticality for its Aalo-X Critical Test Reactor in the early morning hours of July 4, 2026, at the INL, meeting the deadline stipulated in the program. Criticality is when a nuclear reactor achieves a self-sustaining chain reaction. The company broke ground on the test reactor in September of last year. The company joined Antares, which was the first to achieve criticality, as well as Valar and Deployable Energy. "As one of only four companies to reach criticality by President Trump's deadline for companies in the DOE Reactor Pilot Program, we are now well positioned for not only the full power operation of our 10 MWe Aalo-X reactor, but also the deployment of the Aalo Pod to power commercial data centers," said Matt Loszak, CEO, Aalo Atomics. "We are now the only nuclear technology company to design and build a nuclear reactor fueled to produce 10MW of electricity - an achievement that positions Aalo as the premier power provider for the modern data center." The Aalo-X reactor is a precursor to the company's flagship offering, dubbed the Aalo pod. The 50MW microreactor comprises five 10MWe reactors driving a single turbine. It is sodium and air-cooled, meaning it requires no external water source. The Crusoe Spark is a prefabricated AI data center housed in a shipping-sized container, announced in June of last year. Crusoe claims it is a fully integrated AI solution that integrates GPU racks, cooling, power distribution, remote monitoring, and fire suppression into a transportable chassis. Each unit has a capacity of just under 1MW. According to Crusoe, the unit will feed into the Crusoe Cloud. The deal is Crusoe's second with a nuclear power developer and the first with an advanced nuclear developer. Last October, the firm partnered with US nuclear energy firm Blue Energy to develop an up to 1.5GW nuclear-powered data center campus located in the Port of Victoria, Victoria, Texas. Power will initially be delivered via natural gas as a bridge to nuclear power. More in north america.