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Trump Grants Extension for Nuclear Fuel Recommendations

Associated Press

   FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - A U.S. task force has been given more time to
   recommend ways to revive domestic uranium mining as it lags amid low
   prices and global competition.
   The Nuclear Fuel Working Group had been expected to deliver
   recommendations to President Donald Trump last week. But the Commerce
   Department saidTrump granted a 30-day extension.
   Uranium mining interests say the global market for uranium ore is
   vulnerable to political turmoil.
   They want Trump to boost U.S. demand to help domestic suppliers. But
   the president rejected a requested quota during the summer and gave the
   task force 90 days to come up with other ideas.
   Uranium is a vital component for the country's nuclear arsenal,
   submarines and nuclear power plants. Most of the U.S. supply comes from
   Canada and Australia, followed by Russia and former Soviet republics.

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