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newcompany claimconfirmed Valar calls itself 'very open and transparent'; of its Ward 250 safety papers, two are public, one marked draft

2026-06-28 · safe-040 · Valar Atomics

In its unlisted 'Ward 250 By the Numbers' draft (28 June 2026), Valar says its beliefs have led it to be 'a very open and transparent company', that its reactor has been more photographed and filmed than any other in history, and that it is sharing raw data to be refined by internal and external peer review over the following weeks. The page still contains placeholders ('July XX', '[xxx]') and one chart, 'Reactor Power Ascension', which plots an unlabelled 'Q_Total' on a 0-100 scale and thermocouple readings of about 30-80 F against a 'sample index', with no power units, dates or time scale, so it cannot be used to check the power reached. Of the safety documents the NSDA and DOE records name for Ward 250, two were found published by Valar: the NSDA (marked 'Draft', safe-005) and the QA Program Description (safe-018). Not published: the PDSA, final DSA and Technical Safety Requirements, the Code of Record (document 100437), the startup and commissioning plan, the radiation protection program, the transport QA program (document 100719, which DOE approved, safe-012) and any emergency plan. The Physical Security Plan and Material Control and Accountability Plan are security documents that are normally withheld. State officials praised Valar's openness at the Trust Lands hearings (csite-028).

In plain termsValar describes itself as unusually open, and it has published many photos and videos. The safety documents are a different matter: of the documents that define how the reactor is kept safe, we found two the public can read, and one is labelled a draft. Some documents, like security plans, are normally kept private. The safety analysis and operating limits are not security plans; they can be requested from DOE under FOIA (safe-007).

Ward 250 By the Numbers (unlisted company page with placeholders, signed Isaiah Taylor) (Valar Atomics (Isaiah Taylor), 2026-06-28) primary company “These beliefs have led us to being a very open and transparent company.”
Reactor Power Ascension: TE3401 thermocouples with Q_Total, Power, and Control Bank overlays (chart image on the draft page) (Valar Atomics, 2026-06-28) primary company
Ward250 Nuclear Safety Design Agreement, No. 100403, Rev 02 (status: Draft; issued for Public Release) (Valar Atomics, 2025-10) primary company
Issuance of Quality Assurance Program Approval 0049 (Rev 1) for Valar Atomics, memorandum to Robert Boston, Manager, Idaho Operations Office (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Packaging and Transportation (Packaging Certification Program), 2026-05-18) primary government

verified 2026-09-29: Re-read 'By the Numbers' (single embedded image, the 'Reactor Power Ascension' chart, checked visually: Q_Total 0-100 with no units, thermocouples about 30-80 F, x-axis 'Sample index'), NSDA and QA Approval 0049 on 2026-09-29. Holds. Softened 'has published two' to 'two were found published': Valar's docs library page as served lists five posts and no safety documents, so a complete inventory could not be made. Correction 2026-09-30 (source objectivity review): reworded the plain-language text.

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