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RELEASE: Valar Atomics Achieves First Criticality in DOE Pilot Program

WASHINGTON, DC - November 17, 2025 – Valar Atomics announced that its NOVA Core successfully achieved criticality at…

Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus
Environmental Law After Environmentalism
Energy and Climate

by Patrick Brown
When Are Scientific Claims Untrustworthy?
Energy and Climate

by Juzel Lloyd , Adam Stein , Seaver Wang & more
Abundant Fuel for Abundant Reactors
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Elizabeth McCarthy
The Litigation Hydra of Interim Final Rules
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Yue "Joy" Jiang
What Can the U.S. Learn from Chinese Nuclear Deployment?
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Spencer Toohill & Adam Stein
Making DOE's Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program Work
Energy and Climate

by Deric Tilson
Why the Grid Is Lagging Behind Demand
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Matthew L. Wald & PJ Seel
Wasps Can Hurt You. A Radioactive Wasp Nest Can't.
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Ted Nordhaus
On Breaking Nuclear Things
Energy and Climate

by Matthew L. Wald
We're Losing the Transmission Wars
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass & Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Why Trump Must Act Now to Secure Global Agricultural Leadership
Energy and Climate

by Peter Cook
The Trump Administration Just Subsidized Chinese Steel
Energy and Climate

by Adam Stein , Deric Tilson , Yue "Joy" Jiang & more
Accelerating Commercialization Through Incentivizing On-Time Nuclear (ACTION)
Energy and Climate

by PJ Seel & Adam Stein
Drawing the Line
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus
State Power Without State Capacity
Energy and Climate

by Matthew L. Wald
To Cut Nuclear Costs, Cut Concrete
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus
After the Green Vortex

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