The US House of Representatives has reportedly approved a bill banning the import of low-enriched uranium from Russia into the country. RIA Newsreferring to the voting results.
The required majority of members of Congress voted in support of the initiative called the “Ban Act on Russian Uranium Imports.”
We are talking about a bill that will limit the import of low-enriched uranium produced in the Russian Federation or by one of the enterprises registered in this country. At the same time, the initiative authorizes the US Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the head of the Department of Commerce, to lift this ban if other sources of uranium supply are unavailable or imports of Russian fuel are blocked. In the national interest of the United States. This ban will remain in effect until 2040.
It was previously known that the USA had tripled augmented Uranium purchase from Russia in October 2023.
Before that, the Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko statedthat his country plans to increase uranium production and exclude Russia from the world uranium market.
He also emphasized that achieving this goal for Kiev is a matter of national security.
Previously Russia stopped St. Uranium exports from St. Petersburg to the USA.