On a cloudy day in late March, Isaiah Taylor, the 27-year-old founder and chief executive of Valar Atomics, a Hawthorne, Calif.–based nuclear energy startup, led me into a large black tent at the Utah ...
A Trump administration pilot program aims for three nuclear startups to reach a key milestone by July 4, 2026. Valar Atomics says it’s the first to do so—but it had some help. It’s also, more ...
El Segundo-based nuclear startup Valar Atomics announced Monday that it has achieved criticality, an essential step in nuclear reactor development. The milestone comes with support from one of the ...
The startup’s achievement is impressive but underscores the quiet chaos of the nuclear industry following a series of sweeping executive orders in May. Reading time 3 minutes In May, a series of ...
A small US nuclear startup has quietly crossed a threshold that most young fission companies only talk about, achieving a self-sustaining chain reaction in a test system without ever boiling water or ...
Valar Atomics raised $130 million with participation from Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar. Valar is developing reactor technology that uses ...
Utah’s agreement with nuclear startup allows for more than just a test reactor. Here’s what it says.
Utah’s agreement with nuclear startup allows for more than just a test reactor. Here’s what it says. Utah and nuclear company Valar Atomics “will be conducting research to verify the safety of nuclear ...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, center, and Under Secretary of Defense Michael Duffey, left, speak with Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, in February 2026. AP Photo / Matthew Daly But those rules ...
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A nuclear reactor that seems on a fast track for development in Utah, by a company known as Valar Atomics, may yield important research information but it won't produce any ...
Anduril Industries Inc. founder Palmer Luckey, a Lockheed Martin Corp. board member, Palantir Technology Inc.’s Shyam Sankar and other investors are putting $130 million into Valar Atomics, a nuclear ...
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