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Mark Mitchell retweeted
President Trump signed EO 14301 nearly a year ago today. Since then, 11 teams of engineers have been racing to achieve the President's goal: criticality in three advanced reactors outside of the national labs by July 4th.
Grateful to be part of it as we enter the final inning!
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Feb 28
Last Thursday, we paused site work and opened up Ward250 to our community in Emery County.
Over 300 neighbors joined us for an evening of nuclear reactors and BBQ, and lots of people learned about how nuclear works for the first time.
Team Valar is grateful for Emery County!
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So awesome to sit down with Alex on the Upstarts podcast! Thank you for having me
Feb 26
"If Valar doesn't do this, China and Russia will be the world's nuclear energy source."
Experts have doubted @valaratomics CEO Isaiah Taylor (@isaiah_p_taylor) every step of the way.
He says every future $1 trillion company should seem a little crazy -- and that no other nuclear startup is moving fast enough to solve our energy needs 🏭
On our new episode of The Upstarts Podcast, Isaiah shares why he founded Valar as his 'life's work', why other well-funded startups have failed in nuclear, and his Upstart Moment on the road to raising $150M for new-look energy campuses called “gigasites" 🚧
“Safety is non-negotiable, but also safe and slow are not the same thing,” Taylor tells @UpstartsMediaCo.
A big thanks to our podcast partner @mercury for amplifying these Upstarts stories 💪
Enjoy!
youtu.be/mNFCGHFscoM
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
Feb 16
Shoutout those moving nuclear forward: @isaiah_p_taylor, @CWNazarian, @MaxUkropina, @KipMock, @sean_12324, @JosephLillard_, @markmit many more!
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There’s no group in the world like America’s warfighters.
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Feb 15
Today, we’re exited to partner with the Department of War and Department of Energy on Operation Windlord. Three C-17s will be transporting our Ward250 reactor from March ARB to Hill AFB.
Here’s a peek at what it took to bring this operation to life. (Part 1)
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
Feb 15
.@DEPTOFWAR is proudly partnering with @ENERGY to advance America's nuclear energy dominance as part of President Trump's Executive Order.
Today, we are airlifting a next-generation nuclear reactor—HISTORIC!
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
Feb 15
LIVE: Undersecretary of War for A&S Michael Duffey and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright provide remarks at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. x.com/i/broadcasts/1PlKQOOYP…
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
Feb 15
Operation Windlord behind the scenes Part 2: Arrival
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Feb 15
Operation Windlord behind the scenes Part 3: The Loadup
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
Feb 15
We’re advancing President Trump’s executive order on nuclear energy.
Moments from now, we will airlift a next-generation nuclear reactor.
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
Feb 15
idk maybe it’s something in the air but today just feels like a great day to move this reactor to utah
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
You can read more about Operation Windlord, and view the livestream from Hill Air Force base, on the Department of War website:
war.gov/News/Releases/Releas…
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
At Valar Atomics, we believe that abundant and scalable energy is the backbone of a strong and prosperous nation. This is as true for America's warfighters as it is for her factories.
The Valar team is focused on safely and rapidly scaling to meet these critical needs.
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It's been an incredible honor preparing for this operation with the Air Mobility Command and the amazing teams at the DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy.
I'm particularly grateful to the 62nd Airwing's Prime Nuclear Airlift Force (PNAF), responsible for lifting Charlie flight today.
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5MWe of C-17 transportable, rapidly deployable nuclear power is a groundbreaking unlock for the American warfighter.
At 5MWe, a Ward reactor can power 5,000 homes or sustain a brigade-scale FOB with continuous power for communications, computing, and mission-critical systems.
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
We're honored to be accompanied by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Undersecretary of War Michael Duffey, Senator John Curtis, and US Chief Technology Officer Ethan Klein on this historic flight.
A press conference with Governor Spencer Cox will be held after touchdown at Hill.
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
Ward250 is a passively safe modular reactor designed for high production rate and rapid deployment. We're taking an iterative approach to testing, starting at 100kW (250kW peak), and gradually stepping up to the full design architecture of 5MWe as we gain hardware experience.
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
Today, the Department of War will execute Operation Windlord, the first C-17 airlift of a nuclear reactor, in partnership with the Department of Energy and Valar Atomics.
Three C-17s Globemasters carrying the 8 modules of the Ward250 reactor will fly from March ARB to Hill AFB.
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Mark Mitchell retweeted
Feb 14
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