America’s National Security Is Undermined by Reliance on Foreign Uranium

Russia and other foreign nations now control 93 percent of our uranium supply

Anfield's Shootaring Canyon Uranium Mill in the middle of the Utah desert on Oct. 27, 2017. Anfield with is in partnership with the Russian firm Uranium One. George Frey/Getty Images

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Nuclear power generation provides about 11 percent of the world’s electricity from approximately 450 nuclear reactors. The United States is far and away the world’s largest producer of nuclear power, accounting for more than 30 percent of worldwide nuclear generation of electricity.