Incidents: none found in public records read, but DOE keeps occurrence reports closed to the public department-wide, 'for security purposes'

Valar's NSDA commits Ward 250 to DOE's occurrence reporting order (NE O 232.1), accident investigations (NE O 225.1), ES&H reporting, independent oversight, and DOE's employee concerns and differing professional opinion programs (which DOE-STD-1271 says allow no alternative). DOE's Occurrence Reporting and Processing System page says that, 'for security purposes', access to occurrence reports is restricted to approved DOE and DOE contractor personnel, a restriction covering every report in the system, not one set for Ward 250; that page describes the department-wide order (DOE O 232.2A), while the NSDA commits to the Office of Nuclear Energy's own order, and whether Ward 250's reports go into the same system is not stated in any record read. No public report of an incident, occurrence, violation, enforcement action or worker injury at Ward 250, NOVA or the fuel line was found in DOE, state or news sources read as of late September 2026. OSHA's inspection database was not searched. Absence of a public record is not evidence that nothing happened; DOE's occurrence reports for Ward 250 can be requested under FOIA. Valar's quality program (p.20), for reporting confirmed suspect or counterfeit items, cites a different occurrence-reporting order, NE O 232.2. The NE orders were not found in public records, so which is current could not be checked.

• Ward250 Nuclear Safety Design Agreement, No. 100403, Rev 02 (status: Draft; issued for Public Release) (Valar Atomics, 2025-10) primary company “Occurrence Reporting and Processing of Operations Information”
• Occurrence Reporting and Processing System (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security) primary government “access to occurrence reports is restricted to approved DOE and DOE contractor personnel”
• DOE-STD-1271-2025, Authorization Pathway for Nuclear Facilities (August 2025; DOE standard, copy posted by the Nuclear Innovation Alliance) (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, 2025-08) primary government
• Ward250 San Rafael Facility Quality Assurance Program Description, No. 100474, Rev 02 (status: Approved) (Valar Atomics, 2025-10) primary company “reported to DOE per NE O 232.2 and NE O 221.1B”