Nuclear energy startup Valar Atomics said on July 1 it is partnering with Nvidia to develop a small data center in Utah, an effort the companies say will demonstrate how computing facilities needed ...

Valar Atomics announced a partnership with Nvidia to explore AI data centers powered directly by advanced nuclear energy, marking a first for the industry. The companies are considering a 30-megawatt, ...

A two-year-old nuclear startup just did something no American company has done before: ran an Nvidia AI chip directly off a compact nuclear reactor. Valar Atomics Inc. demonstrated its microreactor ...

Companies say closed-loop cooling, new reactor could cut water use to near zero Valar demonstrates its microreactor powering Nvidia's Blackwell chip architecture in Utah Poll shows voters are ...

July 1 (Reuters) - Valar Atomics, a nuclear power startup, said on Wednesday it is partnering with Nvidia to develop a small data center in Utah ‌that the companies claim will show how computing ...

A little over a year ago, President Trump set an ambitious goal: He wanted to see American companies build at least three new experimental nuclear reactors by July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of ...

Another non-light reactor has reached criticality under the Department of Energy’s reactor pilot program, as California-based Valar Atomics achieved the milestone on June 18. Valar Atomics conducted ...

Valar Atomics' Ward 250 advanced reactor has completed a zero-power fuelled criticality demonstration, becoming the second to meet the 4 July deadline for the US Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot ...

A historic milestone was reached in Emery County Thursday afternoon, as Valar Atomics’ Ward 250 reactor completed a zero-power fueled criticality demonstration. The experiment marks the second ...

ORANGEVILLE, Emery County — After four decades of stagnation, the United States is seeing a resurgence of nuclear technology. At about 4:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, Valar Atomics' small modular ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A small modular nuclear reactor has achieved "criticality" in eastern Utah, the company behind the project announced. Valar Atomics said its reactor being tested at the San Rafael ...

Valar Atomics has achieved self-sustaining criticality and completed zero-power testing at Ward 250, its Gen IV tri-structural isotropic (TRISO)-fueled modular high-temperature gas reactor (HTGR), at ...