Since the 1990s, mostly from other countries like Canada and Australia. This is a good thing, as the uranium ores in these countries are much higher grade than ours, and requires a lot less mining and refining to get the same amount of energy into the fuel. And, except for Russia, most of these countries are our allies.
The Uranium Committee of the Energy Minerals Division released their 2019 Annual Report last week in San Antonio at the annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
The Uranium Committee monitors uranium industry activities, and the production of electricity from nuclear power, because these drive uranium exploration and development in the United States and overseas.
We have more uranium (U) than we need for hundreds of years of nuclear power as a big chunk of our energy generation. Which is critical, since we need to double nuclear power to address climate change and replace coal, even as we ramp up renewables.
We also need to provide an extra 300 billion kWhs each year to charge the 150-million-plus fleet of fully-electric vehicles America needs by 2040 in order to have any chance of putting a dent in our petroleum use.
For the rest of this article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2019/05/28/nuclear-power-wheres-the-uranium-coming-from/#91e8de07b9f5