US, Russia Sign Agreement to Cut America’s Reliance on Russian Uranium

Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant at night near Grafenrheinfeld, Germany, on June 11, 2015. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Commerce and Russia’s state atomic agency have signed an amendment extending a 1992 agreement that will reduce America’s reliance on Russian uranium.

The Commerce Department announced in an Oct. 6 press release that the two sides have sealed the deal.