US / EIA Warns Of ‘Considerable Decline’ In Domestic Uranium Production

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EIA Warns Of ‘Considerable Decline’ In Domestic Uranium Production
The EIA said domestic uranium production has declined considerably in recent years.
The US Energy Information Administration reported that it could not release data for US production of uranium concentrate (U3O8) in the first quarter of 2021.

The EIA said that the domestic uranium production has declined considerably in recent years, and activity did not reach a threshold where a specific production figure could be published without violating the protections that EIA has committed to provide.

During the first quarter of 2021, three US uranium facilities produced uranium, three less than in the fourth quarter of 2020.

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