Kremlin Still Key for US Atomic Power Despite Looming Import Ban

From Bloomberg

The US nuclear industry remains heavily dependent on Moscow for the enriched uranium that fuels reactors generating about a fifth of the nation’s electricity, highlighting the challenge of meeting a 2028 deadline to end Russian purchases.

US reactor operators bought about 3.28 million separative work units, or SWUs, of Russian enrichment services in 2025, equal to almost 26% of their total purchases, according to data published Wednesday in the Energy Information Administration’s latest uranium marketing report. That compares with 17% a decade earlier.