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newrecordconfirmed The other May 2025 orders: NRC told to rethink radiation limits, DOE told to form fuel pacts, Army to run a reactor
2025-05-23 · gov-009 · Executive Office of the President, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Army, Valar Atomics

Three companion orders signed with EO 14301 on 23 May 2025, read on govinfo: EO 14300 orders the NRC to rewrite its rules within 18 months, set fixed licensing deadlines (18 months for a new reactor) and 'reconsider reliance on the linear no-threshold (LNT) model' and the 'as low as reasonably achievable' standard, consulting DOD, DOE and EPA; it calls those models flawed. EO 14302 directs DOE to seek Defense Production Act voluntary agreements with nuclear companies, to 'prioritize' firms with milestones such as DOE-approved conceptual safety design reports or the ability to privately finance their fuel, and allows procurement support or offtake guarantees for consortia (the agreement Valar signed, gov-001). EO 14299 has the Army operate a reactor at a domestic base by 30 September 2028 and has DOE start designating AI data centers at DOE sites as critical defense facilities where appropriate. No record read shows Valar selected for an Army reactor program.

In plain termsThe same day as the order that created Valar's program, the President also told the nuclear regulator to reconsider the long-standing assumption, built into its radiation limits, that any dose carries some risk, told DOE to form industry fuel pacts, and told the Army to run its own reactor. Valar's chief executive publicly welcomed the orders the day they were signed. The radiation-limit change matters to neighbors: it would decide how much exposure the public may be allowed from reactors like Valar's. As of now, Valar's own safety papers still use today's limits (safe-013).
verified 2026-09-29: Re-read EOs 14300, 14302 and 14299 on govinfo 2026-09-29; quotes exact. Fixed: 'conceptual' safety design reports (the order's word); DOE is to start designating data centers 'where appropriate'; plain calls LNT an assumption, not a rule, and no longer says Valar cheered 'all of this'.

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