Fact orig-005
newcompany claimconfirmed Ward Zero, a full-scale non-nuclear thermal test reactor, completed 15 Feb 2025 (company date)
Valar's Ward 250 page lists 'Ward Zero Completion' on 02.15.2025. The technology page describes Ward Zero as a 1:1 non-nuclear thermal test reactor whose core was fitted with silicon carbide heating elements so every system could be tested at full operating temperature. The company's August 2025 post places the WardZero prototype in Los Angeles and says it had then undergone five months of heat and pressure testing with two maintenance outages. Ward Zero contains no nuclear fuel.
In plain termsWard Zero was a full-size practice reactor with electric heaters where the uranium would go, used to test the machinery at working temperature. It never held nuclear fuel. The completion date is the company's own, and no Ward Zero test report has been published (orig-058, orig-059).
- Ward 250 | Valar Atomics (Valar Atomics) primary company “Ward Zero Completion 02.15.2025”
- Technology | Valar Atomics (Valar Atomics) primary company “Ward Zero is a 1:1 non-nuclear thermal test reactor.”
- Valar Atomics Selected for the President’s Accelerated Nuclear Program (Valar Atomics, 2025-08-12) primary company “Our WardZero prototype in Los Angeles has now undergone five months”