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newanalysisreported Valar and published investigations: two report no reply to requests for comment, a third reports none, a fourth got a one-line reply
No correction or reply to any of these pieces was found on Valar's website, whose spent-fuel claim remained online when read (safe-026). Meanwhile Valar calls itself 'very open and transparent' (safe-040) and its staff speak of 'transparency to the public' (ppl-026). A company is free not to comment. Two outlets report no reply to requests for comment, one reports none, and one received a one-line reply; no Valar correction was found on its site as of 29 Sept 2026.
In plain termsOf four published investigations, two report no reply from Valar to requests for comment, one reports none, and one received a one-line reply. No correction of the disputed spent-fuel claim was found on Valar's website as of 29 Sept 2026. Valar describes itself as 'very open and transparent'.
- Who is Valar Atomics? (Eric Peterson) (The Utah Investigative Journalism Project, 2025-07-08) news “Valar Atomics did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this story.”
- Mother Jones (Kiera Butler), 26 Feb 2026 (May+June 2026 issue) (Mother Jones, 2026-02-26) news “Taylor didn’t respond to our request for comment”
- Donald Trump Is Going Nuclear (Colin Jones) (The New Republic, 2026-05-26) news “she’s not on the board”
- DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator (Avi Asher-Schapiro) (ProPublica, 2026-03-20) news
- Ward 250 By the Numbers (unlisted company page with placeholders) (Valar Atomics) primary company “These beliefs have led us to being a very open and transparent company.”