Trump administration recommends supporting U.S. uranium mines as a strategic interest

Washington • The Trump administration on Thursday urged government intervention to rescue U.S. uranium mining and nuclear fuel industries in a tough global marketplace, from making it easier to mine public lands out West to blocking some imports of foreign nuclear fuel.The recommendations, which include Trump's earlier request to Congress for $1.5 billion over 10 years to buy domestic uranium to create a national stockpile, are meant to "pull America's nuclear industrial base back from the