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 ...

An advanced nuclear startup just achieved a milestone as it races to meet an ambitious Department of Energy goal. Founded just over two years ago in July 2023, El Segundo-based Valar Atomics announced ...

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 ...

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 ...

The US Department of Energy has announced its initial selection of 11 advanced reactor projects for the Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, which aims to see at least three of them achieve criticality in ...

Construction of Aalo-X Nuclear Reactor Is Full Steam Ahead with Signed DOE OTA, Completed Preliminary Design Review, and Excavation Process Underway AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aalo Atomics, the ...

Scientists just brought us one step closer to the dream of unlimited power. On November 17 at the Nevada National Security Site, a nuclear energy startup called Valar Atomics achieved zero-power ...