E&E News (Francisco 'A.J.' Camacho, 25 February 2026) reports that in a 10 November letter to the NRC (2025, by context), which E&E obtained, Utah Department of Environmental Quality executive director Tim Davis asked the Commission to consider expanding the state's authority under the Atomic Energy Act to oversee uranium enrichment, microreactor licensing, fuel storage and reprocessing. It reports that the letter also asked the NRC to 'consider establishing a pilot project to streamline state environmental permitting'. The article describes the joint lawsuit with Texas, Last Energy and others as another route by which Utah seeks state power over small reactors. The article text served (185 words) mentions no NRC response. The letter itself was not found or read.

• Utah requests NRC authority to regulate nuclear power (E&E News by POLITICO, 2026-02-25) news “consider expanding the state’s authority under the Atomic Energy Act”