In date order, with what was read: March 27, 2025, Greenpeace Philippines condemns the PNRI deal, calling Valar a 2023 startup with no track record (read; orig-064); the scientists' group AGHAM criticized the project in a statement of March 24 (the Philippine Collegian, reporting it in April 2026, does not give the year; not read). April-May 2025, engineers dispute the 'CT scan' claim online (as reported in the press; their own posts are not yet archived here; the claim: safe-026). July 8, 2025, the Utah Investigative Journalism Project with Utah News Dispatch, 'Who is Valar Atomics?': experts question its safety claims and its lack of any NRC engagement; Valar did not respond (read). July 23, 2025, E&E News on the NRC lawsuit (safe-028, csite-022). November 26, 2025, Washington Post, 'Kilowatts or connections?' (listed in Valar's own library; not read, subscription). December 17, 2025, NPR on safety worries (listed in Valar's library; not read, blocked). February 28, 2026, Neutron Bytes, 'Questions Abound About Valar Atomics' (read; orig-026). March 13, 2026, Partnership for Global Security, Ken Luongo (read; orig-073). April 25, 2026, Philippine Collegian on opposition to Ward One (read; orig-064). May 26, 2026, The New Republic (ppl-024). July 9, 2026, MIT Technology Review on what criticality does and does not prove (read; orig-073). September 18, 2026, The Washington Sun on BLM data-center applications (mine-008). Locally, ETV News first reported the Carbon County lease the day after the state approved it (mine-041). Few public replies by Valar to these reports were found (ppl-029).

• Greenpeace denounces PNRI-Valar Atomics nuclear deal: 'Filipinos are not guinea pigs' (Greenpeace Philippines, 2025-03-27) analysis “The company has no track record”
• Who is Valar Atomics? (Eric Peterson, with Utah News Dispatch) (The Utah Investigative Journalism Project, 2025-07-08) news “Valar Atomics did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this story.”
• The Trump Administration's Favorite Nuclear Startup Has Ties to Russia and Epstein (Kiera Butler) (Mother Jones, 2026-02-26) news “The Trump Administration’s Favorite Nuclear Startup Has Ties to Russia and Epstein”
• Questions Abound About Valar Atomics (Dan Yurman) (Neutron Bytes, 2026-02-28) analysis “questions have been raised in recent months about the tactics and the capabilities”
• A Hollywood Highlight Reel for the Nuclear Renaissance (Ken Luongo) (Partnership for Global Security, 2026-03-13) analysis “What was transported was a single, non-operational, and unfueled unit, delivered in three pieces.”
• Scientists, Students Oppose Construction of US-Linked Nuclear Reactor on UP Land (Philippine Collegian (published on its Substack), 2026-04-25) news
• Four nuclear reactors hit a big milestone in the US (The Spark newsletter) (MIT Technology Review, 2026-07-09) analysis “reaching criticality and running a reactor that can produce electricity are two totally different things”