it might not just be rushed as economy that will suffer as ortiz, caleb melton explains over the past few months. u. s. energy policy has been very clear about the main goal. cut off russia, no more. russian oil no more russian gas, but the united states is pretty dependent on russia for another energy source, uranium nuclear power plant across america depend on russia for uranium, but not much longer. the u. s. energy secretary says that is coming to an end. we should not be sending any money to russia for any american energy or for any other reason. but what exactly does this mean? the amount of uranium coming into the united states from russia is quite significant. more than 90 percent of the uranium that fuels us power plants is imported and russia is the 3rd largest supplier in 2021. russian imports cost almost $1000000000.00. now the united states does have domestic uranium production . however, setting up a domestic uranium supply is a process that can take years. this is not something you can do overnight. and critics are worried about the environmental impact when it comes to