Alternative for energy supply should be domestic, not Russian: US
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Assistant Minister of Energy Kathryn Huff urges the need to replace Russian uranium with domestic resources and find a way to independently enrich uranium and make it usable.
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Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy, Kathryn Huff
The United States will not be able to replace Russian uranium with resources from any other country, as stated by Assistant Minister of Energy Kathryn Huff in an interview for the Washington Examiner.
In this regard, Huff, a nuclear engineering PhD and former university professor, noted that Washington must find a way to independently enrich uranium and make it usable. According to the expert, due to dependence on domestic resources, the United States risks facing serious problems in the field of energy security, adding, “[Russia] is no longer a trustworthy source of our fuel, and we need to find alternatives here and build up that supply chain."
'Not enough capacity to replace gap'
According to media reports, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan supply the United States with half of all uranium used in the country. At the same time, there is an agreement between the Kremlin and the White House, according to which 20% of exports go to Moscow.
Earlier, it became known that Canada is preparing to transfer five turbines to Germany for the Nord Stream gas pipeline. According to Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, the authorities decided to take this step at the request of Berlin. Germany is already facing a crucial consequence, for a tough winter ahead amid the gas crisis, and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg affirming it true to Europe's case.
“Worldwide, there’s not enough capacity to replace that gap from trusted sources,” Huff said.
“So, it's our responsibility to encourage and incentivize that enrichment and conversion capability here in the U.S. so that we can return to a time when we have a more fulsome capability,” she added.
