Name: Why the U.S. Buys So Much Nuclear Fuel From Russia | WSJ（Why the U.S. Buys So Much Nuclear Fuel From Russia | WSJ）
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is the world's largest producer of nuclear power,

Even with enrichment facilities owned by friendly countries,

if Russian supply was not available in the marketplace.

- Russia is incredibly willing to use energy as a weapon.

to reduce the risk of a critical fuel shortage

Nuclear reactors generate nearly 20% of U.S. electricity,

as the U.S. races to meet its clean energy goals.

We're seeing it from oil, gas, chemical companies,

and the U.S. currently lacks the capacity

That's because uranium ore goes through four main processes

First, raw uranium is mined out of the ground and milled.

Then it's converted into a gas and enriched,

increasing the percentage of the radioactive isotope.

Finally, the uranium is fabricated into fuel pellets

for the current fleet of nuclear reactors.

Meanwhile, Russia dominates both of those steps.

to use its energy resources as a tool of leverage.

as many steps of this supply chain as possible,

a number of U.S. companies are ramping up capacity.

is restarting this conventional uranium mine

in La Sal, Utah, after signing long-term contracts

- [Narrator] The last commercial production

we're going back into full production in 2024.

about 70,000 tons of uranium per year, at least initially,

not quite enough for a single large-scale nuclear reactor.

he doesn't expect uranium mining in the U.S.

to diversify the country's sources of raw uranium.

- With the contracts that we have, we can make nice margins,

but we're gonna need higher uranium prices

Energy Fuels also plans to restart White Mesa Mill in 2024,

the only operating conventional uranium mill in the U.S.

This is where uranium ore goes after it's mined

and before it goes to a conversion facility.

- This came from La Sal Complex, and that's Utah.

the only U.S.-owned uranium enrichment plant

of high-assay, low-enriched uranium, or HALEU,

to the U.S. Department of Energy in November.

in the next generation of advanced reactors.

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