ETV News (28 May 2026) reported that at the 26 May Carbon/Emery economic development group, a USU Eastern deputy vice president said the Price campus is hiring two or three faculty to launch an engineering curriculum, starting with fundamentals in fall 2026, aiming to enroll students by fall 2027. At the 30 June meeting, the new USU Eastern engineering program was noted as favorable for a nuclear plant and its employees (ETV, 6 July). A USU Eastern release printed by ETV (26 March 2026) says Valar spoke at the Eastern Leaders Academy's economic development day. A USU Eastern professor's housing study counted Valar's workforce (loc-010), and USU Eastern hosted an Economic Development Summit in October 2025 (ETV, 6 Oct 2025). No USU Eastern training agreement, nuclear technician program or funding tie with Valar was found in the records read; Valar's Orangeville job posts ask for years of experience and several say 'willing to relocate to Orangeville' (job board, 29 Sept; loc-019), and a Valar radiation-protection staffer told the Trust Lands board he would hire and train local radiation technicians (ppl-009).

• USU Eastern Engineering, Ridge Road Growth, PacifiCorp IRP Presented to Carbon/Emery EDC (Kevin Butler) (ETV News, 2026-05-28) news
• Carbon/Emery economic development committee discusses nuclear energy, business grants, and coal exports (Kevin Butler) (ETV News, 2026-07-06) news
• Economic growth & development in focus at Eastern Leaders Academy (USU Eastern press release) (ETV News, 2026-03-26) primary government
• The importance of the Economic Development Committee stressed by many (ETV News, 2025-10-06) news “the Economic Development Summit at USU Eastern in October”
• Valar Atomics job board (Greenhouse public board API; Orangeville postings) (Valar Atomics) primary company “Willing to relocate to Orangeville, UT area for operations.”