The Ledger

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Opinion
Taylor: China Does Not Want Valar's IP Because Its Technology Is Ahead
“There's a certain extent to which China doesn't actually want my IP because they have something better already running in the mainland.”
Isaiah Taylor Aug 8, 2025 ▶ 16:18 Nuclear Race to Power Superintelligence · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Disclosure
Valar Atomics aims to build thousands of domestic modular reactors
“So that's really what we focus on is building a modular reactor that can be manufactured here and that we build thousands of throughout the United States.”
Isaiah Taylor Aug 8, 2025 ▶ 3:27 Nuclear Race to Power Superintelligence · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Assertion Supported
Taylor: Generation IV Nuclear Reactors Cannot Melt Down
“Generation four reactors incredibly passively safe. You basically can't make them melt down this. It's, you know, a pure physics issue. So that's the type of reactor that we build.”
Isaiah Taylor Aug 8, 2025 ▶ 17:18 Nuclear Race to Power Superintelligence · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Taylor: Nuclear Industry Has Failed to Mass-Manufacture Reactors in Series
“Nuclear in the last 40 to 50 years has been sort of a one-off industry. You have a plant built here, a plant built there. There were a couple of models and units of reactors built in duplicates around the world. But nobody has really been able to manufacture l…”
Isaiah Taylor Aug 8, 2025 ▶ 2:05 Nuclear Race to Power Superintelligence · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Disclosure
Taylor: Valar Testing Prototype in LA, Targets Criticality Next Year
“We have our first, what's called a non-nuclear reactor prototype in LA. We're doing temperature testing on it, pressure testing on it, and we're looking at criticality next year”
Isaiah Taylor Aug 8, 2025 ▶ 2:22 Nuclear Race to Power Superintelligence · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Disclosure
Taylor: Valar Atomics' Primary Target Customers Are AI Data Centers
“Our customers are going to be data centers, right? They're going to be people who want to actually power the AI.”
Isaiah Taylor Aug 8, 2025 ▶ 18:22 Nuclear Race to Power Superintelligence · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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