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newrecordconfirmed The public workshops cited as outreach were general nuclear classes; their listings did not mention the Wellington site
2026-07-16 · mine-047 · Utah Office of Energy Development, Southeastern Regional Development Agency, Carbon County, Valar Atomics

The Trust Lands memorandum cites public workshops hosted by Carbon County, SERDA and the Utah Office of Energy Development, in which Valar took part, as part of the outreach behind the lease (mine-012, mine-014). The Office of Energy Development's events page lists a 'Carbon County - Community Nuclear Series' at the Carbon County Event Center in Price on 21 May and 18 June (both described as a look at how modern SMRs work) and 16 July 2026 (how modern nuclear waste is handled, stored and reused). The listings do not mention Valar, Wellington, trust lands or a planned campus. Staff told the board in September that further sessions were held in August and the week before the 17 September meeting; those are not on the events page. Whether the Wellington site was discussed at any session is not in the records read.

In plain termsResidents were offered classes on nuclear power in Price over the summer, which is real outreach. But as advertised, they were about the technology in general, not about the specific plan to put a reactor campus north of Wellington.
verified 2026-09-29: Re-read 2026-09-29: events page listings and the September staff remarks match.

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