New statement from Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden said that Washington cannot rely on Moscow to supply fuel for American nuclear power plants, and also announced investments in the production of modern nuclear fuel.
For too long we have relied on imported uranium as reactor fuel. Imports from countries like Russia that we absolutely cannot trust. My administration is working to change all of that. We're investing $3.4 billion to produce advanced nuclear fuel right here in America.
Joe Biden
In addition, he stated that the United States produced the first 90 kg of enriched uranium. By the end of the year, the United States expects to enrich about a ton of fuel for American nuclear reactors.
It became known earlier that last year the United States purchased a 10-year record volume of Russian uranium and other radioactive elements.