Uranium & Fuel

US Will Need Russia’s Enriched Uranium For Several More Years, Says Energy Secretary

By Kamen Kraev
14 October 2025

‘Decades of stagnation’ have left nuclear industry vulnerable to supply disruptions

 US Will Need Russia’s Enriched Uranium For Several More Years, Says Energy Secretary
Chris Wright: ‘We are looking at anything we can do to accelerate the construction of nuclear reactors and put new power on the grid.’ Courtesy Chris Wright/X.
The US will remain dependent on Russian enriched uranium for several years despite renewed efforts to rebuild the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, US energy secretary Chris Wright said in an interview for CNBC.

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