As Demand Rises, US Nuclear Power Industry Seeks to Shore Up Uranium Supply Chains

The Biden administration’s commitment to transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable “green” energies such as electric, nuclear, solar, and wind over the next decade have fostered cart-before-horse disruptions and disconnects across an array of industries.
For instance, initiatives adopted over the last four years when Democrats ruled both chambers in Congress in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) aggressively promote development of electric vehicles (EVs) despite domestic manufacturers having scarce access to lithium and other key minerals needed to build EV batteries.
As a result, Republicans and energy policy critics say, Biden’s “rush to green energy” is inadvertently making American manufacturers reliant on imports from the Peoples Republic of China, which dominates the lithium supply chain, from mineral extraction to battery development….}