Owners of abandoned mines in the United States and other uranium-producing countries are reopening to take advantage of rising demand for nuclear fuel. writes about this Bloomberg.
According to the source, at least five American companies are restoring mines in the states of Wyoming, Texas, Arizona and Utah. Uranium production in these states flourished until the disaster at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in Japan in 2011. After this, Germany and Japan began phasing out nuclear reactors, and uranium prices fell as a result. Germany closed its last three nuclear power plants last year.
It was noted that Ur-Energy and Energy Fuels (USA), Sprott Physical Uranium (Canada) and other companies plan to start uranium production in old mines.
February 20, Oleg Muratov, member of the Central Board of the Russian Nuclear Association statedThe chances of Europe or the USA imposing sanctions on Rosatom are close to zero.
Previously published by Le Figaro WroteHe said the European Union and the United States are concerned that Russia remains the leading supplier of enriched uranium for nuclear power plants.
Moreover, reportedIt was stated that the USA purchased 1.2 billion dollars of uranium from Russia in 2023, which is a record figure in the history of statistics.
Previously at Rosatom stated On the restoration of protection of the Zaporizhzhya NPP.
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Source: Gazeta
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