The US is planning to produce uranium fuel to reduce dependence on supply from the Russian Federation - Reuters

According to the Inflation Reduction Law, the Department has approximately $ 500 million to finance appropriate production. The United States is looking for offers from contractors that would help to adjust the internal supplies of uranium fuel, which is now available only in commercial quantities from the Russian Federation. About it reports Reuters.

According to the newspaper, the Ministry of Energy has announced a tender for contracting up to 10 years with companies providing services for the enrichment of high -eradicated Uranium fuel, enriched with up to 20%. According to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Department has approximately $ 500 million to finance uranium fuel production. At the end of 2023, he sought offers for additional production services.

The publication notes that the program can be expanded in the coming years, depending on the appropriations of Congress. The US assumes that uranium fuel will be required for the planned production of reactors that companies such as X-Energy and Terrapower work on. But because the reactors have not yet been built, the production had to be postponed.

According to Nuclear Fuel Minister Deputy Assistant, John Karmak, the government needs to invest enough money to create an initial demand for manufacturers. This will allow them to expand their capacity, receive licenses and start the processing and construction of plants for the production of uranium fuel.

US Presidential Administration Joe Baiden believes that an important component of their climate change program is the development of new reactors and the support of existing nuclear power plants. In addition, the US Presidential Advisor to Climate Ali Zaida said that an increase in Uranium's internal supplies will promote energy security, create high -paying jobs in trade unions and will increase economic competitiveness.

According to the publication, Texnabexport is the only company that currently carries out the commercial deliveries of the required uranium fuel. This company is part of the Russian state energy company Rosatom. We will remind, on September 26 it became known that the United States announced the introduction of additional sanctions in front of six Russian enterprises related to the MIC, as well as the introduction of export restrictions on five large companies.