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newrecordconfirmed NRC's own litigation report: the suit was still in abeyance in January 2026, and the parties asked for 45 more days
2026-01-26 · dir-018 · Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, State of Texas, State of Utah, Valar Atomics, Last Energy, Deep Fission

The NRC Office of the General Counsel's Litigation Status Report (enclosure to SECY-26-0013, the annual report on court litigation for 2025; status as of 27 January 2026) lists Texas v. NRC among active cases. It records that Texas, Utah and Last Energy filed on 30 December 2024. On 17 March 2025 the NRC, through DOJ, moved to dismiss, arguing the challenge to an NRC rule could only be brought in a court of appeals under the Hobbs Act and was untimely as to Texas and Utah and so in the wrong venue. Plaintiffs instead filed an amended complaint on 7 April 2025 adding Florida, Louisiana, the Arizona Legislature, Deep Fission and Valar, and the NRC renewed its motion to dismiss on 28 April 2025. At the parties' request the case was placed in abeyance with periodic status reports. On 26 January 2026 the parties filed a joint status report asking for 45 more days of abeyance; the report says the court had not yet acted on that request. The entry records no settlement and no ruling on the motions to dismiss. (Updates safe-028.)

In plain termsIn January 2026 the NRC's lawyers reported that the case was still on hold. Both sides kept asking the judge for more time and filing progress reports. The judge had not ruled on anything, and the report mentions no settlement.
verified 2026-09-30: Skeptic pass 2026-09-30: re-read the full Texas v. NRC entry of ML26028A093 (8 pages; PDF title 'SECY-26-0013: Enclosure - Annual Report on Court Litigation (Calendar Year 2025)'; file dated 11 Feb 2026). nrc.gov refused the request (HTTP 403), but its robots.txt does not bar /docs/. The cover memo ML26028A094 returned 403 on re-read, so it was dropped as a source, and the '28 January' memo date was removed as unconfirmed. The published date is the report's 'as of' date. Added the 30 Dec 2024 filing date from the entry.

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