Valar Watch · Maps

Maps

Where each site is, and how big, on maps drawn from official boundary data.

Every outline is drawn from official boundary data: the BLM survey grid, county parcel maps compiled by the state, and BLM's own case map. They are accurate to the tens of meters those datasets carry; they are not a legal survey. Basemap: USGS The National Map (public domain). Tap a map for full size.

Every project

Ward 250 test reactor

State lab, 800 N Coal Haul Rd, Orangeville (Emery County) · Fenced area about 2 acres, on a 20.6-acre state lab

DOE-authorized; reached zero-power criticality June 18, 2026; its safety papers describe a 12-month test.

See it on the map ↓ orig-010, safe-014, plan-003

Valar's parcel beside the lab

Emery County parcel 04-0019-0030, next to the state lab · About 112 acres

Emery County approved selling it to Valar for $394,500 (records disagree on whether the sale closed); Valar told the county it wants it for fuel fabrication and manufacturing; Orangeville is drafting a zone to annex it.

See it on the map ↓ gov-022, loc-014, loc-013

Wellington lease (the Carbon County campus)

Section 16, T14S R11E, about five miles north of Wellington · 640 acres of state trust land; 480 in the first phase

Lease approved Sept 17, 2026 for a nuclear, fuel and industrial campus, up to a century, with the right to buy; nothing built, no county permit filed.

See it on the map ↓ mine-011, csite-001, csite-012, dir-013

RW 453 lode mining claim

North half of Section 28, T14S R11E, about two miles south of the lease · One lode claim is at most about 1,500 by 600 feet (about 20.7 acres)

A posted notice dated Sept 12 names Valar as locator; the land is zoned rural residential; the county copy is due about Oct 12 and the BLM filing by Dec 11.

See it on the map ↓ fld-002, dir-013, dir-004, dir-005

'Green River Gigasite' application

BLM land northwest of Green River (Emery County) · 10,270 acres in BLM's case record

Pending with BLM as of Sept 29, 2026; Valar told a reporter it applied only for survey access and has decided not to pursue it.

See it on the map ↓ mine-006, mine-008

'Project Beehive' application

Not shown in BLM's public records · Not stated

A second pending BLM application by Valar for a reactor and data-center site; no location is public.

mine-006

'Jurassic Spark' technology park (no Valar link found)

Sections 36 and 2, east of Wellington along U.S. 6 · About 1,240 private acres

Altigen JS, LLC's permit is before the Carbon County Planning Commission on Oct 6; the developer's stated plan is gas-fired power plants; no record links it to Valar.

See it on the map ↓ dir-015, mine-050

The maps

The region: Valar's sites and proposals in Carbon and Emery counties, with nearby state permit applications — The Wellington lease, the RW 453 claim area and the Jurassic Spark parcels north and east of Wellington; the state lab and Valar's parcel near Orangeville; and the Green River application west of Green River. Added 30 September 2026: three applications for state site-study permits posted in February (7674, 7676 and 7672), drawn as the survey sections each lies within. No record names their applicant or shows the permits were issued. A fourth application, 7675, covered nearly all of the lease section. The yellow tags give the official numbers: SULA 2095 (the lease: the north half and southwest quarter of Section 16, T14S R11E, 480 acres); RW 453 (the north half of Section 28, T14S R11E); Carbon County parcels 2A-1320-0000 and 2A-1656-0000 (Jurassic Spark, no Valar link found); Emery County parcels 04-0019-0029 (the state lab) and 04-0019-0030 (Valar's parcel); BLM case UTUT106784007 (Green River: BLM still lists it as pending, and Valar told a reporter it decided not to pursue the site); and state project-register numbers RDCC 87097, 87099 and 87096 for the applications. Sources: mine-011, fld-002, dir-015, gov-022, mine-006, mine-008, dir-035, dir-036, dir-037

North and east of Wellington: the lease approved for Valar, the RW 453 claim area, and the Jurassic Spark site — Red: Section 16, T14S R11E, the state school trust land the Trust Lands board approved leasing to Valar on September 17, 2026 (640 acres; 480 in the first phase; no signed lease found yet), zoned Mining & Grazing. Orange: the north half of Section 28, where a posted notice places Valar's RW 453 lode claim; the claim itself, about 1,500 by 600 feet, cannot be placed more exactly from the notice; this land is zoned rural residential. Blue: the two private parcels, about 1,240 acres, in the 'Jurassic Spark' technology-park permit before the Planning Commission on October 6; no record links that project to Valar. Sources: mine-011, csite-001, fld-002, dir-001, dir-013, dir-015, plan-017

Orangeville: the state lab that hosts Ward 250, and Valar's land next to it — Purple: the state-owned parcel (Utah DFCM, about 34 acres) that holds the lab's address, 800 N Coal Haul Rd, where Ward 250 operates; DOE's review describes the lab as a 20.6-acre site, with the reactor inside a fenced area of about 2 acres. Red: Emery County parcel 04-0019-0030, about 112 acres, which the county approved selling to Valar for $394,500; the records disagree on whether the sale has closed. The accident analysis assumes the public stays 400 meters from the reactor; at this map's scale that is a little under a quarter mile. Sources: safe-014, gov-022, mine-018, loc-014

Near Green River: Valar's pending BLM application for a reactor and data-center site — Red: BLM case UTUT106784007, 'Green River Gigasite Small Modular Reactor/Data Center', drawn from BLM's own case map, which shades whole sections: it covers all of Sections 20 and 21 (T20S R15E), where the application lists only their southern strips, so the red area (about 13,400 acres) is larger than the land listed. The unshaded square inside is Section 32, which the application leaves out. BLM's record lists 10,270.61 acres, still pending on September 29, 2026. Valar told a reporter it applied only for survey access and has decided not to pursue the site. Sources: mine-006, mine-007, mine-008

Maps

Every project

The maps

The region: Valar's sites and proposals in Carbon and Emery counties, with nearby state permit applications

North and east of Wellington: the lease approved for Valar, the RW 453 claim area, and the Jurassic Spark site

Orangeville: the state lab that hosts Ward 250, and Valar's land next to it

Near Green River: Valar's pending BLM application for a reactor and data-center site