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11/11/2026

Next Monday in Blanding.

Here's how the night will go:
🎬 A screening about San Juan County's uranium mining and milling history
🎤 A panel discussion
🙋 Q&A, with plenty of time for your questions
🍿 Food

Uranium is part of a lot of family histories in San Juan County. Some people here worked the mines or the mill, or grew up with someone who did. If that's your family, your questions and your stories are welcome.

Monday, November 16 | 6:00 to 8:00 PM
USU Blanding Arts & Events Center | 715 W 200 S, Blanding

Learn more at energy.utah.gov

👇 Know someone who should be there? Tag them.

11/10/2026

Tomorrow night, Emery County.

We'll be at the Orangeville Community Center from 6:00 to 8:00 PM talking about nuclear energy, including emergency management and fuel fabrication. Bring your questions for our speakers from the Nuclear Energy Institute, the State Fire Marshal Office, and the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear

And bring your appetite. We're feeding you pizza and dessert.

Tuesday, November 10 | 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Orangeville Community Center | 80 N Main St, Orangeville

Learn more at energy.utah.gov

See you tomorrow. 👋

11/09/2026

Looking for something free to do with the family this week?

Utah STEM Fest’s Family Night is Tuesday, November 10, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Mountain America Expo Center. No tickets, no registration - just show up.

Kids and adults can try hands-on activities, check out cool exhibits, and explore what careers in science, engineering, tech, and math actually look like. Spoiler: they’re a lot more fun than the textbook version.

Free, family-friendly, open to everyone. We will see you there at our OED booth!
Learn more at utahstemfest.com

11/07/2026

Our Women in Science series continues with Margaret Cavendish, an English aristocrat and natural philosopher, which was the term for a scientist before the word scientist even existed.

She lived from 1623 to 1673, a time when women wrote anonymously or did not write at all. Margaret put her name on philosophy, science, and poetry anyway. That took real nerve, and it invited plenty of ridicule.

It also earned her something no woman had done before. In 1667 she became the first woman ever invited to attend a meeting of the Royal Society, the most important scientific group of the age.

She challenged the big male thinkers of her day on the nature of matter and motion, the deep questions underneath physics and chemistry. Margaret was a genuine original who knew her ideas were just as important as a man's.

More profiles on smart women are coming soon.

11/05/2026

Some new coworkers come with a good story. Parker Miller came with several.

Parker is OED's new Critical Minerals Policy Advisor. He grew up in Savannah, Georgia, earned his degree at and taught English in Ukraine during the pandemic. Most recently, he worked at World Trade Center Utah.

Critical minerals are the small but mighty ingredients in things we use every day. Your phone. The batteries in your power tools. The power lines running past your house. It's a bit like baking soda in a cake. You don't need much, but leave it out and the recipe won’t work. Utah's mining communities have been part of this story for generations, and Parker is here to help Utah make the most of what's under our feet.

A few fun facts. He's been to 22 baseball stadiums (go Braves). He finished a half Ironman. And he has a near-photographic memory, so if you meet him once, he'll remember your name. And probably your dog's name.

Help us give Parker a warm welcome in the comments.

energy.utah.gov

11/04/2026

One week from today, Emery County.

On Tuesday, November 10, the Utah Office of Energy Development will be at the Orangeville Community Center to talk about nuclear energy. Topics include emergency management, fuel fabrication, and more.

If you've ever wondered how emergency planning works around a nuclear plant, or how the fuel gets made in the first place, come ask.

Speakers will include subject matter experts from the Nuclear Energy Institute, the State Fire Marshal Office, and the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear. Pizza and dessert will be provided, so you can skip cooking that night.

Tuesday, November 10 | 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Orangeville Community Center | 80 N Main St, Orangeville

Everyone's welcome. Learn more at energy.utah.gov

👇 Tag the neighbor who always has a question at town meetings.

11/03/2026

San Juan County, we're coming to Blanding on Monday, November 16, and we'd like you to join us.

The evening starts with a screening about the county's uranium mining and milling history. After that, there's a panel and Q&A. Ask whatever you want to ask.

A lot of families here have a uranium story. Some of them are hard ones. If someone in your family worked the mines or the mill, we especially hope you'll come.

Monday, November 16 | 6:00 to 8:00 PM
USU Blanding Arts & Events Center | 715 W 200 S, Blanding
Food provided. Learn more at energy.utah.gov

10/30/2026

Happy !!
It takes a lot of energy to get a monster off the table, and Utah doesn't rely on one bolt of lightning. ⚡

Frankenstein's creature is built from a bunch of different pieces. So is Utah's energy mix: solar, wind, geothermal, coal, natural gas, hydro, and biomass. That's as as you can get.

The patchwork works because it's stitched together: the pieces cover for each other when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing. It takes the whole of the pieces to stand up, and it takes every energy source to power Utah.

Learn more about where Utah's power comes from at energy.utah.gov

10/30/2026

Fun fact to share at the dinner table this week: Earth has a zombie satellite. 🧟

Vanguard 1 launched in 1958 and was the first satellite powered by solar cells. Its battery died in less than a month, but those little solar cells kept it talking to Earth for six years.

Then it went silent in 1964. It’s still up there. Dead but circling - like a zombie.

It’s the oldest man-made object in space, and it’s expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere around the year 2198. Until then, it’s haunting the neighborhood. 👻

Learn more about solar energy in Utah at energy.utah.gov

10/29/2026

Here is something you don’t always see in the history books: the first men on the Moon would not have made it back home without a woman.

Her name was Katherine Johnson, and she was a NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration mathematician whose orbital calculations were critical to crewed spaceflight.

She is best known for the 1962 Friendship 7 mission. The computer had run the numbers, but John Glenn did not fully trust the machine. He asked Katherine to check the math by hand first, because he trusted her more than the computer. She did. He flew. It worked.

Her story, along with those of other women of color at NASA, was told in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures." No woman with a great mind should stay hidden.

More from our Women in Science series soon.

Learn more at energy.utah.gov

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Tuesday	8am - 5pm
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Friday	8am - 5pm

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