USA intends to resume production of highly enriched uranium

By Alimat Aliyeva

The United States plans to resume production of highly enriched uranium, Azernews reports, citing the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) at the US Department of Energy, Jill Hruby.

"Taking into account the global dynamics, it becomes clear that we will need to resume production of highly enriched uranium in the United States in a few decades," Hruby said, speaking in Washington at the annual conference on nuclear deterrence.

According to estimates by Western non-governmental experts, as of the beginning of 2022, the United States had reserves of highly enriched uranium in the amount of about 487 tons.