DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy published the final 'Nuclear Fuel Cycle Consortium' voluntary agreement under section 708 of the Defense Production Act (FR Doc. 2026-13486, 91 FR 40991-41002, docket DOE-HQ-2025-0175). It was signed on June 2, 2026 by Theodore Garrish, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, under authority delegated by the Secretary, after the Attorney General and FTC chairman were consulted. The closing list of 'companies who have signed' the agreement has 84 names, among them 'Valar Atomics', beside utilities, uranium miners (including Energy Fuels, which runs Utah's uranium mill, mine-037), enrichers, fuel makers and other reactor start-ups (Antares, Oklo, Radiant, Kairos, X-Energy, TRISO-X, Standard Nuclear). The agreement covers the whole fuel cycle from mining to waste, is justified by Executive Order 14302 and the January 2025 national energy emergency (E.O. 14156), gives members a defense against antitrust suits for actions taken under an approved 'Plan of Action', and 'does not confer funds' (members pay their own costs). Specific obligations appear only in later Plans of Action, each of which needs a written Attorney General finding published in the Federal Register; none naming Valar was found as of 2026-09-29. DOE lists nine commenters on the draft (six individuals, two companies and a policy group) plus a procedural petition it declined to address; none is from Valar.

• Implementing Voluntary Agreements Under the Defense Production Act (FR Doc. 2026-13486, 91 FR 40991) (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy (Federal Register, via GPO govinfo), 2026-07-06) primary government “Participation in this Agreement does not confer funds to Participants”