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Valar Atomics' first reactor test site is located in Utah and is expected to go critical for the first time in approximately 3 to 4 weeks from the time of the interview.
Valar Atomics aims for its first reactor to be the first advanced reactor to produce power in American history.
Valar Atomics plans to scale production to approximately 100 reactors per year at its next facility.
Valar Atomics' long-term goal is to reach a deployment rate of one reactor per day, and eventually multiple reactors per day, to achieve gigawatt-scale power generation.
Valar Atomics achieved "construction complete" on its first reactor site having raised less than $100 million in total capital.
Valar Atomics' strategy is to vertically integrate the entire nuclear power process, including land acquisition, reactor design, manufacturing, installation, and operation.
The Valar Atomics reactor design is orders of magnitude safer than existing light water reactors in the United States.
Valar Atomics' primary corporate goal is to make energy 10 times cheaper, and then an additional 10 times cheaper after that.
Isaiah Taylor believes mass replication in factories is the key to reducing the cost of nuclear reactors from the current $7,000-$15,000 per kilowatt to below $1,000 per kilowatt.
Valar Atomics successfully transported its reactor via a C-17 aircraft, a flight that included the Secretary of Energy, the Undersecretary of War, and the CTO of the United States as passengers.
Two days before a critical C-17 transport flight, Valar Atomics was informed the base's loader truck could not handle the reactor's weight, prompting the company's team to fabricate a custom loader truck in 24 hours.
Valar Atomics' long-term goal is to turn on 24 nuclear reactors per day.