US Senate approves ban on Russian uranium imports
The US Senate has unanimously approved legislation to ban imports of Russian uranium, after the House of Representatives passed the bill in December.
Uranium is used to power commercial nuclear reactors that produce electricity.
The US president, Joe Biden, who last week signed a foreign aid bill to provide billions of dollars of aid to Ukraine, is expected now to sign the uranium imports bill into law.
American nuclear power plants imported about 12% of their uranium from Russia in 2022, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
A spokesperson for the national security council had said that Congress imposing the ban “would provide assurance to industry, allies, and partners that the US has made a clear decision to establish a secure nuclear fuel supply chain, independent of adversarial influence, for decades to come”.
