Orangeville City Council minutes, 11 June 2026, public comment: Valar's Harry Hansen, who said he has a background with the state energy office, answered council questions. Asked how many local workers were hired, he said he would get an accurate number. Asked whether Valar's second building is another reactor, he said it is not: Valar will manufacture its own fuel there, the fuel is 'extremely safe', and 'Once completed they will be the largest manufacturer of this fuel in the United States'. Asked whether the energy would go to data centers, he said data centers 'could be purchasers' but the energy has no set destination or purchaser yet. Set beside the record: the fuel building matches the lab's January 2026 release and Valar's QA plan for a 'Valarin' TRISO fuel facility (loc-003, orig-038); no DOE safety authorization for the fuel line has been made public (safe-031); the 'largest' claim is about the future and cannot be tested now; selling Ward 250's energy would fall outside DOE's research-only basis for authorizing it (safe-030).

• June 11, 2026 City Council Minutes (Orangeville) (Orangeville City, 2026-06-11) primary government “Once completed they will be the largest manufacturer of this fuel”