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USA might speed up sale of Dept of Energy uranium stockpile

Senate Legislation Could Boost Long-Term Sales of DOE Uranium, Garden Windmill – 15 June 2010, The Department of Energy sits on top one of the world’s largest Uranium stockpile,  about a 150 million-pound, worth $6 billion….Tomorrow the  Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources will debate the Surplus Uranium Disposition Act, ……Over the next three years the legislation greenlights the sales by the DOE of more than 15 million pounds of Uranium, half of that amount under long-term contracts. Likely buyers will include U.S. electric utilities which have nuclear power  power plants.Senate Legislation Could Boost Sale of DOE Uranium | Garden Windmill – Your Eco Friendly Blog

June 15, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | nuclear costs, uranium