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Senator, uranium producers urge US govt to investigate reliance on Russian imports

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Creamer Media Deputy Editor: North America
 
URANIUM
US Republican senator for Wyoming John Barrasso has called on the Commerce Department to launch an investigation into the effects of uranium imports on US national security. "For years, government-owned uranium producers in Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have unfairly flooded American markets with cheap uranium. As a result, uranium production in the US has fallen to the lowest levels we have seen since the early 1950s," said Barrasso.
 
 
 
 
 

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