A group of U.S. congressmen representing a subcommittee of the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce has passed a bill banning the importation of uranium from Russia into the country. writes about it DEA News based on voting results.
While 18 members of the subcommittee supported the initiative, 12 spoke against it. The committee will now vote in full force for it. If approved, the bill will be discussed in the House and then in Congress.
A 90-day ban is being considered on imports of low-enriched uranium from the Russian Federation to the United States, according to the documents. At the same time, there are exceptions: enterprises whose reactors will risk shutting down if the supply of fuel from the Russian Federation is stopped. It is possible that they will continue to import limited Russian uranium until 2028.
A separate bill has also been submitted to the US Senate to ban the import of Russian uranium. Legislators want American energy companies not to be dependent on nuclear fuel from the Russian Federation.
Agnès Pannier-Runachet, former French Minister of Energy Transition declarationFrance will not refuse a contract with Russia for the processing of regenerated uranium from nuclear fuel, as it will be more profitable for Russia.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee statedHe hopes congress aid in a strategy to secure uranium supplies independent of Russia.