The Utah Trust Lands Administration posted a notice that it had received an application, from an applicant it did not name, for Section 16, Township 14 South, Range 11 East, SLB&M, about 640 acres near Wellington in Carbon County, and invited competing bids to lease, buy or exchange it by August 7, 2026. The board's August 20, 2026 agenda lists a discussion item on a Special Use Lease Agreement (SULA 2095 OBA) for 640 acres in Carbon County with Valar Atomics. This was the first primary record found of Valar seeking a site outside the Emery County test lab. Later records settle what this fact first left open: the board memo gives Section 16 as the lease (csite-002), and the board approved the arrangement on September 17, 2026 (mine-011, csite-001). The notice named neither Valar nor a nuclear use (csite-005, mine-012).

• Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda Thursday, August 20, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. (Utah Trust Lands Administration (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-08-20) primary government “located in Carbon County, Utah (640 +/- acres) with Valar Atomics”
• Public Notice - Business Opportunity - Carbon County (Utah Trust Lands Administration) primary government “has received an application on the following property near Wellington in Carbon County”