Energy Department Awards $2.7 Billion to Strengthen American Uranium Enrichment

The contracts are expected to help end U.S. dependence on foreign sources for uranium.

A blacklight reveals the colors of a uranium deposit in San Bernardino County, Calif., on Dec. 10, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The Department of Energy (DOE) said in a Jan. 5 statement that it has issued $2.7 billion in task orders to boost America’s domestic uranium enrichment services over a period of 10 years.

“In support of President [Donald] Trump’s commitment to enhance energy security and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, the historic investment expands U.S. capacity for low-enriched uranium (LEU) and jumpstarts new supply chains and innovations for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to create American jobs and usher in the nation’s nuclear renaissance,” the statement reads.