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Committee approves Representative Albrecht’s draft to create state nuclear regulatory office; legislature adopts companion resolution
Summary
The committee unanimously approved draft legislation to establish a state nuclear regulatory office and favorably recommended a concurrent resolution asserting legislative support for expanding Utah’s role in nuclear oversight. DEQ and the Office of Energy Development outlined federal coordination and a new Nuclear Energy Consortium to guide siting, workforce and fuel‑cycle activity.
A Utah legislative committee unanimously approved draft legislation to create a state nuclear regulatory office and favorably recommended a companion concurrent resolution supporting expanded state oversight of nuclear activities.
Representative Albrecht introduced the bill, saying it “establishes a nuclear regulatory office within the state's Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control” and would give Utah rulemaking authority, licensing powers, fees for review and inspections, and direction to pursue an expanded agreement with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tim Davis, executive director of the Department of Environmental Quality, told the committee his office has requested an NRC–Utah work group and is coordinating with EPA and federal regulators “to discuss the ability of the state to assume…
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