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12. Another one in that issue is about Valar Atomics, which is working on small modular reactors

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 02:33 PM

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and the founder's ties to Christian Nationalism and political ties .. and how dubious their reactor is

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/the-trump-administrations-favorite-nuclear-startup-has-ties-to-russia-and-epstein/

The Trump Administration’s Favorite Nuclear Startup Has Ties to Russia and Epstein
Also, Christian nationalism.
Kiera Butler May+June 2026 Issue

While looking for more info on them, I found this:

https://neutronbytes.com/2026/02/28/questions-abound-about-valar-atomics/

it has updates up thru 4/16/26!! It summarizes the Mother Jones article at length and has updates to that. It also criticizes Oklo and Last Energy, two other small modular reactor developers, and their publicity stunts.

As for what this has got to do with data centers, there is a lot of giddy bubbly about small modular reactors providing a lot of the electricity needed, but nothing I've seen has impressed me so far. There was a lot of giddy bubbly about it back when I was young.

I'm sure you've seen my posts in this thread about most new data center electricity coming from natural gas. In huge quantities.

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