Valar Watch · Fact orig-055

Fact orig-055

newrecordconfirmed Federal award record: DOE's agreement with Valar for Ward 250 is on file at $0, running Oct 2025 to July 4, 2027

2025-10-22 · orig-055 · Valar Atomics, U.S. Department of Energy, DOE Idaho Operations Office · federal obligation recorded on OTA DENE0009560: $0

USAspending.gov, the federal spending database (API read 2026-09-29), holds one award to Valar Atomics Inc. (unique entity ID WTMAF8SVNPR3, a small business): FAIN DENE0009560, described as Valar's Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for DOE's Reactor Pilot Program, awarded by DOE's Idaho Operations Office for the Office of Nuclear Energy under assistance listing 81.121. The period of performance runs October 22, 2025 to July 4, 2027; the only transaction is dated May 12, 2026 and obligates $0, and total funding is $0. The place of performance is recorded as Hawthorne, California, not the Utah site. A search of every award type (contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, other) found no other federal award to Valar. The $0 matches DOE's statement that pilot companies bear all costs (orig-041). Valar's October 13, 2025 QA post already cites a requirement under its OTA with DOE, nine days before the recorded start date; the agreement's text is not public (safe-007).

In plain termsThe Energy Department's agreement with Valar, which sets the rules and milestones for the Utah test reactor, appears in the federal spending database as a $0 agreement: DOE is not paying for the reactor, as it said. But the agreement itself is not public, so no one outside can read what Valar promised or what DOE may require. The database even lists the work as taking place in Hawthorne, California, rather than Emery County.

USAspending award ASST_NON_DENE0009560_089 (API record) (USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), 2026-05-12) primary government “VALAR OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT (OTA) FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) REACTOR PILOT PROGRAM”
USAspending recipient profile: VALAR ATOMICS INC. (API record) (USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury)) primary government
Valar Atomics Quality Assurance Program Description (library post; not listed in Valar's library) (Valar Atomics, 2025-10-13) primary company “This approval meets a requirement under our Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with DOE.”
USAspending award search, recipient 'Valar Atomics', every award-type group (contracts, IDVs, grants, loans, direct payments, other), FY2008 to Sept 30, 2026 (queries run 2026-09-29) (USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury)) primary government

verified 2026-09-29: Verify pass 2 (2026-09-29): award and recipient API records re-read (FAIN, description, Idaho Operations Office, 81.121, Oct 22, 2025 to Jul 4, 2027, one transaction May 12, 2026, $0, Hawthorne place of performance, small business). Award search re-run across all types: only DENE0009560. QA post quote exact. Correction 2026-09-29 (wording review): source title parenthetical now 'not listed in Valar's library'.

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