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US / Committee Passes Bill That Would Ban Uranium Imports From Russia

By John Adkins
29 May 2023

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Committee Passes Bill That Would Ban Uranium Imports From Russia
Committee chairwoman Cathy Rodgers said the US is dangerously reliant upon Russia’s supply of nuclear fuels for its existing nuclear power plant fleet.
The energy and commerce committee of the US House of Representatives has passed legislation that will prohibit the importation into the US of unirradiated low-enriched uranium – the basic material used to fabricate nuclear fuel – that is produced in the Russia.

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