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A fourth microreactor reaches criticality as gas demand is forecast to contract

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Aalo became the fourth US microreactor startup to achieve criticality, clearing the White House's July 4th deadline, while the IEA expects gas demand to contract as war-tightened supply lifts prices.

Reporting date: 2026-07-07 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 7, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Microreactors go critical on a presidential deadline

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A fourth microreactor reaches criticality as gas demand is forecast to contract
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Reporting date: 2026-07-07
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-07-a-fourth-microreactor-and-contracting-gas-demand
Claim: Aalo became the fourth US microreactor startup to achieve criticality, clearing the White House's July 4th deadline, while the IEA expects gas demand to contract as war-tightened supply lifts prices.
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- Welcome to July 7, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-7-2026
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