The Latest Breaking News from uranium

The coup in Niger has prompted concerns the West African country could curtail uranium exports, possibly hamstringing nuclear power production in France and beyond. But so far, source diversification and well-stocked inventories should be able to mitigate any disruptions in the short term, experts say.

Mining operations continue in Niger, world’s seventh largest producer of uranium, despite last week’s military takeover.

Niger has some of the world’s most extensive deposits of uranium, a key ingredient in the nuclear industry.

The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Cold War