Valar's mission page lists Kip Mock as Head of Operations. Deseret News (Mar 2026) reports that Mock co-founded the Moscow, Idaho auto shop with Taylor, ran it for about a year and a half while Taylor paid the bills from a software job, sold his shares when Valar began, joined Valar about six months after its July 2023 founding after founding another company, and says college degrees are not a strict hiring requirement ('Isaiah dropped out, I dropped out'). Mother Jones (Feb 2026) and the Utah Investigative Journalism Project (July 2025) report he was heading the Philippines reactor project (orig-018); Mother Jones counts him among leaders who 'appear to have as little nuclear experience as Taylor' (its assessment). No nuclear-industry background for Mock appears in any source read. Mock's current duties under the Ward 250 quality plan are not stated in the public documents, which name roles, not people.

• At just 27 years old, this entrepreneur is remaking America's energy industry (Eva Terry) (Deseret News, 2026-03-17) news “Isaiah dropped out, I dropped out”
• Mother Jones (Kiera Butler), 26 Feb 2026 (May+June 2026 issue) (Mother Jones, 2026-02-26) news “appear to have as little nuclear experience as Taylor”
• Who is Valar Atomics? (Eric Peterson) (The Utah Investigative Journalism Project, 2025-07-08) news
• Mission | Valar Atomics (Valar Atomics) primary company “Kip Mock Head of Operations”