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Valar Atomics' OR-250 is the first advanced reactor built by a startup to generate power.
Valar Atomics powered an NVIDIA Blackwell AI chip using its nuclear reactor, which it used to host the website nuclearwebsite.com.
Valar Atomics activated the first TRISO-fueled reactor in the United States in over 50 years.
Isaiah Taylor believes Valar Atomics' approach of manufacturing reactors will enable the company to make energy 10 times cheaper.
Valar Atomics' reactor was activated under the authority of the Department of Energy, following Executive Order 14301 from the Trump administration.
Valar Atomics' reactor design uses passive RCCS panels (water jackets) that can remove decay heat through natural circulation without any moving parts or electrical input.
Valar Atomics' safety basis for regulators assumes a worst-case scenario where every system in the plant has failed, demonstrating that no harmful radiation would be released.
The OR-250 is the first advanced reactor ever built in the United States outside of a national laboratory.
Valar Atomics is the only private company founded since the discovery of nuclear fission to have generated nuclear power.
The Modular Citadel bio-shield for the OR-250 reactor was assembled in 42 hours, compared to a typical 3-month construction time for traditional bio-shields.
Valar Atomics' competitive edge is its willingness and competence to vertically integrate any part of the supply chain that impedes its ability to scale quickly.
A team of five Valar Atomics engineers built a working Reactor Protection System (RPS) in 6 weeks for approximately $400,000, after receiving a vendor quote of $5 million with a 2.5-year lead time.