And as I discussed in this committee just last week, building more reactors won't mean anything if we don't have the fuel to operate them. Nuclear power plants depend on a steady, reliable supply of enriched uranium. Yet today, The United States, we import 80% of our enriched uranium supply. About 20% of that comes from Russia. who's an adversary. Not ideal. And we only have two operating enrichment facilities in the United States and only one that can do this at commercial scale. (03:30–03:39)
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