Climate Politics
Energy Chief Asks Manchin for Domestic Uranium Enrichment Funds
- Friday letter from Granholm cites risk from Russian imports
- The US only has one remaining commercial enrichment facility
Jennifer Granholm
Photographer: Justin Lane/EPA/Bloomberg
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The US Department of Energy is asking Congress for funding to create a domestic source of enriched uranium, calling the country’s reliance on Russian imports a “vulnerability” for both national and economic security.
The letter from Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm comes as the Biden administration continues to weigh slapping sanctions on Russia’s state-owned atomic energy company, Rosatom Corp., in response to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.