(Washington Reuters) The U.S. government suspects that China exports concentrated uranium imported from Russia to the United States to help Moscow's ban on the United States from the fuel from Russia's imported nuclear power plant.Surveying surveys.
According to Reuters, a spokesman for the US Department of Energy said that the US Department of Energy and other related institutions closely track the imports from China to ensure that the recently promulgated Russian uranium import law is prohibited.
A spokesman said that the United States is paying attention to imports from China and other countries to ensure that they have not used Russian uranium imports as part of the domestic production materials plan.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the ban on imported Russia's concentrated uranium in December last year, and the president Biden signed the ban in May this year.This is part of the United States weakening Russia's ability to war in Ukraine.
According to data released by the US International Trade Commission, in December 2023, the number of concentrated uranium exported to the United States has increased to 242,990 kilograms. Between 2020 and 2022Concentrated uranium.In May this year, China once again transported 123,894 kilograms of uranium to the United States.
Russia is the world's largest concentrated uranium exporter.As of July this year, the U.S. -imported uranium from Russia was 310,000 kg, a decrease of 30%over last year.
According to data released by the World Bank, China has soared in Russia's concentrated uranium in 2022 and last year.Analysts say that although China is building more reactors that need to stabilize uranium supply, supply from Russia may also help its export fuel.
A report published by the Think Tank of the Royal London Institute in March stated that as China may be seeking a greater position in the global concentrated uranium market, increasing imports to Russia's concentrated uranium may help to realize Beijing's ambitions.
