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Chris Wright: “Today it's horrible to say out loud, but there is almost…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Goldman Sachs MD Neil Mehta speaks to Energy Sec. Chris Wright at energy conference — 1/7/2026

Published | Video Starts at 36:38

It should compete in the marketplace, but it's going to need help to get that ball moving again. Okay. And then on processing. Oh my gosh. Yes. So, so Today it's horrible to say out loud, but there is almost zero American owned uranium enrichment done on American soil. Except, except in maybe our labs that are, that build our weapons. This is, this is, this is a problem. And this is a cold war legacy of Russia dumping down blended material from weapons. (36:38–36:48)

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Asserts that there is almost no American-owned uranium enrichment occurring on American soil.

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