
Back in 2011, after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, it seemed that the uranium industry was dead as many governments pulled the plug on nuclear power in their countries. But now, that dynamic has completely turned on its head.
Wars in Ukraine and the Mideast have reignited interest in nuclear power by governments. At the UN’s recent COP28 climate conference in Dubai, 22 world leaders declared a commitment to triple nuclear capacity globally by 2050, compared with 2020 levels.