The company said its NOVA Core achieved zero-power criticality at LANL's National Criticality Experiments Research Center on 17 November. (Image: Valar Atomics/X) Valar said it is collaborating with ...
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 ...
Multi-day fast-spectrum reactor experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Criticality Experiments Research Center generate modern benchmark data. The data supports Oklo’s ...
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 ...